(Reuters) – Private equity firm Veritas Capital is considering a takeover offer for Canadian software company BlackBerry, according to a person familiar with the matter.
U.S-listed shares of BlackBerry rose about 17%.
Details of the offer could not be learned. Veritas and Blackberry did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for a comment.
BlackBerry had said in May it would conduct a review of strategic alternatives, which includes the possible separation of one or more of its businesses.
(Reporting by Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru and Greg Roumeliotis; Editing by Shweta Agarwal)
