High Court orders Granada to pay directors' pensions top up of £40m

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The High Court has ruled that a top up pension scheme set up for four ex-directors of the Granada Group did not require shareholder approval to be considered viable.

This comes after the group, which merged with Carlton Communications in 2004 to form ITV, took legal action to remove the £40m obligation attached to an unfunded pension promise to the directors in...

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