Bloomberg- Atos Origin SA should be sold to a large company, Bernard Oppetit, president of Centaurus Capital Ltd., said in an interview published in Les Echos today.
Atos Origin is lacking strategy and could be taken over by Centaurus and Pardus Capital Management LLC, Oppetit was quoted as saying. The two hedge funds have had their request for boardroom representation refused, he told the newspaper.
The two hedge funds said Jan. 18 they have raised their combined stake in France’s second-largest computer-services provider to above 20 percent. In a statement to the market regulator they said they aren’t ruling out taking control of Atos Origin.
