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DELBERT CURRENS v AOL TIME WARNER INC Click to find out why . . .



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CaseNo: DCVATWI185800, CourtName: MISC 3, Plaintiff: DELBERT CURRENS, UniqueCaseRef: LCD>DCVATWI185800, Aol Time, Aol Time Warner, Securities, Officer, Advertising, Exchange, Revenues, Traded Securities, Reports, America Online, Violation, Assets, Merger, Directors, Misleading, Common Stock, Individual Defendants, Materially False, Exchange Act, Offering Customers Free, Cash Flows, United States Securities, Purchasers, Material Adverse, Executive Officer, Aol Europe, Management, Accounting , ContentID: 120252926

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1 2000-04-18 COMPLAINT
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1 . COMPLAINT

EXTRACTED KEY WORDS
AOL TIME WARNER
SECURITIES
PLAINTIFF
DEFENDANTS
OFFICER
ADVERTISING
EXCHANGE
REVENUES
TRADED SECURITIES
REPORTS
AMERICA ONLINE
VIOLATION
ASSETS
MERGER
DIRECTORS
MISLEADING
COMMON STOCK
INDIVIDUAL DEFENDANTS
MATERIALLY FALSE
EXCHANGE ACT
OFFERING CUSTOMERS FREE
CASH FLOWS
UNITED STATES SECURITIES
PURCHASERS
MATERIAL ADVERSE
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AOL EUROPE
MANAGEMENT
ACCOUNTING
                                  UNITED  STATES  DISTRICT  COURT
                          FOR  THE  SOUTHERN  DISTRICT  OF NEW  YORK


 DELBERT  CURRENS,  on  Behalf  of  Himself  and  all  )
 Others  Similarly  Situated,                                     )  CASE  NO.
                                                                  >
                                    Plaintiff,                   >
                                                                 )  CLASS  ACTION  COMPLAINT
                  vs.                                            )  FOR  VIOLATIONS            OF
                                                                 )  FEDERAL  SECURITIES  LAWS
AOL  TIME  WARNER  l-NC.,  STEPHEN  CASE,                        )
MICHAEL  KELLY,  RICHARD  PARSONS  and                           )
GERALD  M.  LEVIN,                                               )  JURY  TRIAL  DEMANDED

                                    Defendants.                  i

         Plaintiff  has alleged  the  following  based upon  the investigation  of  pIaintiff  s

which  included  a review  of  United  States Securities  and  Exchange  Commission  ("SEC') 

by AOL  Time  Warner  Inc.  ("AOL  Time  Warner"  or  the  "Company"),  as well  as regulatory 

and  reports,  securities  a.nalysts' reports and advisories about  the  Company,  press releases

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

plaintifT  believes  &at  substantial  additional  evidentiary  support  will  exist for  the 

foti  herein  asker a reasonable  opportunity  for  discovery.

                                     SUMMARY  AND  OVERVIEW

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

traded securities  of  AOL  Time  Warner  between  April  18, ZOO 1 and  April  24,  2002  (the 

Period"),  against .AOL  Time  Warner  and certain  of  its officers  and  directors  for 

Sectities  Exchange  Act  of  1934  (the  "Exchange  Act").  .r;.uL  Time  Warner  Is a media  and

communications  company.


         2.         The  Company  was  formed  on  January  11,200  1, when America Online and Time

Warner  consummated  their  merger,  which  had  been  pending  completion  since its announcement

in January  2000.  The  merger  was structured  as a purchase  of  Time  Warner  by America  Online.
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  • Plaintiff has alleged the following based upon the investigation of pIaintiff s counsel,
  • which included a review of United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings
  • by AOL Time Warner Inc.,
  • and reports, securities a.nalysts' reports and advisories about the Company, press releases
  • against .AOL Time Warner and certain of its officers and directors for violations of the
  • Sectities Exchange Act of 1934.
  • The merger was structured as a purchase of Time Warner by America Online.
  • America Online and Time Warner became operating subsidiaries of AOL
  • which represented more than 50% of the assets listed on the Company's balance sheet.
  • The decrease in advertising revenues had been escalating since the
  • artificiaIly inflating AOL Time Warner's operating results, defendants issued numerous
  • materially false and misleading statements concerning the Company,
  • false and misleading when made because they failed to disclose the following material adverse
  • rendering its published financial statements materially false and misleading and in violation
  • (4 that AOL Europe, a joint venture between the Company and Bert&man
  • potion of its advertising contracts by offering customers free offline advertising on Time
  • including several of the Individual Defendants sold their personal holdings of AOL
  • Time Warner common stock to the unsuspecting public.
  • Executive Officer and a Director since May 2002, Prior to that time, he served as Co-Chief
  • scheme and course of business that operated as a Era&or deceit on purchasers of AOL Time
  • Warner publicly traded securities was a success, as it: deceived the investing public
  • This outstanding quaver underscores the unique promise of AOL Time Warner, and the ability of
  • position and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented in conformity
  • If the examples of events or changes in circumstances set forth in paragraph 5 are present or
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