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Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP Files Class Action Suit against Juniper Networks, Inc.

^{Published on 2011-08-16 10:56:35 - Market Wire}
 

SAN DIEGO--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP (aRobbins Gellera) ([ http://www.rgrdlaw.com/cases/junipernetworks/ ]) today announced that a class action has been commenced on behalf of an institutional investor in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Juniper Networks, Inc. (aJunipera) (NASDAQ:JNPR) common stock during the period between July 20, 2010 and July 26, 2011 (the aClass Perioda).

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 plaintiffa™s counsel, Darren Robbins of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at [ djr@rgrdlaw.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.rgrdlaw.com/cases/junipernetworks/ ]. 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 Juniper and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Juniper designs, develops, and sells products and services that together provide its customers with network infrastructure that creates responsive and trusted environments for accelerating the deployment of services and applications over a single network.

The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding the Companya™s business practices and financial results. Defendants repeatedly assured investors that Juniper was well positioned to deliver against its long-term model of 20% or higher revenue growth and 25% or higher operating margin, while failing to disclose negative trends in Junipera™s business. As a result of defendantsa™ false statements, Junipera™s stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, reaching a high of $44.46 per share on March 8, 2011.

Then, after the market closed on July 26, 2011, Juniper issued a press release reporting disappointing second quarter 2011 financial results. In addition, the Company provided disappointing guidance for the third quarter of 2011 and lowered its revenue guidance for the full year to growth of between 12% to 14%, which was far below the Companya™s long-term model of 20% revenue growth. On this news, Junipera™s stock collapsed $6.51 per share to close at $24.66 per share on July 27, 2011, a one-day decline of nearly 21% on volume of 61.6 million shares.

According to the complaint, the true facts, which were known by the defendants but concealed from the investing public during the Class Period, were as follows: (a) due to technical issues with certain of its products and turnover in its sales force, Juniper was losing market share in its security business to its competitors; (b) in order to maintain market share and meet its previously announced growth rate targets in the face of the intense pricing pressure being exerted by the Companya™s competitors in both the switching and routing markets, Juniper was forced to dramatically lower prices, which was having a material adverse effect on the Companya™s margins; (c) Junipera™s new product launches would not meaningfully contribute to the Companya™s operations until 2012; and (d) based on the foregoing, defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about Junipera™s growth rates, market share, orders, new product introductions, gross and operating margins, and the Companya™s ability to deliver upon its long-term growth model.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Juniper common stock during the Class Period (the aClassa). The plaintiff is represented by Robbins Geller, which has expertise in prosecuting investor class actions and extensive experience in actions involving financial fraud.

Robbins Geller, a 180-lawyer firm with offices in San Diego, San Francisco, 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 Robbins Geller Web site ([ http://www.rgrdlaw.com ]) has more information about the firm.