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Environmental Regulations and Costs
Some of the Company’s operations are subject to regulation under various provincial, federal, state and international laws relating to
environmental protection and the proliferation of hazardous substances. In parts of Europe and North America, the Company is
currently obligated to comply with substance restrictions, packaging regulations, energy efficiency ratings and certain product take-
back and recycling requirements. In addition, the Company may be required to comply with emerging substance restrictions and
product take-back requirements in other jurisdictions that would make the Company responsible for recycling and/or disposing of
products the Company has sold. These and other environmental laws may become more stringent over time, may be required in more
places of RIM’s business and may require the Company to incur substantial compliance costs.
Employees
As of March 3, 2012, RIM had approximately 16,500 full-time employees: approximately 6,100 in the product development area;
approximately 1,500 in sales and marketing; approximately 1,300 in customer care and technical support; approximately 1,950 in
manufacturing and supply chain; and approximately 5,650 in administration and business professional functions, which includes
information technology, BlackBerry network operations and service development, finance, legal, facilities and corporate
administration.
Facilities
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
The Company’s corporate headquarters and new product introduction manufacturing facilities are based in Waterloo. RIM’s
operations are housed primarily in two campus-style developments; the facilities include 25 buildings, 17 of which are owned for a
total square footage of 1,787,170 and eight of which are leased, for a total square footage of 413,439. The central Waterloo campus
houses engineering, manufacturing as well as research and development groups. RIM’s corporate, administration and finance
operations are based out of the Company’s campus in north Waterloo, consisting of four newly constructed buildings. Two owned
facilities based in nearby Cambridge totaling 736,853 square feet are used for various global logistics and repair services groups.
Canada – Other
RIM owns and occupies a 158,000 square foot facility outside Ottawa, Ontario. Engineering and research and development operations
are the focus of this centre. Leased space has grown substantially to an estimated 265,000 square feet, including the sub-lease of a
large 147,000 square foot facility. In addition to two owned buildings which total 318,936 square feet, Mississauga, Ontario is home
to two leased facilities totaling 70,109 square feet. RIM owns and occupies a 160,000 square foot customer service operations center
located in the greater Halifax, Nova Scotia area, as well as leasing two sites in Fredericton, New Brunswick for a total square footage
of 42,867. RIM also leases approximately 7,000 square feet in Vancouver, British Columbia supporting administrative functions. In
total, RIM occupies 1,009,424 square feet in Canada, outside the Waterloo-Cambridge, Ontario area.
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