According to SEC documents, Central Parking Corporation operates parking facilities and lots and also provides ancillary services.

The original action charges that Defendants violated federal securities laws by issuing a series of materially false and misleading statements to the market throughout the Class Period, statements which had the effect of artificially inflating the market price of the Company's securities.

As reported by the Company’s FORM 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2005, in June and July 2003, four stockholders filed separate lawsuits against the Company, its former CEO, its former CFO and its current Chairman in the U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee. The Plaintiff in each case sought to represent a Plaintiff class of purchasers of Central Parking’s Common Stock. The Plaintiff in each case claimed that the Defendants made material misrepresentations and/or omissions in connection with the Company’s financial statements for the quarter and fiscal year ended September 30, 2002 and about the Company’s internal controls in violation of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which allegedly caused the Plaintiffs to buy Company stock at inflated prices. By order dated December 10, 2003, the Court consolidated the cases under the name, In re: Central Parking Corporation Securities Litigation, civil action No. 03-CV-0546, appointed two individuals as co-lead Plaintiffs and approved their selection of Counsel. The Plaintiffs filed an amended Complaint on February 13, 2004, in which Plaintiffs added the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accountant as a Defendant and in which the Plaintiffs added a number of allegations. The amended Complaint also sought to extend the putative class period during which investors purchased the Company’s Common Stock by approximately nine months (February 5, 2002 to February 13, 2003). On April 23, 2004, the Defendants filed motions to dismiss the lawsuit. On August 11, 2004, the court dismissed all claims against the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accountant, but denied the motion to dismiss with respect to the Company and the individual Defendants.

According to the same SEC filing, on January 27, 2005, the Company announced that an agreement in principle had been reached to settle the lawsuit. Under the agreement in principle, the Company’s primary liability insurance carrier agreed to fully fund a $4.9 million payment to be used to provide all benefits to shareholder class members and their Counsel, and to cover related notice and administrative costs. A definitive settlement agreement was executed and, on April 8, 2005, the court entered an order granting preliminary approval of the negotiated settlement. Notice of the proposed settlement was mailed to all class members. The final hearing on the proposed settlement was held on June 10, 2005 and the settlement was approved on that date.