By Jonathan Stempel
Publication Date: 2026-06-15 15:33:00
By Jonathan Stempel
June 15 (Reuters) – Microsoft has been sued by shareholders who accused the company of defrauding them and inflating its stock price by failing to disclose slowing growth in its Azure cloud business and the need to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure.
The proposed class action led by a Michigan pension fund was filed in Seattle federal court on Friday, after Microsoft shares fell 10% on January 29 in response to its quarterly earnings report a day earlier.
About $357 billion of market value was erased, and Microsoft’s stock suffered its biggest one-day decline in nearly six years.
Microsoft did not immediately respond on Monday to requests for comment.
• For its fiscal second quarter ending in December, Microsoft reported 39% revenue growth in its Azure and other cloud businesses, meeting analyst forecasts but down from 40% in the prior quarter, and projected 37%…
