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IN RE ADELPHIA COMMUNICATIONS SECURITIES LITIGATION Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: IRACSL266999, CourtName: MISC 2, State: PA Pennsylvania, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>IRACSL266999, Adelphia, Securities, Reports, Class Action, Exchange Act, Federal Securities, Misleading, Materially False, Artificially Inflated Prices, Individual Defendants, Filings, Communications, Purchasers, Defendant Timothy Rigas, Common Stock, Material Facts, Relevant Times, Off-balance Sheet Debt, Dissemination, United States Securities, Allegation, Participation, Misrepresentations, Reported Revenues, Ebitda Growth, Digital Cable Subscribers , ContentID: 120252710

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1 2100-04-02 COMPLAINT
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
SECURITIES
PLAINTIFF
DEFENDANTS
REPORTS
CLASS ACTION
EXCHANGE ACT
BUSINESS
MEMBERS
FEDERAL SECURITIES
MISLEADING
MATERIALLY FALSE
ARTIFICIALLY INFLATED PRICES
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
FILINGS
COMMUNICATIONS
PURCHASERS
DEFENDANT TIMOTHY RIGAS
COMMON STOCK
MATERIAL FACTS
RELEVANT TIMES
OFF-BALANCE SHEET DEBT
DISSEMINATION
UNITED STATES SECURITIES
ALLEGATION
PARTICIPATION
MISREPRESENTATIONS
REPORTED REVENUES
EBITDA GROWTH
DIGITAL CABLE SUBSCRIBERS
                                 UNITED           STATES  DISTRICT       COURT
                             EASTERN  DISTRICT             OF  PENNSYLVANIA



                  Individually  And  On  Behalf  of  All        )  CIVIL  ACTION          NO. 
                                                                >
                                                                >
                                   Plaintiff,
                                                                      CLASS  ACTION        COMPLAINT
                                                                      FOR  VIOLATIONS         OF
                                                                >  FEDERAL         SECURITIES      
ADELPHIA  COMMUNICATIONS                                        >
CORPORATION,          TIMOTHY  RIGAS  and  JOHN  J.  )
RIGAS,                                                          >  JURY  TRIAL  DEMANDED
                                                                >
                                   Defendants.                  >


                 Plaintiff  has alleged  the  following  based upon  the investigation  of 

counsel,  which  included  a review  of  United  States Securities  and Exchange  Commission 

filings  by  Adelphia  Communications  Corporation  ("Adelphia"  or  the  "Company"),  as well  as

regulatory  filings  and reports,  securities  analysts' reports  and  advisories  about  the 

press releases and  other  public  statements  issued by  the Company,  and media  reports  about 

Company,  and plaintiff  believes  that  substantial  additional  evidentiary  support  will  exist

allegations  set forth  herein  after  a reasonable  opportunity  for  discovery.

                                      NATURE  OF  THE  ACTION

        1.       This  is a federal  securities  class action  on behalf  of  purchasers  of  the 

Adelphia  between  April  2,200l  and  April  1, 2002,  inclusive  (the  "Class  Period"),  seeking

pursue  remedies  under  the  Securities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the  "Exchange  Act").


                                           JURISDICTION             AND  VENUE

         2.        The  claims  asserted herein  arise  under  and pursuant  to  Sections  1 O(b)

the Exchange  Act  [ 15 U.S.C.  $8  78j(b)  and  78t(a)]  and  Rule  lob-5  promulgated  thereunder

the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  ("SEC")  [ 17 C.F.R.  0 240.1 Ob-51.
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  • which included a review of United States Securities and Exchange Commission
  • filings by Adelphia Communications Corporation,
  • regulatory filings and reports, securities analysts' reports and advisories about the Company,
  • and plaintiff believes that substantial additional evidentiary support will exist for the
  • pursue remedies under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • limited to, the mails, interstate telephone communications and the facilities of the national
  • Defendant Timothy Rigas served as the Company's Chief Financial Officer,
  • The defendants referenced above in 71 8 and 9 are referred to herein as the
  • Because of the Individual Defendants' positions with the Company,
  • operational trends, financial statements, markets and present and future business prospects
  • purposes and to presume that the false, misleading and incomplete infonnation conveyed in the
  • federal securities laws.
  • and were aware of their materially false and misleading nature.
  • of business that operated as a fraud or deceit on purchasers of Adelphia common stock by
  • members of the Class to purchase Adelphia securities at artificially inflated prices.
  • Plaintiff brings this action as a class action pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
  • the officers and directors of the Company, at all relevant times, members of their immediate
  • Company revealed during a conference call that it had $2.3 billion of off-balance sheet debt.
  • price of Adelphia common stock dropped from $20.39 per share on March 26, 2002, to $13.12
  • Company reported revenues of $804.6 million for the fourth quarter.
  • This significantly exceeded our previously stated goal of ending the year with 800,000
  • Achieving these goals, combined with price increases scheduled to take place primarily during
  • statements and omitting to disclose material facts necessary to make defendants' statements,
  • the material misrepresentations and omissions particularized
  • Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained above as if fully
  • participation in the malting of, untrue statements of material facts and omitting to state
  • Company's dissemination of information to the investing public which they knew or recklessly
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