Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI) Investor Alert: Lawsuit Alleges False and Misleading Statements

A lawsuit was filed on behalf of investors in Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI) shares over alleged securities laws violations. Deadline: February 21, 2014. NASDAQ:ANGI investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com

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San Diego, CA -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/14/2014 --An investor, who purchased shares of Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI), filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Southern District of Indiana over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws by Angie's List Inc in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements made between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013.

Investors who purchased shares of Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI) have certain options and for certain investors are short and strict deadlines running. Deadline: February 21, 2014. NASDAQ:ANGI investors should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.

According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI) between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013, that Angie's List Inc. and certain of its officers and directors violated the Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder.

More specifically, the plaintiff alleges that defendants between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013, issued allegedly materially false and misleading statements regarding the strength of the Company's business model and its financial performance and future prospects and failed to disclose,

- that Angie's List had increased its reliance on providing free memberships in order to artificially boost its subscriber figures,

- that contrary to Angie's List's repeated between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013 statements that the online reviews were unbiased because Angie's List did not permit service providers to buy ratings on its website ("You can't pay to be on Angie's List"), the Company was consistently deriving more than half of its revenues from the service provider side of its business - where it relied heavily on collecting fees for listing paid service providers more prominently,

- that because Angie's List sometimes charged service providers hundreds of dollars for "hot leads," those costs were being passed along to Angie's List subscribers, increasing the prices consumers were paying and decreasing the benefit to them of using the website, that the legitimacy of the service provider side of Angie's List's business model was called into question by Angie's List's practice of forcing service providers to pay high fees to be listed as highly rated service providers, knowing that if they did not, they would not get customer referrals from Angie's List,

- that because Angie's List did not vet the service providers listed and recommended on its website, either for qualifications or for safety, many consumers were questioning the value of its recommendations, making them unwilling to continue paying outsized membership fees,

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- that as a result of the foregoing, defendants lacked a reasonable basis for their positive statements about the strength of Angie's List's business model and its business and financial prospects between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013.

On February 13, 2013, Angie's List Inc reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2012 results. Angie's List Inc reported that its annual Total Revenue rose from $90.04 million in 2011 to $155.80 million in 2012 while its respective Net Loss increased from $49.04 million to $52.89 million.

Among other things, Angie's List Inc also issued its business outlook for the first quarter of 2013.

Shares of Angie's List Inc (NASDAQ:ANGI)) grew frm $11.50 per share in January 2013 to as high as $28.00 per share in July 2013.

On September 30, 2013, Angie's List Inc disclosed in a filing with the SEC that its Chief Technology Officer Manu Thapar’s employment with the Company has ended effective September 27, 2013. Then on October 23, 2013, Angie's List Inc reported its third quarter 2013 results.

Shares of Angie's List Inc declined from $28 per share in July 2013 to as low as $12.13 per share on November 22, 2013.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Angie's List common stock between February 14, 2013 and October 23, 2013.

On January 10, 2014, 2013, NASDAQ:ANGI shares closed at $14.53 per share.

Those who purchased shares of Angie's List Inc have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation.

Contact:
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
Trevor Allen
3111 Camino Del Rio North - Suite 423
92108 San Diego
Phone: +1-(858)-779-1554
Fax: +1-(858)-605-5739
mail@shareholdersfoundation.com

Media Relations Contact

Trevor Allen
General Manager
Shareholders Foundation, Inc.
858-779-1554
http://www.ShareholdersFoundation.com

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