BEIJING, May 27, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China
Century Dragon Media, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CDM) (the "Company") today
announced that on May 23, 2011, the
Company received an additional notice of non-compliance from the
NYSE Amex LLC (the "Exchange") due to the Company's failure to
maintain a board of directors consisting of a majority of
independent directors and an audit committee consisting of at least
three independent directors in accordance with Sections 802(a) and
803B(2) of the Exchange's Company Guide. The Company plans to
address its plan for adding an additional independent director to
its board of directors and audit committee at its scheduled hearing
before a Listing Qualifications Panel of the Exchange's Committee
on Securities (the "Panel"). The Company also received
notifications on April 5, 2011 and
May 17, 2011 from the Exchange of the
Company's failure to satisfy one or more of the Exchange's
continued listing standards related to the Company's failure to
timely file its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2011 and its Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2011 with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
As previously reported, on March 23,
2011, the Company received a delisting notification from the
Exchange due to the Company's noncompliance with Sections
1003(f)(iii), 132(e), 1003(d), 1002(e) and 127 of the Company
Guide. The Company has appealed the Staff's delisting
determination, which was based on the Exchange's review of the
resignation letter from the Company's former auditor, MaloneBailey
LLP, and the delay in the filing of the Company's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2010. The Company timely requested a hearing before the
Panel. The Company also received notifications from the Exchange.
The most recent notice of non-compliance has no immediate effect on
the listing of the Company's common stock on the Exchange.
About China Century Dragon Media, Inc.
China Century Dragon Media is a television advertising company
in China that primarily offers
blocks of advertising time on certain channels on China Central
Television ("CCTV"), the state television broadcaster of
China and China's largest television network. The
Company purchases, repackages and sells advertising time on certain
of the nationally broadcast television channels of CCTV. The
Company assists its customers in identifying the most appropriate
advertising time slots for their television commercials based on
the customer's advertising goals and in developing a cost-effective
advertising program to maximize their return on their advertising
investment.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release may include certain statements that are not
descriptions of historical facts, but are forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use
of forward-looking terminology such as "will," "believes,"
"expects," "anticipates" or similar expressions. Such information
is based upon expectations of the Company's management that were
reasonable when made but may prove to be incorrect. All of such
assumptions are inherently subject to uncertainties and
contingencies beyond our control and upon assumptions. Such risks
and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the Company's
ability to complete an internal investigation in a timely manner;
the discovery of additional issues related to the Company's
accounting records which may extend the investigation; the ability
to engage a new independent auditor and file its Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010 within a
reasonable period; the Company's inability to adequately respond to
the SEC's investigation orders; the Company's inability to
efficiently deploy resources to manage the process or complete it
on a timely basis; adverse capital and credit market conditions;
and other factors detailed from time to time in the Company's
filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and other regulatory authorities. The Company does not undertake to
update the forward-looking statements contained in this press
release. For a description of the risks and uncertainties that may
cause actual results to differ from the forward-looking statements
contained in this press release, see the Company's most recent
Annual Report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) on Form 10-K, and its subsequent SEC filings. Copies of
filings made with the SEC are available through the SEC's
electronic data gathering analysis retrieval system (EDGAR) at
http://www.sec.gov .
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Contact:
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George Duan
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CFO and Corporate
Secretary
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US Cell: 224-208-8855
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george@ss.ad.com
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SOURCE China Century Dragon Media, Inc.