Atos Signs Restructuring Lock-Up Deal With Bulk of Creditors
- Company aims to open safeguard proceedings week of July 22
- Atos secured €1.68 billion of new financing from creditors
The Atos headquarters in Paris.
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A majority of creditors of Atos SE have signed the lock-up agreement that will see them take control of the embattled French IT services provider following its restructuring, according to a statement on Monday.
The company has also secured €1.68 billion ($1.8 billion) of new financing from existing creditors, in the upper range of what was announced on June 30. As part of the plan, bondholders and lenders have agreed to convert €2.9 billion of loans and bonds into equity and to inject €233 million in new equity, either themselves or alongside a private industrial investor.