The battle for control of Atos has barely begun, and the alliance games are taking shape. Atos confirmed that it had retained three offers this Monday morning and rejected that of the Bain Capital fund. And already two camps are breaking away. On the one hand, that of the creditors whose offer is close to that of David Layani, the largest shareholder of Atos. On the other, the radical one of Daniel Kretinsky, from whom Bain Capital could benefit in the second line, although ousted.
A clear line of demarcation separates them at this stage: the mass of debt to be erased and the return to a plan of splitting or not of Atos.