Company: | JinkoSolar |
Ticker Symbol: | JKS |
Class Period: | May-13-10 to Sep-21-11 |
Date Filed: | Oct-11-11 |
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: | Dec-10-11 |
Court: | Southern District of New York |
Allegations: |
JinkoSolar is one of the world's largest manufacturers of photovoltaic ("PV") products, including crystalline ingots, wafers, cells and mono- and multi-crystalline PV panels. Based in the People's Republic of China, JinkoSolar launched an IPO in the United States on May 13, 2010 issuing 5,835,000 ADSs to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, representing 23,340,000 ordinary shares. In the IPO Prospectus, Registration Statement, and subsequent SEC filings, JinkoSolar assured investors that it was in full compliance will all PRC environmental regulations.
Last month, after a massive die-off of fish in a river adjacent to JinkoSolar's primary manufacturing facility in Haining, hundreds of local residents protested and eventually ransacked the facility. 31 people were detained by police, and the facility was shut for several weeks. Jinko has since admitted that it was responsible for the environmental contamination and agreed to take remedial action. JinkoSolar admitted at a press conference, "we cannot shirk responsibility for the legal consequences which have come from management slips." Following the disclosure of the contamination, JinkoSolar's ADSs lost more than 42% of their value in a single week, wiping out millions of dollars of shareholder value.
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