The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. and Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Announce Proposed Class Action Settlement on Behalf of Purchasers of American Depositary Shares of Sogou, Inc. -- SOGO

NEW YORK, Jan. 04, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Rosen Law Firm, P.A. and Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announce that the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has approved the following announcement of a proposed class action settlement that would benefit purchasers of Sogou, Inc. American Depositary Shares (NASDAQ:SOGO):

SUMMARY NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF CLASS ACTION, PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, AND MOTION FOR ATTORNEYS’ FEES AND EXPENSES FOR PUBLICATION

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23 and an Order of the United States District Court for the District of Southern District of New York, that the Court-appointed Lead Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves and all members of the Settlement Class, and Sogou Inc. (“Sogou” or the “Company”), Sohu.com Inc., Tencent Holdings Limited, Xiaochuan Wang, Charles (Chaoyang) Zhang, Yuxin Ren, Joanna (Yanfeng) Lu, Bin Gao, Joseph Chen, Janice Lee, James (Xiufeng) Deng, Chi Ping Martin Lau, Donald J. Puglisi, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs (Asia) L.L.C., and China International Capital Corporation Hong Kong Securities Limited (collectively the “Defendants”), have reached a proposed settlement of the claims in the above-captioned class action (the “Action”) in the amount of $1,450,000 (the “Settlement”).

A telephonic hearing will be held before the Honorable Lewis J. Liman, toll free 888-251-2909, access code 2123101, on March 25, 2021 at 3:00 p.m., (the “Settlement Hearing”) to, among other things, determine whether the Court should: (i) approve the proposed Settlement as fair, reasonable, and adequate; (ii) dismiss the Action with prejudice as provided in the Stipulation and Agreement of Settlement, dated December 8, 2020; (iii) approve the proposed Plan of Allocation for distribution of the settlement funds available for distribution to Settlement Class Members (the “Net Settlement Fund”); (iv) approve Lead Counsel’s Fee and Expense Application; and (v) approve the Settlement Class Representatives’ service awards. The Court may change the date of the Settlement Hearing, or hold it telephonically or via videoconference, without providing another notice. You do NOT need to attend the Settlement Hearing to receive a distribution from the Net Settlement Fund. If you are a Settlement Class Member, however, you may enter an appearance by yourself or through counsel at your own expense. See the full Notice of Pendency of Class Action, Proposed Settlement, and Motion for Attorneys’ Fees and Expenses (“Notice”) for further details.

IF YOU ARE A SETTLEMENT CLASS MEMBER, YOUR RIGHTS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED SETTLEMENT AND YOU MAY BE ENTITLED TO A MONETARY PAYMENT. If you have not yet received a full Notice and Proof of Claim and Release form (“Claim Form”), you may obtain copies of these documents by visiting the website of the Claims Administrator, www.strategicclaims.net, or by contacting the Claims Administrator at:

Strategic Claims Services
600 N. Jackson St., Suite 205, P.O. Box 230, Media, PA 19063
Toll-free: (866) 274-4004
Email: info@strategicclaims.net
Settlement Website: www.strategicclaims.net

Inquiries, other than requests for the Notice/Claim Form or for information about the status of a claim, may also be made to Lead Counsel:

If you are a Settlement Class Member, to be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, you must submit a Claim Form postmarked or submitted online no later than March 20, 2021. If you are a Settlement Class Member and do not timely submit a valid Claim Form, you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund, but you will nevertheless be bound by all judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable.

If you are a Settlement Class Member and wish to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you must submit a written request for exclusion in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Notice such that it is received no later than March 4, 2021. If you properly exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, you will not be bound by any judgments or orders entered by the Court relating to the Settlement, whether favorable or unfavorable, and you will not be eligible to share in the distribution of the Net Settlement Fund.

A substantially similar action is currently pending in the Superior Court of the State of California County of San Mateo, Docket No. 18CIV06699 (Cal. Super. Ct. Dec 14, 2018) (the “Consolidated San Mateo Action”), against the Defendants in this action other than Chi Ping Martin Lau and Donald J. Puglisi. It is the intent of the parties that the Settlement of this Action will, if approved, result in the release by all members of the Settlement Class of all claims asserted in the Consolidated San Mateo Action, except for the claims of any plaintiff in that action who opts out of the Settlement. Both plaintiffs and members of the putative class in the Consolidated San Mateo Action are members of the Settlement Class in this Action. If the Court in this Action approves the Settlement, then the Court in the Consolidated San Mateo Action may decide that the Settlement Class members who exclude themselves from the Settlement Class in this Action will be able only to continue to litigate their claims on an individual basis in a separate lawsuit and not as an absent class member. In addition, because the IPO occurred in November 2017, more than three years ago, under applicable law concerning statutes of limitations and repose, if you exclude yourself from the Settlement Class, then you may not be able to pursue your individual claims in a separate lawsuit filed after the date of this Notice. If you intend to exclude yourself from the Settlement Class to pursue your own, individual claims, then consider consulting your own lawyer. For instructions for and consequences of requesting exclusion from the Settlement Class or for remaining a member but objecting to the Settlement, see paragraphs 33-35 and 38-40, respectively, of the full Notice available at www.strategicclaims.net

Any objections to the proposed Settlement, Lead Counsel’s Fee and Expense Application, and/or the proposed Plan of Allocation must be filed with the Court, either by mail or in person, and be mailed to counsel for the Parties in accordance with the instructions in the Notice, such that they are received no later than March 4, 2021.

PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THE COURT, DEFENDANTS, OR
DEFENDANTS’ COUNSEL REGARDING THIS NOTICE.