GUANGZHOU, China, April 28, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sungy Mobile Limited (Nasdaq:GOMO) ("Sungy Mobile" or the "Company"), a leading provider of mobile internet products and services globally with a focus on applications and mobile platform development, today announced that the special committee of independent directors (the "Special Committee") has retained Duff & Phelps (Duff & Phelps, LLC and Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC) as its financial advisors and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP as its legal advisor. The financial advisors and legal advisor to the Special Committee will assist it in, among other things, evaluating and determining the Company's response to the non-binding "Going-Private" proposal (the "Proposal") that the Company's board of directors received on April 13, 2015 from Mr. Yuqiang Deng, chairman and chief executive officer, and Mr. Zhi Zhu, co-chief operating officer of Sungy Mobile.
The Company cautions its shareholders and others considering trading its securities that neither its board of directors nor the Special Committee has made any decision with respect to the Company's response to the Proposal. There can be no assurance that any definitive offer will be made by Mr. Yuqiang Deng, Mr. Zhi Zhu or any other person, that any definitive agreement will be executed relating to the proposed transaction, or that the proposed transaction or any other transaction will be approved or consummated.
About Sungy Mobile Limited
Sungy Mobile Limited is a leading provider of mobile internet products and services globally with a focus on applications and mobile platform development. Sungy Mobile's platform product, GO Launcher EX, manages apps, widgets and functions on Android smartphones and serves as users' first entry point to their phones; it is the mobile access point from which many Android users are able to find new and innovative ways to customize their experience, download apps and interact with their mobile devices every day.
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