BEIJING,
March 31, 2022
/PRNewswire/ -- Weibo Corporation ("Weibo" or the "Company")
(Nasdaq: WB and HKEX: 9898), a leading social media platform in
China, today announced that its
board of directors has authorized a share repurchase program under
which the Company may repurchase up to US$500 million of its
American depositary shares over the next 12 months, ending on
March 31, 2023.
The share repurchases may be effected from time to time on the
open market at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated
transactions, in block trades and/or through other legally
permissible means, depending on market conditions and will be
implemented in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
The Company expects to fund the repurchases out of its existing
cash balance.
About Weibo
Weibo is a leading social media for people to create, share
and discover content online. Weibo combines the means of public
self-expression in real time with a powerful platform for social
interaction, content aggregation and content distribution. Any user
can create and post a feed and attach multi-media and long-form
content. User relationships on Weibo may be asymmetric;
any user can follow any other user and add comments to a feed while
reposting. This simple, asymmetric and distributed nature
of Weibo allows an original feed to become a live viral
conversation stream.
Weibo enables its advertising and marketing customers to
promote their brands, products and services to
users. Weibo offers a wide range of advertising and
marketing solutions to companies of all sizes. The Company
generates a substantial majority of its revenues from the sale of
advertising and marketing services, including the sale of social
display advertisement and promoted marketing
offerings. Designed with a "mobile first" philosophy, Weibo
displays content in a simple information feed format and offers
native advertisement that conform to the information feed on our
platform. To support the mobile format, we have developed and
continuously refining our social interest graph recommendation
engine, which enables our customers to perform people marketing and
target audiences based on user demographics, social relationships,
interests and behaviors, to achieve greater relevance, engagement
and marketing effectiveness.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements that
relate to, among other things, Weibo's expected financial
performance and strategic and operational plans (as described,
without limitation, in the "Business Outlook" section and in
quotations from management in this press release. Weibo may also
make forward-looking statements in the Company's periodic reports
to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"),
in announcements, circulars or other publications made on the
website of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (the
"Hong Kong Stock Exchange"), in press releases and other written
materials and in oral statements made by its officers, directors or
employees to third parties. Statements that are not historical
facts, including statements about the Company's beliefs and
expectations, are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking
statements can be identified by terminology, such as "will,"
"expects," "anticipates," "future," "intends," "plans," "believes,"
"confidence," "estimates" and similar statements. Forward-looking
statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties. A number of
important factors could cause actual results to differ materially
from those contained in any forward-looking statement. Potential
risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, Weibo's
limited operating history in certain new businesses; failure to
grow active user base and the level of user engagement; the
uncertain regulatory landscape in China; fluctuations in the
Company's quarterly operating results; the Company's reliance on
advertising and marketing sales for a majority of its revenues;
failure to successfully develop, introduce, drive adoption of or
monetize new features and products; failure to compete effectively
for advertising and marketing spending; failure to successfully
integrate acquired businesses; risks associated with the Company's
investments, including equity pick-up and impairment; failure to
compete successfully against new entrants and established industry
competitors; changes in the macro-economic environment, including
the depreciation of the Renminbi; and adverse changes in economic
and political policies of the PRC government and its impact on the
Chinese economy. Further information regarding these and other
risks is included in Weibo's annual report on Form 20-Fs and other
filings with the SEC and the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange. All information provided in this press release is current
as of the date hereof, and Weibo assumes no obligation to update
such information, except as required under applicable law.
Contacts
Investors Relations
Weibo Corporation
Tel: +86-10-5898-3336
Email: ir@staff.weibo.com
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