co-founder and former president of Mike Lazaridis BlackBerry assesses make a joint bid for the company smartphones with cofounder Doug Fregin, according to a document from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC, the regulator of the capital market in the United States) .
Lazaridis and Fregin each have 8% stake in the company and explore “the possibility of submitting a joint offer to acquire” all shares of BlackBerry that do not yet have.
Last month, the company announced that it has entered into a preliminary agreement with Fairfax Financial Holdings to make BlackBerry private for $ 4.7 billion. The Fairfax has about 10% of the company. Lazaridis and Fregin not work with Fairfax this agreement, according to a person familiar with the matter.
At 16:48 (GMT), shares of BlackBerry rose 0.62% in New York. Source: Dow Jones Newswires.
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