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November 23, 2020

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Hagens Berman updates investors in the following publicly-traded companies and urges investors who have suffered significant losses to contact the firm. Further details about the investigations can be found at the links provided.

MLPN Investors Click Here.ZI Investors Click Here.

MultiPlan Corporation (MPLN) Investigation

Relevant Holding Period: Before Nov. 11, 2020 Visitwww.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/MPLNContact An Attorney NowMPLN@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895

The investigation centers on MultiPlans financial disclosures leading up to- and through- its merger and going public transaction with special purpose acquisition (SPAC) company Churchill Capital Corp. III.

More specifically, Hagens Berman is investigating the companys and its sponsors statements about MultiPlans client base and revenues.

On Nov. 11, 2020, Muddy Waters Capital published a scathing report, MultiPlan: Private Equity Necrophilia Meets The Great 2020 Money Grab, based in part on its interviews of former MultiPlan executives.

Among other things, Muddy Waters observes: (1) the company and its sponsors concealed the impending loss of MultiPlans largest client (UnitedHealthcare, or UHC) due to UHCs formation of a competitor (Naviguard) that offers significantly lower prices and fewer conflicts of interest; (2) MultiPlans financials have been financially engineered to obscure the decay in its business; and, (3) [w]e understand that in 2018, MPLN released revenue reserves, dropping them from approximately 30% to 10% of revenue, which we believe enabled MPLN to show 2018 EBITDA growth amid shrinking sales.

Concluding, Muddy Waters states MPLN paints a rosy picture of its prospects, but these are inconsistent with the facts: its revenue peaked in 2017, and Naviguard is never once mentioned by management as a threat and we are concerned that managements strategy carries the potential to bankrupt MPLN.

Were focused on investors losses and whether MultiPlan misrepresented its client base and revenues, said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

If you are a MultiPlan investor and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firms investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.

ZoomInfo Technologies (ZI) Investigation

Relevant Holding Period: Before Nov. 10, 2020 Visitwww.hbsslaw.com/investor-fraud/ZIContact An Attorney NowZI@hbsslaw.com 844-916-0895

Hagens Berman is investigating ZoomInfos compliance with accounting rules (GAAP) governing the reporting of certain tax benefits.

More specifically, on Nov. 9, 2020, ZoomInfo announced that on Nov. 5, 2020 its audit committee of the board of directors concluded the companys Q2 2020 financial statements filed with the SEC should not be relied on.

ZoomInfo further revealed it would restate those results because it improperly recorded a $21.6 million tax benefit related to the GAAP basis and tax basis of partnerships owned by corporations within ZoomInfos corporate structure. As a result of this improper accounting, ZoomInfo understated its Q2 2020 net loss by over 38%.

Were focused on investors losses and whether ZoomInfo intentionally manipulated the GAAP/tax basis differential of certain assets to present a misleading picture of the companys true financial results, said Reed Kathrein, the Hagens Berman partner leading the investigation.

If you are a ZoomInfo investor and have significant losses, or have knowledge that may assist the firms investigation, click here to discuss your legal rights with Hagens Berman.

Whistleblowers: Persons with non-public information regarding MultiPlan and/or ZoomInfo should consider their options to help in the investigation or take advantage of the SEC Whistleblower program. Under the new program, whistleblowers who provide original information may receive rewards totaling up to 30 percent of any successful recovery made by the SEC. For more information, call Reed Kathrein at 844-916-0895 or email MPLN@hbsslaw.com and/or ZI@hbsslaw.com.

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ContactReed Kathrein, 844-916-0895