The parts of Atos that Airbus and Thales aren’t interested in buying include the company’s $6.99 billion infrastructure and data management business and its $4.38 billion business and platform solutions units. Those two divisions saw sales fall by 3 percent and 7.9 percent, respectively, in 2020.
Will Airbus offer €1.8bn to Atos?
Airbus is working on an offer worth up to €1.8bn for Atos’s prized big data and cyber security unit, as the French IT services company seeks to restructure and cut its debt load. Atos announced on Wednesday that it had opened a due diligence process with the aerospace and defence company, confirming earlier reports from the Financial Times.
Why did Atos SE shares fall?
(Bloomberg) -- Atos SE shares fell after the company’s announcement that it was in early talks to sell its big data and cybersecurity business to Airbus SE for as much as €1.8 billion ($2 billion) disappointed investors. Most Read from Bloomberg
