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Securities

Oct. 2, 2010

Apple Settles Options Backdating Suit

Apple Inc. has settled the last of the lawsuits filed against it over stock options by agreeing to pay $14 million to investors who bought shares before the company's 2006 revelation that it backdated them.

By Craig Anderson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

Apple Inc. has settled the last of the lawsuits filed against it over stock options by agreeing to pay $14 million to investors who bought shares before the company's 2006 revelation that it backdated them.

The Cupertino-based technology giant also is setting aside $2.5 million in charitable donations for corporate governance programs and paying $2.45 million in attorneys' f...

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