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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 the Company’s business and may require the Company to incur substantial compliance costs.
Employees
As of March 2, 2013, the Company had approximately 12,700 full-time employees: approximately 5,500 in the product development
area; approximately 1,100 in sales and marketing; approximately 800 in customer care and technical support; approximately 1,400 in
manufacturing and supply chain; and approximately 3,900 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. The Company’s
operations are housed primarily in two campus-style developments; the facilities include 27 buildings, 21 of which are owned for a
total square footage of 1,806,047 and 6 of which are leased, for a total square footage of 310,519. The central Waterloo campus
houses engineering, manufacturing as well as research and development groups. The Company’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 734,293 square feet are used for various global logistics and repair services
groups.
Canada - Other
The Company owns and occupies a 154,455 square foot facility in Ottawa, Ontario. Engineering and research and development
operations are the focus of this center. In addition, the Company leases 264,686 square feet, also used primarily for research and
development functions. In addition to two owned buildings which total 318,936 square feet, Mississauga, Ontario is home to two
leased facilities totaling 70,891 square feet. The Company owns a 160,000 square foot building in the Greater Halifax, Nova Scotia
area, out of which the Company runs a 112,000 square foot customer service operations center. Additionally in Eastern Canada, the
Company leases a 10,700 square foot building in Fredericton, New Brunswick. In Western Canada, the Company leases 4,507 square
feet in Vancouver, British Columbia. In total, the Company occupies 946,659 square feet in Canada, outside the Waterloo-
Cambridge, Ontario area.
USA & Latin America
The U.S. headquarters of the Company are composed of a campus-style complex of four buildings totaling 184,432 square feet
outside Dallas, Texas, housing certain sales, marketing,
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