Eighteen former Enron directors have entered into a preliminary settlement of the securities class action claims against them for $168 million. As in the similar WorldCom settlement, Bloomberg reports that a portion of the funds ($13 million) will be paid by ten of the directors personally. The amount of the personal payments is apparently “tied to allegations of insider trading.”
Quote of note: “In addition to the $168 million settlement amount, the directors agreed to pay $32 million to Enron creditors, the investors said. That money will also be paid out of the insurance policies, which total $200 million of coverage. Another $13 million of insurance proceeds will be reserved for the legal fees of directors who didn’t settle, including former Enron Chairman Kenneth Lay and ex-Chief Executive Jeffrey Skilling.”
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