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SRI settlement cost it $1.9-millionBy KRIS HUNDLEY, Times Staff Writer© St. Petersburg Times published February 3, 2003 SRI/Surgical Express Inc. of Tampa boasted in a press release last week that it had settled all outstanding shareholder lawsuits stemming from a restatement of earnings in late 2001. While the release said the total settlement would be covered by SRI's insurers, it left out one teensy little detail: the amount of the agreement. Two days later, after newspapers had reported SRI's skimpy announcement, the company filed a more complete disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. SRI, which supplies hospitals with surgical supplies, will pay $1.9-million to settle the lawsuits while acknowledging no wrongdoing. Still unknown: what chunk of that $1.9-million will go to shareholders' lawyers. But people who bought SRI's stock between March 30, 2001, and April 1, 2002, might look for a few pennies in the mail.
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