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iStar Financial Inc.
Summary: According to a press release dated April 14, 2008, a class action has been commenced on behalf of purchasers of the common stock of iStar Financial Inc. pursuant and/or traceable to the Company’s secondary public offering on or about December 13, 2007, seeking to pursue remedies under the Securities Act of 1933.

Specifically, the complaint charges iStar Financial and certain of its officers and directors with violations of the Securities Act. iStar Financial operates as a finance company focusing on the commercial real estate industry.

According to the complaint, on or about October 9, 2007, iStar Financial filed a Form S-3 Shelf Registration Statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission. On or about December 13, 2007, iStar Financial filed a Prospectus Supplement to the Shelf Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”) with respect to the secondary offering, which forms part of the Registration Statement, and more than 8 million shares of iStar Financial common stock were sold to the public at $28.41 per share, thereby raising more than $227 million.

The complaint alleges that the Registration Statement negligently failed to disclose that the Company was then being negatively impacted by the adverse conditions in the credit markets and was failing to recognize more than $200 million of losses on its corporate loan and debt portfolio.

On February 28, 2008, iStar Financial issued a press release announcing its financial results for the fourth quarter of 2007 and fiscal year 2007, the period ending December 31, 2007. For the fourth quarter, the Company reported a loss of ($78.7 million) or ($0.62) per share. The Company further reported that its fourth quarter financial results were impacted by $134.9 million of charges associated with the “impairment of two credits” and that the Company had increased its loan loss provisions by $113 million. In response to this announcement and subsequent analyst downgrades, the price of iStar Financial stock declined from $22.85 per share on February 27, 2008, to $13.98 per share on March 6, 2008.

INDUSTRY CLASSIFICATION:
SIC Code: 6798
Sector: Services
Industry: Real Estate Operations


COMPANY/ISSUER NAME: iStar Financial Inc.
COMPANY/ISSUER TICKER: SFI
COMPANY WEBSITE: http://www.istarfinancial.com

FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT IN THE DATABASE
Citiline Holdings Inc., et al. v. iStar Financial Inc., et al.
 COURT: S.D. New York  DOCKET NUMBER: 08-CV-03612
 JUDGE NAME: Hon. Robert W. Sweet
 DATE FILED: 4/14/2008  SOURCE: Notice of Filing
 CLASS PERIOD START: 12/13/2007  CLASS PERIOD END: 12/13/2007
 TYPE OF COMPLAINT: Complaint (Unamended and Unconsolidated)
 PLAINTIFF FIRMS NAMED IN COMPLAINT:
  • Abraham, Fruchter & Twersky
      60 East 42 Street, New York, NY, 10021
       (voice) 212.687.6655, (fax) ,
  • Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP (Melville)
      58 South Service Road, Suite 200, Melville, NY, 11747
       (voice) 631.367.7100, (fax) 631.367.1173, info@csgrr.com/
    _____________________________________________
     TOTAL NUMBER OF PLAINTIFF FIRMS:  2

  •  DOCUMENTS FOR THE FIRST IDENTIFIED COMPLAINT
    Class Action Complaint for Violation of Federal Securities Laws - Demand for Jury Trial
    Type: Complaint Date on the document: 4/14/2008
    US District Court Civil Docket
    Type: Docket Date on the document: 4/26/2008

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