| Company: | LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. |
| Ticker Symbol: | NYSE: LPL |
| Class Period: | July 16, 2004 to December 11, 2006 |
| Date Filed: | Feb-07-07 |
| Lead Plaintiff Deadline: | Apr-06-07 |
| Court: | Southern District, NY |
| Allegations: |
A class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. ("LG.Philips") (NYSE:LPL) publicly traded securities during the period between July 16, 2004 and December 11, 2006 (the "Class Period").
The complaint charges LG.Philips and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. LG.Philips engages in the manufacture and supply of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays ("LCD") to original equipment manufacturers and multinational corporations. It sells its products primarily in the United States, Korea, Asia, and Europe.
The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants made positive statements concerning the Company's LCD business while, unbeknownst to investors, defendants were using artificial antitrust mechanisms, including price fixing, to support the Company's already inflated margins. However, by late spring 2006, as the Company's executives became aware of fines and jail sentences imposed for price fixing in the industry, they began ceasing their price-fixing behavior and rumors about the reasons for the sudden "weak pricing" in the LCD marketplace circulated throughout the markets. Without artificial anticompetitive mechanisms in place, the Company's profits began to fall and its share price declined from $22 to $15.
On December 8, 2006, officials from South Korea's Fair Trade Commission appeared at the Company's Seoul headquarters to proceed with a formal investigation of the Company and its top executives. Then on December 11, 2006, the Company announced it was being investigated for possible anticompetitive conduct in the LCD industry. The announcement spurred a two-day stock slide that erased about $1.6 billion in market value from the top five producers, including LG.Philips.
According to the complaint, during the Class Period, defendants concealed the following material adverse facts from the investing public: (a) from on or about June 2004 until on or about June 2006, LG.Philips and its co-conspirators entered into and engaged in a combination and conspiracy in the United States and elsewhere to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the prices of LCD panel products to be sold to resellers and consumers; and (b) as a result, the Company's shares traded at inflated prices, enabling the Company to consummate its initial public offering raising $1 billion, its secondary offering raising $1.4 billion, and obtain an additional $500 million in other securities offerings on terms otherwise unobtainable but for defendants' conduct, including the use of defective prospectuses for each such offering.
If you acquired the securities of the defendants during the Class Period you may, no later than the Lead Plaintiff Deadline shown above, request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff through counsel of your choice. You may also choose to remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff must meet certain requirements.
The complaint charges LG.Philips and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. LG.Philips engages in the manufacture and supply of thin film transistor liquid crystal displays ("LCD") to original equipment manufacturers and multinational corporations. It sells its products primarily in the United States, Korea, Asia, and Europe.
The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants made positive statements concerning the Company's LCD business while, unbeknownst to investors, defendants were using artificial antitrust mechanisms, including price fixing, to support the Company's already inflated margins. However, by late spring 2006, as the Company's executives became aware of fines and jail sentences imposed for price fixing in the industry, they began ceasing their price-fixing behavior and rumors about the reasons for the sudden "weak pricing" in the LCD marketplace circulated throughout the markets. Without artificial anticompetitive mechanisms in place, the Company's profits began to fall and its share price declined from $22 to $15.
On December 8, 2006, officials from South Korea's Fair Trade Commission appeared at the Company's Seoul headquarters to proceed with a formal investigation of the Company and its top executives. Then on December 11, 2006, the Company announced it was being investigated for possible anticompetitive conduct in the LCD industry. The announcement spurred a two-day stock slide that erased about $1.6 billion in market value from the top five producers, including LG.Philips.
According to the complaint, during the Class Period, defendants concealed the following material adverse facts from the investing public: (a) from on or about June 2004 until on or about June 2006, LG.Philips and its co-conspirators entered into and engaged in a combination and conspiracy in the United States and elsewhere to suppress and eliminate competition by fixing the prices of LCD panel products to be sold to resellers and consumers; and (b) as a result, the Company's shares traded at inflated prices, enabling the Company to consummate its initial public offering raising $1 billion, its secondary offering raising $1.4 billion, and obtain an additional $500 million in other securities offerings on terms otherwise unobtainable but for defendants' conduct, including the use of defective prospectuses for each such offering.
If you acquired the securities of the defendants during the Class Period you may, no later than the Lead Plaintiff Deadline shown above, request that the Court appoint you as lead plaintiff through counsel of your choice. You may also choose to remain an absent class member. A lead plaintiff must meet certain requirements.
