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COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP FILES CLASS
ACTION SUIT AGAINST FOCUS MEDIA HOLDING LIMITED
New York – November 27, 2007 – Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/focusmedia/) today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”) of Focus Media Holding Limited (“Focus Media” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:FMCN) in the Company’s secondary public offering on or about November 7, 2007 (the “Secondary Offering”).
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff’s counsel, Samuel H. Rudman or David A. Rosenfeld of Coughlin Stoia at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at djr@csgrr.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.csgrr.com/cases/focusmedia/. Any member of the purported class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
The complaint charges Focus Media and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Exchange Act of 1933. Focus Media operates out-of-home advertising network using audiovisual television displays in the People’s Republic of China.
According to the complaint, on or about November 1, 2007, Focus Media filed a Form F-1/A Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the Secondary Offering. On or about November 6, 2007, the Prospectus (the “Prospectus”) with respect to the Secondary Offering, which forms part of the Registration Statement, became effective and more than 13.5 million shares of Focus Media’s ADSs at $64.75 per ADS were sold to the public, thereby raising more than $888 million.
The complaint alleges that the Registration Statement and the Prospectus contained inaccurate statements of material fact because they failed to disclose that the Company had made numerous acquisitions in its Internet advertising business division which were depressing its gross margins in that important division. On November 19, 2007, after the close of the market, Focus Media issued a press release announcing its financial results for the third quarter of 2007, the period ending September 30, 2007. Among other things, the Company reported that its gross margins for the third quarter of 2007 had declined due to several recent acquisitions. Following the Company’s earnings release, on November 20, 2007, the price of Focus Media ADSs dropped from $57.15 per ADS to $52.00 per ADS on extremely heavy trading volume.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Focus Media ADSs in the Company’s Secondary Offering. The plaintiff is represented by Coughlin Stoia, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.
Coughlin Stoia, a 180-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, D.C., Houston and Philadelphia, is active in major litigations pending in federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors, consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations. Coughlin Stoia lawyers have been responsible for more than $45 billion in aggregate recoveries. The Coughlin Stoia Web site (http://www.csgrr.com) has more information about the firm.
Contact:
Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP
Samuel H. Rudman, 800-449-4900
David A. Rosenfeld
djr@csgrr.com
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