RBS agrees multimillion-pound deal with shareholders

Bank reaches settlement with three of five shareholder groups who claim they were misled over the £12bn rights issue in 2008Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed multimillion-pound payouts to settle claims from shareholders that they were misled during the bank’s £12bn cash call in 2008.The bailed-out bank has reached agreement with three out of five groups which brought the claims, worth about £4bn, over the rights issue which took place before its £45bn taxpayer bailo