You say shareholders have no standing in a settlement, and with that statement you have shown completely how little you understand what holding shares means. We are literally owners of this private entity, the same as Carter. Any settlement is legally ours my the nature of our part ownership of this company. The settlement belongs to the company, and the company belongs to us.
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