At the end of September, one of the largest shareholders of BlackBerry company - holding Fairfax Financial Holdings, which owns 10% of the known Canadian brand in the smartphone market - has promised to buy BlackBerry and assets of $ 4.7 billion was supposed to be settled on 4 November and all formalities company will proceed to prepare for absorption. One problem, the holding Fairfax money was not enough, so it had to find financial partners. At the last moment, some large borrowers have gone back on their word, expressing doubts about the viability of BlackBerry company's . Fairfax is now forced to intensify the negotiations, or it may simply not collect the necessary sum to buy the company.
To help Fairfax may come unexpected allies. According to anonymous sources, the company's founders RiM (which this year was renamed BlackBerry) - Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin - held talks on the possibility of joint purchase of BlackBerry with financial group Cerberus Capital Management LP and Qualcomm company . This again adds to the potential buyers well-known Canadian brand, which has recently been reduced to companies Google, Cisco and Lenovo. On Monday, there comes a deadline for the previous agreement to buy the company from the standpoint of cost BlackBerry shares at $ 9. Related Products :
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