BEIJING, Aug. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- China Finance
Online Co. Limited ("China Finance Online", or the "Company", "we", "us" or "our") (NASDAQ GS: JRJC), a leading web-based
financial services company that provides Chinese retail investors with online access to securities and commodities trading,
wealth management products, investment advisory services, as well as financial database and analytics services to institutional
customers, today announced that it has entered into a Stipulation of Settlement with lead plaintiffs in the class action lawsuit
against the Company filed in June 2015.
The securities class action lawsuit was filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California and later transferred to the United States District Court for the Southern District of
New York (Wang v. China Finance Online, Case no. 1:15-CV-07894-RMB) against the Company
and alleges that the Company's public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission included materially false statements
and/or omitted material facts that the Company's transactions with a Chinese entity were related party transactions, which
inflated the price of the Company's securities during the period from April 29, 2013 and
June 3, 2015. The Company entered into the Stipulation of Settlement without any admission of
wrongdoing and provided for a settlement fund of $3 million.
The Stipulation of Settlement remains subject to court approval and certain other conditions including notice to the class
members and administration of the settlement.
About China Finance Online
China Finance Online Co. Limited is a leading web-based financial services company that provides Chinese retail investors with
online access to securities and commodities trading services, wealth management products, securities investment advisory
services, as well as financial database and analytics services to institutional customers. The Company's prominent flagship
portal site, www.jrj.com, is ranked among the top financial
websites in China. In addition to the web-based securities trading platform, the Company offers
basic financial software, information services and securities investment advisory services to retail investors in China. Through its subsidiary, Shenzhen Genius Information Technology Co. Ltd., the Company provides
financial database and analytics to institutional customers including domestic financial, research, academic and regulatory
institutions. China Finance Online also provides brokerage services in Hong Kong.
For further information, please contact:
Yilin Li
Investor Relations
China Finance Online Co. Limited
Tel: (+86-10) 83363100
Email: ir@jrj.com
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SOURCE China Finance Online Co., Ltd.