Lawsuit Overview
October 22, 2013 (Shareholders Foundation) - An investor who holds shares of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) filed a lawsuit against directors of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals in connection with allegedly excessive compensation.
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges that the defendants breached their fiduciary duties owed to NASDAQ:PPHM stockholders by agreeing to excessive compensation that included favorable stock options granted days before favorable news about one of its signature cancer treatments
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) reported that its Total Revenue rose from $15.23 million for the 12 months period that ended on April 30, 2012 to $21.68 million for the 12 months period that ended on April 30, 2013 and that its respective Net Loss declined from $42.12 million to $29.78 million.
Shares of Peregrine Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:PPHM) traded in early 2013 as high as $2.43 per share.
On Oct. 22, 2013, NASDAQ:PPHM shares closed at $1.40 per share.