Press Release from the Competition Council regarding the economic concentration project concerning the acquisition by “EP Equity Investment s.à r.l.” (“EPEI”) of the exclusive control of “Atos Holding France 1 s.a.s” (“Atos TF Business”) through the acquisition of 100% of its capital and voting rights.

In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the “operation summary” below, containing the information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.
Names of the companies and groups involved:
– The acquirer “EP Equity Investment s.à r.l.” (“EPEI”);
– The target: “Atos Holding France 1 s.a.s” (“Atos TF Business”).
Nature of the operation
– Acquisition of exclusive control
Economic sectors concerned
– Information technology sector
Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations
– 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e. October 23, 2023

NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE
PARTIES
The Competition Council has received a notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition by EP Equity Investment s.à r.l. (“EPEI”), a Luxembourg limited liability company, of the exclusive control of Atos Holding France 1 (“Atos TF Business”), a French simplified joint-stock company. EPEI is an investment company focusing on investments in European companies and businesses with potential. Atos TF Business is a subsidiary of Atos SE and is intended to hold the lines of business covering cutting-edge infrastructure and data center services, private and hybrid cloud services, data management, smart networks, digital workplace and collaboration, as well as related professional services. Atos TF Business operates worldwide, particularly in the European Union, Europe (notably the United Kingdom), North and South America, the Middle East, Africa (North and sub-Saharan), and Asia (notably China and Japan).

Done in Rabat on October 12, 2023