Atos flew 7% on Friday in the opening of the Paris Stock Exchange, at the announcement of the acquisition of the IT services arm of the US group Xerox by the French company. Concluded for $ 1 billion (€ 817 million), the deal will allow Atos to triple its size in the United States, where the group had little presence. Xerox brings him a 300 US clients portfolio. The transaction also allows Atos to climb into the Top 5 global IT services groups, with 11 billion euros in turnover, just ahead Cap Gemini. The group has just digest another acquisition in the sector, that of French Bull. And six years after the arrival at the head of Thierry Breton, Atos has almost doubled in size
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