Charm Comm. Receives Go-Private Proposal at $4.70/ADS

Charm Communications Inc. CHRM ("Charm" or the "Company"), a leading advertising agency in China, today announced that its board of directors has received a preliminary non-binding proposal letter dated September 30, 2013 (the "Proposal Letter") from Mr. He Dang, the chairman of the board of directors (the "Founder"), Merry Circle Trading Limited, a British Virgin Islands company controlled by the Founder ("Merry Circle"), Honour Idea Limited, a British Virgin Islands company owned by the Founder ("Honour Idea" and, collectively with Merry Circle, the "Founder Shareholders"), and CMC Capital Partners HK Limited (collectively, the "Consortium") to acquire all of the outstanding shares of the Company not currently owned by the Founder Shareholders in a "going private" transaction (the "Transaction") at a price of US$4.70 in cash per American Depositary Share of the Company ("ADS", each ADS representing two (2) Class A ordinary shares of the Company), or US$2.35 in cash per Class A ordinary share of the Company, and US$2.35 in cash per Class B ordinary share of the Company, subject to certain conditions. According to the Proposal Letter, the acquisition is intended to be financed by debt and/or See full press release