According to a press release dated August 4, 2005, the Complaint alleges that Defendants caused IFIN shares to trade at artificially inflated levels through the issuance of false and misleading financial statements and guidance. The Company's statements served to convince investors that the Company's financial statements were accurate, including results for revenues, growth and interest income, and the Company had shrewdly built into its models and assumptions the impact of continued interest rate compression and flattening of the US interest rate yield curve.

In October 2004, the Company surprised the market when they finally revealed the need to restate financial results over a three-year period. On October 21, 2004, the price of IFIN stock plummeted, from its previous close of $43.70 to $36.50, on volume of over 11 million shares. Later, the Company revealed that during the period from 2001 to 2004, Investors had overstated net interest income by as much as $6.2 million.

The complaint further alleges that on or around July 14, 2005, IFIN dropped 15% after the financial back-office company slashed earnings guidance, citing interest rate pressure. Once again, the Company announced an unprecedented "reset" of their 2005 quarterly and 2005 yearly guidance. Defendants did this, allegedly, to bring their numbers in line with the "new" realities of market-driven rates and rate spreads. The Complaint alleges further that IFIN's assertions that an interest rate event peculiar to the second quarter served as the purported "trigger" for the Company's changed circumstances. This was false. In fact, the Complaint alleges, the change in the Company's fortunes was a direct result of the dramatic flattening of the yield curve and contraction of rate spreads. The Company cited a flatter-than-expected yield curve; narrower-than-expected reinvestment spreads; weaker-than-expected market-sensitive revenues, which included fees, linked to both the equity and foreign currency markets; and continued investments in headcount and technology to support new and existing clients.

On July 15, 2005, the price of IFIN shares plummeted from its previous close of $41.52 to $34.05 for a loss 17.9% percent of their value on unprecedented volume of over 22 million shares. The Class Period high was $53.44; it now trades under $35 per share.

Investors Financial Services Corp. ("IFIN") operates as a bank holding company for Investors Bank & Trust Company that provides asset managers with services including global custody, multi-currency accounting and mutual fund administration in the United States.

If you bought Investors Financial Services Corp. securities between October 15, 2003 and July 15, 2005, inclusive, and would like to obtain information about the lawsuit, then you are invited to call (866) 467-1400 to speak with an attorney.