This photograph taken on April 26, 2024 shows the headquarters of the French multinational information technology company ATOS in Bezons, near Paris.
The offer was based on an indicative enterprise valuation between 700 million euros ($750 million) and 1 billion euros as part of the offer, the firm said.
"There are within Atos sovereign activities that must remain under the exclusive control of France," he said, according to a CNBC translation.
Atos' net debt stood at 3.9 billion euros at the end of the first quarter, the company said earlier this month.
Shares in Atos jumped as much as 19% on the news of the French government's offer early on Monday, and were last up by 22.01% at 11:57 a.m. London time.
Persons:
Ludovic MARIN, LUDOVIC MARIN, Bruno Le Maire, Le Maire, Daniel Kretinsky, Atos
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Bezons, Paris, AFP, French, France, Atos, London