TAIPEI, Taiwan, Dec. 14, 2011/PRNewswire-Asia/ -- GigaMedia Limited (NASDAQ: GIGM) ("GigaMedia") announced today that it has sold all of its ownership interest in T2CN Holding Limited ("T2CN") to Hornfull Limited; all outstanding civil litigation has been resolved related to disputes involving GigaMedia and T2CN and T2CN's operating subsidiaries.
Sale of T2CN
On December 2, 2011, GigaMedia China Limited, Hornfull Limited, and Hangzhou NewMargin Ventures Co. Ltd. ("Hangzhou NewMargin") entered into an agreement whereby GigaMedia agreed to sell all of its ownership interest in T2CN to Hornfull Limited and Hangzhou NewMargin agreed to guarantee the payment and performance of Hornfull Limited under the agreement. On December 14, 2011, the parties completed the sale and purchase of the T2CN shares. Pursuant to the parties' agreement, GigaMedia China Limited sold all of its 43,633,681 shares of T2CN, comprising a 67.087% interest in the company, to Hornfull Limited for a cash payment of US$4,738,588. Hornfull Limited also compensated GigaMedia China Limited US$789,765 in cash for legal fees incurred by GigaMedia in connection with the T2CN disputes.
Hornfull Limited and Hangzhou NewMargin are private companies incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and the People's Republic of China (the "PRC"), respectively.
After extensive deliberation and consultation with its valuation expert, PricewaterhouseCoopers Financial Advisory Services Co., Ltd., and outside legal counsels, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Allen & Gledhill LLP, Advocates & Solicitors, and King & Wood, GigaMedia's board of directors concluded that the sale of GigaMedia's ownership interest in T2CN to Hornfull Limited was in the best interest of GigaMedia's shareholders.
Settlement of civil litigation between GigaMedia and Wang Ji
In connection with the sale of its ownership interest in T2CN, GigaMedia has entered into a settlement agreement to resolve all of its civil legal disputes with the former head of its Asian online game and service business in the PRC and former Chief Executive Officer of T2CN, Wang Ji. As described in GigaMedia's 2010 Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("2010 Form 20-F"), disputes arose between GigaMedia and Wang Ji in July 2010. As a result, several lawsuits involving T2CN, its two wholly-owned subsidiaries in the PRC, T2CN Information Technology (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("T2 Technology") and J-Town Information (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. ("J-Town"), as well as certain of T2CN's operating entities, including Shanghai T2 Entertainment Co., Ltd.