DEADLINE ALERT: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. Reminds Shareholders Of VMware, Inc. Of Upcoming Deadline
WILMINGTON, DL / ACCESSWIRE / April 20, 2020 / Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.: Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. reminds shareholders of VMware, Inc. ("VMware" or the "Company") (NYSE:VMW) of an upcoming deadline involving a securities fraud class action lawsuit commenced against the Company.
A complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the common stock of VMware between March 30, 2019 and February 27, 2020, inclusive (the "Class Period"), alleging violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against the Company and certain of its officers (the "Complaint"). If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 1, 2020.
If you purchased shares of VMware during the Class Period, or purchased shares prior to the Class Period and still hold VMware, and wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact Seth D. Rigrodsky or Timothy J. MacFall at Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., 300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1220, Wilmington, DE 19801, by telephone at (888) 969-4242, by e-mail at info@rl-legal.com, or at http://rigrodskylong.com/cases-vmware-inc.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements, and omitted materially adverse facts, about the Company's business, operations and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that the defendants concealed from the investing public that: (i) VMware's reporting with respect to its backlog of unfilled orders was not in compliance with all relevant accounting and disclosure requirements; (ii) the foregoing subjected the Company to a foreseeable risk of heightened regulatory scrutiny and/or investigation; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times. As a result of defendants' alleged false and misleading statements, the Company's stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.
According to the Complaint, on February 27, 2020, during after-market hours, and the same day that VMware announced its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2020 financial results, Defendants filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC, disclosing an SEC investigation into the Company's backlog of unfilled orders. Specifically, that Form 8-K advised investors that, "[i]n December 2019, the staff of the Enforcement Division of the [SEC] requested documents and information related to VMware's backlog and associated accounting and disclosures." The Form 8-K also advised investors that, although "VMware is fully cooperating with the SEC's investigation," it was "unable to predict the outcome of this matter at this time."