NEW YORK, Nov. 14, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The following statement is being issued by Levi & Korsinsky, LLP:

To: All Persons or Entities who purchased athenahealth, Inc. (“athenahealth” or the “Company”) (NASDAQGS: ATHN) stock prior to November 12, 2018.

You are hereby notified that Levi & Korsinsky, LLP has commenced an investigation into the fairness of the sale of athenahealth to an affiliate of Veritas Capital and Evergreen Coast Capital. Under the terms of the transaction, athenahealth shareholders will receive $135 per share; the transaction has a total approximate value of $5.7 billion in cash. To learn more about the action and your rights, go to:

https://www.zlk.com/mna/athenahealth-inc

or contact Joseph E. Levi, Esq. either via email at jlevi@levikorsinsky.com or by telephone at (212) 363-7500, toll-free: (877) 363-5972. There is no cost or obligation to you.

The athenahealth merger investigation concerns whether the Board of athenahealth breached their fiduciary duties to stockholders by failing to adequately shop the Company before agreeing to enter into this transaction, and whether the affiliate of Veritas and Evergreen is underpaying for athenahealth shares, thus unlawfully harming athenahealth shareholders.

Levi & Korsinsky is a national firm with offices in New York, Connecticut, California, and Washington D.C. The firm's attorneys have extensive expertise in prosecuting securities litigation involving financial fraud, representing investors throughout the nation in securities lawsuits and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars for aggrieved shareholders. For more information, please feel free to contact any of the attorneys listed below. Attorney advertising. Prior results do not guarantee similar outcomes.

CONTACT:

Levi & Korsinsky, LLP
Joseph E. Levi, Esq.
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10006
Tel: (212) 363-7500
Toll Free: (877) 363-5972
Fax: (212) 363-7171
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