A Georgia bank that made more than $400 million in loans to a Sea Island real estate company that collapsed in bankruptcy has agreed to settle a suit with bank shareholders for $11.75 million.

Attorneys representing pension funds that held stock in Columbus-based Synovus Financial Corp. when the Sea Island Co. defaulted on the loans have filed a motion seeking preliminary approval of a class action settlement in the stock fraud case, which was filed in federal court in Atlanta in 2009.