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46
management’s responsibility for financial
reporting
To the Shareholders of Research In Motion Limited
Management of Research In Motion Limited is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the Consolidated
Financial Statements and all of the financial information in this Annual Report. The Consolidated Financial Statements were
prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles and include certain amounts based upon
estimates and judgments required for such preparation. The financial information appearing throughout this Annual Report
is consistent with the Consolidated Financial Statements. The Consolidated Financial Statements have been reviewed by the
Audit Committee and approved by the Board of Directors of Research In Motion Limited.
In fulfilling its responsibility for the reliability and integrity of financial information, management has developed and
maintains systems of accounting and internal controls and budgeting procedures. Management believes these systems
and controls provide reasonable assurance that assets are safeguarded, transactions are executed in accordance with
management’s authorization and financial records are reliable for the preparation of accurate and timely Consolidated
Financial Statements.
The Company’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, which consists entirely of non-management independent
directors, usually meets two times per fiscal quarter with management and the independent registered public accounting
firm to ensure that each is discharging its respective responsibilities, to review the Consolidated Financial Statements and
either the quarterly review engagement report or the independent registered public accounting firm’s report and to discuss
significant financial reporting issues and auditing matters. The Company’s external registered public accounting firm has full
and unrestricted access to the Audit Committee to discuss audit findings, financial reporting and other related matters. The
Audit Committee reports its findings to the Board of Directors for consideration when the Board approves the Consolidated
Financial Statements for issuance to the shareholders.
The Consolidated Financial Statements for fiscal 2009, fiscal 2008 and fiscal 2007 have been audited by Ernst & Young LLP,
the independent registered public accounting firm appointed by the shareholders, in accordance with Canadian generally
accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).
Mike Lazaridis Jim Balsillie
President & Co-CEO Co-CEO
Waterloo, Ontario