I see Sir Chris Hohn has thrown has thrown his oar in the Airbus - Atos deal talks, urging the former to give up on its pursuit of the latter's multi-billion EURO cyber security division. Below is a link to yesterday's story on the matter:
https://www.ft.com/content/0ecb9bfc-732d-4525-91c0-4ac6089c194a ..
This morning Atos confirmed Airbus has made an approach for its cyber security unit and is now in talks about a deal. Below is the link to this morning's press release:
Now Orange is interested in buying some or all of Atos, according to Les Echos.
Of course, this news won't be too much of a surprise to loyal readers of little old Betaville's content as Orange was previously reported by this website to be working with Credit Suisse on a potential acquisition of some or all of Atos...
Another day, another Atos story from the French press.
Now BFM is claiming One Point, the French data company set up by technology entrepreneur David Layani, submitted a second takeover offer late last year to Atos for its cybersecurity division after having the first one of EURO 4.2 billion rejected in September...
There are some fairly punchy lines being thrown about by French title SiecleDigital about the renewed interest Atos, the French IT services giant.
In a follow up piece to the Les Echos "scoop" about the renewed Airbus interest in Atos, SiecleDigital reports:..
It's the first trading day of 2023 in continental Europe and already one of little old Betaville's RARE alerts has been followed by a rival.
Les Echos has this morning reported that Airbus is in talks about purhasing a stake in Atos as it is aircraft engine maker is interested in getting hold of beleguered Atos's cyber security unit. Below is the link to the piece in Les Echos:..
It only took six months but Atos, the ailing France-listed IT services company, has finally confirmed it has received a takeover offer for its cybersecurity division.
Yesterday, the company said Onepoint, a French technology company, and FTSE 100-listed private equity outfit ICG had teamed up together to offer €4.2 billion for its “Evidian” unit.
Yes, you read that correctly - €4.2 billion...
Atos shares have had a torrid time over the last year despite perpetual rumours predators are circling.
Well, mutiple profit warnings certainly haven't helped matters!..