Robbins Arroyo LLP: BioAmber Inc. (BIOA) Misled Shareholders According to a Recently Filed Class Action
Shareholder rights law firm Robbins Arroyo LLP announces that a class action complaint was filed against BioAmber Inc. (NYSE: BIOA) in the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of New York. The complaint is brought on behalf of all purchasers of BioAmber securities pursuant to
BioAmber's secondary public offering on January 23, 2017 (the "Offering") and/or publicly traded on the open market between January
23, 2017 and March 16, 2017, for alleged violations of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by
BioAmber's officers and directors. BioAmber, an industrial biotechnology company, produces and sells bio-succinic acid to various
chemical market customers in the United States.
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BioAmber Accused of Unjustifiably Touting Its Competitive Advantage
According to the complaint, on January 23, 2017, BioAmber held the Offering, selling approximately 2.1 million shares of its
common stock at $4.75 per share, with expected gross proceeds of $10 million. On January 24, 2017, the company announced an
increase of the offering to $17.5 million, and filed a Form 424B5 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission containing its
Prospectus Supplement (the "Prospectus"). The Prospectus stated that for the three months and year ended December 31, 2016, the
company expected total revenues to be between $2.0 million and $2.2 million, and $9.6 million and $9.8 million, respectively, as
compared to total revenues of $1.1 million and $2.2 million for the three months and year ended December 31, 2015. The complaint
alleges that these statements were false and misleading because BioAmber officials failed to disclose that one of its large
customers postponed a significant order to 2017.
On March 16, 2017, BioAmber announced disappointing financial results for the 2016 fiscal year, noting that its fourth quarter
2016 product sales of approximately $631,000 were below its previously disclosed fourth quarter expectations of $2.0 to $2.2
million. During an earnings conference call that same day, the company's Chief Executive Officer, Fabrice Orecchioni, stated that
the company "experienced a disruption from a large customer that was expected to purchase $2.8 million of succinic acid in Q4 2016,
but due to a technical problem in its manufacturing facility postponed the order to 2017." On this news, BioAmber's stock fell
$0.59 per share, or over 18%, to close at $2.55 per share on March 17, 2017.
BioAmber Shareholders Have Legal Options
Concerned shareholders who would like more information about their rights and potential remedies can contact attorney Darnell R.
Donahue at (800) 350-6003, DDonahue@robbinsarroyo.com, or via the
shareholder information form on the firm's website.
Robbins Arroyo LLP is a nationally recognized leader in shareholder rights law. The firm represents individual and institutional
investors in shareholder derivative and securities class action lawsuits, and has helped its clients realize more than $1 billion
of value for themselves and the companies in which they have invested.
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