Russell International, a publicly traded company, reacquired 500,000 shares of its common stock during July 2019 at a cost of $25 per share. The current market price of the stock was $20 per share when the 500,000 shares were reacquired.
The shares that were reacquired had been owned by a group of minority shareholders who had been dissatisfied with Russell’s earnings trend, stock price, and dividends paid. In fact, these minority shareholders had been so disgruntled that they had filed a suit against Russell’s directors during 2018. The minority shareholders’ suit claimed damages of $3 million because of the board’s failure to fulfill its fiduciary responsibility to maximize shareholders’ value.
In August 2019, the minority shareholders’ suit was dropped, with neither Russell nor its directors having to offer or pay a settlement. Russell accounts for its treasury stock transactions using the cost method.

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