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July 10, 2018 - The court preliminarily approved the settlement.
May 25, 2018 - A stipulation of settlement was filed by the parties.
March 20, 2014 - The court denied the defendants' motions to dismiss.
July 17, 2013 - A motion to dismiss the fourth consolidated complaint was filed.
June 13, 2013 - A fourth amended consolidated complaint was filed.
February 28, 2013 - A motion to dismiss the third consolidated complaint was filed.
January 9, 2013 - A third amended consolidated complaint was filed.
July 27, 2012 - A motion to dismiss the second consolidated complaint was filed.
May 10, 2012 - A second amended consolidated complaint was filed.
March 29, 2012 - The court granted the defendants' motion to dismiss. The plaintiffs were given leave to amend the complaint.
July 27, 2011 - A motion to dismiss the consolidated complaint was filed.
May 16, 2011 - A consolidated complaint was filed.
November 18, 2010 - An investor in shares of Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE: WL) filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware against Wilmington Trust Corporation over alleged violations of Federal Securities Laws in connection with certain allegedly false and misleading statements made between October 23, 2009 and November 1, 2010.
According to the complaint the plaintiff alleges that Wilmington Trust Corporation and certain of its officers and executives violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by issuing between October 23, 2009 and November 1, 2010 materially false and misleading statements regarding the Wilmington Trust Corporation’s business and financial results.
Then on November 1, 2010, Wilmington Trust Corporation announced it lost $365.3 million in the third quarter of 2010, the quarter ended September 30, 2010, primarily as a result of a $281.5 million charge to “reflect the increased risk in our loan portfolio” and a $100.7 million income tax charge resulting from Wilmington Trust Corporation’s continued losses and the uncertainty about the reliability of Wilmington Trust Corporation’s deferred tax asset due to the poor credit quality of it loan portfolio. Recently Wilmington Trust Corporation also announced that it and M&T Bank Corporation have entered into an agreement under which Wilmington Trust will merge with M&T Bank. Several investors in Wilmington Trust Corporation filed lawsuits in State Court against Wilmington Trust Corporation directors for allegedly selling Wilmington Trust Corporation too cheaply to M&T Bank Corp. Shares of Wilmington Trust Corporation (NYSE: WL), which closed the trading day before the November 1 announcement at $7.11, fell in response to the proposed takeover by more than 40% and closed Monday, November 1 at $4.21 per share. WL shares traded in the beginning of February at $12.18 per share but increased until April 22 to as high as $20.16 per share.