Atos lifts sales target, expands divestment plan
(Reuters) -France's Atos on Friday reported a wider half-year operating loss due to restructuring costs related to its planned split, sending its shares plunging as much as 20%. The struggling tech group is in the process of splitting into two separately listed companies, consisting of its cybersecurity and digital transformation unit Eviden and loss-making legacy services branch Tech Foundations. Atos reported first-half operating loss of 434 million euros ($475.6 million), against a loss of 298 million last year, citing a 430 million euro write-down from the reorganisation.