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Confidential investigation: officers & directors’ potential breach of fiduciary duties to investors.
Investigation
03/01/2022
Initial Lawsuit
03/07/2022
Lawsuit Progression
07/01/2022
Did Rivian mislead investors regarding its decision to retroactively increase the price of its R1T pickup and R1S SUV?
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A lawsuit was subsequently filed. We update this post regularly.
03/01/2022
Rivian announces significant price increases for its R1T electric pickup truck and R1S electric SUV resulting in the cost of many reservation holders’ configurations rising by more than $12,000, following issues ramping up production.
“When Rivian first unveiled the R1T and R1S in 2018, it announced that the vehicles would start at $69,000 before incentives, but after Tesla announced the Cybertruck with similar specs for much cheaper, the company said it would lower its price. In 2020, Rivian confirmed that the R1T would now start at $67,500 for the base “Explore” version, which (at the time) the company said was coming in 2022. The Launch Edition was set to start at $75,000. . .”
Stock Impact
Close | Previous close | Price variation | Percentage variation |
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$61.91 | $67.56 | $-5.65 | -8.36% |
A Rivian investor filed a securities class-action lawsuit on behalf of all persons or entities, other than defendants, who purchased Rivian’s common stock pursuant to or traceable to Rivian’s initial public offering (IPO) on November 10, 2021.
According to the complaint, defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the company’s business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, defendants allegedly failed to disclose to investors:
(i) that the R1T and R1S were underpriced to such a degree that Rivian would have to raise prices shortly after the IPO; and
(ii) that these price increases would tarnish Rivian’s reputation as a trustworthy and transparent company and would put a significant number of the existing backlog of 55,400 preorders along with future preorders in jeopardy of cancellation.
07/01/2022
The court issued an order appointing the lead plaintiff and lead counsel.
Confidential investigation: officers & directors’ potential breach of fiduciary duties to investors.