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1. BASF en BAYER kopen 12 december 2017 01:14

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   Atos proposes to acquire Gemalto to create a global leader in cybersecurity, digital technologies and services
   
   
   
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   December 11, 2017 15:47 ET | Source: Atos International
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   An all-cash offer of €46 per share
   
   Paris, December 11, 2017
   
   Atos [Euronext Paris: ATO], a global leader in digital transformation, announces that it has made a formal proposal to acquire Gemalto [Euronext Amsterdam: GTO] by way of a public offer for all of Gemalto issued and outstanding shares. Atos invited Gemalto's Board of Directors to engage discussions and review collaboratively this potential transaction. On November 28, 2017, Atos has delivered an offer to the Board of Directors of Gemalto which is friendly, compelling, and which addresses the interests of all stakeholders. Since then, Atos has reiterated its friendly intentions. Considering increased risk that could impact Gemalto's shares, and for the purposes of market information, the Atos' Board of Directors has decided to make its proposal public while affirming its willingness to engage into discussions with the objective to come to a transaction recommended by the Gemalto's Board of Directors.
   
   Key terms of the Atos proposal:
   
   Intended all-cash offer of €46.0 per Gemalto share (cum dividend), representing a total consideration of approximately €4.3bn.
   A premium of c. 42% to Gemalto's last unaffected closing price as of December 8, 2017, and c. 42% and c. 34% premium to Gemalto's 1-month and 3-month volume weighted average trading prices, respectively.
   The proposed transaction will strengthen Gemalto's businesses and will create a leading Group in cybersecurity technologies and digital services to the benefit of all stakeholders going forward.
   The acquisition of Gemalto shares will be entirely financed with Atos' existing cash resources and fully committed external debt.
   Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO of Atos said: "Atos has been following closely, and with a lot of interest, the evolution of Gemalto as a leading player in digital cyber security, IoT and payment and has long admired its global presence and strong customer and technology portfolios. We believe that a combination of Atos and Gemalto would result in enhanced global leadership in cybersecurity, digital technologies and services and in the strengthening of our positioning as a leading European payment services provider. Atos has carefully considered the interest of the stakeholders of the two groups, shareholders, employees, and customers which will all benefit from the proposed friendly transaction. In addition, Atos comes forward with a long track-record of successfully integrating management teams, employees and businesses"
   
   A powerful industrial combination in three high-growth markets
   
   Strategically, the combination of Atos and Gemalto will lead to enhanced global leadership in cybersecurity and digital technologies and services, with highly complementary offerings, technologies, and commercial footprint:
   
   Reinforced capabilities in digital cyber technologies and services and homeland security: the combination will lead to the creation of a worldwide leader with total revenue amounting to
   c. €1.5bn. Gemalto's offerings in identity and access management, data encryption and crypto management strongly complement Atos' capabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, High Performance Computers, and cloud orchestration.
   
   Enhanced capabilities in IoT/M2M by leveraging Atos' Codex data analytics and AI, deep industry knowledge and long-standing customer relationships, with c. €1bn in combined revenue.
   
   Consolidation of the Group position as a leading end-to-end European payment services provider: as a global leader with approximately €1bn in revenues in 2016, Gemalto has gained unique and deep expertise in payment solutions. The synergies between Worldline, Gemalto, and Atos businesses will benefit from end-to-end capabilities across the value chain and many substantial geographic, technology and services complementarities.
   
   
   The combination will reinforce the two groups in Europe as well as in the United States of America, first market for the two companies and where the new group will be a key player in term of investments and jobs creation.
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   Strong fit in the interest of both Atos and Gemalto stakeholders
   
   Atos and Gemalto have long shared a common DNA, which is expected to serve as a strong foundation for bringing the two companies together. Both groups have a long-standing heritage of technological and scientific excellence. Both are client-centric organizations, relentlessly focusing on customer needs and satisfaction. Atos and Gemalto both put enormous emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent, in an increasingly competitive and global environment. Finally, Atos and Gemalto share a long-standing experience in cybersecurity for its clients in both private and public sectors.
   
   Atos has demonstrated in the past its integration capabilities, in particular with the successful integration of the 33,000 employees of the Siemens Information Systems, the 9,300 employees of Bull and the 9,600 employees of Xerox ITO, transactions which have been beneficial to all stakeholders involved. The integration methodology of Atos will notably entail - with due respect to the social dialogue framework of both companies - to:
   
   
   
   Immediately and fully mobilize the employee base of the two groups in order to sustain the continuity of operations and develop a shared strategic vision in key markets that Gemalto is operating in;
   
   Welcome Gemalto's employees as soon as the proposed transaction is completed and foster a joint culture of technological and scientific excellence, teamwork, and shared pride in being part of a strengthened global group ideally positioned to face future market challenges;
   
   Open up new opportunities for Gemalto's employees by allowing them to participate fully in the various programs of the Atos Group.
   
   
   It is key for Atos to retain Gemalto's talents within the combined group. With the cooperation of Gemalto's management, Atos is very confident in its ability to implement a smooth and successful integration of Gemalto's employees. By way of background, Atos hires more than 10,000 engineers annually, and has obtained multiple awards as a great place to work across countries. Atos will obviously respect all the existing employment terms of the employees of Gemalto.
   
   Regarding Gemalto's clients, Atos believes the combination will greatly enhance the breadth and depth of existing commercial relationships. Clients will obviously benefit from continued and relentless focus on their needs, but also from a broader set of capabilities contributed by Atos (e.g. holistic approach in digital security, deep industry expertise in IoT/M2M, positioning across the full payments value chain, new technology expertise in AI, Big Data, High Performance Computing, cloud orchestration) but also from the increased scale and stability of the combined group.
   
   Significant value for Gemalto's shareholders
   
   Atos believes this proposal presents an opportunity for Gemalto's shareholders to realize extraordinary value for their shares in Gemalto. It provides them with a premium valuation and the opportunity to receive substantial and immediate cash consideration. The proposed offer price represents a premium of
   c. 42% to Gemalto's last unaffected closing price as of December 8, 2017, and c. 42% and c. 34% premium to Gemalto's 1-month and 3-month volume weighted average trading prices, respectively.
   
   Strong financial capability
   
   Atos has strong financial capabilities and intends to finance the all-cash offer using existing cash resources and fully committed external debt. For this purpose, Atos has secured financing for the transaction with two major international banks which have agreed to underwrite the full amount of the offer. The financing package including the credit agreement is all agreed in final form and actionable. Moreover, the leverage contemplated after completion of the proposed transaction will preserve financial firepower for the combined group to expand further and participate in future steps of industry consolidation.
   
   Commitments to R&D effort and Gemalto's brand
   
   Preservation of Gemalto's strong R&D capabilities and skills is also key to Atos, consistent with its culture of technological and scientific excellence. By joining forces, the two groups will benefit from increased scale and relevance and create a formidable innovation powerhouse, notably by capitalizing on the adjacencies between digital security, payments, machine learning and quantum computing.
   
   Atos will also expect the combined group to capitalize on Gemalto's recognized brand, viewed as a strong asset.
   
   Management
   
   Atos appreciates the achievements of Gemalto's management team, in particular in transitioning its business model. Atos expects key executives to remain involved and help drive the combined group's strong ambition, in the same way Atos successfully included Siemens', Bull's and Xerox ITO's key people in its development.
   
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   Atos, in conjunction with its financial and legal advisors, has devoted significant time and resources to analyzing a potential combination with Gemalto and is confident in its ability to execute and complete the proposed transaction and to swiftly obtain all necessary regulatory approvals, in particular for anti-trust regulation which has already been deeply assessed.
   
   Atos has submitted a friendly proposal to Gemalto to combine their respective businesses by way of an all-cash public offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Gemalto. The proposed offer will be subject to pre-offer and offer conditions customary for transactions of this nature, including but not limited to a minimum acceptance level and required regulatory clearances. Atos will determine and confirm the conditions to the offer in accordance with applicable laws in the Netherlands and in France.
   
   Atos will file its offer with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and wishes to move swiftly with the negotiation of a merger agreement, with a view to come to a recommended transaction. Atos expects such merger agreement to be customary for transactions of this nature, including in particular with respect to non-financial covenants relating to employees, integration and strategy.
   
   No agreement has been reached and there can be no assurances that any transaction will result from this proposal. Any offer will be made only by means of an offer memorandum, approved by the AFM. Atos will make further announcements if and when appropriate.
   
   Conference call
   
   
   
   Atos will hold a conference call in English chaired by Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO, on Tuesday December 12, 2017, at 08:00 am (CET - Paris) in order to comment on the proposed acquisition and answer questions from the financial community. You can join the webcast of the conference on atos.net, in the Investors section.
   
   
3. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 01:33

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   Op tradegate staat voorbeurs 22.00 al €42
4. pielsje 12 december 2017 05:29

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   Nee ik had geen voorkennis
5. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 05:37

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   Potverdrie, zit in de vroege uurtjes even om andere redenen dan de beurs aan het schermpje en zie dit bericht. Heb net gisteren wat winstgenomen met mijn sprintertjes, maar wel nog wel 100 aandeeltjes gekocht om wat winst te nemen en wat risico te beperken.
   Ik heb nu 4000 aandelen!. Tel uit je winst vandaag!
   Feest, ik ga nu al aan de borrel!
6. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 05:39

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   Hopelijk accepteert Gemalto het bod niet, maar wil zij een hoger bod!
7. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 05:40

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   Trouwens wat een smerig spel is er door Atos gespeeld; de koers is dus bewust omlaag geshort de laatste maanden.
8. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 05:51

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   Gefeliciteerd, altijd leuk om te zien dat dit soort keuze goed uitpakken. Gemalto heeft nogal wat moeten inleveren voor de meeste mensen afgelopen jaar.
   
   Ik heb zelf vorig jaar november het ritje van 46 naar 54 euro mogen meemaken en dat was de reden dat ik afgelopen week een klein gokje heb genomen met de aanschaf van (slechts) 100 stukjes.
   Volgens mij mede door een stukje hier op iex.nl betreft einde-jaars-rally-mogelijkheden
   
   Vandaag op een mooi moment mijn wintersportvakantie binnenhalen.
   
   
9. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 06:01

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   CoWijk schreef op 12 december 2017 05:51:

   Gefeliciteerd, altijd leuk om te zien dat dit soort keuze goed uitpakken. Gemalto heeft nogal wat moeten inleveren voor de meeste mensen afgelopen jaar.
   
   Ik heb zelf vorig jaar november het ritje van 46 naar 54 euro mogen meemaken en dat was de reden dat ik afgelopen week een klein gokje heb genomen met de aanschaf van (slechts) 100 stukjes.
   Volgens mij mede door een stukje hier op iex.nl betreft einde-jaars-rally-mogelijkheden
   
   Vandaag op een mooi moment mijn wintersportvakantie binnenhalen.
   
   

   Een ritje van 46 naar 54 is ook niet gek! En een wintersport is nooit weg.
   Maar mijn nachtrust is nu wel wreed verstoord. Zal net zo veel winst opleveren als ik indertijd met Vedior had; maar toen de winst gerealiseerd met enkel flink in the money zijnde calls die 4 gemiddeld 4 keer zo veel waard werden. Had ik mijn sprintertjes gisteren niet verkocht had ik vandaag waarschijnlijk 14k extra winst gehad; tja het is ook nooit goed.....
10. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 06:03

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    Waarom trouwens niet de reactie van Gemalto afwachten, en hopen op een hoger bod?
    ik verkoop voorlopig niets.
11. BASF en BAYER kopen 12 december 2017 07:36

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    quote:

    alrob schreef op 12 december 2017 06:03:

    Waarom trouwens niet de reactie van Gemalto afwachten, en hopen op een hoger bod?
    ik verkoop voorlopig niets.
    

    Goedemorgen airob.
    En tevens kan je er vanuit gaan dat andere partijen zich gaan mengen om Gemalto over te nemen, en hopelijk een biedingsstrijd zal ontstaan voor ons:-)
12. De Witte Ruiter 12 december 2017 07:51

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    Het bod van Atos loopt tot 15 december. Gemalto benadrukte dat er geen zekerheid is dat het tot een officieel bod leidt.
    
    Wat is wijsheid? Bij opening direct verkopen en de winst incasseren?
13. Bioteg71 12 december 2017 08:04

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    eursblik: knock out bod op Gemalto
    
    Actiam wijst wel op koersdaling.
    
    (ABM FN-Dow Jones) Het bod van Atos op Gemalto met een overnamepremie van 46 procent klinkt als een knock out bod. Dit zei analist Corne van Zeijl van Actiam dinsdag tegen ABM Financial News.
    
    Wel wees de analist er op dat het bod komt na een reeks van winstwaarschuwingen, waardoor de koers van Gemalto flink is geraakt.
    
    Toch zullen aandeelhouders volgens Van Zeijl wel oren hebben naar het bod. "Ik kan me voorstellen dat veel beleggers er graag uit willen, zoveel ellende die ze al hebben mee gemaakt."
    
    Wel meende de analist dat Gemalto momenteel "erg goedkoop" is, gezien de ontwikkeling van de aandelenkoers.
    
    Maandag sloot het aandeel Gemalto 4,4 procent hoger op 33,89 euro. Begin dit jaar lag de koers echter nog rond de 55 euro en in maart noteerde het aandeel zelfs nog boven de 63 euro.
    
    Een voordeel van een mogelijke overname is volgens de analist dat het om twee Franse bedrijven gaat. "Dat werkt wel goed", meende Van Zeijl.
    
    Door: ABM Financial News.
    
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    December 12, 2017 01:50 ET (06:50 GMT)
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    Bod is wel te laag. Op eigen kracht kan dit in 2018 al op de borden komen, bod moet echt een stuk hoger naar € 52,-. Ik geloof nooit dat Gemalto met voorgenomen bod akkoord gaat.
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    Subject: Gemalto in the process of reviewing the unsolicited and conditional proposal by Atos
    Reply-To: noreply@communication.gemalto.com
    
    Gemalto in the process of reviewing the unsolicited and conditional proposal by Atos
    
    ?Amsterdam, December 12, 2017 at 07:00 AM – The board of Gemalto N.V. (the Company) has noted the announcement last evening of the unsolicited and conditional proposal by Atos SE (Atos) to make a cash offer for all issued and outstanding shares of the Company at an offer price of EUR 46 (cum dividend in cash) (the Proposal).
    
    On November 28, 2017 Atos submitted its Proposal, valid until December 15, 2017 to the board of the Company. The Company subsequently informed Atos that it would carefully review the Proposal and respond to it before such date.
    
    The board of the Company will continue its process of reviewing and considering the Proposal together with its financial and legal advisors in accordance with its fiduciary duties to determine the best course of action in the interest of the Company, its business, employees, shareholders and other stakeholders.
    
    There is no certainty that the Proposal will lead to a recommended firm offer for the Company.
    
    The Company has retained Deutsche Bank and J.P. Morgan as financial advisors and Allen & Overy LLP as legal advisor.
    
    Further announcements will be made in due course once the board has completed its review of the Proposal.
    
    Contacts:
    
    Investor Relations
    Jean-Claude Deturche
    M.: +33 6 2399 2141
    jean-claude.deturche@gemalto.com
    
    Sébastien Liagre
    M.: +33 6 1751 4467
    sebastien.liagre@gemalto.com
    
    Corporate Communication
    Isabelle Marand
    M.: +33 6 1489 1817
    isabelle.marand@gemalto.com
    
    Media Relations Agency
    Suzanne Bakker
    M.: +31 6 1136 8659
    suzanne.bakker@citigateff.nl
    
    
    
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    Atos proposes to acquire Gemalto to create a global leader in cybersecurity, digital technologies and services
    An all-cash offer of €46 per share
    Paris, December 11, 2017
    Atos [Euronext Paris: ATO], a global leader in digital transformation, announces that it has made a formal proposal to acquire Gemalto [Euronext Amsterdam: GTO] by way of a public offer for all of Gemalto issued and outstanding shares. Atos invited Gemalto’s Board of Directors to engage discussions and review collaboratively this potential transaction. On November 28, 2017, Atos has delivered an offer to the Board of Directors of Gemalto which is friendly, compelling, and which addresses the interests of all stakeholders. Since then, Atos has reiterated its friendly intentions. Considering increased risk that could impact Gemalto’s shares, and for the purposes of market information, the Atos’ Board of Directors has decided to make its proposal public while affirming its willingness to engage into discussions with the objective to come to a transaction recommended by the Gemalto’s Board of Directors.
    Key terms of the Atos proposal:
    Intended all-cash offer of €46.0 per Gemalto share (cum dividend), representing a total consideration of approximately €4.3bn.
    A premium of c. 42% to Gemalto’s last unaffected closing price as of December 8, 2017, and c. 42% and c. 34% premium to Gemalto’s 1-month and 3-month volume weighted average trading prices, respectively.
    The proposed transaction will strengthen Gemalto’s businesses and will create a leading Group in cybersecurity technologies and digital services to the benefit of all stakeholders going forward.
    The acquisition of Gemalto shares will be entirely financed with Atos’ existing cash resources and fully committed external debt.
    Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO of Atos said: “Atos has been following closely, and with a lot of interest, the evolution of Gemalto as a leading player in digital cyber security, IoT and payment and has long admired its global presence and strong customer and technology portfolios. We believe that a combination of Atos and Gemalto would result in enhanced global leadership in cybersecurity, digital technologies and services and in the strengthening of our positioning as a leading European payment services provider. Atos has carefully considered the interest of the stakeholders of the two groups, shareholders, employees, and customers which will all benefit from the proposed friendly transaction. In addition, Atos comes forward with a long track-record of successfully integrating management teams, employees and businesses”
    A powerful industrial combination in three high-growth markets
    Strategically, the combination of Atos and Gemalto will lead to enhanced global leadership in cybersecurity and digital technologies and services, with highly complementary offerings, technologies, and commercial footprint:
    Reinforced capabilities in digital cyber technologies and services and homeland security: the combination will lead to the creation of a worldwide leader with total revenue amounting to
    €1.5bn. Gemalto’s offerings in identity and access management, data encryption and crypto management strongly complement Atos’ capabilities in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Big Data, High Performance Computers, and cloud orchestration.
    Enhanced capabilities in IoT/M2M by leveraging Atos’ Codex data analytics and AI, deep industry knowledge and long-standing customer relationships, with c. €1bn in combined revenue.
    Consolidation of the Group position as a leading end-to-end European payment services provider: as a global leader with approximately €1bn in revenues in 2016, Gemalto has gained unique and deep expertise in payment solutions. The synergies between Worldline, Gemalto, and Atos businesses will benefit from end-to-end capabilities across the value chain and many substantial geographic, technology and services complementarities.
    The combination will reinforce the two groups in Europe as well as in the United States of America, first market for the two companies and where the new group will be a key player in term of investments and jobs creation.
    Strong fit in the interest of both Atos and Gemalto stakeholders
    Atos and Gemalto have long shared a common DNA, which is expected to serve as a strong foundation for bringing the two companies together. Both groups have a long-standing heritage of technological and scientific excellence. Both are client-centric organizations, relentlessly focusing on customer needs and satisfaction. Atos and Gemalto both put enormous emphasis on attracting, developing and retaining the very best talent, in an increasingly competitive and global environment. Finally, Atos and Gemalto share a long-standing experience in cybersecurity for its clients in both private and public sectors.
    Atos has demonstrated in the past its integration capabilities, in particular with the successful integration of the 33,000 employees of the Siemens Information Systems, the 9,300 employees of Bull and the 9,600 employees of Xerox ITO, transactions which have been beneficial to all stakeholders involved. The integration methodology of Atos will notably entail – with due respect to the social dialogue framework of both companies – to:
    Immediately and fully mobilize the employee base of the two groups in order to sustain the continuity of operations and develop a shared strategic vision in key markets that Gemalto is operating in;
    Welcome Gemalto’s employees as soon as the proposed transaction is completed and foster a joint culture of technological and scientific excellence, teamwork, and shared pride in being part of a strengthened global group ideally positioned to face future market challenges;
    Open up new opportunities for Gemalto’s employees by allowing them to participate fully in the various programs of the Atos Group.
    It is key for Atos to retain Gemalto’s talents within the combined group. With the cooperation of Gemalto’s management, Atos is very confident in its ability to implement a smooth and successful integration of Gemalto’s employees. By way of background, Atos hires more than 10,000 engineers annually, and has obtained multiple awards as a great place to work across countries. Atos will obviously respect all the existing employment terms of the employees of Gemalto.
    Regarding Gemalto’s clients, Atos believes the combination will greatly enhance the breadth and depth of existing commercial relationships. Clients will obviously benefit from continued and relentless focus on their needs, but also from a broader set of capabilities contributed by Atos (e.g. holistic approach in digital security, deep industry expertise in IoT/M2M, positioning across the full payments value chain, new technology expertise in AI, Big Data, High Performance Computing, cloud orchestration) but also from the increased scale and stability of the combined group.
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    Significant value for Gemalto’s shareholders
    Atos believes this proposal presents an opportunity for Gemalto’s shareholders to realize extraordinary value for their shares in Gemalto. It provides them with a premium valuation and the opportunity to receive substantial and immediate cash consideration. The proposed offer price represents a premium of
    c. 42% to Gemalto’s last unaffected closing price as of December 8, 2017, and c. 42% and c. 34% premium to Gemalto’s 1-month and 3-month volume weighted average trading prices, respectively.
    Strong financial capability
    Atos has strong financial capabilities and intends to finance the all-cash offer using existing cash resources and fully committed external debt. For this purpose, Atos has secured financing for the transaction with two major international banks which have agreed to underwrite the full amount of the offer. The financing package including the credit agreement is all agreed in final form and actionable. Moreover, the leverage contemplated after completion of the proposed transaction will preserve financial firepower for the combined group to expand further and participate in future steps of industry consolidation.
    Commitments to R&D effort and Gemalto’s brand
    Preservation of Gemalto’s strong R&D capabilities and skills is also key to Atos, consistent with its culture of technological and scientific excellence. By joining forces, the two groups will benefit from increased scale and relevance and create a formidable innovation powerhouse, notably by capitalizing on the adjacencies between digital security, payments, machine learning and quantum computing.
    Atos will also expect the combined group to capitalize on Gemalto’s recognized brand, viewed as a strong asset.
    Management
    Atos appreciates the achievements of Gemalto’s management team, in particular in transitioning its business model. Atos expects key executives to remain involved and help drive the combined group’s strong ambition, in the same way Atos successfully included Siemens’, Bull’s and Xerox ITO’s key people in its development.
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    Atos, in conjunction with its financial and legal advisors, has devoted significant time and resources to analyzing a potential combination with Gemalto and is confident in its ability to execute and complete the proposed transaction and to swiftly obtain all necessary regulatory approvals, in particular for anti-trust regulation which has already been deeply assessed.
    Atos has submitted a friendly proposal to Gemalto to combine their respective businesses by way of an all-cash public offer for all issued and outstanding ordinary shares of Gemalto. The proposed offer will be subject to pre-offer and offer conditions customary for transactions of this nature, including but not limited to a minimum acceptance level and required regulatory clearances. Atos will determine and confirm the conditions to the offer in accordance with applicable laws in the Netherlands and in France.
    Atos will file its offer with the Dutch Authority for the Financial Markets (Autoriteit Financiële Markten, AFM) and wishes to move swiftly with the negotiation of a merger agreement, with a view to come to a recommended transaction. Atos expects such merger agreement to be customary for transactions of this nature, including in particular with respect to non-financial covenants relating to employees, integration and strategy.
    No agreement has been reached and there can be no assurances that any transaction will result from this proposal. Any offer will be made only by means of an offer memorandum, approved by the AFM. Atos will make further announcements if and when appropriate.
    Conference call
    Atos will hold a conference call in English chaired by Thierry Breton, Chairman and CEO, on Tuesday December 12, 2017, at 08:00 am (CET - Paris) in order to comment on the proposed acquisition and answer questions from the financial community. You can join the webcast of the conference on atos.net, in the Investors section.
    Contacts
    Media:
    Terence Zakka - +33 6 12 88 12 61 - terence.zakka@atos.net
    Sylvie Raybaud - +33 6 95 91 96 71 - sylvie.raybaud@atos.net
18. [verwijderd] 12 december 2017 11:22

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    Nu verkopen? Hell no. Nu wordt het pas interessant.
    
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    protrek schreef op 12 december 2017 07:51:

    Het bod van Atos loopt tot 15 december. Gemalto benadrukte dat er geen zekerheid is dat het tot een officieel bod leidt.
    
    Wat is wijsheid? Bij opening direct verkopen en de winst incasseren?
    

    Meteen verkopen en dan een optie maart 48 of 50 aanschaffen plus een putje maart 40
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    Kijk waar de koers de afgelopen 5 jaar stond, bod is dus overduidelijk te laag. Gemalto gaat hier echt niet mee akkoord. Atos weet dat ook wel en zal toch echt zijn bod vroeg of laat gaan verhogen. Na de koersreactie voor vandaag denk ik dat velen vertrouwen hebben in een hoger bod, anders zou ik gezien het risico nog geen reden zien om als belegger boven de 45 in te blijven kopen.