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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January&nbsp;6, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>AirMedia Group Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</I></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><I>(State or other jurisdiction of <BR>
incorporation or organization)</I>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>17/F, Sky Plaza<BR>
No.&nbsp;46 Dongzhimenwai Street<BR>
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027<BR>
The People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>
(86 10) 8438 6868</B><BR>
<I>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>AIRMEDIA GROUP INC.<BR>
2007 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(as amended and restated effective December&nbsp;9, 2009)</B><BR>
<I>(Full title of the plan)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>CT Corporation System<BR>
111 Eighth Avenue<BR>
New York, New York 10011</B><BR>
<I>(Name and address of agent for service)</I></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>(212)&nbsp;894-8940</B><BR>
<I>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</I></DIV>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><I>Copies to:</I>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Conor Chiahung Yang <BR>
Chief Financial Officer <BR>
17/F, Sky Plaza <BR>
No.&nbsp;46 Dongzhimenwai Street <BR>
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027<BR>
The People&#146;s Republic of China<BR>
(86 10) 8438-6868</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Z. Julie Gao, Esq.<BR>
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &#038; Flom LLP<BR>
c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower<BR>
The Landmark<BR>
15 Queen&#146;s Road Central<BR>
Hong Kong<BR>
(852)&nbsp;3740-4700</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):</DIV>
<TABLE width="100%" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><TR><TD>Large accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD><TD align="center">Accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD><TD align="center">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT><BR>(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</TD><TD align="right">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</B>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.001 per share</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">5,000,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">3.69</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">18,450,000</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">1,315.49</TD>
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    <TD>These shares may be represented by the Registrant&#146;s American depositary shares (&#147;ADSs&#148;), each
of which represents two ordinary shares. The Registrant&#146;s ADSs issuable upon deposit of the
ordinary shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement
on Form F-6 (File No.&nbsp;333- 146908)</TD>
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    <TD>Represents additional ordinary shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under the AirMedia
Group Inc. 2007 Share Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective December&nbsp;9, 2009, the
&#147;Plan&#148;). In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
&#147;Securities Act&#148;), this registration statement will also cover any additional ordinary shares
which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split,
recapitalization or similar transaction. Any ordinary shares covered by an award granted under
the Plan (or portion of an award) that terminates, expires or lapses for any reason will be
deemed not to have been issued for the purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of
ordinary shares that may be issued under the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) and
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, and is based on the average of the high and low sales
price of the Registrant&#146;s ADSs ($7.38), as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December
30, 2009.</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#101"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>3</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#102"><B>PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>3</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#103"><B>SIGNATURES</B></A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>4</B></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#104"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B></A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px"><A href="#105"><B>EXHIBIT INDEX</B></A></DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="right"><B>6</B></TD>
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<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="h03900exv5w1.htm">Exhibit 5.1</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="h03900exv23w1.htm">Exhibit 23.1</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
for the purpose of registering an additional 5,000,000 ordinary shares of Airmedia Group Inc. (the
&#147;Registrant&#148;) authorized for issuance under the amended Airmedia Group Inc. Share Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). Previously, 12,000,000 ordinary shares of the Registrant were registered for issuance
under the Plan pursuant to the registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-148352). On December&nbsp;9, 2009, the shareholders of the Registrant approved an amendment to the
Plan that effectively increases the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan by 5,000,000 ordinary shares. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-148352), as amended, are
incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>PART II</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. </B><U><B>Incorporation of Documents by Reference</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following documents previously filed or furnished by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) are incorporated by reference herein:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008 filed on April&nbsp;28, 2009;</TD>
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    <TD>The Registrant&#146;s reports on Form 6-K furnished on May&nbsp;4, 2009, May&nbsp;19 2009,
August&nbsp;18, 2009, August&nbsp;31, 2009, November&nbsp;4, 2009, November&nbsp;12, 2009 and December&nbsp;10,
2009; and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
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    <TD>The Description of the Registrant&#146;s ordinary shares contained in the
Registrant&#146;s registration statement on Form 8-A, (File No.&nbsp;001-33765) filed on October
24, 2007, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of
updating that description.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), after the date of this
registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in
this registration statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement modified or
superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this
registration statement.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on January&nbsp;6, 2010.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left"><B>AIRMEDIA GROUP INC.</B><BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Herman Man Guo
&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Herman Man Guo&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR>
    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Mr.&nbsp;Herman Man Guo,
with full power to act alone, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with the power of
substitution, for and in such person&#146;s name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and as of January&nbsp;6,
2010.
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Herman Man Guo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Chairman and Chief Executive Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Herman Man Guo
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Conor Chiahung Yang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Chief Financial Officer</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Conor Chiahung Yang
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Qing Xu
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Xiaoya Zhang</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Director</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Xiaoya Zhang
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Junjie Ding</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Independent Director</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Junjie Ding
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Songzuo Xiang</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Independent Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Songzuo Xiang
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Shichong Shan</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Independent Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Shichong Shan
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    <TD valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donglin Xia</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Independent Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Donglin Xia
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    <TD align="center" valign="middle">Authorized Representative in the United States</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Name: Donald J. Puglisi<BR>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.3 to the report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;6-K furnished to the
Commission on December&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.2
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, the depositary and owners and beneficial
owners of American Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;4.3 to the
registration statement of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;F-1, as amended (File No.333-146825))</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.3
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">2007 Share Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective December&nbsp;9, 2009), (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit&nbsp;99.2 to the report of the Registrant on Form&nbsp;6-K furnished to the
Commission on December&nbsp;10, 2009)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">5.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel to the
Registrant, regarding the legality of the ordinary shares being registered</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">23.1 *
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., independent registered
public accounting firm</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</TD>
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Form S-8
Table of Contents
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 6, 2010
Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
AirMedia Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Cayman Islands
Not Applicable
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)
17/F, Sky Plaza
No. 46 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027
The People's Republic of China
(86 10) 8438 6868
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
AIRMEDIA GROUP INC.
2007 SHARE INCENTIVE PLAN
(as amended and restated effective December 9, 2009)
(Full title of the plan)
CT Corporation System
111 Eighth Avenue
New York, New York 10011
(Name and address of agent for service)
(212) 894-8940
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Conor Chiahung Yang
Chief Financial Officer
17/F, Sky Plaza
No. 46 Dongzhimenwai Street
Dongcheng District, Beijing 100027
The People's Republic of China
(86 10) 8438-6868
Z. Julie Gao, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
c/o 42/F, Edinburgh Tower
The Landmark
15 Queen's Road Central
Hong Kong
(852) 3740-4700
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed
Proposed Maximum
Maximum
Amount of
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate
Registration
Title of Securities to be Registered (1)
Registered (2)
Per Share (3)
Offering Price
Fee
Ordinary Shares, par value US$0.001 per share
5,000,000
$
3.69
$
18,450,000
$
1,315.49
(1)
These shares may be represented by the Registrant's American depositary shares ("ADSs"), each
of which represents two ordinary shares. The Registrant's ADSs issuable upon deposit of the
ordinary shares registered hereby have been registered under a separate registration statement
on Form F-6 (File No. 333- 146908)
(2)
Represents additional ordinary shares issuable pursuant to awards granted under the AirMedia
Group Inc. 2007 Share Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective December 9, 2009, the
"Plan"). In accordance with Rule 416(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
"Securities Act"), this registration statement will also cover any additional ordinary shares
which become issuable under the Plan by reason of any share dividend, share split,
recapitalization or similar transaction. Any ordinary shares covered by an award granted under
the Plan (or portion of an award) that terminates, expires or lapses for any reason will be
deemed not to have been issued for the purposes of determining the maximum aggregate number of
ordinary shares that may be issued under the Plan.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purposes of calculating the registration fee under Rule 457(h) and
Rule 457(c) under the Securities Act, and is based on the average of the high and low sales
price of the Registrant's ADSs ($7.38), as reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December
30, 2009.
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
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PART II INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
3
SIGNATURES
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
4
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit 5.1
Exhibit 23.1
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This registration statement on Form S-8 is filed pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8
for the purpose of registering an additional 5,000,000 ordinary shares of Airmedia Group Inc. (the
"Registrant") authorized for issuance under the amended Airmedia Group Inc. Share Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"). Previously, 12,000,000 ordinary shares of the Registrant were registered for issuance
under the Plan pursuant to the registrant's registration statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-148352). On December 9, 2009, the shareholders of the Registrant approved an amendment to the
Plan that effectively increases the number of ordinary shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan by 5,000,000 ordinary shares. In accordance with General Instruction E to Form S-8, the
contents of the registration statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-148352), as amended, are
incorporated herein by reference, except as otherwise set forth herein.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference
The following documents previously filed or furnished by the Registrant with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") are incorporated by reference herein:
(a)
The Registrant's annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2008 filed on April 28, 2009;
(b)
The Registrant's reports on Form 6-K furnished on May 4, 2009, May 19 2009,
August 18, 2009, August 31, 2009, November 4, 2009, November 12, 2009 and December 10,
2009; and
(c)
The Description of the Registrant's ordinary shares contained in the
Registrant's registration statement on Form 8-A, (File No. 001-33765) filed on October
24, 2007, including any amendment and report subsequently filed for the purpose of
updating that description.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13(a), 13(c), 14 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act"), after the date of this
registration statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement which indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which deregisters all
securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this
registration statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any
statement in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this registration
statement will be deemed to be modified or superseded to the extent that a statement contained in
this registration statement or in any other later filed document that also is or is deemed to be
incorporated by reference modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement modified or
superseded will not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to be a part of this
registration statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits
See the Index to Exhibits attached hereto.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant
certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Beijing, China, on January 6, 2010.
AIRMEDIA GROUP INC.
By:
/s/ Herman Man Guo
Name:
Herman Man Guo
Title:
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby authorizes and appoints Mr. Herman Man Guo,
with full power to act alone, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with the power of
substitution, for and in such person's name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign
any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this registration statement, and to
file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorney-in-fact full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done as fully to all
intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all
that said attorney-in-fact may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this registration
statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities indicated and as of January 6,
2010.
Signature
Title
/s/ Herman Man Guo
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Herman Man Guo
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Conor Chiahung Yang
Chief Financial Officer
Conor Chiahung Yang
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
/s/ Qing Xu
Director
Qing Xu
/s/ Xiaoya Zhang
Director
Xiaoya Zhang
/s/ Junjie Ding
Independent Director
Junjie Ding
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Signature
Title
/s/ Songzuo Xiang
Independent Director
Songzuo Xiang
/s/ Shichong Shan
Independent Director
Shichong Shan
/s/ Donglin Xia
Independent Director
Donglin Xia
/s/ Donald J. Puglisi
Authorized Representative in the United States
Name: Donald J. Puglisi
Title:   Managing
Director, Puglisi & Associates
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit Number
Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Registrant (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.3 to the report of the Registrant on Form 6-K furnished to the
Commission on December 10, 2009)
4.2
Form of Deposit Agreement among the Registrant, the depositary and owners and beneficial
owners of American Depositary Receipts (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the
registration statement of the Registrant on Form F-1, as amended (File No.333-146825))
4.3
2007 Share Incentive Plan (as amended and restated effective December 9, 2009), (incorporated
by reference to Exhibit 99.2 to the report of the Registrant on Form 6-K furnished to the
Commission on December 10, 2009)
5.1 *
Opinion of Maples and Calder, Cayman Islands counsel to the
Registrant, regarding the legality of the ordinary shares being registered
23.1 *
Consent of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu CPA Ltd., independent registered
public accounting firm
23.2
Consent of Maples and Calder (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1
Power of Attorney (set forth on the signature page of this registration statement)
*
Filed herewith
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