...its not for any reason like avoiding bankruptcy or (god forbid) investment in the future.
No, its to be flushed down the toilet like all those billions Lawrie flushed of CSC's:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/dxc-technology-board-directors-announces-203000165.html
$2bn of share buybacks, targeting 30% return of capital...
If you ever needed one article to persuade you that this is not a functioning IT business but a Ponzi scheme, its this.
This is why you employees are worthless, because you actually really don't matter one jot. DXC just needs to look like its an IT company while its being hollowed out, not actually be able to be one.