INVESTOR ALERT: Kirby McInerney LLP Announces the Filing of a Securities Class Action Lawsuit Against Stable Road Acquisition Corp.

NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE) – Kirby McInerney LLP law firm has announced that it has filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California on behalf of those Stable Road Acquisition Corp. (“Stable Road” or the “Company”) has filed a class action (NASDAQ: SRAC) securities from October 7, 2020 through July 13, 2021 (the “Class Period”). Investors have until September 13, 2021 to apply to the court for appointment as lead plaintiff in the litigation.

Stable Road was founded as a blank check company, also known as the Special Purpose Acquisition Company or “SPAC”. On October 7, 2020, Stable Road and Momentus Inc. (“Momentus”) – a privately held commercial space company – issued a joint press release announcing that Stable Road has agreed to merge Momentus, subject to the approval of the Shareholders to take over. The press release stated that the merger would “create the first public space infrastructure company at the forefront of the new space economy.”

On January 25, 2021, Momentus announced that Defendant Kokorich had resigned as CEO of Momentus “to expedite resolution of US government national security and foreign ownership concerns related to the company.” In light of the news, Stable Road’s share price fell $ 1.17 per share, or about 4.7%, from $ 24.85 per share to close at $ 23.68 per share on January 25, 2021.

Then, on July 13, 2021, the US Securities and Exchange Commission announced indictments against Stable Road, its CEO, Defendant Brian Kabot, SRC-NI Holdings, Momentus and Defendant Kokorich for “misleading claims about Momentus’ technology” and about national security risks related to Kokorich. ”The publication stated, among other things, that all parties except the Defendant Kokorich had settled the total charges against them for a total amount of 8 million US dollars, while the proceedings against the Defendant Kokorich continued . Also on July 13, 2021, the SEC issued an injunction and lawsuit against Defendant Kokorich detailing defendants’ plans to defraud investors in connection with the merger. In light of the news, Stable Road stock declined $ 1.22 per share, or approximately 10.3%, from $ 11.88 per share to close at $ 10.66 per share on July 14, 2021.

The lawsuit alleges that during the class action period the defendants misrepresented and failed to disclose adverse facts about the business, business, and prospects of Momentus, and Stable Road’s due diligence activities in connection with the merger were known or carelessly disregarded by them, as follows: (a) Momentus ‘2019 test of its key technology, a water plasma engine, did not meet Momentus’ own public and internal success criteria and was conducted on a prototype that did not was designed to produce commercially significant amounts of. to generate thrust; (b) the US government had announced that it viewed Momentus CEO Defendant Mikhail Kokorich as a national security threat, endangering Kokorich’s continued leadership of Momentus and the launch schedule and business prospects of Momentus; (c) as a result, the sales projections and the business and operational plans made available to investors in relation to the momentus and economic viability and timing of its products were materially false, misleading and in fact unfounded; and (d) Stable Road had failed to properly due diligence on Momentus and its business, and Defendants had the due diligence activities carried out by Stable Road’s executives and its sponsor in connection with the merger materially misrepresented.

If you have purchased or otherwise acquired securities from Stable Road, have information or would like to learn more about any of these claims, please contact Thomas W. Elrod of Kirby McInerney LLP at 212-371-6600, by email at research @ kmllp .com or by filling out this contact form to discuss your rights or interests in relation to these matters at no cost to you.

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