BlackBerry calls off sale, will replace CEO
BlackBerry is abandoning the plan to sell itself and instead will replace its chief executive officer...
BlackBerry is abandoning the plan to sell itself and instead will replace its chief executive officer Thorsten Heins and raise about $1 billion from institutional investors, including its largest shareholder, the smartphone maker said on Monday.
Shares of BlackBerry dropped 19 percent to $6.33 in premarket trading. The company will raise the money with a private placement of convertible debentures. BlackBerry's largest shareholder, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
Replaces CEO
Fairfax announced a tentative $9-a-share offer for the Waterloo, Ontario-based company in late September. But Reuters said on Friday that Fairfax was struggling to finance the $4.7 billion bid.
Reuters
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