Airbus pulls up hard, no longer buying 29.9% stake in Atos-owned Evidian

Airbus has pulled out of negotiations to buy almost a third of Evidian following intense public pressure from an activist investor who described the transaction as an apparent bail out of parent Atos. In a note to investors, the aerospace giant said yesterday: "After careful consideration, Airbus SE has come to the conclusion …

[Potemkine!]

Airbus owns Airbus Cybersecurity (formerly known as Cassidian). Is it its interest to subsidise Evidian?

Airbus relies a lot on external consultants to do the job. That's maybe why it wants to save Atos, which pimps a lot of engineers' meat to Airbus.

[Anonymous Coward]

Maybe they should build that business out, rather than buy a distressed company with all of their baggage and customers.