Under Armour shareholders can sue over sales disclosures -judge
By Jonathan Stempel
Reuters
(Reuters) - Under Armour Inc shareholders may pursue a lawsuit accusing the sports apparel company of concealing how it pulled sales forward from future quarters to meet Wall Street revenue forecasts, the subject of a recent regulatory settlement, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday.
U.S. District Judge Richard Bennett in Baltimore said the shareholders' securities fraud claims were "plausible," after taking into account Under Armour's $9 million civil settlement on May 3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
The SEC had found that the Baltimore-based company misled investors by not disclosing that significant portions of its revenue and revenue growth resulted from its having accelerated sales orders over six quarters in 2015 and 2016.