NEW YORK, April 14 (Reuters) – Societe Generale SA (SOGN.PA) agreed to pay $105 million to settle U.S. investor litigation accusing the French financial institution of violating antitrust legislation by conspiring with rivals to rig Euribor, a key European rate of interest benchmark.
A preliminary settlement was filed late Friday with the U.S. District Court docket in Manhattan, and requires a decide’s approval.
If authorised, the accord would imply traders have obtained $651.5 million of settlements with seven banks.
Banks that beforehand settled for a mixed $546.5 million are Barclays Plc (BARC.L), Citigroup Inc (C.N), Credit score Agricole (CAGR.PA), Deutsche Financial institution AG (DBKGn.DE), HSBC Holdings Plc (HSBA.L) and JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N).
Euribor is the euro-denominated equal of the previous Libor price benchmark.
Buyers together with the California State Academics’ Retirement System pension fund accused banks of rigging Euribor and fixing costs of Euribor-based derivatives from June 2005 to March 2011 to revenue at their expense.
Societe Generale denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle, courtroom papers present.
The case is Sullivan et al v. Barclays Plc et al, U.S. District Court docket, Southern District of New York, No. 13-02811.
Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York, Enhancing by Rosalba O’Brien
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