WILMINGTON, Del., March 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.:
- Do you, or did you, own shares of Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. (NASDAQ CM: ARCI)?
- Did you purchase your shares between March 15, 2012 and February 11, 2015, inclusive?
- Did you lose money in your investment in Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc.?
- Do you want to discuss your rights?
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., including former Special Assistant United States Attorney, Timothy J. MacFall, announces that a complaint has been filed in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the common stock of Appliance Recycling Centers of America, Inc. ("ARCA" or the "Company") (NASDAQ CM: ARCI) between March 15, 2012 and February 11, 2015, 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 purchased shares of ARCA during the Class Period, or purchased shares prior to the Class Period and still hold ARCA, and wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact Timothy J. MacFall, Esquire or Peter Allocco of Rigrodsky & Long, P.A., 2 Righter Parkway, Suite 120, Wilmington, DE 19803 at (888) 969-4242; by e-mail to info@rl-legal.com; or at: http://www.rigrodskylong.com/investigations/appliance-recycling-centers-of-america-inc-arci.
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: (1) ARCA's financial statements contained errors concerning sales tax related to its appliance replacement programs; (2) the Company lacked adequate internal controls over its financial reporting; and (3) as a result of the foregoing, the Company's financial 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 August 6, 2014, the Company announced that the California Board of Equalization ("BOE") was conducting an examination of sales and use taxes covering ARCA's appliance replacement sales. Then, on February 11, 2015, the Company issued a press release announcing that it expected an assessment of at least $4.0 million from the BOE, and that the Company anticipated that a pre-tax charge to earnings would be required and that previously issued unaudited consolidated financial statement for the fiscal quarters ended March 29, June 28 and September 27, 2014 and consolidated financial statements for the years ended December 28, 2013, December 29, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the quarters in the years then ended would need to be restated.
On this news, shares in ARCA dropped over 14%, closing at $2.54 per share on February 12, 2015, on heavy trading volume.
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than May 5, 2015. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. In order to be appointed lead plaintiff, the Court must determine that the class member's claim is typical of the claims of other class members, and that the class member will adequately represent the class. Your ability to share in any recovery is not, however, affected by the decision whether or not to serve as a lead plaintiff. Any member of the proposed class may move the court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
While Rigrodsky & Long, P.A. did not file the Complaint in this matter, the firm, with offices in Wilmington, Delaware and Garden City, New York, regularly litigates securities class, derivative and direct actions, shareholder rights litigation and corporate governance litigation, including claims for breach of fiduciary duty and proxy violations in the Delaware Court of Chancery and in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
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CONTACT:
Rigrodsky & Long, P.A.
Timothy J. MacFall, Esquire
Peter Allocco
(888) 969-4242
(516) 683-3516
Fax: (302) 654-7530
info@rl-legal.com
http://www.rigrodskylong.com
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