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confidence high
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materiality 0.70
BlackBerry board initiates strategic review of portfolio, may separate businesses
BLACKBERRY Ltd
- Board to evaluate strategic alternatives including possible separation of one or more businesses.
- Retained Morgan Stanley & Co. and Perella Weinberg as financial advisors for the review.
- Patent sale to Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations subsidiary) continues, pending regulatory conditions.
- No timetable set; no assurance the review will result in any transaction.
- CEO John Chen cites belief current valuation does not reflect execution plan.