STEVENSON, MD -- (Marketwire) -- 07/10/10 -- Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation announces that a class action lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation ("Anadarko" or the "Company") (NYSE: APC) during the period between June 12, 2009 and June 9, 2010, inclusive (the "Class Period").
No class has yet been certified in the above action. Members of the Class will be represented by the lead plaintiff and counsel chosen by the lead plaintiff. If you wish to choose counsel to represent you and the Class, you must apply to be appointed lead plaintiff no later than August 23, 2010 and be selected by the Court. The lead plaintiff will direct the litigation and participate in important decisions including whether to accept a settlement and how much of a settlement to accept for the Class in the action. The lead plaintiff will be selected from among applicants claiming the largest loss from investment in the Company during the Class Period. You are not required to have sold your shares to seek damages or to serve as a Lead Plaintiff. You may contact Brower Piven (through hoffman@browerpiven.com or 410/415-6616) to answer any questions you may have in that regard.
The complaint accuses the defendants of violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by virtue of the Company's failure to disclose during the Class Period that the Company, 25% owner of the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon well currently leaking millions of gallons of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, had no effective Exploration and Oil Spill Response Plan for Macondo/Deepwater Horizon; that BP implemented drilling procedures to cut costs at the expense of safety; that the Company lacked adequate systems of internal, operational or financial controls to maintain adequate insurance reserves or to meet the known or foreseeable risks associated with its deepwater drilling liabilities; and that defendants lacked any reasonable basis to claim that Anadarko was operating according to plan, or that Anadarko could achieve guidance provided to the investing public.
According to the complaint, on April 20, 2010, the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon rig exploded killing 11 platform workers and injuring 17 others. In the wake of this tragedy, defendants allegedly continued to issue materially false and misleading statements representing that the Company would likely incur only approximately $177.5 million in liability for its part in the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon venture. The complaint further alleges that on June 1, 2010, the public began to learn the truth about Anadarko's business, operations, management, and the intrinsic value of Anadarko common stock when it was reported that the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon well could not be capped and investors came to realize there was effectively no plan in place to stop the spill. According to the complaint, that day, the value of shares of Anadarko fell significantly. Also according to the complaint, on June 9, 2010, shares of Anadarko fell significantly, again, after investors learned of the material deficiencies in the Macondo/Deepwater Horizon Exploration and Oil Spill Response Plan, via the Huffington Post, and further learned that, contrary to the Company's previous statements as to its liability exposure, the Company would now be responsible for over $1 billion in clean up costs.
If you have suffered a net loss for all transactions in Anadarko Petroleum Corporation common stock during the Class Period, you may obtain additional information about this lawsuit and your ability to become a lead plaintiff by contacting Brower Piven at www.browerpiven.com, by email at hoffman@browerpiven.com, by calling 410/415-6616, or at Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, 1925 Old Valley Road, Stevenson, Maryland 21153. Attorneys at Brower Piven have combined experience litigating securities and class action cases of over 40 years. If you choose to retain counsel, you may retain Brower Piven without financial obligation or cost to you, or you may retain other counsel of your choice. You need take no action at this time to be a member of the class.
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Charles J. Piven
Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation
Stevenson, Maryland
410/415-6616
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