Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP Announces Class Periods for Shareholder Lawsuits -- TSYS, QUIK, TENF, PCSA


BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Dec. 7, 2001 (PRIMEZONE) -- Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP announced today that it recently filed lawsuits on behalf of shareholders of Telecommunication Systems, Inc., Quicklogic Corporation, TenFold Corporation and AirGate PCS, Inc. for violations of the federal securities laws.

If you purchased the securities of any of the companies listed below during the class period, you may be a member of the class and have until the date specified to move the court to become the lead plaintiff. For more information on a particular lawsuit and to view the complaint, you may visit our Website at www.sbclasslaw.com. To learn more about your rights and interests in these cases and your ability to potentially recoup your losses, please contact Schiffrin & Barroway directly at 888-299-7706 (toll free) or 610-822-2221, fax number 610-822-0002 or by e-mail at info@sbclasslaw.com

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC. (Nasdaq:TSYS) (Class Period: 08/08/00 - 12/06/00) The complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On or about August 8, 2000, Telecommunication commenced an initial public offering of 4,700,000 of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $17 per share (the "Telecommunication IPO"). In connection therewith, Telecommunication filed a registration statement, which incorporated a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), with the SEC. The complaint further alleges that the Prospectus was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, that: (i) Chase, Deutsche, Salomon, Banc of America, Merrill Lynch, Bear-Stearns, and Thomas Weisel had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which Chase, Deutsche, Salomon, Banc of America, Merrill Lynch, Bear-Stearns, and Thomas Weisel allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of Telecommunication shares issued in connection with the Telecommunication IPO; and (ii) Chase, Deutsche, Salomon, Banc of America, Merrill Lynch, Bear-Stearns, and Thomas Weisel had entered into agreements with customers whereby Chase, Deutsche, Salomon, Banc of America, Merrill Lynch, Bear-Stearns, and Thomas Weisel agreed to allocate Telecommunication shares to those customers in the Telecommunication IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional Telecommunication shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. The lead plaintiff motion must be filed no later than December 29, 2001.

QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION (Nasdaq:QUIK) (Class Period: 10/14/99 - 12/06/00). The complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On or about October 14, 1999, Quicklogic Corporation commenced an initial public offering of 6,667,000 of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $10 per share (the "Quicklogic IPO"). In connection therewith, Quicklogic Corporation filed a registration statement, which incorporated a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), with the SEC. The complaint further alleges that the Prospectus was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, that: (i) FleetBoston and Bear-Stearns had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which FleetBoston and Bear-Stearns allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of Quicklogic Corporation shares issued in connection with the Quicklogic IPO; and (ii) FleetBoston and Bear-Stearns had entered into agreements with customers whereby FleetBoston and Bear-Stearns agreed to allocate Quicklogic Corporation shares to those customers in the Quicklogic IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional Quicklogic Corporation shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. The lead plaintiff motion must be filed no later than December 29, 2001.

TENFOLD CORPORATION (Nasdaq:TENF) (Class Period: 05/20/99 - 12/06/00). The complaint alleges violations of Sections 11, 12(a)(2) and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On or about May 20, 1999, TenFold commenced an initial public offering of 4,700,000 of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $17 per share (the "TenFold IPO"). In connection therewith, TenFold filed a registration statement, which incorporated a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), with the SEC. The complaint further alleges that the Prospectus was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, that: (i) the Underwriters had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which the Underwriters allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of TenFold shares issued in connection with the TenFold IPO; and (ii) the Underwriters had entered into agreements with customers whereby the Underwriters agreed to allocate TenFold shares to those customers in the TenFold IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional TenFold shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. The lead plaintiff motion must be filed no later than January 5, 2002.

AIRGATE PCS, INC. (Nasdaq:PCSA) (Class Period: 09/27/99 - 12/06/00). The complaint alleges violations of Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. On or about September 27, 1999, AirGate commenced an initial public offering of 6,700,000 of its shares of common stock at an offering price of $17 per share (the "AirGate IPO"). In connection therewith, AirGate filed a registration statement, which incorporated a prospectus (the "Prospectus"), with the SEC. The complaint further alleges that the Prospectus was materially false and misleading because it failed to disclose, among other things, that: (i) Defendants had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors in exchange for which Defendants allocated to those investors material portions of the restricted number of AirGate shares issued in connection with the AirGate IPO; and (ii) Defendants had entered into agreements with customers whereby Defendants agreed to allocate AirGate shares to those customers in the AirGate IPO in exchange for which the customers agreed to purchase additional AirGate shares in the aftermarket at pre-determined prices. The complaint was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, located at 500 Pearl Street, New York, NY. The lead plaintiff motion must be filed no later than January 6, 2002.

Schiffrin & Barroway, LLP has prosecuted shareholder class actions for over fourteen years and has recovered more than $1 billion for investors.

If you are a shareholder in any of the companies listed above and would like to be a lead plaintiff in one of these securities class actions, please contact Schiffrin & Barroway at 888-299-7706.

More information on these and other class actions can be found on the Class Action Newsline at www.primezone.com/ca.



            

Contact Data