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Ideation Acquisition Corporation Announces Completion of Acquisition of SearchMedia International Ltd.
Ideation Acquisition Corp. ("Ideation")
(NYSE Amex: IDI) (NYSE Amex: IDI.U) (NYSE Amex: IDI.WS) announced that it
has completed the acquisition of SearchMedia International Ltd. The
transaction was approved by the stockholders of Ideation at its special
meeting on October 27, 2009 and was consummated on October 30, 2009.
Ideation has changed its name to SearchMedia Holdings Limited
("SearchMedia") and its common stock, units and warrants continue to trade
on the NYSE Amex under the ticker symbols: IDI, IDI.U, and IDI.WS,
respectively. SearchMedia also announced that Robert Fried, former
President and CEO of Ideation, has been named Co-Chairman of the Board of
Directors of SearchMedia.
"We are very proud to announce the completion of this strategic and very
successful transaction with Ideation," stated Garbo Lee, President of
SearchMedia. "We look forward to utilizing the capital from this
transaction to execute our growth plans and to solidify our position as a
leading nationwide multi-platform media company in China."
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 over 170,000 frames in 57 cities
throughout China. SearchMedia ranked first in market share of in-elevator
advertising displays in 13 out of the 26 most affluent cities in China and
ranked second in an additional nine of these cities, according to a Nielsen
Media Research report published in July 2008. 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 from its inception to July 31, 2009.
Forward-Looking Statements
Any statements contained in this press release that do not describe
historical facts may constitute forward-looking statements as that term is
defined by the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Any such 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 such as material adverse events affecting SearchMedia and
those other risks and uncertainties detailed in SearchMedia's filings with
the 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.
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