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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 and Risk Management
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 and Risk Management 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 and Risk Management Committee to discuss audit findings, financial reporting and other related matters. The Audit and Risk
Management 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 2011, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 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
President & Co-CEO
Jim Balsillie
Co-CEO
Waterloo, Ontario
March 29, 2011
42 RESEARCH IN MOTION ANNUAL REPORT 2011