Bireme Announces Expiration and Preliminary Results of Tender Offer

Bireme Limited announced the expiration and preliminary results of its tender offer to purchase ordinary shares, par value $0.01 per share, of Acorn International

, and American Depositary Shares of Acorn, each representing three Ordinary Shares, in an aggregate amount not to exceed 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares (taking into account both Ordinary Shares that are tendered and Ordinary Shares underlying ADSs that are tendered). The offer price is $2.00 per Ordinary Share, which represents $6.00 per ADS, in cash, without interest. The offer expired at 5:00 p.m. New York City time on July 1, 2011. Based on preliminary information provided by Computershare Trust Company, N.A., who is acting as Ordinary Shares Tender Agent, and Citibank, N.A., who is acting as ADS Tender Agent, a total of approximately 28,326,339 Ordinary Shares of Acorn, including Ordinary Shares represented by approximately 9,325,576 ADSs, have been tendered and not withdrawn (including 108,366 Ordinary Shares subject to guaranteed delivery) prior to the expiration of the tender offer. The amount of Ordinary Shares tendered and not withdrawn has exceeded the maximum tender amount of 20,000,000 Ordinary Shares. As a result, Bireme will accept for payment and purchase validly tendered shares on a pro rata basis pursuant to the Offer to Purchase. The resulting estimated proration factor is approximately 70.9% of the Ordinary Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn. Certain adjustments will be made to avoid purchases of fractional Ordinary Shares or ADSs. All Ordinary Shares and ADSs tendered but not accepted for payment in the tender offer will be returned to the tendering shareholders. The number of Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares represented by ADSs) validly tendered and not withdrawn and the estimated proration factor are preliminary and subject to verification. The actual number of Ordinary Shares validly tendered and not withdrawn and the final proration factor will be announced promptly following the completion of the verification process, which is expected to be on or before July 12, 2011.