According to the Press Release dated August 13, 2001, the lawsuit asserts claims under Section 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated by the SEC thereunder and seeks to recover damages. The complaint further alleges that E-Loan, Inc. and certain of its officers and directors violated the federal securities laws by issuing and selling E-Loan common stock pursuant to the initial public offering without disclosing to investors that at least one of the lead underwriters and two of the other underwriters of the IPO had solicited and received excessive and undisclosed commissions from certain investors. The complaint further alleges that defendants violated the Securities Act of 1933 because the Prospectus distributed to investors and the Registration Statement filed with the SEC in order to gain regulatory approval for the E-Loan offering contained material misstatements regarding the commissions that the underwriters would derive from the IPO and failed to disclose the additional commissions and ``laddering'' scheme discussed above.