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ANNUAL INFORMATION FORM
CERTAIN INTERPRETATION MATTERS
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references to the “Company” and “BlackBerry” include BlackBerry Limited
(formerly, Research In Motion Limited) and its subsidiaries. Certain industry and technical terms have the meanings specified
in the Glossary. All dollar references, unless otherwise noted, are in United States dollars.
BlackBerry®, BBM™, QNX® and related trademarks, names and logos are the property of BlackBerry Limited and are
registered and/or used in the United States and countries around the world. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This Annual Information Form (“AIF”) contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws,
including under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws, including
statements relating to:
• the Company’s plans, strategies and objectives, including the anticipated benefits of its strategic initiatives described
below, and the anticipated opportunities and challenges for the Company in fiscal 2016;
• the Company's expectations regarding anticipated demand for, and the timing of, new product and service offerings,
and the Company’s plans and expectations relating to its existing and new product and service offerings, including
BlackBerry Enterprise Service (“BES”) 10, BES12, BlackBerry 10 smartphones, services related to BlackBerry
Messenger (“BBM”), and the cloud-based BlackBerry Internet of Things Platform (the “BlackBerry IoT Platform”),
including software products offered by the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, QNX Software Systems Limited
(“QNX”); and
• the Company's expectations regarding the generation of revenue from its software, services and other technologies.
The words “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “intend”, “believe”, “target”, “plan” and similar
expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and
assumptions made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and
expected future developments, as well as other factors that the Company believes are appropriate in the circumstances,
including but not limited to, the Company’s expectations regarding its business, strategy, opportunities and prospects, including
its ability to implement meaningful changes to address its business challenges, the launch of new products and services, general
economic conditions, product pricing levels and competitive intensity, supply constraints, and the Company’s expectations
regarding the cash flow generation of its business and the sufficiency of its financial resources. Many factors could cause the
Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-
looking statements, including, without limitation, the risks and uncertainties facing the Company which are described in the
“Risk Factors” section of this AIF.
Any statements that are forward-looking statements are intended to enable the Company’s shareholders to view the anticipated
performance and prospects of the Company from management’s perspective at the time such statements are made, and they are
subject to the risks that are inherent in all forward-looking statements, as described above. These forward-looking statements
are made by the Company in light of its experience, its perception of historical and anticipated business trends, existing
conditions in the business at the time and anticipated future developments, including competition and new product initiatives
and expected timing, as well as the Company’s current assessments of the risk factors that affect its business, including those
identified in this AIF, and the likely success of mitigation strategies relating to such factors. These forward-looking statements
are subject to the inherent risk of difficulties in forecasting the Company’s financial results and performance for future periods,
particularly over longer periods, given the ongoing transition in the Company's business strategy and the rapid technological
changes, evolving industry standards, intense competition and short product life cycles that characterize the wireless
communications industry. These difficulties in forecasting the Company's financial results and performance are magnified at
the present time given the uncertainties related to the strategic initiatives described in this AIF. These factors should be
considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on the Company’s forward-looking statements. The Company
has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.