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BlackBerry CEO To Leave as Company Abandons Plans to Sell Itself

Troubled smartphone maker BlackBerry Ltd. (NASDAQ: BBRY) said that it is abandoning its plan to find a buyer. Instead, the company is now looking to raise $1 billion in fresh funds by selling convertible notes to a group of investors, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The sources also said that the company will replace its CEO Thorsten Heins and certain directors. The report comes after Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which had offered to acquire BlackBerry for $4.7 billion, walked away from the takeover plan.


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