44. Plaintiff brings this action as a class action pursuant to Rule 23 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired the publicly traded securities of Hanger during the Class Period. Excluded from the Class are Defendants and their families, directors, and officers of Hanger and their families and affiliates.  45. The members of the Class are so numerous that joinder of all members is impracticable. The disposition of their claims in a class action will provide substantial benefits to the parties and the Court. As of November 10, 2014, there were approximately 35.29 million shares of Hanger stock outstanding, owned by hundreds or thousands of investors.  47. Plaintiff’s claims are typical of those of the Class because Plaintiff and the Class sustained damages from Defendants’ wrongful conduct.  48. Plaintiff will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the Class and has retained counsel experienced in class action securities litigation. Plaintiff has no interests which conflict with those of the Class.  49. A class action is superior to other available methods for the fair and efficient adjudication of this controversy. Joinder of all Class members is impracticable. 55. Plaintiff repeats and realleges each and every allegation contained above as if fully set forth herein.  56. During the Class Period, Defendants carried out a plan, scheme, and course of conduct which was intended to and, throughout the Class Period, did: (i) deceive the investing public, including Plaintiff and other Class members, as alleged herein; and (ii) cause Plaintiff and other members of the Class to purchase Hanger securities at artificially inflated prices.  58. Defendants, individually and in concert, directly and indirectly, by the use, means or instrumentalities of interstate commerce and/or of the mails, engaged and participated in a continuous course of conduct to conceal adverse material information about the Company’s financial well-being, operations, and prospects.  59. During the Class Period, Defendants made the false statements specified above, which they knew or recklessly disregarded to be false or misleading in that they contained misrepresentations and failed to disclose material facts necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.  60. Defendants had actual knowledge of the misrepresentations and omissions of material fact set forth herein, or recklessly disregarded the true facts that were available to them. Defendants engaged in this misconduct to conceal Hanger’s true condition from the investing public and to support the artificially inflated prices of the Company’s securities.  61. Plaintiff and the Class have suffered damages in that, in reliance on the integrity of the market, they paid artificially inflated prices for Hanger securities. Plaintiff and the Class would not have purchased the Company’s securities at the prices they paid, or at all, had they been aware that the market prices for Hanger securities had been artificially inflated by Defendants’ fraudulent course of conduct.  63. By virtue of the foregoing, Defendants violated Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder. 64. Plaintiff repeats, incorporates, and realleges each and every allegation set forth above as if fully set forth herein.  65. The Individual Defendants acted as controlling persons of Hanger within the meaning of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. By virtue of their high-level positions, participation in and/or awareness of the Company’s operations, direct involvement in the day-to- day operations of the Company, and/or intimate knowledge of the Company’s actual performance, and their power to control public statements about Hanger, the Individual Defendants had the power and ability to control the actions of Hanger and its employees. By reason of such conduct, the Individual Defendants are liable pursuant to Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act. For Violation of Section 10(b) of the Exchange Act and Rule 10b-5 Against All Defendants  For Violation of Section 20(a) of the Exchange Act Against the Individual Defendants 