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Xinhua Finance Media Ltd.
Summary: According to a press release dated May 22, 2007, the Complaint charges that Defendants Xinhua, certain officer of the Company, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., UBS AG, CIBC World Markets Corp., and WR Hambrecht & Co., LLC made, or facilitated, misleading statements in the Company's March 8, 2007 prospectus (the "Prospectus"), issued in connection with the offering of 23,076,932 ADSs, representing 46,153,846 common shares at $13 per share.

The Complaint alleges that the Prospectus failed to disclose material information that since April 2006, prior to the Company's IPO, Shelly Singhal, the Company's CFO at the time of the IPO, was simultaneously an investment banker and stockbroker in charge of Bedrock Securities ("Bedrock"). Since April 2006, prior to the Company's IPO, Bedrock had been under a Nasdaq cease-and-desist order for violating SEC regulations. Moreover, reports also surfaced that Singhal had been fighting a private civil racketeering lawsuit in California and had previously been a major investor in AremisSoft and ACLN, companies previously sued for fraud by the SEC. This information was never disclosed in the Prospectus.

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION:
SIC Code: 4899
Sector: Services
Industry: Broadcasting & Cable TV


COMPANY/ISSUER NAME: Xinhua Finance Media Ltd.
COMPANY/ISSUER TICKER: XFML
COMPANY WEBSITE: http://www.xinhuafinancemedia.com

FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT IN THE DATABASE
Israel Bollag, et al. v. Xinhua Finance Media Ltd., et al.
 COURT: S.D. New York  DOCKET NUMBER: 07-CV-03994
 JUDGE NAME: Hon. Laura Taylor Swain
 DATE FILED: 05/22/2007  SOURCE: Notice of Filing
 CLASS PERIOD START: 03/08/2007  CLASS PERIOD END: 05/21/2007
 TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Unamended/Unconsolidated
 PLAINTIFF FIRMS IN THIS OR SIMILAR CASE:
  • Bernstein Liebhard & Lifshitz LLP (New York, NY)
      10 E. 40th Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY, 10016
       (voice) 800.217.1522, (fax) , info@bernlieb.com
  • Kahn Gauthier Swick, LLC
      650 Poydras St. Suite 2150, New Orleans, LA, 70130
       (voice) (504) 455-1400, (fax) , lewis.kahn@kglg.com
  • Murray, Frank & Sailer LLP
      275 Madison Ave 34th Flr, New York, NY, 10016
       (voice) 212.682.1818, (fax) 212.682.1892, email@murrayfrank.com
  • Schiffrin Barroway Topaz & Kessler, LLP
      2125 Oak Grove Road, Suite 120, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598
       (voice) 925.945.0200, (fax) 925.945.8792, info@sbtklaw.com
  • Zwerling Schachter & Zwerling
      845 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10022
       (voice) 212-223-3900, (fax) 212-371-5969, inquiry@zsz.com
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  5

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT
    Class Action Complaint for Violations of Federal Securities Laws - Jury Trial Demanded
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 05/22/2007
    U.S. District Court Civil Docket
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 05/22/2007

     OTHER DOCUMENTS
    Class Action Complaint - Jury Trial Demanded
    Case Name and/or Number: Joel Darras, et al. v. Xinhua Finance Media Ltd., et al.
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 05/29/2007

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