National Securities Corporation and Restoration Robotics, Inc. Subject of Class Action
A class action has been filed against Restoration Robotics, Inc. (“HAIR”), National Securities Corporation (“National Securities”) and others. The complaint alleges that Restoration Robotics negligently issued untrue statements of material facts in, and omitted to state material facts required to be started from, the prospectus issued in connection with the Initial Public Offering (“IPO”). At the time of the IPO, Restoration Robotics sold approximately 4 million shares at a price of $7.00 per share. Restoration Robotics stock has dropped dramatically trading under $3.00 a share on June 22, 2018.
National Securities served as an underwriter for the Company’s IPO agreeing to purchase 2,145,000 shares of the Company common stock, exclusive any over-allotment option. National Securities previously served as Restoration Robotics investment banker raising several million dollars in a Reg D offering in 2016. According to the complaint, National Securities collected fees from commissions and discounts in excess of $1,100,000 in the IPO.
According to the class action complaint, Restoration Robotics was incorporated in 2002 under the laws of the State of Delaware. At the time of the IPO, the Company also had three wholly-owned subsidiaries: (i) Restoration Robotics, Inc. Limited, (ii) Restoration Robotics Europe Limited, Incorporated, and (iii) Restoration Robotics Korea Yuhan Hoesa, Incorporated.