Hurray! News
Hurray! Appoints Sean Wang as
President and Chief Operating Officer
BEIJING, May 23, 2006/Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Hurray! Holding Co.,
Ltd. (Nasdaq: HRAY - News), a leader in wireless music distribution
and other wireless value-added services, artist development and
music production, and wireless value-added services management software
in China, today announced that Mr. Sean (Shaojian) Wang has jointed
Hurray! as President and Chief Operating Officer (COO), effective
immediately.
Prior to Hurray!, Mr. Sean Wang was COO and acting Chief Financial
Officer (CFO) at Opta Corporation, a public listed consumer electronics
company in the US controlled by TCL. He also served as CFO at Pacificnet
Inc., a leading technology investment and management company that
invests in CRM solutions, mobile applications, and telecommunications
in Asia. From 1987 to 2002, he served as a company manger at Ecolab,
Inc. and as the managing director at Thian Bing Investments PTE,
Ltd.. Mr. Sean Wang attended Peking University and received a BS
in Economics from Hamline University and an MBA from Carlson School
of Management, University of Minnesota.
Commenting on this event, Hurray!’s Chairman and Chief Executive
Officer, QD Wang, said, “We are very pleased to have Sean on board
and take charge of day-to-day operations at Hurray!. We will continue
to strengthen our management to ensure sustained revenue and profit
growth going forward.”
About Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
Hurray! is a leading provider of music and music-related products
such as ringtones, ringbacktones, and truetones to mobile users
in China through SMS, IVR, RBT, WAP, MMS and Java wireless value-added
services platforms over mobile networks and through the Internet.
The company also provides a wide range of other wireless value-added
services to mobile users in China, including games, pictures and
animation, community, and other media and entertainment services.
In addition, Hurray! is a leader in artist development, music production
and offline and online distribution in China through its majority
controlled record labels Huayi Brothers Music and Hurray! Freeland
Music.
Hurray! also designs, develops, sells and supports a service provisioning
and management software for mobile operators in China to manage
wireless value-added services.
Forward-looking Statements
This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature.
These statements are made under the "safe harbor" provisions
of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. You
can identify these forward-looking statements by terminology such
as "will," "expects," "believes" and
similar statements. The accuracy of these statements may be impacted
by a number of business risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those projected or anticipated,
including risks related to: uncertainties associated with Mr. Sean
Wang serving as President and COO at Hurray!; Hurray!'s ability
to maintain its leading position in the market for wireless value-added
services in China, including its ability to anticipate or address
changes in technologies and user preferences in an effective and
timely manner; the risk that Hurray's profitability may be adversely
affected in future periods for a variety of reasons, many of which
may be beyond management's control; the state of Hurray!'s relationships
with China's mobile operators; and other risks outlined in Hurray!'s
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its
registration statement on Form F-1, as amended. Hurray! does not
undertake any obligation to update this forward-looking information,
except as required under applicable law.
For more information, please contact:
Phoebe Meng
Investor Relations Manager
Tel: 8610-6518-8989 x 6806
yfmeng@hurray.com.cn
SOURCE: Hurray! Holding Co., Ltd.
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