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DOCN.US
id: 818

DigitalOcean (DOCN) Failed Accounting Controls Case

S.D. New York
Court
1:23-cv-08060
Case number
02/16/2023
Class period Start
08/25/2023
Class period End
11/13/2023
Lead Plaintiff motion deadline
  • In August 2023, DigitalOcean identified certain errors in the financial statements and the replacement of CEO Spruill.
  • On this news, $DOCN fell significantly, damaging shareholders.
  • Investors suspect DigitalOcean of misleading about the effectiveness of accounting controls.
On August 24, 2023, DigitalOcean (DOCN) announced that its BoD had begun a search for a new CEO to replace Spruill, who would step down as CEO and board member as soon as his successor was appointed.

On this news, $DOCN declined 8.4% and lost over $235 million of its market capitalization, damaging investors.

The earlier same month, on August 3, 2023, DigitalOcean announced that it had “identified certain errors within the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements” related to the Company’s accounting for income tax expense, resulting in an overstatement of income tax expense in the quarter of approximately $18 million.
  • The Company would be restating its Q1 2023 financials, and announced that this restatement would “also include disclosure of an identified material weakness and that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2023.”
  • The material weakness, however, traced back at least to December 31, 2022, according to DigitalOcean, rendering its Annual Report for the previous year inaccurate as well.
  • Consequently, the Company conceded that it would also restate its financial statements for Fiscal Year 2022, originally filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023.
On this news, $DOCN fell 24.8%, seriously injuring shareholders.

Considering all the facts, Investors have reasons to suspect DigitalOcean of misleading about the effectiveness of controls over its accounting.
Case Status
Voluntary Dismissed
Alleged Offence
Misleading Statements
Financial Misrepresentation
Failure to Disclose
Omissions
Suspected Party
Directors
Management
Service Provider
Security Type
Stocks
Trade Direction
Long
Shock Event Date
08/25/2023
Filing date
09/12/2023
Lead Plaintiff Deadline
11/13/2023
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DigitalOcean Holdings Inc

DigitalOcean Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates a cloud computing platform in North America, Europe, Asia, and internationally. The company's platform provides on-demand infrastruct...

    Ticker
    DOCN.US
    ISIN
    US25402D1028
    CIK
    1582961
    Sector
    Technology
    Industry
    Software - Infrastructure
    Country
    USA
    Address
    101 6th Avenue, New York, NY, United States, 10013