BEIJING, June 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ --
China Century Dragon Media, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CDM) (the "Company")
today announced that, following a hearing before a Listing
Qualifications Panel (the "Panel") of the Committee on Securities
of the NYSE Amex LLC (the "Exchange") on June 10, 2011, the Panel has denied the Company's
request for continued listing and, consequently, the Exchange will
suspend the Company's listing effective with the open of business
on Friday, June 17, 2011. The Company
intends to appeal the Panel's determination to the Exchange's full
Committee on Securities; however, the Company's stock will remain
suspended on the Exchange pending the appeal. In the event the
Company's appeal is not successful, the Company's securities would
be delisted from the Exchange. There can be no assurance that the
Company's appeal will be successful.
Upon suspension from the Exchange, the Company's common stock
will be eligible to trade in the "grey market" where securities
that are not listed, traded or quoted on any U.S. stock exchange,
the OTC Bulletin Board or OTC Link are found. Grey market trades
are reported by broker-dealers to their Self Regulatory
Organization ("SRO") and the SRO distributes the trade data to
market data vendors and financial websites, such as Yahoo!®
Finance, so investors can track price and volume. The Company's
stock is not immediately eligible for trading on the
over-the-counter (OTC) market due to the fact that trading in the
Company's stock was previously halted on the Exchange.
The Company remains committed to executing on the compliance
plan it presented to the Exchange. The Special Investigation
Committee, with the support and cooperation of the Company and the
assistance of its independent legal counsel and forensic accounting
advisors, is focused on completing the investigation and subsequent
audit process so that any concerns about the Company raised in
connection with the resignation of the Company's former audit firm,
MaloneBailey LLP, can be refuted or otherwise properly addressed
and the Company can provide accurate and complete financial
information to its shareholders and the investing public as soon as
possible.
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 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.
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.