The ISS Settlement Pipeline, which reflects the sum of all pending or tentatively announced securities class action settlements for which the claim deadline has not passed, has soared to an amazing $15.006 billion. Introduced in July 2004 at a then-impressive $5.5 billion, the ISS Settlement Pipeline has been boosted significantly by the historic settlements in the WorldCom and Enron cases. The top 10 settlements currently in the pipeline are as follows:
1. WorldCom (combined): $6.12 billion
2. Enron (combined): $4.7 billion
3. IPO Securities Litigation: $1 billion
4. McKesson HBOC: $960 million
5. Dynegy: $473 million
6. Broadcom Corp.: $150 million
7. TXU Corp.: $149.75 million
8. BankOne Corp (First Chicago): $120 million
9. Deutsche Telecom AG: $120 million
10. CVS Corp.: $110 million
ISS's Friday Report from last week included this article discussing the Settlement Pipeline. By the way, the Settlement Pipeline has grown to $6.08 billion as of this morning.
Yesterday, ISS's Securities Class Action Services announced its new "Settlement Pipeline," which calculates the total dollar amount in securities class action settlements that is now, or will soon be, available for investors to file claims on to recover investment losses. The Settlement Pipeline, initially announced at $5.55 billion, has already grown to $5.96 billion with the recent announcement of settlements in cases such as Bristol-Myers Squibb ($300 million) and FirstEnergy ($89.9 million).
