NEW YORK, Aug. 17, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. announces that a lawsuit has been commenced in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island on behalf of purchasers of Textron Inc. ("Textron" or the "Company") (NYSE:TXT) stock during the period between July 17, 2007 and January 29, 2009 (the "Class Period") for violations of the federal securities laws.
No class has yet been certified in the above action. Until a class is certified, you are not represented by counsel unless you retain one. If you purchased Textron common stock during the Class Period, and wish to move the court for appointment of lead plaintiff, you must do so by October 12, 2009. A lead plaintiff is a representative party acting on behalf of other class members in directing the litigation. The lead plaintiff will be selected from among applicants claiming the largest loss from investment in the Company during the Class Period. You do not need to seek appointment as a lead plaintiff in order to share in any recovery.
To be a member of the class you need not take any action at this time, and you may retain counsel of your choice. If you wish to discuss this action or have any questions concerning this Notice or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Sue Lee at The Brualdi Law Firm, P.C. 29 Broadway, Suite 2400, New York, New York 10006, by telephone toll free at (877) 495-1187 or (212) 952-0602, by email to slee@brualdilawfirm.com or visit our website at http://www.brualdilawfirm.com.
The Complaint alleges that, during the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements concerning Textron's stability and profitability by repeatedly publicizing record "backlogs" of unfilled customer orders for aircraft generated primarily by Cessna and by making positive statements about the Company's finance segment. As alleged in the complaint, these statements were materially false and misleading because defendants misrepresented and/or failed to disclose the following adverse facts, among others: (i) that Textron was accepting orders for business jets from a growing number of customers that were mere startup and/or financially distressed fleet operators who neither intended nor possessed the financial resources to pay for or take delivery of aircraft during 2008-09 and beyond, which materially inflated Textron's "backlog" of unfilled orders for the Company's Cessna segment, which in turn materially overstated the Company's current financial condition and future prospects; (ii) that hundreds of orders reported as "backlog" at Cessna for future business-jet production were subject to deferral and cancellation causing the Company to overstate its projected fiscal 2008-09 business-jet production and to initiate costly production cutbacks and worker reduction programs, which eroded Textron's revenues and earnings; (iii) that the Company's Finance segment had incurred material losses in the fair market value of its finance receivables and other financial assets, and these unrealized market losses were omitted from or misrepresented in the Company's periodic reports of earnings and income; and (iv) that Textron's credit ratings were deteriorating in light of its Finance segment's losses and the additional debt the Company would incur in connection with its Finance segment's distressed asset base.