GigaMedia (GIGM) to Divest About $30M-$40M of Assets

GigaMedia Limited (Nasdaq: GIGM) announced that new management is seeking to sell certain of the company's assets in the first half of 2012. The planned disposals are intended to free up approximately US$30-US$40 million for investment in new strategic growth initiatives, in line with GigaMedia's turnaround plans.

Part of efforts to better manage cash and increase focus, new Giga's disposal and asset optimization program targets investments made in certain game studios in Asia, as well as underperforming assets. Multiple publicly-listed game studios in GigaMedia's investment portfolio have grown in value. While past results are not a guarantee of future performance of these investments, based on current market values of GigaMedia's shareholdings management believes it has a reasonable expectation of generating cash proceeds of approximately US$30-US$40 million exclusively from sales of its interests in these publicly-listed game studios.

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