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Research In Motion Limited
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
3
• the Company’s reliance on its suppliers for functional components, including the suppliers the Company has selected for its
BlackBerry 10 smartphones, and the risk that suppliers will not supply components on a timely basis, in sufficient quantities or
of the desired
q
ualit
y
;
• the Com
p
an
y
’s abilit
y
to obtain ri
g
hts to use software or com
p
onents su
pp
lied b
y
third
p
arties;
• the Com
p
an
y
’s abilit
y
to successfull
y
maintain and enhance its brand;
• risks associated with the Company’s foreign operations, including risks related to recent political and economic developments in
Venezuela;
• 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 Board and 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
p
latform;
• 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 intan
g
ible 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, 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;