Blackberry 2013 Annual Report Download - page 12

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• restrictions on import and use of the Company’s products and services in certain countries due to encryption of the products and
services;
• the Com
p
an
y
’s abilit
y
to continue to ada
p
t to recent mana
g
ement chan
g
es and headcount reductions;
• reliance on strategic alliances and relationships with third-party network infrastructure developers, software platform vendors
and service platform vendors, including the Company’s ability to promote and advance the development of an ecosystem of
a
pp
lications and services for the BlackBerr
y
10 smart
p
hones and the BlackBerr
y
Pla
y
Book tablets;
• the Company’s reliance on third-party manufacturers for certain products and its ability to manage its production and repair
p
rocess;
• the continued quality and reliability of the Company’s products and services and the potential effect of defects in products and
services;
• general commercial litigation, class action and other litigation claims, including purported class action claims relating to the
Com
p
an
y
’s o
p
erations;
• risks associated with litigation claims against the Company arising from the Company’s practice of providing forward-looking
guidance to its shareholders with respect to certain financial metrics, including the Company’s practice of updating previous
g
uidance where circumstances warrant;
•
p
otential char
g
es relatin
g
to the im
p
airment of lon
g
-lived assets recorded on the Com
p
an
y
’s balance sheet;
• risks as a result of actions of activist shareholders;
•
g
overnment re
g
ulation of wireless s
p
ectrum and radio fre
q
uencies;
• reduced s
p
endin
g
b
y
customers due to the uncertaint
y
of economic and
g
eo
p
olitical conditions;
• risks associated with ac
q
uisitions, divestitures, investments and other business initiatives;
• forei
g
n exchan
g
e risks as the Com
p
an
y
transacts
g
loball
y
in currencies other than the U.S. dollar;
• re
g
ulation, certification and health risks, and risks relatin
g
to the misuse of the Com
p
an
y
’s
p
roducts;
• tax liabilities, resultin
g
from chan
g
es in tax laws or otherwise, associated with the Com
p
an
y
’s worldwide o
p
erations;
• market and credit risk associated with the Com
p
an
y
’s cash, cash e
q
uivalents and short-term or lon
g
-term investments;
• risks related to the failure of the Company’s suppliers, subcontractors, third-party distributors and representatives to use
acce
p
table ethical business
p
ractices or com
p
l
y
with a
pp
licable laws;
• the
p
otential im
p
act of co
py
ri
g
ht levies in numerous countries;
• the volatilit
y
of the market
p
rice of the Com
p
an
y
’s common shares;
• tax consequences for the Company’s shareholders in the United States if the Company is or was a passive foreign investment
com
p
an
y
; and
• the Com
p
an
y
’s charter documents enable its directors to issue
p
referred shares which ma
y
p
revent a takeover b
y
a third
p
art
y
.