[hf199]

Business Week just reported that Cerberus has signed an undisclosed confidential agreement for a possible bid for the whole company!

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[donmateo]

Link to an article discussing it. BlackBerry Signs NDA with Cerberus Capital [REPORT]

Cerberus has $10 billion less than FFH in assets, however, it sounds like they actually have their finances prepared, unlike FFH.

I wouldn't mind if Cerberus took BB private. As long as it continues to produce competitive consumer items, I'm down.

[zocster]

I just want BB to remain building and improving on bb10. Don't care who owns them in the end.

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[anon(3896606)]

Link to an article discussing it. BlackBerry Signs NDA with Cerberus Capital [REPORT]

Cerberus has $10 billion less than FFH in assets, however, it sounds like they actually have their finances prepared, unlike FFH.

I wouldn't mind if Cerberus took BB private. As long as it continues to produce competitive consumer items, I'm down.

Well, according the the article it's interested in continuing to make products and now just sell it's assets off.

Cerberus Capital Management believed that turning BlackBerry Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) (TSE:BB) around is doable instead of selling its assets piecemeal.

[Gearheadaddy]

If that sale is good for us...I'm all for it...

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[howarmat]

i just cant see cerberus being good for BB given their past transactions

[kfh227]

i just cant see cerberus being good for BB given their past transactions

As an investor, I could give a rats *** at this point

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[kfh227]

Business Week just reported that Cerberus has signed an undisclosed confidential agreement for a possible bid for the whole company!

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Are you talking about the NDA or is this post NDA?

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[The Big Picture]

I just read on bloomberg Canada us not allowing any sale of BlackBerry to foreign parties. Does this affect this deal?

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[PCMC]

Canadian federal government reviews large foreign takeovers and has final say in certain circumstances. I doubt they have decided to not allow it already.

[kfh227]

Canada needs to let bbry go.

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[IgotsThis]

If Canada won't allow it then they should bail BlackBerry out.

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[Undbiter65]

Interesting. I just hope they stay intact.

"If you can't soar with the eagles, then don't fly with the flock!" (BBM#18)

[donmateo]

If Canada won't allow it then they should bail BlackBerry out.

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Reminds me of "Too Big to Fail." Some companies are, some aren't. The fact that they've hardly helped thus far is intriguing. If they were to block all foreign sale, including US, they'd feel the repercussions immediately. I am in no way pro-bailouts, just making observations.

[stackberry369]

As an investor, I could give a rats *** at this point

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who's fault is it that you own stock in the company that makes your phone?if you smoke,do you also own stock in altria?

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[carullo]

having been a victim of a Cerberus takeover if they buy blackberry......kiss it goodbye,,,,,,theyre nothing but lying leeches.....they will not grow nothing

[birdman_38]

Looks like Fairfax's low ball offer tactic actually worked.

[Gunner24]

That's incorrect, The Canadian government wouldn't have even looked at it at this point, and if they did they wouldn't stop a transaction to a friendly country. If the Chinese tried to buy it that would be a different story.

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[travaz]

So what has Cerberus taken over before?

[Playbookjoe]

That's incorrect, The Canadian government wouldn't have even looked at it at this point, and if they did they wouldn't stop a transaction to a friendly country. If the Chinese tried to buy it that would be a different story.

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They might.
Nortel still stings,
getting closer to election time,
Lots of reports now about our 'ip crisis'
Some of that cryp. tech is pretty important,

Tough to say.

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[Troy Tiscareno]

So what has Cerberus taken over before?

All kinds of companies, and it's rarely good for them.

About 10 years ago, they bought up a bunch of US gun manufacturers, many that had been in business for 60+ years (Marlin, Remington, Bushmaster, and several other big names, and some smaller ones). They immediately fired the most senior, experienced employees, discontinued 1/3 of the models, and consolidated production to the cheapest areas. Quality took a severe nosedive, and many popular models simply are no longer made. Of the dozen companies they bought, only 2/3 of the brands still exist, but there are only about half of the actual companies, as others are just brand names made by someone else today.

They've done similar things in other industries as well. Make no mistake, PE companies aren't looking to run companies, they're looking to slash costs and "drive efficiencies" through contraction and consolidation, and then sell the companies for a profit quickly, before the effects of those changes become too apparent to the buyers.

[dguy123]

As an investor, I could give a rats *** at this point

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How about as a human being?


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[fullthrottlex]

i think nothing is going to happen, and its probably going to be like Dell. If mike and doug want to take over, if the have enough shares and backup it might just happen like dell. Dell was in the same postion and the original owner bought everything back and is going private. If you look at it they dell just release a new alienwares laptops. If they have no money why bother.

[badiyee]

Thank you Troy Tiscareno, I was just about to ask what on earth is Cerberus (didn't get much info / picture about who they are and how they work)

So let's say BB10 does get taken over, and it seems that general sentiments are negative on Cerberus..

What kind of "cheapen things out" will happen?

I think Q5 may be the 'flagship' devices / promoted instead of any new up and coming phones in the pipeline . (hmm, not exactly a good idea)

[TommyBB]

As an investor, I could give a rats *** at this point

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As a consumer, I could give a rat's rear about your investment. You took the risk knowing you might lose, just like any other investor.

How quickly we forget about the employees and their families. I want BlackBerry to succeed but I mostly don't want to see the little people hurt because of executives who made poor decisions.