OPERA LIMITED ALERT: Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. Announces That a Class Action Lawsuit Has Been Filed Against Opera Limited and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm

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Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C., a nationally recognized shareholder law firm, announces that a class action lawsuit has been filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of investors that purchased Opera Limited OPRA securities pursuant and/or traceable to the Company's initial public offering commenced on or about July 27, 2018 (the "IPO" or "Offering") and/or between July 27, 2018 and January 15, 2020 (the "Class Period"). Investors have until March 23, 2020 to apply to the Court to be appointed as lead plaintiff in the lawsuit.

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On January 16, 2020, Hindenburg Research ("Hindenburg") published a report stating that Hindenburg had "a 12-month price target of $2.60 on Opera, representing a 70% downside." Among other issues, Hindenburg reported that Opera's "browser market share is declining rapidly, down ~30% since its IPO"; that Opera was involved in "predatory short-term loans in Africa and India, deploying deceptive ‘bait and switch' tactics to lure in borrowers and charging egregious interest rates ranging from ~365-876%"; that Opera's lending business applications, many of which are offered on Google's Play Store—particularly, OKash, OPesa, CashBean, and Opay—were "in black and white violation of numerous Google rules" aimed at "curtail[ing] predatory lending"; and that consequently, Opera's entire lending business was "at risk of disappearing or being severely curtailed when Google notices" Opera's alleged violation of its rules.

Following this news, Opera's ADS price fell $1.69 per share, or 18.74%, to close at $7.33 per share on January 16, 2020.

The Complaint, filed on January 24, 2020, alleges that the offering documents were negligently prepared and, as a result, contained untrue statements of material fact or omitted to state other facts necessary to make the statements made not misleading and were not prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations governing their preparation. Additionally, throughout the Class Period, defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operational and compliance policies. Specifically, the offering documents and defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Opera's sustainable growth and market opportunity for its browser applications was significantly overstated; (ii) defendants' funded, owned, or otherwise controlled loan services applications and/or businesses relied on predatory lending practices; (iii) all the foregoing, once revealed, were reasonably likely to have a material negative impact on Opera's financial prospects, especially with respect to its lending applications' continued availability on the Google Play Store; and (iv) as a result, the offering documents and defendants' statements were materially false and/or misleading and failed to state information required to be stated therein.

If you purchased Opera securities during the Class Period, have information, would like to learn more about these claims, or have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to these matters, please contact Brandon Walker or Melissa Fortunato by email at investigations@bespc.com, or telephone at (212) 355-4648, or by filling out this contact form. There is no cost or obligation to you.

About Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C.:
Bragar Eagel & Squire, P.C. is a nationally recognized law firm with offices in New York and California. The firm represents individual and institutional investors in commercial, securities, derivative, and other complex litigation in state and federal courts across the country. For more information about the firm, please visit www.bespc.com. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

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