PARIS: Atos SE agreed to buy Syntel Inc in a US$3.4bil cash deal to boost the French computer-services provider’s US access, to customers including financials like American Express Co and State Street Corp.
At US$41 a share, the transaction is also a way for acquisitive Atos to bounce back from a rebuffed bid eight months ago on Gemalto NV, which secures digital payments for banks and other clients.
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