Mealey's (May 9, 2017, 8:21 AM EDT) -- TYLER, Texas — Shareholders and defendants in a securities class action lawsuit against retailer JCPenney Co. Inc. and certain of its executive officers have provisionally agreed to a $97.5 million settlement on claims that the defendants misrepresented the company’s business and financial condition in violation of federal securities laws, according to a joint motion to stay all deadlines and notice of settlement filed May 5 in a Texas federal court (Alan B. Marcus v. JCPenney Company Inc., et al., No. 13-0736, E.D. Texas)....