Merchant bank pushes RIM plan to maximize valueMontreal Gazette - John Shmuel - 7 Sep, 2011RIM's BlackBerry still does well in the smartphone field, but some shareholders want the company to maximize shareholder value. A Research In Motion shareholder on Tuesday called ... |
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RIM Targeted by Small FirmWall Street Journal - Ben Dummett, Judy Mckinnon - 7 Sep, 2011TORONTOâ€"A little-known Canadian activist investor called for Research In Motion Ltd.'s board to consider a wide range of strategic alternatives, including a possible sale of the company or its patent holdingsâ€"a fresh ... |
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Investor urges RIM to seek buyer, sell patentsSan Francisco Chronicle - Hugo Miller - 7 Sep, 2011RIM's BlackBerry is trying to recapture market share that it has lost to Apple and Android devices. Research In Motion, the maker of the BlackBerry smart phone, should consider seeking a buyer or spinning off its patents to boost investor returns after ... |
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Influential Investor Urges RIM to Sell Itself or Spin Off PatentsPC Magazine - Damon Poeter - 7 Sep, 2011Research in Motion was urged by Jaguar Financial's influential CEO Vic Alboini on Monday to spin off its wireless patent or sell itself outright, according to Bloomberg. Jaguar has a stake of unknown size in the maker of BlackBerry ... |
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Investors press RIM to reform boardFinancial Times - Paul Taylor - 7 Sep, 2011Research in Motion, the Canadian manufacturer of BlackBerry smartphones and PlayBook tablets, faces fresh pressure from activist shareholders concerned about the company's recent performance and plunging share price ahead of ... |
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Shareholder urges major shakeup at RIMToronto Star - Mike Cassese - 7 Sep, 2011Research In Motion Co-CEO Jim Balsillie with President and Co-CEO Mike Lazaridis during the annual general meeting of shareholders in Waterloo July 12. MONTREALâ€"An investment bank with holdings in struggling Research In Motion (TSX: RIM) is urging ... |
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RIM investor calls for sale of company or patentsCNET - Roger Cheng - 7 Sep, 2011Research in Motion should look into selling itself or its treasure trove of patents, an investor tells Bloomberg today. Vic Alboini, chief executive of merchant bank Jaguar Financial Corp. and an investor in RIM, said in an interview with Bloomberg ... |
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RIM shareholder urges patent spin-off or sale: Why it's too early to quitZDNet (blog) - Larry Dignan - 7 Sep, 2011Summary: A RIM shareholder wants a patent spin-off and possible a sale of the company. Is the timing right? Research in Motion shareholder Jaguar Financial Corp. is urging the company to sell itself or ... |
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China Mobile Rises Most in 2 Weeks After Adding RIM's BlackBerryBloomberg - Belinda Cao - 7 Sep, 2011China Mobile Ltd. (941), the world's biggest phone carrier by subscribers, rose the most in two weeks after Research In Motion Ltd. introduced the first BlackBerry smartphone that will work on the Chinese ... |
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No One Betting on a RIM Takeover?Wall Street Journal (blog) - Shira Ovide, Kelvin Soh - 7 Sep, 2011Normally, you'd think we'd see some investor enthusiasm that something, anything might jolt RIM's stock price. And yet, RIM's shares are barely budging today. (Granted, most other stocks are deeply in the red, so RIM's 12-cent bump today ... |
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RIM shareholder calls for strategic shake upToronto Sun - 7 Sep, 2011A shareholder in Research In Motion said Tuesday it wants the BlackBerry maker to consider selling itself or spinning off its patent portfolio. (QMI AGENCY FILES) Research in Motion may have a shareholder revolt to add to its woes. ... |
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RIM Investors Push For Sale, BreakupInformationWeek (blog) - Eric Zeman - 7 Sep, 2011Research In Motion should explore transformational changes, including the breakup or sale of the company, says the CEO of Jaguar Financial. By Eric Zeman InformationWeek "It is time for transformational change," said Jaguar Financial CEO Vic Alboini in ... |
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RIM's positive reactionMacleans.ca - Erica Alini - 7 Sep, 2011“RIM is a reactionary company,” a former executive at Research In Motion recently told Boy Genius Report, a technology website. For years, the top dogs at RIM refused to believe that the ... |
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Activist Fund Calls for Breakup of BlackBerry MakerNew York Times - Azam Ahmed - 7 Sep, 2011A small Canadian activist investor is calling on the board of Research in Motion to explore options to increase the company's share price, including a potential sale or spinoff of its patent portfolio. In a letter to the board, ... |
RIM Urged by Investor Jaguar to Sell Itself or Spin Off Wireless PatentsBloomberg - Hugo Miller - 7 Sep, 2011Research In Motion Ltd. (RIMM), the maker of the BlackBerry smartphone, should consider selling itself or spinning off its patents to boost investor returns after a slump in its stock price, ... |
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Roundup: Sprint's Challenge, RIM Urged To Do SomethingBarron's (blog) - Tiernan Ray - 7 Sep, 2011Nasdaq 100 Composite futures are off this morning, along with the other major index futures, hurt by global macroeconomic worries. The Nasdaq September contract is down 41 points at 2123.75. Several venues this morning are reporting that ... |
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Shareholder urges RIM to explore strategic optionsGlobe and Mail - 7 Sep, 2011An investment bank with holdings in Research In Motion Ltd. RIM-T is urging fellow shareholders to push the BlackBerry maker to explore its strategic options, including potentially selling or splitting up the company. Jaguar Financial Corp. ... |
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RIM investor urges company to consider saleDigitaltrends.com - 7 Sep, 2011Jaguar Financial Corporation CEO Vic Alboini said today in an interview that he is uring BlackBerry maker Research in Motion to form a committee of independent executives to explore selling the company. The public move comes as RIM is seeing its once ... |
Research In MotionInvestor's Business Daily - 7 Sep, 2011Research In Motion (RIMM) shareholder Jaguar Financial said it wants the struggling BlackBerry maker to consider selling itself or spinning off its patent portfolio. Jaguar said it wants to wrest control from its co-CEOs, Mike Lazaridis and Jim ... |
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RIM Shareholder: If You Can't Fix RIM, Then Sell ItAll Things Digital - John Paczkowski - 7 Sep, 2011Research In Motion is broken, and if co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis aren't capable of fixing it, the company should sell itself or sell off its patent portfolio. That's the gist of the call for action put forth by RIM shareholder Jaguar ... |
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Jaguar Sinks Its Teeth Into RIMTechNewsWorld - Rob Spiegel - 7 Sep, 2011RIM's faltering performance in recent years has prompted one shareholder -- Jaguar Financial -- to recommend that the BlackBerry maker consider the possibility of selling itself or its patent portfolio. Such drastic action might be ... |
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RIM shareholder calls for "transformational change" at BlackBerry makerCartt.ca (subscription) - 7 Sep, 2011TORONTO - Research In Motion shareholder Jaguar Financial Corporation is calling on the BlackBerry maker to explore options that could include breaking up or selling off parts of the company. Jaguar said Tuesday that a value maximization process should ... |
RIM Encouraged to Pursue SaleVision 2 Mobile - Josh Long - 7 Sep, 2011Jaguar Financial Corporation, a Canadian merchant bank that owns shares in Research in Motion, on Tuesday called on the struggling manufacturer of BlackBerry devices to explore its strategic options, including a potential sale of the company or by ... |
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RIM woes just a "speed bump"570 News - 7 Sep, 2011Stacey Muirhead Capital Management is not just holding its current shares in RIM, it's buying more. Founding partner Jeffrey Stacey says he's not at all surprised to see a shareholder like Jaguar Financial Corporation advocate for change during ... |
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Investors Urge RIM to sell the Company or its PatentsOye! Times - Serena Woods - 7 Sep, 2011RIMAccording to a recent report, Research in Motion has suffered enormously owing to the various setbacks it achieved in the recent past. Investors are now recommending that RIM should sell itself as the company has undergone various financial setbacks ... |
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Could RIM Be The Next Patent Play?Benzinga - Jonathan Chen - 7 Sep, 2011This morning, little known activist investor Jaguar Financial said that it wants Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM) to spin off its patent portfolio, or perhaps sell itself. While few, if any, have heard of Jaguar Financial, ... |
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Activist investor calls on RIM to sell patentsRethink Wireless - Caroline Gabriel - 7 Sep, 2011No doubt encouraged by the premium price paid by Google for patent-rich Motorola Mobility, one of RIM's activist investor is calling for the company to explore its own sale options. Jaguar Financial is echoing demands made by ... |
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Another RIM Woe: Investor Suggests Selling the BrandExec Digital - Meaghan Clark - 7 Sep, 2011Looks like we hit the bull's-eye on this one â€" just hours after premiering Exec Digital's September issue with a special feature about thefuture of RIM, it seems the world, and Research in Motion itself, has caught on. ... |
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RIM investor urges fast shake-up; shares rise, (TSE: RIM), (TSE: JFC)Takeover Chatter - 7 Sep, 2011An activist shareholder in Research In Motion (RIM.TO) said on Tuesday it wants the struggling BlackBerry maker to consider selling itself or spinning off its patent portfolio, sending RIM's share price higher. Jaguar Financial Corp (JFC. ... |
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RIM's investors want to put company or its patents up for saleThe Next Web - 7 Sep, 2011In an statement today, Vic Alboini of Jaguar Financial, an investor in RIM, said that the company should consider all options to boost investor's returns, including selling off the company or its patents, reports Jim Dalrymple of The Loop. ... |
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