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SearchMedia Holdings Limited Announces Share and Warrant Repurchase Program

^{Published on 2009-12-29 08:50:11 - Market Wire}
 

SHANGHAI, CHINA--(Marketwire - December 29, 2009) - SearchMedia Holdings Limited ("SearchMedia" or the "Company") (NYSE Amex: [ IDI ]) (NYSE Amex: [ IDI.WS ]), (formerly Ideation Acquisition Corp.), one of China's leading nationwide multi-platform media companies, today announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share and warrant repurchase program, authorizing the Company to repurchase in the aggregate up to $5.0 million of its outstanding common stock and/or common stock warrants. Repurchases may be made by the Company from time to time in open-market or privately-negotiated transactions as permitted by securities laws and other legal requirements, and subject to market conditions and other factors.

About SearchMedia

SearchMedia is a leading nationwide multi-platform media company and one of the largest operators of integrated outdoor billboard and in-elevator advertising networks in China. SearchMedia currently operates a network of over 1,500 high-impact billboards with over 500,000 square feet of surface display area and one of China's largest networks of in-elevator advertisement panels consisting of approximately 125,000 frames in 52 cities throughout China. Additionally, SearchMedia operates a network of large-format light boxes in concourses of eight major subway lines in Shanghai. SearchMedia's core outdoor billboard and in-elevator platforms are complemented by its subway advertising platform, which together enable it to provide multi-platform, "one-stop shop" services for its local, national and international advertising clients that numbered more than 780 cumulatively since inception.

Forward-Looking Statements

Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe historical facts, including statements about SearchMedia's beliefs and expectations, may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements can be identified by terminology such as "will," "expect," "anticipate," "future," "intend," "plan," "believe," "estimate," "confident" and similar statements. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are based on current expectations, but are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from expectations, including future alternative uses for cash, future competing investment opportunities and general economic, business and market conditions, and other risks outlined in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. SearchMedia cautions readers not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. SearchMedia does not undertake or accept any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in their expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.