PARIS (Reuters) – Atos announced on Monday that it had received two revised financial restructuring offers, one from the company EP Equity Investment (EPEI) controlled by Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky and the other from a consortium led by Onepoint, its main shareholder.

The group, which had set itself until the end of May to find an agreement on a financial restructuring solution acceptable to creditors, has not yet decided on one of its offers.

“The Atos Board of Directors has authorized management to work with the company’s financial creditors, under the aegis of the Conciliator, to ensure that maximum support for any of these proposals is likely to be achieved. “be assured by June 5, 2024”, indicates Atos in a press release, specifying that it would communicate again on June 6.

Daniel Kretinsky’s proposal – already in the works on the takeover of Casino – is supported by the company Attestor Limited while the consortium led by Onepoint, headed by David Layani, includes Butler Industries and Econocom, as well as a group of creditors of ‘Atos.

At the same time, Atos said it had received takeover offers for its subsidiary specializing in the management of nuclear power plants, Worldgrid, which it is currently examining. The group did not provide further details.

Last week, the Minister of Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire indicated that the French state would ensure that Worldgrid remained under the control of public authorities.

The State is also interested in activities deemed strategic by Atos in “big data” and cybersecurity, namely the Advanced Computing, Mission-Critical Systems and Cybersecurity Products divisions.

The “due diligence” process on this operation, worth between 700 million and one billion euros, is “progressing satisfactorily”, Atos said on Monday.

(Written by Blandine Hénault)

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