Notice of Lead Plaintiff Deadline for Shareholders in the Ideanomics, Inc. Class Action Lawsuit

Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the Southern District of New York on behalf of purchasers of Ideanomics, Inc. (NASDAQ:IDEX) common stock between March 20, 2020 and June 25, 2020 (the “Class Period”). The case is captioned Lundy v. Ideanomics, Inc., No. 20-cv-04944, and is assigned to Judge George B. Daniels. The Ideanomics class action lawsuit charges Ideanomics and certain of its officers with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 permits any investor who purchased Ideanomics common stock during the Class Period to seek appointment as lead plaintiff in the Ideanomics class action lawsuit. A lead plaintiff acts on behalf of all other class members in directing the Ideanomics class action lawsuit. The lead plaintiff can select a law firm of its choice to litigate the Ideanomics class action lawsuit. An investor’s ability to share in any potential future recovery of the Ideanomics class action lawsuit is not dependent upon serving as lead plaintiff. If you wish to serve as lead plaintiff of the Ideanomics class action lawsuit or have questions concerning your rights regarding the Ideanomics class action lawsuit, please provide your information here or contact counsel, J.C. Sanchez of Robbins Geller at 800/449-4900 or 619/231-1058, or via e-mail at [email protected]. Lead plaintiff motions for the Ideanomics class action lawsuit must be filed with the court no later than August 27, 2020.

Ideanomics purports to be a global company focused on facilitating the adoption of commercial electric vehicles (or “EVs”) and developing next generation financial services and Fintech products. In recent press releases, Ideanomics has lauded its “one million square foot EV expo center in Qingdao, Shandong Province,” China, also known as Ideanomics’ Mobile Energy Global (“MEG”) Division, or the “MEG Center.” According to Ideanomics, the MEG Center is “the largest auto trading market in Qingdao,” China.

The Ideanomics class action lawsuit alleges that defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Ideanomics’ MEG Center in Qingdao was not “a one million square foot EV expo center”; (ii) Ideanomics had been using doctored or altered photographs of the purported MEG Center in Qingdao; (iii) Ideanomics’ electric vehicle business in China was not performing nearly as strong as Ideanomics had represented; and (iv) as a result, Ideanomics’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

On June 25, 2020, analyst Hindenburg Research issued a series of tweets calling Ideanomics “an egregious [and] obvious fraud.” Hindenburg also asserted that it had found evidence that Ideanomics doctored photos for use in its press releases to suggest that Ideanomics owns or operates a vehicle sales center in Qingdao, China, when it in fact it does not. Also that day, analyst J Capital Research issued a report concluding that “Ideanomics . . . is a zero. [Ideanomics] changes its name and promotional story so frequently that it’s hard to keep up. One thing remains a constant, despite all the press releases, buzzwords and hype: shareholders get wiped out.” J Capital continued, in a tweet, stating that “[w]e called all the ‘buyers’ named in [Ideanomics’] press releases this month. Not a single one had made a purchase. One of them thanked us for alerting them to ‘fake news.’” On this news, the price of Ideanomics stock fell approximately 21%.

Then on June 26, 2020, Ideanomics issued a press release in which it sought to “clarify the status” of its purported EV hub in Qingdao, China. In this release, Ideanomics walked back certain of its prior statements regarding the MEG Center in Qingdao, stating that it was launching three phases of its MEG Center that would eventually total one million square feet. The first phase, according to Ideanomics, occupies only 215,000 square feet. On this news, the price of Ideanomics stock fell an additional 40%.

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