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CLASS ACTION UPDATE for PPC, COG and AEP: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP Reminds Investors of Class Actions on Behalf of Shareholders

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESSWIRE / August 25, 2020 / Levi & Korsinsky, LLP announces that class action lawsuits have commenced on behalf of shareholders of the following publicly-traded companies. Shareholders interested in serving as lead plaintiff have until the deadlines listed to petition the court. Further details about the cases can be found at the links provided. There is no cost or obligation to you.

PPC Shareholders Click Here: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/pilgrims-pride-corporation-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1
COG Shareholders Click Here: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/cabot-oil-gas-corporation-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1
AEP Shareholders Click Here: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/american-electric-power-company-inc-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1

* ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BELOW *

Pilgrim's Pride Corporation (NASDAQ:PPC)

PPC Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased February 9, 2017 - June 3, 2020
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : September 4, 2020
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/pilgrims-pride-corporation-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, during the class period, Pilgrim's Pride Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company and its executives had participated in an illegal antitrust conspiracy to fix prices and rig bids from at least as early as 2012 and continuing through at least early 2017; (2) the Company received competitive advantages, which persisted during the Class Period, from its anticompetitive conduct; and (3) as a result, Defendants' statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects lacked a reasonable basis.

Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation (NYSE:COG)

COG Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased October 23, 2015 - June 12, 2020
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : October 13, 2020
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/cabot-oil-gas-corporation-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, during the class period, Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Cabot had inadequate environmental controls and procedures and/or failed to properly mitigate known issues related to those controls and procedures; (ii) as a result, Cabot, among other issues, failed to fix faulty gas wells, thereby polluting Pennsylvania's water supplies through stray gas migration; (iii) the foregoing was foreseeably likely to subject Cabot to increased governmental scrutiny and enforcement, as well as increased reputational and financial harm; (iv) Cabot continually downplayed its potential civil and/or criminal liabilities with respect to such environmental matters; and (v) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.

American Electric Power Company, Inc. (NYSE:AEP)

AEP Lawsuit on behalf of: investors who purchased November 2, 2016 - July 24, 2020
Lead Plaintiff Deadline : October 19, 2020
TO LEARN MORE, VISIT: https://www.zlk.com/pslra-1/american-electric-power-company-inc-information-request-form?prid=8795&wire=1

According to the filed complaint, during the class period, American Electric Power Company, Inc. made materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) the Company covertly participated in the "the largest public corruption case in Ohio history"; (2) the Company secretly funneled substantial funds to Ohio political organizations and politicians to bribe politicians to pass Ohio House Bill 6 ("HB6"), which benefited the Company and its coal-fired generation assets; (3) the Company partially funded a massive, misleading advertising campaign in support of HB6 and in opposition to a ballot initiative to repeal HB6 by passing substantial sums through a web of dark money entities and front companies in order to conceal the Company's involvement; (4) the Company aided in subverting a citizens' ballot initiative to repeal HB6; (5) as a result of the foregoing, defendants' statements regarding the Company's regulatory and legislative efforts were materially false and misleading; 6) as a result of the foregoing, the Company would face increased scrutiny; (7) the Company was subject to undisclosed risk of reputational, legal, and financial harm; (8) the bribery scheme would jeopardize the benefits the Company sought brought by HB6; (9) as opposed to the its repeated public statements regarding a move to clean energy, the Company sought a dirty energy bailout; (10) as opposed to the Company's repeated public statements regarding protection of its customers' interests, the Company sought an extra and state-mandated surcharge on its customers' bills; and (11) as a result of the foregoing, Defendants' statements about its business, operations, and prospects, were materially false and misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.

You have until the lead plaintiff deadlines to request that the court appoint you as lead plaintiff. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.

Levi & Korsinsky is a nationally recognized firm with offices in New York, California, Connecticut, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise and experience representing investors in securities litigation and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:
Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
jlevi@levikorsinsky.com
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Fax: (212) 363-7171
www.zlk.com

SOURCE: Levi & Korsinsky, LLP



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