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• RIM’s ability to successfully obtain patent or other proprietary or statutory protection for its technologies
and products;
• RIM’s ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties;
• potential impact of copyright levies in numerous countries;
• RIM’s ability to enhance current products and develop new products on a timely basis;
• intense competition within RIM’s industry, including the possibility that strategic transactions by RIM’s
competitors or carrier partners could weaken RIM’s competitive position or require RIM to reduce its prices
to compete effectively;
• RIM’s ability to establish new, and to build on existing, relationships with its network carrier partners and
distributors, and its dependence on a limited number of significant customers;
• RIM’s reliance on its suppliers for functional components and the risk that suppliers will not be able to
supply components on a timely basis or in sufficient quantities;
• the efficient and uninterrupted operation of RIM’s network operations center and the networks of its carrier
partners, and the risk of other business interruptions;
• dependence on key personnel and RIM’s ability to attract and retain key personnel;
• RIM’s ability to manage production facilities and its reliance on third-party manufacturers for certain
products;
• the occurrence or perception of a breach of RIM’s security measures, or an inappropriate disclosure of
confidential or personal information;
• the continued quality and reliability of RIM’s products and services and the potential effect of defects in
products and services;
• risks associated with RIM’s expanding foreign operations;
• reliance on strategic alliances and relationships with third-party network infrastructure developers, software
platform vendors and service platform vendors;
• effective management of growth and ongoing development of RIM’s service and support operations;
• regulation, certification and health risks, and risks relating to the misuse of RIM’s products;
• restrictions on import and use of RIM’s products in certain countries due to encryption of the products and
services;
• reduced spending by customers due to the uncertainty of economic and geopolitical conditions;
• risks associated with acquisitions, investments and other business initiatives;
• foreign exchange risks;
• tax liabilities, resulting from changes in tax laws or otherwise, associated with RIM’s worldwide operations;
• general commercial litigation and other litigation claims as part of RIM’s operations;
• changes in interest rates affecting RIM’s investment portfolio and the creditworthiness of its investment
portfolio;
• government regulation of wireless spectrum and radio frequencies;
• collection, storage, transmission, use and distribution of user and personal information could give rise to
liabilities or additional costs;
• expansion and availability of attractive content for BlackBerry App World;
• difficulties in forecasting RIM’s quarterly financial results and the growth of its subscriber base; and
• risks related to RIM’s historical stock option granting practices.
These factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on RIM’s forward-
looking statements. RIM has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as
required by law.
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