SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CooTek (NYSE: CTK) ("CooTek" or the "Company"), a fast-growing global mobile internet company, today announced revised total revenue guidance for the second quarter of 2019.
CooTek currently expects second quarter total revenue to be between US$34 million and US$36 million, compared to the previously announced range of US$45 million and US$50 million.
The guidance revision is mainly due to the difficulties that the Company is experiencing in collecting its consideration from Google and therefore inability to recognize the corresponding advertising revenues for the last 2 months of the quarter as a result of Google's decision in mid-July to temporarily disable the Company's global portfolio apps. CooTek is in continuous communication with Google to clarify any potential misunderstandings and restore access to its global portfolio of apps though no specific timetable has been confirmed. However, the processes for appealing such suspensions and removals could be time-consuming, and the Company cannot guarantee that its appeals will prevail or that any such suspended or removed applications will be made available again. The current suspensions and removals of the Company's global portfolio apps could lead to the difficulty in growing or sustaining its user base even though the Company acquired an increasing significant portion of its new users through other channels starting in 2019, and could significantly adversely affect the Company reputation, business operation and financial performance.
About CooTek (Cayman) Inc.
CooTek is a fast-growing global mobile internet company. The mission of CooTek is to empower everyone to express themselves and enjoy relevant content seamlessly. The Company's user-centric and data-driven approach has enabled it to release appealing products to capture mobile internet users' ever-evolving content needs and helps it rapidly attract targeted users. Focusing on 5 verticals of fitness, news and short videos, healthcare, lifestyle and entertainment, CooTek has developed multiple rapidly growing content-rich portfolio apps with news feed to deliver relevant content.
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For investor enquiries, please contact:
CooTek (Cayman) Inc.
Jean Zhang
Email: IR@cootek.com
Christensen
In China
Mr. Christian Arnell
+86-10-5900-1548
carnell@christensenir.com
In US
Ms. Linda Bergkamp
+1-480-614-3004
lbergkamp@christensenir.com
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