NEW YORK- LAWFUEL – Class Actions Lawsuits & Legal Information Network –Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (“Lerach Coughlin”) (http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/celestica/) today announced that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Celestica Inc. (“Celestica” or the “Company”) (NYSE:CLS) securities during the period between July 27, 2006 and December 12, 2006, inclusive (the “Class Period”).
If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from today. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this notice or your rights or interests, please contact plaintiff’s counsel, Samuel H. Rudman or David A. Rosenfeld of Lerach Coughlin at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058 or via e-mail at wsl@lerachlaw.com. If you are a member of this class, you can view a copy of the complaint as filed or join this class action online at http://www.lerachlaw.com/cases/celestica/. Any member of the purported class may move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff through counsel of their choice, or may choose to do nothing and remain an absent class member.
The complaint charges Celestica and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Celestica provides electronic manufacturing services to original equipment manufacturers in the computing, telecommunications, aerospace and defense, automotive, consumer electronics, and industrial sectors in Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
According to the complaint, throughout the Class Period, defendants issued numerous statements describing the Company’s financial performance and future prospects, which they attributed, in part, to success of the Company’s restructuring activities and improvements in the Mexican and European operations. The complaint alleges that these statements were materially false and misleading when made because defendants failed to disclose and/or misrepresented the following adverse facts, among others: (i) that the Company was experiencing declining demand in its Mexican operations and that division was carrying significant amounts of unneeded inventory which would have to be written off; (ii) that the Company was experiencing declining demand in its Information Technology (“IT”) and communications market segments as its larger customers scaled back purchases; and (iii) as a result of the foregoing, there was no reasonable basis to project adjusted earnings per share ranging from $0.12 to $0.20. When this undisclosed information later became public, shares of Celestica common stock declined.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of the securities of Celestica during the Class Period (the “Class”). The plaintiff is represented by Lerach Coughlin, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.
