SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces that purchasers of Skillz Inc. f/k/a Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. (NYSE:SKLZ) securities between December 16, 2020 and April 19, 2021 (the “Class Period”) have until July 7, 2021 to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the Skillz class action lawsuit, Jedrzejczyk v. Skillz Inc. f/k/a Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp., No. 21-cv-03450 (N.D. Cal.), which is assigned to Richard G. Seeborg.
The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased Skillz securities during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the Skillz class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff is generally the movant with the greatest financial interest in the relief sought by the putative class who is also typical and adequate of the putative class. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the Skillz class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the Skillz class action lawsuit. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery of the Skillz action lawsuit is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Skillz class action lawsuit or have questions concerning your rights regarding the Skillz class action lawsuit, please provide your information here or contact counsel, J.C. Sanchez of Robbins Geller, at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058 or via e-mail at jsanchez@rgrdlaw.com. Lead plaintiff motions for the Skillz class action lawsuit must be filed with the court no later than July 7, 2021.
Flying Eagle Acquisition Corp. (“FEAC”) was formed as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, in early January 2020. Within eight months, FEAC secured $158 million in private placement commitments in connection with a business combination between FEAC and its target – Skillz. FEAC and Skillz finalized their merger, valuing Skillz at $3.5 billion, on December 16, 2020.
The Skillz class action lawsuit alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants issued materially misleading statements and omissions including representations relating to certain of Skillz’s business operations, performance metrics, and ultimate valuation, including, among others: (i) Skillz’s ability to attract new end-users, (ii) future profitability, (iii) the shrinking popularity of Skillz’s hosted games that accounted for 88% of its revenue, and (iv) Skillz’s valuation. The Skillz class action lawsuit also alleges that one of Skillz’s objectively unrealistic promises included the unsupportable claim that Skillz was valued at $3.5 billion, based on revenue projections in excess of $550 million for 2022. However, Skillz allegedly failed to inform investors that downloads of games accounting for a majority share of Skillz’s revenue had been declining since at least November 2020.
On March 8, 2021, Wolfpack Research released a report titled: “SKLZ: It Takes Little Skill to see this SPACtacular Disaster Coming,” alleging, among other things, that the growth speculations that Skillz and its insiders had touted were “entirely unrealistic.” Specifically, the Wolfpack Research report alleged, among other things, that the three games Skillz relies on for 88% of its revenue had begun to decline prior to Skillz going public. The Wolfpack Research report concluded that Skillz buried this decline in downloads and revenue in its disclosures while continuing to tout massive future revenue growth. On this news, the price of Skillz shares fell by nearly 11%.
Then, on April 19, 2021, Eagle Eye Research posted an anonymous report on Twitter claiming that, through the use of providing users with incentive bonus payments, Skillz “likely recognizes substantial non-cash revenue, and . . . cash revenue may be less than ½ of GAAP revenue.” On this news, the price of Skillz shares fell an additional 6%, further damaging investors.
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