NEW YORK, April 2, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gainey McKenna & Egleston announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the District of Colorado on behalf of all persons or entities that purchased the securities of Boulder Brands, Inc. ("Boulder" or the "Company") (Nasdaq:BDBD) between December 23, 2013 and October 22, 2014 (the "Class Period").
The Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, Defendants issued materially false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose adverse facts concerning the Company's business and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges the Defendants failed to disclose that the Company was having problems with its inventory management and the integration of recent acquisitions, and that the Company's ongoing mix shift to lower margin products made its previously announced margin improvements unattainable. The Complaint alleges that as a result of Defendants' false statements and omissions, Boulder stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period.
Then, on October 22, 2014, Boulder provided an update on its anticipated third quarter 2014 financial results and its outlook for the fourth quarter of 2014, disclosing that during "the third quarter, we faced a number of headwinds that impacted our financial results." The Company further disclosed that the "the mix shift of our fast-growing, lower margin Natural segment is significantly outpacing our higher margin Balance segment and is therefore putting increased pressure on our gross margins." In addition, the Company revealed it was "expecting lower shipments due to a normalizing of certain inventories at our largest customer."
On this news, the price of Boulder stock collapsed 23%, falling from a closing price of $12.73 per share on October 21, 2014 to close at $9.62 per share on October 22, 2014, on volume of more than 9 million shares traded. The next day, Boulder's stock price dropped an additional 6%, closing on October 23, 2014 at $8.99 per share.
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than June 1, 2015. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. If you wish to join the litigation, or to discuss your rights or interests regarding this class action, please contact Thomas J. McKenna, Esq. or Gregory M. Egleston, Esq. of Gainey McKenna & Egleston at (212) 983-1300, or via e-mail at tjmckenna@gme-law.com or gegleston@gme-law.com.
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