Post Financial Restructuring, ATOS has been given a credit rating of B- by Fitch and S&P, Giving greater confidence that the extra liquidity generated and restructured debt and debt reduction techniques has stabilised the company from default. The large market share ATOS holds in Critical infrastructure gives it a unique immunity to bankruptcy. The new CEO is Phillipe Salle is dedicated to profit over stock price, focusing on turning ATOS around, holding onto it's more profitable AI and Quantum branches (Eviden) whilst delegating the less profitable sectors and performing headcount reduction to 90,000 employees. All of this has a stable outlook to return to a pre-collapse market cap of £5-10B, giving retail investors a unique oppurtunity. Creditors now own 98% of shares, most priced at 0.06 meaning there is no short term incentive to liquidate their holdings.

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