Acorn International, Inc. appointed Mr. Pierre E. Cohade as a Director of the Company, effective February 1, 2017.  Mr. Cohade was also appointed as a member of the Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Company.  According to the Company's Articles of Association, Mr. Cohade will hold office until the Company's next annual general meeting and will be eligible for re-election at such meeting. Mr. Pierre E. Cohade, until recently, was the CEO of Triangle Tyre. Between 2004 and 2011, Cohade was the president of Goodyear Asia Pacific. Cohade has also served as Senior Advisor to ChinaVest, Wells Fargo's Investment Bank affiliate in China, as well as the Center for Creative Leadership.