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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/02/rbs-ex-boss-fred-goodwin-faces-court-as-shareholder-talks-fail', 6)          | McEwan told the trio that he was not prepared to increase the existing offer , an >>>11th-hour olive branch offered last month<<< as a 14-week trial loomed .                                                                                                                         |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/jun/07/rbs-court-case-investors-fred-goodwin', 1)                                   | The case – in which investors claimed they were misled by the former RBS boss , three former directors and the bank itself during a £ 12bn cash call in April 2008 – had been due to start >>>on 22 May<<< but a last-minute settlement offer from RBS saw a series of adjournments . |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/23/rbs-push-new-adjournment-high-court-lawsuit', 10)                            | But it is thought the bailed-out bank is >>>offering about £ 200m<<< to the 9,000 private shareholders and a handful of major City institutions over their claim that they were misled during the £ 12bn cash call .                                                                  |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/24/high-court-rbs-royal-bank-of-scotland-fred-goodwin', 3)                      | Granting an adjournment of the case to 7 June , the judge also set a deadline of 1 June for him to be informed of any agreement over the >>>£ 200m settlement being offered by RBS<<< .                                                                                               |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/25/rbs-royal-bank-scotland-shareholders-fred-goodwin-court-case-settlement', 2) | The state-backed lender >>>has offered about £ 200m<<< , or 82p per share held by investors , in an attempt to avoid a case that would see Goodwin take the stand on either 8 or 9 June .                                                                                             |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/28/judge-expects-update-on-royal-bank-of-scotland-settlement-negotiations', 6)  | Their claim for £ 520m of compensation had been due to begin in the high court last Monday but was adjourned to allow the bank and shareholders to try to thrash out a settlement >>>thought to be worth around £ 200m<<< .                                                           |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/2017/may/29/rbs-investors-urged-to-settle-case-with-bailed-out-bank', 2)                 | An action group representing investors involved in the long-running legal battle has told its members it has decided to accept the 82p-a-share offer , which RBS presented to them >>>just hours before the case was due to begin last Monday<<< .                                    |
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| ('theguardian.com/business/nils-pratley-on-finance/2017/may/22/rbs-fred-goodwin-court-uk-bank', 3)                  | RBS 's >>>attempt to settle with the 9,000 shareholders<<< who claim they were misled into backing the £ 12bn rights issue in 2008 is not a great surprise .                                                                                                                          |
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