The board of directors of Atos ATOS.PA was to meet on Sunday evening to examine takeover offers for the struggling French IT group, report Les Echos and Le Figaro.
According to the newspapers, which do not cite their sources, Atos received three takeover offers from David Layani, its first shareholder, the Bain fund and the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky who once again joined forces with the fund for the occasion. British speculator Attestor, with which he recently bought the Casino group.
These offers are in addition to the restructuring plan emanating from a group of bond and bank creditors representing more than 50% of Atos’ 4.9 billion euros of debt, presented on Friday.
The latter are pleading for a debt waiver of only 2.4 billion euros, compared to 4 billion euros for the Kretinsky/Attestor offer, write the two newspapers.
Contacted by Reuters, Atos declined to comment.
(Tangi Salaün and Sybille de La Hamaide)