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Has anyone had compensation for their Railtrack shares?

phoenixlily
phoenixlily Posts: 13 Forumite
in Savings & investments
My mum has some railtrack shares she's had for years, and has been trying to get compensation for them - has had no replies to letters she has sent. Has anyone on the forum managed to get compensation for their Railtrack shares, or have any advice about how I can help her go about it?

thanks moneysavers :-)

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  • Reaper
    Reaper Posts: 7,356 Forumite
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    edited 20 October 2009 at 2:03PM
    While I didn't follow the saga closely I am not aware there is any compensation, which Wikipedia agrees with.

    There were some small payments made by the liquidator doing the winding up (also listed on that page) but that's all.
  • phoenixlily
    phoenixlily Posts: 13 Forumite
    oh dear - never mind. thanks for the tip!
  • sabretoothtigger
    sabretoothtigger Posts: 10,036 Forumite
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    I can remember these shares trebling and thinking they must have been a good buy like alot of the sold off assets. Went to 1755 at one point ? I would have sold before the election I think, I hope anyway
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