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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED
PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Shareholders of Research In Motion Limited
We have audited the accompanying consolidated financial statements of Research In Motion Limited [the “Company‘], which comprise
the consolidated balance sheets as at February 26, 2011 and February 27 2010, and the consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years ended February 26, 2011, February 27, 2010 and February 28, 2009, and a
summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory information.
Management’s responsibility for the consolidated financial statements
Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these consolidated financial statements in accordance with
United States generally accepted accounting principles, and for such internal control as management determines is necessary to
enable the preparation of consolidated financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.
Auditors’ responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in
accordance with Canadian generally accepted auditing standards and the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight
Board (United States). Those standards require that we comply with ethical requirements and plan and perform the audit to obtain
reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free from material misstatement.
An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial
statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditors’ judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement
of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal
control relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair presentation of the consolidated financial statements in order to design audit
procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts
and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies
used and the reasonableness of accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the
consolidated financial statements.
We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained in our audits is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit
opinion.
Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as at
February 26, 2011 and February 27, 2010, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the the years ended
February 26, 2011, February 27, 2010 and February 28, 2009 in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting
principles.
Other matter
We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the
Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of February 26, 2011, based on the criteria established in Internal Control —
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated
March 29, 2011 expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
Kitchener, Canada,
March 29, 2011.
Chartered Accountants
Licensed Public Accountants
44 RESEARCH IN MOTION ANNUAL REPORT 2011