BLACKBERRY Ltd
For the period ended Nov 30, 2025. Filed Dec 19, 2025.
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Nov 30, 2025 · Filed Dec 19, 2025
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Period ended 2025-08-31; filed 2025-09-25.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-11-30; filed 2025-12-19.
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Item 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONSThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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•QNX announced that more than 275 million vehicles on the road are being powered by QNX’s embedded technology; and
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•BlackBerry announced the expansion of BlackBerry® SecuSUITE® to Windows devices, extending sovereign-grade protection across the digital workplace.
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•QNX announced that a leading Chinese automaker selected QNX® Sound for their luxury EV lineup ;
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•BlackBerry and Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia announced a strategic partnership to advance Malaysia's future cyber-defenders and embedded software talent; and
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•Malaysia expanded the deployment of BlackBerry Secure Communications software for the 46th and 47th ASEAN Summits.
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•BlackBerry appointed John Wall as President of QNX Division.
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Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Summary Results of Operations
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The CODM also uses the segment metric of segment adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure including segment expenses that exclude amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, stock compensation expenses, long-lived asset impairment and restructuring charges. The following table reconciles the U.S. GAAP measures of segment adjusted gross margin to segment adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024.
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The CODM also uses the segment metric of segment adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP measure including segment expenses that exclude amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, stock compensation expenses, long-lived asset impairment and restructuring charges. The following table reconciles the U.S. GAAP measures of segment adjusted gross margin to segment adjusted EBITDA for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024.
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Consolidated gross margin percentage decreased by 0.6% to 77.5% in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (third quarter of fiscal 2025 -78.1%). The decrease was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically a lower relative gross margin contribution from Secusmart, partially offset by a higher relative gross margin contribution from QNX.
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The increase in QNX adjusted gross margin of $4.0 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales related to BlackBerry Radar hardware devices.
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The decrease in QNX adjusted gross margin percentage of 2% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically an increased gross margin contribution from BlackBerry Radar which has a lower relative gross margin percentage.
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The decrease in QNX adjusted EBITDA of $1.5 million was primarily due an increase in consulting costs and salaries and benefits expense, partially offset by an increase in QNX revenue due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The decrease in Secure Communications adjusted gross margin of $5.9 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $12 million to $16 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA was $17.3 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 due to better than expected renewals in UEM.
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The decrease in Licensing adjusted gross margin of $0.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The decrease in Licensing adjusted EBITDA of $0.4 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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Adjusted operating expenses increased by $10.6 million sequentially, or 14.2%, to $85.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $74.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. The increase was primarily due to a benefit of $3.8 million from SIF claims filed in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 which did not recur, an increase of $1.6 million in marketing expense, an increase of $1.3 million in sales incentive plan costs, an increase of $1.1 million in salaries and benefits expense and an increase of $0.8 million in variable incentive plan costs.
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Research and development expenses increased by $1.7 million, or 6.1%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2025 primarily due to an increase of $0.8 million in variable incentive plan costs and an increase of $0.6 million in consulting costs.
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Adjusted research and development expenses increased by $1.4 million, or 5.2%, to $28.2 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $26.8 million the third quarter of fiscal 2025, primarily due to the same reasons described above on a U.S. GAAP basis.
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Sales and marketing expenses increased by $5.9 million, or 25.2%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2025, primarily due to an increase of $2.3 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $0.8 million in marketing expense, an increase of $0.8 million in variable incentive plan costs andan increase of $0.6 million in stock compensation expense.
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Adjusted sales and marketing expenses increased by $5.3 million, or 23.2%, to $28.1 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $22.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $2.3 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $0.8 million in marketing expense andan increase of $0.8 million in variable incentive plan costs.
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General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.3 million, or 0.8%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of$0.8 million in infrastructure costs and a decrease of$0.6 million in facilities cost, partially offset by an increase of $0.6 million in stock compensation expense.
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Adjusted general and administrative expenses decreased by $0.5 million, or 1.8%, to $27 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $27.5 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $0.8 million in infrastructure costsand a decrease of $0.6 million in facilities cost, partially offset by an increase of $0.3 million in variable incentive plan costs.
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The Company previously stated that it expected adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $20 to $28 million in the third quarterof fiscal 2026. Adjusted EBITDA was $28.7 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026.
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Results of Operations - Nine months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended November 30, 2024
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The increase in QNX adjusted gross margin of $13.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales related to BlackBerry Radar hardware devices.
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The decrease in QNX adjusted gross margin percentage of 2% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically an increased gross margin contribution from BlackBerry Radar which has a lower relative gross margin percentage.
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The decrease in Licensing adjusted gross margin of $0.4 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of selected U.S. GAAP-based measures to adjusted measures for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024.
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Adjusted sales and marketing expenses increased by $12.1 million, or 18.2%, to $79 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2026 compared to $66.4 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2025. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $6.3 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $1.4 million in sales incentive plan costs, an increase of $1.4 million in variable incentive plan costs and an increase of $1.2 million in marketing costs.
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General and administrative expenses decreased by $11.4 million, or 10.4%, in the first nine months of fiscal 2026 compared to the first nine months of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $3.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $3.0 million in infrastructure costs, a decrease of $2.9 million in facilities costs and a decrease of $2.3 million in restructuring costs.
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Adjusted general and administrative expenses decreased by $9.1 million, or 10.5%, to $77.6 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2026 compared to $86.7 million in the first nine months of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $3.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $3.0 million in infrastructure costs and a decrease of $2.9 million in facilities cost.
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In fiscal 2026, the Secure Communications division expects to benefit from an increase in government market demand for on-premise solutions that are designed to protect data sovereignty.
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•QNX launched its foundational, safety-certified QNX® OS for Safety 8 to streamline the development and certification of safety- and security-critical embedded systems; and
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•BlackBerry became the first Mobile Device Management (MDM) vendor to achieve BSI certification for BlackBerry UEM deployment with Apple Indigo and Samsung Knox.
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•QNX and NVIDIA announced general availability of NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Thor development kit, integrated with QNX OS for Safety 8 to enable developers to accelerate development of next-generation autonomous drive systems; and
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•BlackBerry, Global Affairs Canada, and Toronto Metropolitan University’s Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst expanded cybersecurity training in Malaysia.
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•BlackBerry appointed Barry Mainz to its Board of Directors.
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Second Quarter Fiscal 2026 Summary Results of Operations
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The following tables reconcile the Company’s segment adjusted gross margin results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025 to consolidated U.S. GAAP results:
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(1)See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of selected U.S. GAAP-based measures to adjusted measures for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025.
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The following tables reconcile the Company’s segment adjusted gross margin results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2024 to consolidated U.S. GAAP results:
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(1)See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of selected U.S. GAAP-based measures to adjusted measures for the three and six months ended August 31, 2024.
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The following table reconciles total segment adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to the Company’s consolidated totals:
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(2) See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of adjusted measures for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024.
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The increase in QNX adjusted gross margin of $7.0 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales related to Radar hardware devices.
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QNX adjusted gross margin percentage of 83% in the first three months of fiscal 2026 was consistent with the first three months of fiscal 2025.
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The increase in QNX adjusted EBITDA of $7.4 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment” and a benefit from claims filed by QNX with the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada relating to its Strategic Innovation Fund (“SIF”), partially offset by an increase in cost of sales related to Radar hardware devices and an increase in salaries and benefits expense.
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The decrease in Secure Communications adjusted gross margin of $0.7 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $3 million to $6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA was $9.7 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment” and an increase in gross margin percentage due the the reasons discussed above.
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The increase in Licensing adjusted gross margin of $1.7 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The increase in Licensing adjusted EBITDA of $1.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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Operating expenses decreased by $3.2 million sequentially, or 3.6%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2026 primarily due to a decrease of $3.9 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $1.8 million in sales incentive plan costs, a decrease of $1.3 million in marketing expense and a decrease of $0.9 million in amortization costs, partially offset by an increase of $1.5 million in the Company’s deferred share unit costs, an increase of $1.4 million in variable incentive plan costs, a decrease in benefit of $0.9 million relating to costs recovered under a transition service agreement related to the Company’s sale of Cylance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 and an increase of $0.7 million in consulting costs.
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Adjusted operating expenses decreased by $3.6 million sequentially, or 4.6%, to $74.8 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $78.4 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $3.9 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $1.8 million in sales incentive plan costs and a decrease of $1.3 million in marketing expense, partially offset by an increase of $1.5 million in the Company’s deferred share unit costs, an increase of $1.4 million in variable incentive plan costs, a decrease in benefit of $0.9 million relating to costs recovered under a transition service agreement related to the Company’s sale of Cylance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025 and an increase of $0.7 million in consulting costs.
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Sales and marketing expenses increased by $3.1 million, or 14.6%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2025, primarily due to an increase of $1.5 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $0.7 million in stock compensation expense and an increase of $0.2 million in marketing expense.
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Adjusted sales and marketing expenses increased by $2.5 million, or 12.1%, to $23.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $20.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $1.5 million in salaries and benefits expense and an increase of $0.2 million in marketing expense.
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General and administrative expenses decreased by $1.3 million, or 4.0%, in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $1.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $1.5 million in infrastructure costs and a decrease of $1.4 million in facilities cost, partially offset by an increase of $2.5 million in restructuring costs and an increase of $0.6 million in the Company’s deferred share unit costs.
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Adjusted general and administrative expenses decreased by $3.6 million, or 12.4%, to $25.5 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 compared to $29.1 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $1.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $1.5 million in infrastructure costs and a decrease of $1.4 million in facilities cost, partially offset by an increase of $0.6 million in the Company’s deferred share unit costs.
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Results of Operations - Six months ended August 31, 2025 compared to the six months ended August 31, 2024
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The increase in QNX adjusted gross margin of $9.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by an increase in cost of sales related to Radar hardware devices.
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The increase in Licensing adjusted gross margin of $0.2 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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Licensing adjusted gross margin percentage of 73% in the first six months of fiscal 2026 was consistent with the first six months of fiscal 2025.
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See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” for a reconciliation of selected U.S. GAAP-based measures to adjusted measures for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024.
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Adjusted research and development expenses decreased by $6.8 million, or 12.4%, to $47.9 million in the first six months of fiscal 2026, compared to $54.7 million in the first six months of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to the same reasons described above on a U.S. GAAP basis.
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Adjusted sales and marketing expenses increased by $6.8 million, or 15.6%, to $50 million in the first six months of fiscal 2026 compared to $43.6 million in the first six months of fiscal 2025. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $4.0 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $1.0 million in sales incentive plan cost, an increase of $0.6 million in variable incentive plan cost and an increase of $0.6 million in marketing cost.
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General and administrative expenses decreased by $11.1 million, or 15.2%, in the first six months of fiscal 2026 compared to the first six months of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $3.3 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $2.6 million in facilities cost, a decrease of $2.2 million in infrastructure costs, a decrease of $1.9 million in restructuring cost and a benefit of $1.1 million relating to costs recovered under a transition service agreement related to the Company’s sale of Cylance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.
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Adjusted general and administrative expenses decreased by $8.6 million, or 14.5%, to $50.6 million in the first six months of fiscal 2026 compared to $59.2 million in the first six months of fiscal 2025. The decrease was primarily due to a decrease of $3.3 million in salaries and benefits expense, a decrease of $2.6 million in facilities cost, a decrease of $2.2 million in infrastructure costs and a benefit of $1.1 million relating to costs recovered under a transition service agreement related to the Company’s sale of Cylance in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025.
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The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read together with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”) of BlackBerry Limited for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and MD&A for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 (the “Annual MD&A”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 (the “Annual Report”). The Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). All financial information in this MD&A is presented in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
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The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) should be read together with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes (the “Consolidated Financial Statements”) of BlackBerry Limited for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2025, included in Part I, Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes and MD&A for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 (the “Annual MD&A”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2025 (the “Annual Report”). The Consolidated Financial Statements are presented in U.S. dollars and have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). All financial information in this MD&A is presented in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise indicated.
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This MD&A 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:
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This MD&Acontains 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:
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•the Company’s plans, strategies and objectives, including its intentions to increase and enhance its product and service offerings, benefit from changes in market demand, and patent new innovations;
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•the Company’s plans, strategies and objectives, including its intentions to increase and enhance its product and service offerings, and patent new innovations;
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•the Company’s expectations with respect to its total and segment revenue and adjusted EBITDA, adjusted Corporate operating costs, non-GAAP EPS and operating cash flow in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and for fiscal 2026 as a whole;
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•the Company’s expectations with respect to its total and segment revenue and adjusted EBITDA, adjusted Corporate operating costs, non-GAAP EPS and operating cash flow in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026 and for fiscal 2026 as a whole;
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The words “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “believe”, “target”, “plan” andsimilar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements in this MD&A, including in the sections entitled “Business Overview”, “Business Overview - Products and Services”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended August 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended August 31, 2024 - Revenue - Revenue by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended August 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended August 31, 2024 - Revenue - Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended August 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended August 31, 2024 - Revenue - Operating Expenses - Adjusted Operating Expenses” , “Results of Operations - Three months ended August 31, 2025 compared to the three months ended August 31, 2024 - Net Income (Loss)” and “Financial Condition - Contractual and Other Obligations”. 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, the launch of new products and services, general economic conditions, competition, and the Company’s expectations regarding its financial performance. 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 risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report.
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The words “expect”, “anticipate”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “should”, “could”, “intend”, “believe”, “target”, “plan” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements in this MD&A, including in the sections entitled “Business Overview”, “Business Overview - Products and Services”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended November 30, 2024 - Revenue - Revenue by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended November 30, 2024 - Revenue - Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended November 30, 2024 - Revenue - Operating Expenses - Adjusted Operating Expenses” , “Results of Operations - Three months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the three months ended November 30, 2024 - Net Income (Loss)” and “Financial Condition - Contractual and Other Obligations”. 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, the launch of new products and services, general economic conditions, competition, and the Company’s expectations regarding its financial performance. 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 risk factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A “Risk Factors” in the Annual Report.
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Founded in 1984, BlackBerry Limited (the “Company”) is a leading provider of intelligent software and services to enterprises, governments and leading OEMs around the world. Its products enable more than 255 million vehicles and secure 17 of the G20 governments. The Company’s common shares trade under the ticker symbol “BB” on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).
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Founded in 1984, BlackBerry Limited (the “Company”) is a leading provider of intelligent software and services to enterprises, governments and leading OEMs around the world. Its products enable more than 275 million vehicles and secure 17 of the G20 governments. The Company’s common shares trade under the ticker symbol “BB” on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”).
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(2)Diluted earnings (loss) per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the second quarter of fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2025 does not include the dilutive effect of the Notes (as defined in “Financial Condition - Debt Financing and Other Funding Sources”), as to do so would be anti-dilutive. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s calculation of the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding.
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(2)Diluted earnings (loss) per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and fiscal 2025 does not include the dilutive effect of the Notes (as defined in “Financial Condition - Debt Financing and Other Funding Sources”), as to do so would be anti-dilutive. See Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for the Company’s calculation of the diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding.
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The following tables show information by operating segment for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024. The Company reports segment information in accordance with U.S. GAAP, pursuant to the Financial Standards Accounting Board’s Accounting Standard Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, based on the “management” approach. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for making decisions and assessing performance of the Company’s reportable operating segments. The measure of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements under the “management” approach in reviewing the results of the Company’s operating segments is segment adjusted gross margin. Additionally, the following tables include the additional measures of segment profit or loss used by the CODM which is segment adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s operating segments.
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The following tables show information by operating segments for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024. The Company reports segment information in accordance with U.S. GAAP, pursuant to the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standard Codification Topic 280, Segment Reporting, based on the “management” approach. The management approach designates the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker (“CODM”) for making decisions and assessing performance of the Company’s reportable operating segments. The measure of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements under the “management” approach in reviewing the results of the Company’s operating segments is segment adjusted gross margin. Additionally, the following tables include the additional measures of segment profit or loss used by the CODM which is segment adjusted EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, which excludes amounts related to investment income, taxes, amortization, restructuring charges, stock compensation expenses and long-lived asset impairment. See Note 11 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s operating segments.
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(1) The CODM reviews segment information on an adjusted EBITDA basis, which excludes certain amounts as described below:
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(1) The CODM also reviews segment information on an adjusted EBITDA basis, which excludes certain amounts as described below:
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The Company had $363.5 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of August 31, 2025 (February 28, 2025 - $410.3 million).
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The Company had $377.5 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of November 30, 2025 (February 28, 2025 - $410.3 million).
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In the second quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company recognized revenue of $129.6 million and net income of $13.3 million, or $0.02 basic and diluted earnings per share, on a U.S. GAAP basis (second quarter of fiscal 2025 - revenue of $126.2 million and net loss of $19.7 million, or $0.03 basic and diluted loss per share).
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In the third quarter of fiscal 2026, the Company recognized revenue of $141.8 million and net income of $13.7 million, or $0.02 basic and diluted earnings per share, on a U.S. GAAP basis (third quarter of fiscal 2025 - revenue of $143.6 million and net loss of $10.5 million, or $0.02 basic and diluted loss per share).
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The Company recognized adjusted net income of $24.2 million, and adjusted earnings of $0.04 per share, on a non-GAAP basis in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 (second quarter of fiscal 2025 - adjusted net loss of $2.6 million, and adjusted loss of $0.00 per share). See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
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The Company recognized adjusted net income of $26.8 million, and adjusted earnings of $0.05 per share, on a non-GAAP basis in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (third quarter of fiscal 2025 - adjusted net income of $11.7 million, and adjusted earnings of $0.02 per share). See “Non-GAAP Financial Measures” below.
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The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and information contained in this MD&A is presented on that basis. On September 25, 2025, the Company announced financial results for the three and six months ended August 31, 2025, which included certain non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios, including adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expense, adjusted Corporate operating costs, adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense, adjusted general and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted segment EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow (usage).
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The Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and information contained in this MD&A is presented on that basis. On December 18, 2025, the Company announced financial results for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2025, which included certain non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios, including adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expense, adjusted Corporate operating costs, adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense, adjusted general and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, segment adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow (usage).
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•Restructuring charges. The Company believes that restructuring charges relating to employee termination benefits, facilities, streamlining many of the Company’s centralized corporate functions into QNX and Secure Communications specific teams, and other costs pursuant to programs to reduce the Company’s annual expenses amongst R&D, infrastructure and other functions do not reflect expected future operating expenses, are not indicative of the Company’s core operating performance, and may not be meaningful when comparing the Company’s operating performance against that of prior periods.
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•Restructuring charges. The Company believes that restructuring charges relating to employee termination benefits, exiting facilities, streamlining many of the Company’s centralized corporate functions into QNX and Secure Communications specific teams, and other costs pursuant to programs to reduce the Company’s annual expenses amongst R&D, infrastructure and other functions do not reflect expected future operating expenses, are not indicative of the Company’s core operating performance, and may not be meaningful when comparing the Company’s operating performance against that of prior periods.
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Readers are cautioned that adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expense, adjusted Corporate operating costs, adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense, adjusted general and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted segment EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow (usage) and similar measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in the context of the U.S. GAAP results, which are described in this MD&A and presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Readers are cautioned that adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expense, adjusted Corporate operating costs, adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization, adjusted net income (loss), adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense, adjusted general and administrative expense, adjusted amortization expense, adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, segment adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA margin percentage and free cash flow (usage) and similar measures do not have any standardized meaning prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in the context of the U.S. GAAP results, which are described in this MD&A and presented in the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted basic earnings (loss) per share is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the three months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to adjusted net income and adjusted basic earnings per share is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024.
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Reconciliation of non-GAAP based measures with most directly comparable U.S. GAAP based measures for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024.
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A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to adjusted financial measures is reflected in the table below:
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A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to adjusted financial measures is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expense for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to adjusted operating expense is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expense for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to adjusted operating expense is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Corporate operating costs for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Corporate operating costs for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to adjusted Corporate operating costs excluding amortization is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to the adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted basic earnings (loss) per share is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net income (loss) and U.S. GAAP basic earnings (loss) per share for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to the adjusted net income (loss) and adjusted basic earnings (loss) per share is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to adjusted research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to adjusted research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expense is reflected in the table below:
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GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios that do not have any standardized meaning as prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
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Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 are reflected in the table below. These are non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios that do not have any standardized meaning as prescribed by U.S. GAAP and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies.
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The Company uses free cash flow (usage) when assessing its sources of liquidity, capital resources, and quality of earnings. The Company believes that free cash flow (usage) is helpful in understanding the Company’s capital requirements and provides an additional means to reflect the cash flow trends in the Company’s business.
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The Company uses free cash flow (usage) when assessing its sources of liquidity, capital resources, and quality of earnings. The Company believes that free cash flow (usage) is helpful in understanding the Company’s capital requirements and provides an additional means to reflect the cash flow (usage) trends in the Company’s business.
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash used in operating activities for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 to free cash flow (usage) is reflected in the table below:
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash used in operating activities for the three and nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024 to free cash flow (usage) is reflected in the table below:
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Secure Communications ARR was approximately $213 million as at August 31, 2025 and increased compared to $209 million as at May 31, 2025 and $209 million as at August 31, 2024.
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Secure Communications ARR was approximately $216 million as at November 30, 2025 and increased compared to $213 million as at August 31, 2025 and $215 million as at November 30, 2024.
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Secure Communications DBNRR was 93% as at August 31, 2025 and increased compared to 92% as at May 31, 2025 and was consistent with 93% as at August 31, 2024.
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Secure Communications DBNRR was 92% as at November 30, 2025 and decreased compared to 93% as at August 31, 2025 and 95% as at November 30, 2024.
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The increase in QNX revenue of $8.4 million was primarily due to an increase of $3.6 million in royalty revenue, an increase of $2.7 million in BlackBerry Radar revenue and an increase of $2.6 million in development seat revenue, partially offset by a decrease of $0.4 million in professional services.
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The increase in QNX revenue of $6.4 million was primarily due to an increase of $2.7 million in royalty revenue, an increase of $1.9 million in BlackBerry Radar revenue, an increase of $0.8 million in development seat revenue and an increase of $0.6 million in professional services.
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The Company previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $55 million to $60 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. QNX revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 was $63.1 million due to better-than-expected royalty revenue.
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The Company previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $66 million to $70 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. QNX revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was $68.7 million.
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The Company expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $66 million to $70 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $250 million to $270 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $256 million to $270 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole due to stronger than expected performance in the first half of fiscal 2026.
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The Company expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $71 million to $77 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $256 million to $270 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $260 million to $266 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole.
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The decrease in Secure Communications revenue of $11.3 million primarily due to a decrease of $8.5 million in Secusmart product revenue and a decrease of $3.7 million in BlackBerry UEM license revenue, partially offset by an increase of $1.3 million in professional services revenue.
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The decrease in Secure Communications revenue of $7.6 million was primarily due to a decrease of $11.9 million in Secusmart product revenue, partially offset by an increase of $1.6 million in BlackBerry AtHoc product revenue and an increase of $1.2 million in professional services.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $54 million to $59 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Secure Communications revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 was $59.9 million.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $60 million to $64 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. Secure Communications revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was $67.0 million due to better than expected renewals in UEM.
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The Company expects Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $60 million to $64 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $234 million to $244 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $239 million to $247 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole due to stronger than expected performance in the first half of fiscal 2026.
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The Company expects Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $61 million to $65 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $239 million to $247 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $247 million to $251 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole primarily due to stronger than expected performance in the first nine months of fiscal 2026.
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The increase in Licensing revenue of $1.6 million was primarily due to an increase in revenue from the Company’s intellectual property licensing arrangements.
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The decrease in Licensing revenue of $0.6 million was primarily due to a decrease in revenue from the Company’s intellectual property licensing arrangements.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Licensing revenue to be approximately $6 million in each of the four quarters of fiscal 2026. Licensing revenue in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 was $6.6 million due to the reason stated above.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Licensing revenue to be approximately $6 million in each of the four quarters of fiscal 2026. Licensing revenue in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 was $6.1 million.
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The Company continues to expect Licensing revenue to be approximately $6 million in each of the third quarter and fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
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The Company continues to expect Licensing revenue to be approximately $6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
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The Company previously stated that it expected total BlackBerry revenue to be approximately $115 million to $125 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Total BlackBerry revenue was $129.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026, better than expected due to the reasons noted above in “Revenue by Segment”.
Current wording
The Company previously stated that it expected total BlackBerry revenue to be approximately $132 million to $140 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. Total BlackBerry revenue was $141.8 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, better than expected due to the reasons noted above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company expects total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $132 million to $140 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $508 million to $538 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $519 million to $541 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole due to stronger than expected performance in the first half of fiscal 2026.
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The Company expects total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $138 million to $148 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $519 million to $541 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects total BlackBerry revenue to be in the range of $531 million to $541 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole primarily due to stronger than expected performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2026.
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The increase in North America revenue of $4.1 million was primarily due to an increase of $2.7 million in QNX development seat revenue, an increase of $2.7 million in BlackBerry Radar revenue and an increase of $1.7 million in Licensing revenue, partially offset by a decrease of $2.4 million in QNX royalty revenue and a decrease of $1.1 million in BlackBerry UEM product revenue.
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The increase in North America revenue of $2.0 million was primarily due to an increase of $1.9 million in BlackBerry Radar revenue, an increase of $1.8 million in QNX royalty revenue and an increase of $1.7 million in BlackBerry AtHoc product revenue, partially offset by a decrease of $4.6 million in BlackBerry UEM product revenue.
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The decrease in Europe, Middle East and Africa revenue of $3.7 million was primarily due to a decrease of $5.3 million relating to Secusmart product revenue and a decrease of $0.3 million in professional services revenue, partially offset by an increase of $1.6 million in QNX development seat revenue.
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The decrease in Europe, Middle East and Africa revenue of $2.8 million was primarily due to a decrease of $11.5 million relating to Secusmart product revenue, partially offset by an increase of $6.0 million in BlackBerry UEM product revenue, an increase of $1.4 million in QNX development seat revenue and an increase of $1.3 million in QNX royalty revenue.
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Long-lived asset impairment charge -Long-lived asset impairment charges do not reflect expected future operating expenses, are not indicative of the Company’s core operating performance, and may not be meaningful when comparing the Company’s operating performance against that of prior periods.
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The decrease in Secure Communications adjusted gross margin percentage of 1% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically a decrease in gross margin contribution from Secusmart product.
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On May 8, 2025, the Company announced that it received acceptance from the Toronto Stock Exchange with respect to a normal course issuer bid (“NCIB”) share buyback program to purchase for cancellation up to 27,855,153 common shares of the
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Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the six months ended August 31, 2025 and August 31, 2024 are reflected in the table below. These are non-
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Consolidated gross margin percentage increased by 4.3% to 74.5% in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 ((second quarter of fiscal 2025 -70.2%). The increase was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically a higher relative gross margin contribution from Secusmart and QNX.
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The Company previously stated that it expected adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $8 to $14 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026. Adjusted EBITDA was $25.9 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2026 due to QNX and Secure Communications exceeding the top end of their expected adjusted EBITDA ranges as discussed above in “Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”.
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The increase in Secure Communications adjusted gross margin percentage of 5% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically an increased gross margin contribution from Secusmart software licenses.