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Johnson & Weaver, LLP (Johnson & Weaver) today announced that it has filed a class action lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California on behalf of purchasers of Nimble Storage, Inc. (“Nimble Storage”) (NYSE:NMBL) securities during the period between May 27, 2015 and November 19, 2015 (the “Class Period”).

The complaint charges Nimble Storage and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Nimble Storage provides flash-optimized storage platforms that enable the consolidation of all workloads and eliminate storage silos by providing enterprises with improvements in application performance and storage capacity.

The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued false and misleading statements and/or failed to disclose adverse material information regarding the Company’s business and prospects, including that Nimble Storage was being negatively impacted by intense competition from well-entrenched, large competitors who were slashing prices in order to maintain market share, that Nimble Storage had made a conscious decision to focus its sales and marketing efforts towards the large enterprises market and to reduce sales efforts in the U.S. commercial market, and that due to this change in sales strategy and the intense price competition, Nimble Storage was losing sales in both sales channels. As a result of these false statements and/or omissions, the complaint alleges, Nimble Storage securities traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, and enabling certain Company insiders to collectively sell more than 1.12 million shares of their personally held Nimble Storage securities at artificially inflated prices for gross proceeds in excess of $31.4 million.

Then on November 19, 2015, Nimble Storage announced fiscal 2016 third quarter financial results, reporting total revenue of $80.7 million, non-GAAP gross margin of 66.9%, a non-GAAP operating loss of $10.8 million, or negative 13% of revenue, and a GAAP net loss of $28.6 million, or $0.36 per basic and diluted share. The defendants attributed the disappointing results to the shift in the Company’s “investment from commercial to enterprise business,” which “impacted [the Company’s] commercial revenue growth more than . . . anticipated,” and its “enterprise investments . . . taking longer to become fully productive.” On this news, the price of Nimble Storage securities fell dramatically, with the price of the Company’s common stock dropping $10.34 per share, or 51%, to close at $10.05 per share on November 20, 2015.

Plaintiff seeks to recover damages on behalf of all purchasers of Nimble Storage securities during the Class Period (the “Class”). The plaintiff is represented by Johnson & Weaver, which has extensive experience in prosecuting shareholder class and derivative actions nationwide.

If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff, you must move the Court no later than 60 days from December 17, 2015. If you wish to discuss this action, have any questions concerning this notice, or your rights or interests, or if you would like to request a copy of the complaint as filed, please contact lead analyst Jim Baker (jimb@johnsonandweaver.com) by email or by phone at 619-814-4471. 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.

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Contacts:

Johnson & Weaver, LLP
Jim Baker, 619-814-4471
jimb@johnsonandweaver.com

Source: Johnson & Weaver, LLP