Word: canso
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...cited numerous examples of alleged deception of public shareholders. It noted that United Canso Oil & Gas Ltd., which was controlled by the Buckley family, in 1971 acquired a 20% interest in a license to explore for oil and gas in the British North Sea. The Canso board sold its share in 1975 for $50 million plus $7 million in previous expenses. Canso's board then appointed two of its directors to make an "independent" study of what Canso owed Catawba in royalties on the oil It would have produced if It had not sold its rights. The two directors...
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