The old guard wants to buy a BlackBerry - Business Pulse (blog)

service DealBook reports that Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin considering bid for 92 per cent. shares. Developers also hired a company to advise Goldman Sachs and Centerview Partners.

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already announced its intention to acquire Fairfax Financial Holding consortium of Toronto, who wants to buy 90 per cent. Smartphone manufacturer shares paying $ 9 per share, which valued the company at $ 4.7 billion. Many investors are skeptical about the possibility of Fairfax Financial.

Lazaridis and Fregin known each other since elementary school. Together they founded the company Research In Motion, which for many years was a leader in the mobile business, well-known manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones. This year, the current president of Research In Motion announced that the company changed its name to BlackBerry, due to the recognition of its product.

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