<p>BlackBerry Ltd reported a nearly $1 billion quarterly loss on Friday, days after accepting its largest shareholder's tentative $4.7 billion bid to take it out of the public eye.<br /><br /></p>.<p>BlackBerry, which had warned of the results on Sept. 20, said its net loss for the second quarter ended on Aug. 31 was $965 million, or $1.84 a share, while revenue fell 45 percent to $1.6 billion from a year earlier. <br /><br />The loss included a pretax noncash charge of about $934 million against inventory and supply commitments for its new Z10 phone. <br /><br />The company, which is also planning to shed 4,500 jobs, or more than one-third of its workforce, as it shrinks to focus on corporate and government customers, said it would not host the typical post-results call for investors after signing a tentative $9-a-share agreement to be acquired by Fairfax Financial, its largest shareholder, on Monday.</p>
<p>BlackBerry Ltd reported a nearly $1 billion quarterly loss on Friday, days after accepting its largest shareholder's tentative $4.7 billion bid to take it out of the public eye.<br /><br /></p>.<p>BlackBerry, which had warned of the results on Sept. 20, said its net loss for the second quarter ended on Aug. 31 was $965 million, or $1.84 a share, while revenue fell 45 percent to $1.6 billion from a year earlier. <br /><br />The loss included a pretax noncash charge of about $934 million against inventory and supply commitments for its new Z10 phone. <br /><br />The company, which is also planning to shed 4,500 jobs, or more than one-third of its workforce, as it shrinks to focus on corporate and government customers, said it would not host the typical post-results call for investors after signing a tentative $9-a-share agreement to be acquired by Fairfax Financial, its largest shareholder, on Monday.</p>