Securities and Exchange Commission. The lawsuit alleges that Lamb Weston engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in connection with the Company’s 2021 acquisition of the frozen potato products business of the U.S. company, McCain Foods.
These statements were made in the context of the Company’s 2022 Annual Report and its subsequent press releases. The Complaint alleges that the Company’s management intentionally misrepresented the financial health of the Company, leading to a significant drop in the stock price. The Complaint further alleges that the Company’s management engaged in a pattern of misleading statements and omissions, which were repeated across multiple press releases and annual reports. This pattern of conduct, the Complaint argues, was designed to deceive investors and manipulate the market.