Blackberry 2015 Annual Report Download - page 13

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CORPORATE STRUCTURE
The Company
The Company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (“OBCA”) on March 7, 1984 and commenced
operations at that time. The Company has amalgamated with several of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the last amalgamation
occurring through the filing of articles of amalgamation under the OBCA on November 4, 2013. The Company’s registered and
principal business office is 2200 University Avenue East, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada N2K 0A7, telephone: [phone], fax:
[phone].
Inter-corporate Relationships
The Company has three material subsidiaries, all of which are wholly-owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company.
Name of Subsidiary Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization
BlackBerry Corporation Delaware, U.S.A.
BlackBerry UK Limited England and Wales
BlackBerry Singapore Pte. Limited Singapore
GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS
Product and business developments that have influenced the general development of the Company’s business over the last three
fiscal years are as follows:
Fiscal 2015:
• Achieved its target of break-even cash flow results in the third quarter of fiscal 2015, one quarter sooner than
anticipated;
• Launched BES12, a cross-platform enterprise mobility management (“EMM”) solution by BlackBerry;
• Launched four new BlackBerry 10 smartphones, including the Classic, Passport, Z3 and the Porsche Design P’9983;
• Unveiled the BlackBerry IoT Platform, initially targeting the automotive and asset tracking industries, by combining
technology from QNX, with BlackBerry's secure network infrastructure and device lifecycle management software;
• Announced that the Company is working with Google Inc. (“Google”) to enable BES12 to manage devices equipped
with Android for Work™, Google's solution to securely separate business and personal data and applications;
• Announced a strategic partnership with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) to provide a tightly integrated,
end-to-end secure solution that brings together BES12 with Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablets that are
embedded with Samsung KNOX;
• Announced a partnership with Amazon to make approximately 240,000 Android™ applications available to
BlackBerry users through the Amazon.com Inc. (“Amazon”) Appstore;
• Announced new value-added enterprise solutions, including BlackBerry Blend, WorkLife by BlackBerry, Enterprise
Identity by BlackBerry and VPN Authentication by BlackBerry;
• Launched BBM Protected and BBM Meetings;
• Acquired Secusmart GmbH (“Secusmart”), a leader in high-security voice and data encryption and anti-eavesdropping
solutions for government organizations, enterprises and telecommunications service providers in Germany and
internationally;
• Acquired Movirtu Limited (“Movirtu”), a provider of virtual identity solutions for mobile operators that allow
multiple numbers to be active on a single device, complementing BlackBerry's Secure Work Space, BlackBerry
Balance and other partitioning technologies;
• Launched a substantial software update to the BlackBerry 10 smartphone platform, bringing BlackBerry 10.3.1 to in-
market BlackBerry 10 devices including the BlackBerry Classic, Passport, Z30, Z3, Z10, Q10, and Q5, as well as the
Porsche Design P’9983 and P’9982 smartphones;
• Appointed Mike Daniels, a leading expert in cyber security with extensive experience in the U.S. government and the
private sector, to the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board”);
• Appointed Dr. Sandeep Chennakeshu as President of the Business Technology Solutions (“BTS”) unit, Marty Beard
as Chief Operating Officer; Nita White-Ivy as Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Billy Ho as Executive
Vice President, Enterprise Products and Value Added Solutions;
• Announced that BES10 and BES12 would be available as a hosted service through third-party partners worldwide
(“BES10 Hosted” and “BES12 Hosted”), which offers a diverse portfolio of EMM services, including dedicated
BES10 and BES12 hosting, high availability solutions, and fully managed services;
• Received Security Technical Implementation Guide approval from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency
(“DISA”) for Secure Work Space for iOS® and Android;