Canadian Imperial Bank of Commmerce (“CIBC”) (TSX: CM, NYSE: BCM) has agreed to a preliminary settlement of the claims brought against it as part of the Enron securities class action pending in the S.D. of Texas. The suit alleges that CIBC helped Enron inflate its revenues by hiding debt.
Bloomberg reports that the settlement is for $2.4 billion, which is more than the Enron-related settlements entered into by JPMorgan Chase or Citigroup and equivalent to 22% of CIBC’s book value. The settlements in the Enron case have reached a total of approximately $7 billion.
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