BlackBerry Goes Private

摘要

BlackBerry has agreed to be acquired by one of its largest individualnshareholders in a deal that values the business at just US$4.7bn. Canadianninsurance company Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd – which alreadynowns 10% of BlackBerry – still needs to complete due diligence beforenclosing the acquisition, leaving BlackBerry free to pursue or considernalternative offers in the meantime. BMI believes the announcementnmay finally provoke rival players in the smartphone industry to movenin on BlackBerry's robust and attractive enterprise-grade messagingnand mobile data solutions. However, we still believe that a privatelynowned BlackBerry can still be a valued contributor to the businessncommunications market.