Vestas law suit resurfaces ahead of AGM as talks fail

A class action law suit originally filed in March 2011 in the US has resurfaced ahead of the Vestas annual general meeting (AGM) on 21 March, after talks aimed at a settlement broke down.

The plaintiffs, represented by lawyers Stoll Stoll Berne Lokting & Shlachter, allege that Vestas presented misleading information about its sales outlook, which later led to big drops in the company’s share price when new information was disclosed.

The lawsuit claims Vestas is responsible for shareholder losses because it did not adopt accounting practices known as IFRIC (International Financial Reporting Interpretations) 15 until 22 November 2010, — when it said it would do so retrospectively for the whole 2010 financial year — despite the European Commission recommending that all companies do…

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