I was reading the article today that stated "Lenovo's first offer would be $15.00 per share, with a deal ultimately getting done around $18.00 per share". What exactly does this mean, especially in terms of the vitality of the Blackberry stock?

They way I saw it is that Lenovo would offer to buy the company for $15 per share that Blackberry has, which at 527 million shares equates to around $8B. If this is true, does this mean that Blackberry will be absorbed into Lenovo or still be an independent company? And how would shares be determined?

Lot of questions, do your best. Thank you. Peace