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CMP.US
id: 419
On September 23, 2022, the SEC announced that Compass (CMP) was ordered to pay $12 million to settle charges “for misleading investors about a technology upgrade that the company claimed would reduce costs at its most significant mine, but in reality, had increased costs, and for failing to properly assess whether to disclose the financial risks created by the company’s excessive discharge of mercury in Brazil.”
According to the SEC’s order, Compass repeatedly assured investors in 2017 that a technology upgrade at its Goderich mine – the world’s largest underground salt mine which is located near Ontario, Canada, and hailed by the company as its crown jewel – was on track to materially reduce costs and boost its operating results starting in 2018. Compass’s statements were misleading because they failed to tell investors that costs at the mine were increasing rather than decreasing, which substantially undermined the projected savings. The SEC also found that Compass misled investors by overstating the amount of salt it was able to produce at Goderich.
The SEC’s order found that Compass violated the antifraud, reporting, and internal controls provisions of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act and various related rules.
Current and former shareholders of the Company have reasons to believe that Compass and its Leaders breach fiduciary duties to them.
Case Status
Attorney Investigation
Alleged Offence
Misleading Statements,
Fraud,
Failure to Disclose,
Malpractice,
Negligence,
Breach of Fiduciary duty,
Omissions
Suspected Party
Directors,
Management
Security Type
Stocks
Trade Direction
Long
Shock Event Date
23 September 2022