EnergySolutions, Inc. is a provider of specialized, technology-based nuclear services to government and commercial customers.

According to a press release dated October 09, 2009, the Complaint charges EnergySolutions, certain directors and officers of EnergySolutions, ENV Holdings, LLC and the main underwriters for the Offerings with violations of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

More than 30 million EnergySolutions shares were sold to investors in the IPO at $23 per share, raising approximately $765.90 million and 40.25 million shares were sold to investors in the July 2008 Offering at $19 per share, raising approximately $764.75 million. Prior to the IPO, ENV Holdings held 100% of the shares of EnergySolutions, sold millions of shares in the IPO, and sold 100% of the shares to investors in the July 2008 Offering.

The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, and in the offering documents for the Offerings, Defendants made numerous positive statements regarding the Company’s financial condition, business and prospects. The Complaint further alleges that these statements were inaccurate statements of material fact when made because Defendants failed to disclose the following adverse facts, among others: (i) that economic problems in the United States and internationally were adversely affecting the Company’s ability to secure projects which would adversely affect its future results; (ii) that statements in the Company’s offering documents for the Offerings about the opportunities in the nuclear industry were materially misleading because EnergySolutions was not well situated in the near term to benefit from those opportunities; (iii) that on May 29, 2007 and prior to the IPO, the Company filed a petition for rulemaking (the “Petition”) requesting that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”) change well-established and long-standing regulations to allow funds from licensees’ decommissioning trust funds to be used for the cost of disposal of major radioactive components that have been removed from reactors before the permanent cessation of operations; (iv) that the business prospects of the Company, including the Company’s license stewardship initiative, were heavily dependent upon a favorable ruling from the NRC on the Petition; (v) that by the time of the Petition, the NRC had already addressed and rejected the issue raised by EnergySolutions in the Petition; (vi) that the Company faced significant risks that the Petition would be rejected by the NRC because the NRC has long been clear that the purpose of the decommissioning trust funds is to ensure that licensees have adequate funds on hand for decommissioning activities at the time of license expiration; and (vii) that the rule change sought by the Petition was considerably more difficult and was much riskier than represented.

On October 14, 2008, EnergySolutions issued a press release that revealed, among other things, that the Company was reducing its estimates for net income, that the financial crisis would delay EnergySolutions’ ability to accelerate the decommissioning of nuclear power plant assets, and that the NRC denied the Petition for rulemaking change. Following this announcement, the price of EnergySolutions’ stock collapsed from $10.14 per share on October 13, 2008 to close at $5.64 per share on October 14, 2008 – a one day decline of $4.50 per share or 44% – on extremely heavy volume of 9.4 million shares.

On February 19, 2010, Judge John G. Koeltl granted the motion to consolidated cases, appointed the Institutional Investor Group as lead Plaintiff and approved lead Plaintiff’s selection of Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP as lead Counsel for the class. The lead Plaintiff filed a Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint on April 20, 2010. On June 18, 2010, the Defendants responded by filing a joint motion to dismiss the Consolidated Amended Class Action Complaint. Before any ruling on the pending motion, the lead Plaintiff filed a Second Consolidated Amended Complaint on August 4, 2010. The Defendants responded by filing a motion to dismiss on September 17, 2010.

On February 7, 2011, the joint motion to dismiss was mooted by the stipulation and order filed on September 20, 2010, allowing the filing of the Second Consolidated Amended Complaint. Accordingly, the Clerk was directed to close Docket No. 28, terminating 28 Motion to Dismiss.

According to the Opinion and Order signed by Judge John G. Koeltl on September 30, 2011, for the foregoing reasons, the Court: (a) dismisses Defendant de Planque from the suit; (b) dismisses the section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 claim against Defendants McBride and Winder; (c) dismisses the section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 claim against Defendant Roriston to the extent that it alleges misrepresentations in the November 2007 Registration Statement; (d) dismisses all claims to the extent that they allege misrepresentations or omissions related to the state of the Zion Project or failures to disclose general macroeconomic conditions; (e) dismisses the section 11 and 12(a) (2) claim to the extent that it alleges failures to make disclosures required by Item 303; (f) denies the Defendants' motion in all other respects.

On November 19, 2012, the parties entered into a revised settlement agreement. On December 4, the Court issued an Order preliminarily approving the settlement.

On March 14, 2013, the Court issued an Order awarding attorneys' fees and expenses. This was followed by an Order approving the Plan of Distribution of the settlement proceeds. Finally, the Court issued a Final Judgment and ordered this case dismissed with prejudice.