SHAREHOLDER ALERT: Pomerantz Law Firm Investigates Claims On Behalf of Investors of Huazhu Group Limited - HTHT

NEW YORK, Sept. 25, 2020

The investigation concerns whether Huazhu and certain of its officers and/or directors have engaged in securities fraud or other unlawful business practices. 

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On September 21, 2020, the investment analyst Bonitas Research ("Bonitas") issued a report on Huazhu, asserting that the Company had "lied about the ownership of its hotel portfolio to produce fake financials."  The Bonitas report cited "fieldwork" that "confirmed that Huazhu secretly supported operating costs of franchisee hotels owned by undisclosed current Huazhu employees & other undisclosed related parties."  Bonitas further asserted that "Huazhu concealed operating expenses using undisclosed related party transactions to artificially inflate Huazhu's reported profits" and that it "calculate[s] that Huazhu's fake profits manifested as RMB 2 billion (US$ 300 million) of fake PP&E on its CYE'19 balance sheet." 

On this news, Huazhu's American depositary share ("ADS") price fell $1.54 per share, or 3.66%, to close at $40.48 per ADS on September 21, 2020.

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