Covéa has filed a complaint against Denis Kessler for market manipulation and misuse of corporate assets

The actions were committed between September 2018 and January 2019, and concern :

• on one hand, a massive share buyback of around 4,6 million Scor shares for 195 million Euros, for the sole purpose of artificially inflating the share price,
• on the other hand, 16 million Euros in advisory expenses incurred to allegedly counter an imaginary takeover of Scor from Covéa, even though Covéa had withdrawn its otherwise friendly proposition on the 4 September 2018.

These actions led Covéa to file a complaint on behalf of Scor.