Actions Semiconductor Co. (ACTS)

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ZHUHAI, China, Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACTS), one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides comprehensive mixed-signal system-on-a-chip (SoC) and multimedia digital signal processing (DSP) solutions for portable consumer electronics, today announced that it will release financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2008 ended December 31, 2008, following the close of the market on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. The company will host a corresponding conference call and live webcast at 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time (ET).

To listen to the live conference call, please dial 800-265-0241 (within U.S.) or 617-847-8704 (outside U.S.) and enter passcode 26795801 at 5:20 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on January 21, 2009. An audio replay of the call will be available to investors through January 28, 2009, by dialing 888-286-8010 (within U.S.) or 617-801-6888 (outside U.S.) and entering the passcode 64308097.

A live webcast of the call will be available from the "Investor Relations" section of the company's website at http://www.actions-semi.com/.

About Actions Semiconductor

Actions Semiconductor is one of China's leading fabless semiconductor companies that provides mixed-signal and multimedia SoC solutions for portable consumer electronics. Actions Semiconductor products include SoCs, firmware, software, solution development kits, as well as detailed specifications of other required components and the providers of those components. Actions Semiconductor also provides total product and technology solutions that allow customers to quickly introduce new portable consumer electronics to the mass market in a cost effective way. The company is headquartered in Zhuhai, China, with offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. For more information, please visit the Actions Semiconductor website at http://www.actions-semi.com/.

Investor Contacts: Lisa Laukkanen Jimmy Liu The Blueshirt Group Investor Relations at Actions Semiconductor 415-217-4967 [phone]*1211