ChinaNet Online Holdings Raises Full Year 2012 Net Income Guidance to $3.1 Million
October 11 2012 - 7:30AM
ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq:CNET) (the "Company"), a
leading B2B (business to business) Internet technology company
focusing on providing online-to-offline ("O2O") sales channel
expansion services for small and medium-sized enterprises ("SMEs")
and entrepreneurial management and networking services for
entrepreneurs in the People's Republic of China, today announced
that the Company is raising its 2012 full year net income guidance
to $3.1 million from $2.8 million previously provided. The revised
net income guidance does not include any benefits from the proposed
acquisition of the remaining 49% equity interest in Sou Yi Lian Mei
Network Technology ("SouYi") announced on September 17, 2012.
"We have taken aggressive actions to improve our margins,"
stated Mr. George Chu, COO of ChinaNet. "The increase in our net
income guidance reflects both improved expense management as well
as a better than expected recovery from 28.com, and growth from
Liansuo.com and brand management services and solutions based on
our cloud-based marketing platform. As we introduce these services
to a wider audience, our new web portals are gaining more and more
recognition from larger sized small businesses. With the
integration of SouYi, we are able to clearly divide existing and
potential clients into segments for better services and higher
revenue. In addition, since we initiated a cost management plan at
the beginning of the year, we have started to see some rewards from
this plan. However, we will not slow our talent recruitment or
technology development as they will further differentiate ChinaNet
from other competitors. Overall, we expect the gradual recovery in
China's economy to benefit our core small business customers."
About ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc.
The Company, a parent company of ChinaNet Online Media Group
Ltd., incorporated in the BVI ("ChinaNet"), is a leading B2B
(business to business) Internet technology company focusing on
providing O2O (online to offline) sales channel expansion service
for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and entrepreneurial
management and networking service for entrepreneurs in China. The
Company, through certain contractual arrangements with operating
companies in the PRC, provides Internet advertising and other
services for Chinese SMEs via its portal websites, 28.com,
Liansuo.com and Chuangye.com, TV commercials and program production
via China-Net TV, and in-house LCD advertising on banking kiosks
targeting Chinese banking patrons. Website:
http://www.chinanet-online.com.
Safe Harbor
This release contains certain "forward-looking statements"
relating to the business of ChinaNet Online Holdings, Inc., which
can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as
"believes," "expects," "anticipates," "estimates" or similar
expressions. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks and uncertainties, including business uncertainties
relating to government regulation of our industry, market demand,
reliance on key personnel, future capital requirements, competition
in general and other factors that may cause actual results to be
materially different from those described herein as anticipated,
believed, estimated or expected. Certain of these risks and
uncertainties are or will be described in greater detail in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These
forward-looking statements are based on ChinaNet's current
expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their
potential effects on the company. There can be no assurance that
future developments affecting ChinaNet will be those anticipated by
ChinaNet. These forward-looking statements involve a number of
risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the control of the
Company) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or
performance to be materially different from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements. ChinaNet undertakes no
obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of new information, future events
or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities
laws.
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Email: thaberfield@mzgroup.us
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