Nikola conceded that author and previous chairman Trevor Milton made a few “erroneous” claims about the electric-truck maker’s business before he surrendered under tension a year ago.

An internal investigation insisted a few discoveries of the Hindenburg Research report that tossed Nikola into bedlam the previous fall after the short-selling firm claimed that the buzzy company had been based on an “ocean of lies.”

Nikola shares dropped in excess of 9% to $17.81 in early exchanging Friday following the disclosure.

The law office Kirkland and Ellis found that Nikola and Milton offered nine expressions over a four-year time span that “were mistaken in entire to some extent, when made,” the Arizona-based startup said Thursday in its yearly report.

Some were essential cases about Nikola’s electric trucks, for example, Milton’s December 2016 proclamation that the Nikola One semi was a “completely working vehicle,” as per the documenting.

Milton made deceiving claims as of late as July of a year ago, when he said that the entirety of Nikola’s significant parts were “done in house” and that five trucks were “falling off the mechanical production system” in Germany, the test found.

In any case, the specialists likewise confirmed that a portion of Hindenburg’s charges were wrong, Nikola said, highlighting discoveries that the company’s labor force is driven by individuals with profound involvement with the business and that its commitments are predictable with different firms at comparative stages.

“These discoveries are conflicting with the principle finish of the Hindenburg article that the company was an ‘mind boggling’ or ‘enormous misrepresentation,'” Nikola said.

Hindenburg’s report all things considered started investigations into Nikola by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Manhattan US lawyer’s office, the two of which hit the company with summons in September.

Milton ventured down as chairman days after those summons showed up. In any case, Nikola said it has in any case paid about $8.1 million to cover Milton’s lawyers’ expenses under his repayment concurrence with the company.