Sohu.com's Changyou to Acquire Majority Stake in Raidcall for $50M in Cash

Sohu.com

today announces that its online game subsidiary, Changyou.com

and Kalends, a provider of comprehensive Internet products and services for the global market, today jointly announce that they have entered into a definitive investment agreement (the "Investment Agreement") pursuant to which Changyou will acquire 62.5% of the equity interests, on a fully-diluted basis, of a company of Kalends outside of China that will hold all of the assets associated with Raidcall ("Raidcall"), a free social communication platform (such assets, the "Raidcall Business"), for US$50 million in cash. The transaction is expected to close in December 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. This acquisition accelerates Changyou's progress toward creating a global gamer platform. Mr. Dewen Chen, Changyou's president, said, "With over 20 million registered users globally, Raidcall is a popular, high-quality communication software used by gamers for real-time audio group chat while they play online games. With this transaction, Changyou offers gamers a more comprehensive selection of products and moves forward in its plan to develop a platform business. In addition, we will add a