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According to the complaint, NantKwest is a biotechnology company which develops immunotherapeutic agents for various clinical conditions. The Company also holds right to commercialize a range of genetically modified derivatives that kills cancer and virally infected cells.
The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company’s business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) NantKwest’s financial statements contained errors related to stock-based awards to the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman defendant Patrick Soon-Shiong (“Soon-Shiong”); (ii) NantKwest’s financial statements contained errors related to build-to-suit lease accounting related to one of the Company’s research and development and good manufacturing practices (“GMP”) facilities; (iii) the Company lacked effective internal financial controls; and (iv) as a result of the foregoing, NantKwest’s public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
The Class Period begins on September 10, 2015, when NantKwest filed a quarterly report on Form 10-Q with the SEC announcing the Company’s financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 (the “Q2 2015 10-Q”).
On March 11, 2016, NantKwest announced that the Company’s interim financial statements for the quarters ended June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2015 should no longer be relied upon due, in part, to the combined effect of financial statement errors primarily attributable to certain stock-based awards to defendant Soon-Shiong and build-to-suit lease accounting related to one of its research and development and GMP facilities.
Following this new on March 11, 2016, NantKwest stock fell 3.31%, to close at $8.17.
If you are a member of the class described above, you may no later than May 23, 2016 move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff of the class, if you so choose.
A lead plaintiff is a representative party that acts 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 purported class may move the court to serve as a lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an inactive class member.
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