NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 27, 2019 / Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, reminds investors in Valaris plc ("Valaris" or the "Company")(VAL) of the October 21, 2019 deadline to seek the role of lead plaintiff in a federal securities class action that has been filed against the Company.

If you invested in Valaris stock or options between April 11, 2019 and July 31, 2019 and would like to discuss your legal rights, click here: www.faruqilaw.com/VAL. There is no cost or obligation to you.

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The lawsuit has been filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of all those who purchased Valaris securities between April 11, 2019 and July 31, 2019 (the "Class Period"). The case, Zhang v. Valaris plc et al., No. 19-cv-07816 was filed on August 20, 2019.

The lawsuit focuses on whether the Company and its executives violated federal securities laws by failing to disclose that: (i) the Company was plagued by a weak ultra-deepwater segment, massive cash usage, and significant negative cash flow; (ii) the foregoing was reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on the Company’s second quarter 2019 results; (iii) the merger leading to Valaris’s establishment could not deliver on its touted benefits; and (iv) as a result, the Company’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On July 31, 2019, Valaris issued a press release announcing its second quarter 2019 financial results. Upon its issuance, analysts at Seeking Alpha published an article on August 2, 2019, entitled "Valaris PLC - Off To A Bad Start", and noted that Valaris’ results "shock[ed] investors with massive cash usage [and] . . . surprisingly weak outlook for the ultradeepwater segment with further dayrate recovery likely delayed until at least the second half of next year." The Seeking Alpha Article further criticized the Company’s free cash flow for the quarter, which was "negative by a whopping $375 million causing the company’s remaining pro forma cash balance adjusted for roughly $741 million in payments related to the recent debt tender offer to decline to just $353 million."

Additionally, following the release of its second quarter financial results, Valaris was downgraded to Market Perform from Outperform at Wells Fargo. Wells Fargo saw "the company’s outlook having more inherent risk going forward."