Focus Media Enters Into Definitive Merger Agreement for Going Private Transaction

Focus Media Holding Limited FMCN announced today that it has entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement") with Giovanna Parent Limited ("Parent") and Giovanna Acquisition Limited ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Parent will acquire Focus Media (the "Transaction") for US$5.50 per ordinary share of the Company (a "Share") or US$27.50 per American depositary share, each representing five Shares (an "ADS").  This amount represents a premium of 17.6% over the Company's closing price of US$23.38 per ADS on August 10, 2012, the last trading day prior to August 13, 2012, the date that the Company announced it had received a "going-private" proposal, and a premium of 36.6% and 33.9% to the volume-weighted average closing price of the Company's ADSs during the 30 and 60 trading days prior to August 13, 2012, respectively. The Transaction values Focus Media's equity at approximately US$3.7 billion, on a fully diluted basis. Immediately after the completion of the Transaction, Parent will be beneficially owned by Jason Nanchun Jiang, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Company (the "Chairman"); affiliates of and funds managed by Giovanna Investment Holdings Limited, an entity owned and controlled by Carlyle Asia Partners III, L.P.; Gio2 Holdings Ltd., an entity owned and controlled by FountainVest China Growth Capital Fund, L.P., FountainVest China Growth Capital Fund II, L.P.,  their respective parallel funds and affiliates; Power Star Holdings Limited, an entity owned and controlled by CITIC Capital China Partners II, L.P.; and State Success Limited, an entity owned and controlled by affiliates of China Everbright Structured Investment Holdings Limited. In addition, Fosun International Limited and/or its affiliates ("Fosun") will become a beneficial owner of Parent after the Transaction is completed. The Chairman and Fosun, collectively, currently beneficially own, in the aggregate, approximately 35.5% of the outstanding Shares (excluding outstanding options and restricted share units of the Company). Subject to the terms and conditions of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the merger (the "Effective Time"), Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, each Share issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be cancelled and cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive US$5.50 in cash without interest and net of any applicable withholding taxes, and each ADS issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will represent the right to surrender the ADS in exchange for US$27.50 in cash without interest and net of applicable withholding taxes, other than (i) a portion of the Shares beneficially owned by the Chairman and Fosun immediately prior to the Effective Time, which will be rolled over in the Transaction, and (ii) Shares owned by shareholders who shall have validly exercised and not effectively withdrawn or lost their rights to dissent from the Transaction under the Cayman Companies Law, which Shares will be cancelled at the Effective Time for the right to payment of the appraised value of such Shares in accordance with the Cayman Companies Law. Shares owned by the Company or its subsidiaries and Shares reserved (but not yet allocated) by the Company for settlement upon exercise of any share incentive awards issued under the Company's employee share incentive plans will all be cancelled for no consideration at the Effective Time.