LFST.US
id: 132
LifeStance Health Group (LFST) IPO $50M Shareholder Settlement
S.D. New York
Court1:22-cv-06833
Case number06/10/2021
Class period Start11/08/2021
Class period End01/17/2024
Claim deadlineLifeStance Health Group settles $50 million with shareholders to end claims over IPO in 2021.
On August 11, 2021, LifeStance published its financial results which reported a $70 million net loss and issued Q3 guidance that was below previous estimates.
On August 12, LifeStance's stock price fell 46% and closed at $11.71 per share.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, LifeStance benefitted from the state and local lockdown orders. Total revenue grew from $100.3 million in 2018 to $377.2 million in 2020 on a pro forma basis.
Back on June 11, 2021, when LifeStance filed the final Prospectus for the IPO, the shares were priced at $18.00. In its IPO documentation, LifeStance did not inform prospective investors of the negative impact on the company’s business of lifting the COVID restrictions, which increased operating expenses with fewer online and more in-person patient visits, and increased costs of onboarding new physicians.
Investors have not recovered their losses, the stock is still trading in the $5-$11 range in 2022, a drop from the IPO price of $18.
Case Status
Disbursed
Alleged Offence
Misleading Statements,
Financial Misrepresentation,
Failure to Disclose,
Breach of Fiduciary duty,
Omissions
Suspected Party
Directors,
Management
Security Type
Stocks
Trade Direction
Long
Payout per Share
0.72
Filing date
08/10/2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline
10/09/2022
Plaintiffs
Nizar S. Nayani
Attorneys
Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (Melville, NY)
Defendants
Michael K. Lester, J. Michael Bruff, Robert Bessler, Darren Black, Jeffrey Crisan, William Miller, Jeffrey Rhodes, Eric Shuey, Katherine Wood
Judge
Hon. Jed S. Rakoff
Administrator
A.B. Data Ltd
Settlement agreement date
2023-10-13
Court hearing date
01/24/2024
Exclusion deadline
01/03/2024
Objection deadline
01/03/2024
Hearing deadline
01/03/2024
Trades matching type
FIFO
Disbursement date
08/30/2024
+$50,000,000
Cash Settlement Amount