Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP ("Coughlin Stoia”) (http://www.csgrr.com/cases/pitneybowes/)
today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an
institutional investor in the United States District Court for the
District of Connecticut on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of
Pitney Bowes Inc. ("Pitney Bowes") (NYSE:PBI) between July 30, 2007 and
October 29, 2007, inclusive (the "Class Period”), seeking to pursue
remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act”).
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
Coughlin Stoia at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at djr@csgrr.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.csgrr.com/cases/pitneybowes/.
Any member of the putative 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 Pitney Bowes and certain officers of Pitney Bowes
with violations of the Exchange Act. Pitney Bowes provides mail
processing equipment and integrated mail solutions in the United States
and internationally.
The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, defendants made
numerous positive statements regarding the Company’s financial
condition, business and prospects. The complaint further alleges that
these statements were inaccurate statements of material fact when made
because defendants failed to disclose: (i) that the Company was
experiencing a slowdown in sales of equipment and software and supplies
to the financial services sector; (ii) that revenues in the Company’s
U.S. mailing segment had dramatically declined and were not performing
according to internal expectations; (iii) that the Company’s
international operations were not performing to internal expectations as
market liberalization and deregulation was causing customers to delay
purchasing decisions. For example, in France, a change in the method of
meter rentals was causing delayed purchasing decisions and increased
selling and marketing costs; and (iv) as a result of the foregoing and
other adverse undisclosed factors, there was no reasonable basis for
defendants’ positive statements about the Company, its operations and
earnings.
On October 29, 2007, Pitney Bowes held a conference call with analysts
and investors to discuss the Company’s earnings and operations. During
the conference call, defendants admitted that a host of factors caused
Pitney Bowes to drastically miss the earnings they had promised. In
response to the Company’s announcement, the price of Pitney Bowes common
stock declined from $42.68 per share to $36.27 per share on extremely
heavy trading volume.
Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Pitney
Bowes common stock during the Class Period (the "Class”). The plaintiff
is represented by Coughlin Stoia, which has expertise in prosecuting
investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving
financial fraud.
Coughlin Stoia, a 190-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San
Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Boca Raton, Washington, D.C.,
Philadelphia and Atlanta, is active in major litigations pending in
federal and state courts throughout the United States and has taken a
leading role in many important actions on behalf of defrauded investors,
consumers, and companies, as well as victims of human rights violations.
The Coughlin Stoia Web site (http://www.csgrr.com)
has more information about the firm.