According to the Complaint, Churchill Capital Corp. III is a blank check company. In July 2020, Churchill III announced that it had entered into a preliminary agreement, subject to shareholder approval, to merge with MultiPlan Corporation. MultiPlan is a New York-based data analytics end-to-end cost management solutions provider to the U.S. healthcare industry. The merger was consummated in October 2020.
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According to the Complaint, Sportsman's Warehouse Holdings, Inc. operates 103 stores across 27 states, including stores in Humboldt and Sonoma Counties, California. The Company is known for its top-quality, brand-name products, strong customer service and deep ties to conservation groups across the country.
According to the Complaint, Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. has provided investment management and wealth management services to clients throughout the United States since 1937.
According to the Complaint, Apache Corporation is an independent energy company that explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids. The U.S. has historically represented nearly 60% of the Company's production and 70% of its estimated year-end proved reserves. At all relevant times, one of the Company's purported key "core growth areas" in the U.S. was the Permian region, a large oil-and-gas producing area in West Texas and New Mexico.
According to the Complaint, Ebix, Inc. supplies infrastructure exchanges to the insurance, financial, travel, cash remittances, and healthcare industries.
According to the Complaint, Immunovant, Inc. is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company that develops monoclonal antibodies for the treatment of autoimmune diseases. On September 29, 2019, Health Sciences Acquisitions Corporation (“HSAC”), then a blank check company, or SPAC, entered into an agreement with Legacy Immunovant, a private biopharmaceutical company, and shareholders of Legacy Immunovant, to effect a merger between the two entities. As a result of the Merger, HSAC acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Legacy Immunovant, and Legacy Immunovant became a wholly owned subsidiary of HSAC. Upon the closing of the Merger, HSAC changed its name to “Immunovant, Inc.”
According to the Complaint, Jianpu Technology Inc. purports to be the leading independent open platform for discovery and recommendation of financial products in China. The Company touts its proprietary technology which provides search results and recommendations tailored to each user’s financial needs and credit profile.
According to the Complaint, EHang Holdings Limited purports to be an autonomous aerial vehicle technology platform company engaged in “pioneering” the future of transportation through the Company’s purportedly proprietarily developed AAVs and related commercial solutions.
According to the Complaint, Virtual Multichannel Video Programming Distributors (“vMVPDs”), like Fubo, aggregate live and on-demand television content for delivery over the internet. Unlike traditional cable TV or satellite provider, Fubo does not supply its own data transport infrastructure (e.g., the cable) and instead relies on subscribers to maintain their own internet connection to access its service. vMVPDs offer service and product bundles to subscribers offering channels at a lower monthly rate than offered by traditional cable/satellite providers. There currently are 271 online video services vMVPDs that provide viewers with content from broadcast and cable network as well as streaming providers.
Plaintiff files this action on behalf of all those individuals and entities who during the period of January 22, 2021 through February 2, 2021, (i) either (a) purchased GameStop shares (b) purchased back an option on GameStop shares, (c) had an option for GameStop shares called away from them, (d) purchased GameStop shares to cover a short position, or (e) had their options expire, and (ii) suffered losses as a result of any transactions identified by clauses (a)-(e) of the Complaint.
