On September 18, 2017, SINA Corporation confirmed that Aristeia Capital, L.L.C. has submitted a notice of nomination of 2 individuals for election to the SINA Board of Directors at the Company's 2017 annual general meeting. The Company reported that despite SINA's attempts to engage constructively and multiple requests over recent weeks that Aristeia comply with the Company's process for evaluating Board candidates, Aristeia's nominees flatly refused to be interviewed by the SINA Board. Aristeia has now launched a public campaign that fails to acknowledge the contradictory nature of its own demands, which sought to dismiss basic governance principles by threatening a proxy fight if the SINA Board did not blindly appoint them to serve as directors and fiduciaries to all shareholders. Further, the Company added that it does not view Aristeia, which has traded in-and-out of SINA's stock to support its gains, is truly interested in governance. Instead, the Company views Aristeia is interested only in implementing a short-term and self-serving agenda.