Atos Origin To Buy Siemens' IT Unit In EUR850 Million Deal
14 Dezember 2010 - 11:25PM
Dow Jones News
French information technology services company Atos Origin SA
(ATO.FR) will buy Siemens AG's (SI) IT Solutions and Services
business for EUR850 million in an attempt to create a "European IT
champion," both companies said late Tuesday in a joint
statement.
The operations of the French IT service company and the German
industrial conglomerate's IT unit will compete with International
Business Machines Corp. (IBM) and Capgemini (CGEMY, CAP.FR), among
others.
As part of the deal, Atos Origin will issue 12.5 million shares,
currently worth EUR414 million, giving Siemens a 15% stake the
German company will hold for at least five years. Atos Origin also
will pay EUR186 million in cash and issue a EUR250 million
convertible bond that will be held by Siemens.
The company created by the deal will have 78,500 employees and
is generate pro forma revenue of EUR8.7 billion while expecting to
raise sales to the EUR9 billion to EUR10 billion range by 2013.
According to Atos Origin and Siemens, the transaction, subject
to regulatory approval and approval by governing bodies of Atos
Origin, is expected to be closed by July.
Siemens also said the deal will cause "considerable negative
earnings impact" for its fiscal year 2011, which ends Sept. 30, but
gave no further details.
-By Archibald Preuschat, Dow Jones Newswires; +49-211-13872-18;
archibald.preuschat@dowjones.com
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