Blackberry Enters an Agreement to take Company Private

Blackberry has announced that have entered into an agreement with Fairfax financial, their largest shareholder, to take the company private. Trading of the companies shares were suspended today and the evaluation on the deal is $4.7 billion. Pending due diligence that’s expected to be completed by November 4th, the deal would see BlackBerry go private, with shareholders each receiving $9 per share in cash. In a statement, Fairfax Chairman and CEO Prem Watsa said, “we believe this transaction will open an exciting new private chapter for BlackBerry, its customers, carriers and employees,” adding, “we can deliver immediate value to shareholders, while we continue the execution of a long-term strategy in a private company with a focus on delivering superior and secure enterprise solutions to BlackBerry customers around the world.” If the sale goes through, you can expect Blackberry to focus once more on the business and enterprise segment. Appealing to the corporate and government sectors as always been their bread and butter. They have lost sight of this market in trying to have a broad commercial appeal with their latest generation Blackberry 10 devices. Blackberry Enters an Agreement to take Company Private is a post from: E-Reader News

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