Lordstown Motors 创始人就误导性投资者索赔与 SEC 达成和解

Lordstown Motors 前首席执行官 Steve Burns 因误导投资者对该公司 Endurance 皮卡的需求而与 SEC 达成和解。伯恩斯同意被处以 175,000 美元的罚款，并被禁止在两年内担任上市公司的高管或董事。美国证券交易委员会的调查发现，洛兹敦汽车公司和伯恩斯公司对卡车的预订数量做出了误导性陈述，从而对需求做出了不切实际的描述。

Lordstown Motors Founder Steve Burns Settles with SEC over Misleading Investor Statements

Lordstown Motors 创始人 Steve Burns 就误导性投资者声明与 SEC 达成和解

Washington, D.C., August 17, 2023 - Steve Burns, the former founder, chairman, and CEO of electric vehicle (EV) startup Lordstown Motors, has reached a settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in connection with allegations that he misled investors about the demand for the company's Endurance pickup truck.

华盛顿特区，2023 年 8 月 17 日 - 电动汽车 (EV) 初创公司 Lordstown Motors 的前创始人、董事长兼首席执行官史蒂夫·伯恩斯 (Steve Burns) 已与美国证券交易委员会 (SEC) 就其指控达成和解。误导投资者对该公司 Endurance 皮卡车的需求。

According to the settlement agreement filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Burns has agreed to pay a civil penalty of $175,000 and is prohibited from serving as an officer or director of a public company for two years. Burns neither admitted nor denied the SEC's allegations.

根据向美国哥伦比亚特区地方法院提交的和解协议，伯恩斯同意支付 175,000 美元的民事罚款，并在两年内禁止担任上市公司的高管或董事。伯恩斯既没有承认也没有否认 SEC 的指控。

The SEC's investigation, which commenced in February 2024, found that Lordstown Motors and Burns made materially misleading statements to investors regarding the sales prospects of the Endurance pickup truck. In particular, the SEC alleged that Lordstown Motors and Burns overstated the number of pre-orders for the vehicle, including by claiming that 100,000 nonbinding pre-orders had been received from commercial fleet customers.

美国证券交易委员会于 2024 年 2 月开始调查，发现 Lordstown Motors 和 Burns 就 Endurance 皮卡的销售前景向投资者做出了重大误导性陈述。特别是，SEC 指控 Lordstown Motors 和 Burns 夸大了该车辆的预订数量，包括声称已从商业车队客户收到 100,000 份不具约束力的预订单。

The SEC's investigation revealed that the majority of these pre-orders were not submitted by commercial fleet customers, as Lordstown Motors had represented. Instead, many of the pre-orders came from companies that did not operate fleets or did not intend to purchase the truck for their own use.

美国证券交易委员会的调查显示，这些预购订单中的大部分并不是由商业车队客户提交的，正如洛兹敦汽车公司所代表的那样。相反，许多预订订单来自不运营车队或不打算购买卡车供自己使用的公司。

The SEC's findings further indicated that Lordstown Motors and Burns used these inflated pre-order numbers to create an unrealistic and inaccurate depiction of demand for the Endurance truck from commercial fleet customers. This, in turn, misled investors about the company's prospects and contributed to its subsequent financial difficulties.

美国证券交易委员会的调查结果进一步表明，洛兹敦汽车公司和伯恩斯公司利用这些夸大的预订数量对商业车队客户对 Endurance 卡车的需求进行了不切实际且不准确的描述。这反过来又误导了投资者对公司前景的认识，并导致其随后的财务困难。

Lordstown Motors settled its own charges with the SEC in February 2024, agreeing to pay a $25.5 million penalty.

Lordstown Motors 于 2024 年 2 月与 SEC 达成和解，同意支付 2550 万美元的罚款。

Burns founded Lordstown Motors in 2019 as an offshoot of his other company, Workhorse Group. The company went public in 2020 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) named DiamondPeak Holdings Corp. During and after the merger, Lordstown Motors raised $780 million from investors.

Burns 于 2019 年创立了 Lordstown Motors，作为他的另一家公司 Workhorse Group 的分支机构。该公司于 2020 年通过与一家名为 DiamondPeak Holdings Corp 的特殊目的收购公司 (SPAC) 合并而上市。合并期间和合并后，Lordstown Motors 从投资者那里筹集了 7.8 亿美元。

Lordstown Motors initially attracted significant attention and investment, including from General Motors, which acquired the company's assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio. However, the company faced challenges in producing and selling its vehicles, and its share price plummeted from its peak in 2020.

洛兹敦汽车公司最初吸引了巨大的关注和投资，其中包括通用汽车公司，后者收购了该公司位于俄亥俄州洛兹敦的装配厂。然而，该公司在生产和销售汽车方面面临挑战，股价较2020年的高点暴跌。

In June 2021, Burns and other Lordstown Motors executives resigned amid the SEC's investigation and allegations of misleading investors. Lordstown Motors filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in June 2022 and emerged from bankruptcy in March 2023 under a new name, Nu Ride Inc.

2021 年 6 月，伯恩斯和洛兹敦汽车公司的其他高管因 SEC 的调查和误导投资者的指控而辞职。 Lordstown Motors 于 2022 年 6 月根据美国破产法第 11 章申请破产保护，并于 2023 年 3 月摆脱破产保护，改名为 Nu Ride Inc.。

Since his departure from Lordstown Motors, Burns has launched a new company called LandX Motors.

离开洛兹敦汽车公司后，伯恩斯成立了一家名为 LandX Motors 的新公司。