Argent Trust’s $5.9 Million Symbria Stock Suit Pact Moves Ahead

Jan. 9, 2025, 4:21 PM UTC

Participants in Symbria Inc.‘s employee stock ownership plan who say they were wrongly forced to overpay for stock in their company received initial approval for a $5.9 million class settlement with Argent Trust Co.

The deal is slated to provide nearly 1,000 participants in Symbria’s stock plan with average gross payments of about $5,900, according to a settlement motion filed in December. Judge Sunil R. Harjani of the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois granted preliminary approval to the agreement in a Wednesday docket entry.

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