BEIJING, April 8, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ China
Century Dragon Media, Inc. (NYSE Amex: CDM) (the "Company"), today
announced that on April 5, 2011, it
received, as expected, a notice of noncompliance from the NYSE Amex
LLC (the "Exchange") due to the delay in filing the Company's
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (the "Annual Report"). Sections
134 and 1101 of the Exchange Company Guide (the "Company Guide")
require the timely filing of such report with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The staff of the Exchange cites the Company's
failure to file its Annual Report within the extended due date,
that due to the fact that the Company's auditor withdrew its most
recent audit opinion, a new independent auditor will need to
complete a full audit of the Company's financial statements, and
the Company's inability to estimate when it will be able to file
the Annual Report in its determination that the Company has failed
to comply with certain additional continued listing standards of
the Exchange. Given the nature of these deficiencies and the fact
that the Company is already in delisting proceedings, the Exchange
determined that it is inappropriate to offer the Company a plan
period under Section 1009 of the Company Guide to rectify these
issues. The Company will instead have the opportunity to address
these issues, as well as all of the other continued listing
deficiencies, at its scheduled hearing.
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. As a result, the Company was subject to immediate delisting
unless it requested an appeal of the Staff's delisting
determination. In response, the Company timely appealed the Staff's
determination for a hearing before a Listing Qualifications Panel.
The notice of noncompliance has no immediate effect on the listing
of the Company's common stock on the Exchange.
The Company also announced today it has engaged the law firm of
McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
("McKenna") to serve as its independent counsel in connection with
its investigation into the allegations contained in the resignation
letter of its former auditor, MaloneBailey LLP ("MaloneBailey"),
and the investigation initiated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission ("SEC"). As previously announced on March 28, 2011, the Company's Board of Directors
formed a Special Investigation Committee consisting of the
independent members of the Board of Directors to launch an
investigation with respect to the concerns raised by MaloneBailey
and the SEC investigation.
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. We
purchase, repackage and sell advertising time on certain of the
nationally broadcast television channels of CCTV. We assist our
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.
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.