Decisive new step in the completion of the financial restructuring: Atos’ accelerated safeguard plan approved by the specialized Commercial Court of Nanterre
Paris, France - October 24, 2024 - Atos SE (“Atos” or the “Company”) announces today that, by judgment dated October 24, 2024, the specialized Commercial Court of Nanterre (the “Court”), after having acknowledged, pursuant to the provisions of article L. 626-31 of the French Code de commerce, that all legal conditions had been satisfied, has approved the accelerated safeguard plan of Atos (the “Plan”), presented at the hearing of October 15, 2024.
Philippe Salle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atos, said: “The approval of Atos' accelerated safeguard plan by the Nanterre Specialized Commercial Court is a decisive step in our financial restructuring process and I would like to thank the entire management team for the remarkable work they have accomplished over the last few months. This important step guarantees the continuity of Atos' activities in the best interests of our employees and customers, and allows us to project the Group confidently towards a new page in its history.”
Jean Pierre Mustier, Chief Executive Officer of Atos, said: “Our Group has reached a decisive step, providing sufficient financial resources to successfully complete a new period of industrial development under the leadership of Philippe Salle, with a strong focus of all our teams to provide the best possible service to our customers through innovation and quality of service.”
The Court has appointed, as practitioner in charge of supervising the implementation of the Plan (commissaire à l’exécution du plan), SELARL AJRS, represented by Ma?tre Thibaut Martinat, for the duration of the Plan.
In the absence of a suspensory appeal against the judgment approving the Plan, it is envisaged that all the financial restructuring transactions provided for in the Plan will be executed between November 2024 and December 2024/January 20251, subject in particular to the approval by the Autorité des Marchés Financiers(AMF) of the prospectuses relating to the various securities issues provided for in the Plan.
As a reminder, the transactions provided under the Plan should lead to, in particular:
the equitization of €2.9 billion of financial debt; and
the provision to Atos of €1.5 to €1.675 billion of new money debt and the new money equity resulting from the rights issue (up to €233 million) already backstopped in cash by participating bondholders for €75 million and by the creditors participating in the new financings by set off against a portion of their debts for €100 million, as previously communicated and, as the case may be, from the potential voluntary additional subscription in cash by the participating creditors of up to €75 million as part of the Potential Capital Increase as provided in the Plan.
The main characteristics of the share capital transactions to be implemented as part of the Plan are described in the document entitled “Main terms and conditions of the share capital transactions carried out as part of the Company’s financial restructuring plan” (Principales modalités des opérations sur le capital mises en ?uvre dans le cadre du plan de restructuration financière de la Société) published on the Company’s website (section “Financial Restructuring”) on September 6, 2024 and updated on September 16, 2024. These share capital transactions will be covered by prospectuses submitted to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) for approval.
The Company will continue to inform the market in due course of the next steps of its financial restructuring.
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About Atos
Atos is a global leader in digital transformation with circa 82,000 employees and annual revenue of circa €10 billion. European number one in cybersecurity, cloud and high-performance computing, the Group provides tailored end-to-end solutions for all industries in 69 countries. A pioneer in decarbonization services and products, Atos is committed to a secure and decarbonized digital for its clients. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea) and listed on Euronext Paris.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future of the information space. Its expertise and services support the development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural approach and contribute to the development of scientific and technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live, work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information space.
