Founders go possible bid for Blackberry - NU.nl

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The document was filed with the SEC, a U.S. government body that oversees the U.S. stock exchanges.

Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin are co-founders of Research in Motion, the company that later would be called Blackberry. Both men have each eight percent of Blackberry shares and include the investment bank Goldman Sachs was retained to advise on a possible bid.

Opinion

mid August it became clear that Blackberry examined the possibility to be taken over. Late September brought Fairfax the first bid, of $ 4.7 billion. On 10 October it was revealed that Fairfax can not get the money together and Blackberry possible in parts sold.

may try to prevent this to stabbing. Lazaridis and Fregin For now see the two men, however, what is possible and they have not yet delivered its bid. Other analysts think that Blackberry is worth more than dollars.

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