According to the Complaint, Ideanomics purports to operate as a fintech and asset digitization services
company. From June 2017 until August 2018, the Company was known as Seven Stars Cloud Group, Inc. and announced the adoption of Ideanomics as its new business name on August 27, 2018. From October 2016 until June 2017, the Company was known as Wecast Network Inc.

The Complaint alleges that throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and/or misleading statements, as well as failed to disclose material adverse facts about the Company’s business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, the Complaint alleges Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (i) costs associated with building out Ideanomics’ U.S. infrastructure and hiring its new executive team were negatively impacting the Company’s bottom line performance; (ii) as a result, Ideanomics was highly unlikely to meet its 2018 EBITDA guidance; (iii) Ideanomics’ margins in its oil trading and consumer electronics businesses were too low for those businesses to remain viable; and (iv) as a result, Ideanomics’ public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.