BLACKBERRY Ltd
For the period ended May 31, 2026. Filed Jun 25, 2026.
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May 31, 2026 · Filed Jun 25, 2026
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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 OPERATIONSCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2026-05-31; filed 2026-06-25.
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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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The Company’s QNX division develops safe, reliable software for embedded systems across technology-driven industries, including automotive, medical devices, robotics, and industrial automation. The world’s leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers rely on QNX® technology, which enables more than 275 million vehicles.
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QNX and Vector Informatik GmbH recently introduced Alloy Kore, a foundational vehicle software platform designed to simplify and accelerate the development of software-defined vehicles. Alloy Kore integrates QNX’s safety-certified RTOS and virtualization capabilities and Vector’s safe middleware modules to deliver a lightweight, scalable foundation for deploying applications across vehicle domains. The Company believes that Alloy Kore has the potential to expand average selling prices by multiples on a per-vehicle basis and drive meaningful backlog growth.
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BlackBerry AtHoc is a secure, networked crisis communications platform that enables people, devices and organizations to exchange information in real time during business continuity and emergency operations, promoting public safety and protecting critical infrastructure. The platform securely connects with a diverse set of endpoints to distribute mass notifications, improve personnel accountability and facilitate the bidirectional collection and sharing of data within and between organizations.
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•The integration of QNX® OS for Safety 8.0 with NVIDIA IGX Thor and the NVIDIA Halos Safety Stack;
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•The selection of QNX SDP 8.0 and QNX Hypervisor for Safety 8.0 by Leapmotor for its forthcoming premium electric SUV, the D19;
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•A collaboration between QNX and TKMS in support of Canada’s patrol submarine program, including the adoption by TKMS of QNX’s trusted foundational software across its next‑generation naval platforms;
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•The release of QNX Hypervisor 8.0 for Safety, the next-generation, safety-certified embedded virtualization platform from QNX;
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•Expanded support for AMD Ryzen Embedded x86 processors on QNX SDP 8.0;
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•The renewal and expansion of the Company’s multi-year agreement with the Government of Canada, including a significant increase in the deployment of BlackBerry SecuSUITE;
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•Announced the achievement of FedRAMP Class D (High) re-certification for BlackBerry AtHoc; and
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•The renewal of the Company’s normal course issuer bid share buyback program for up to 26.8 million common shares.
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First Quarter Fiscal 2027 Summary Results of Operations
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•Deferred share units revaluation adjustment. The Company measures its deferred share units (“DSUs”) at fair value as liability-classified awards in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Each period, the fair value of the DSUs is remeasured and the resulting gain and loss from the change in fair value of these liability-classified awards are recognized in income. The amount varies each period depending on changes in the Company’s share price, which is influenced by market factors in addition to Company performance. This is 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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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expenses for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025 to adjusted operating expenses is reflected in the table below:
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Free cash flow (usage)
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The increase in Secure Communications revenue of $14.1 million was primarily due to an increase of $15.3 million in BlackBerry SecuSUITE product revenue, partially offset by a $0.8 million decrease in BlackBerry UEM product revenue.
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The Company expects Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $57 million to $63 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2027.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Licensing revenue to be approximately $24 million for fiscal 2027 as a whole. The Company now expects licensing revenue to be approximately $29 million for fiscal 2027 as a whole due to the reason noted above regarding the second quarter of fiscal 2027.
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The increase in QNX segment adjusted gross margin of $15.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The increase in QNX segment adjusted gross margin percentage of 5% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically an increased gross margin contribution from development license revenue.
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The increase in QNX segment adjusted EBITDA of $6.6 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by a decrease in benefits from claims filed by QNX with the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada relating to its Strategic Innovation Fund (“SIF”) filedin the first quarter of fiscal 2026 which did not recur and an increase in salaries and benefits expense.
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The Company previously stated that it expected QNX segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $4 million to $8 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027. QNX segment adjusted EBITDA was $19.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 due to revenue exceeding previously provided guidance for the reasons described above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company expects QNX segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $16 million to $21 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2027. The Company previously stated that it expected QNX segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $69 million to $81 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole. The Company now expects QNX segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $74 million to $86 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole due to stronger than expected QNX revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
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The increase in Secure Communications segment adjusted gross margin of $11.4 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 SecuSUITE hardware devices.
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The increase in Secure Communications segment adjusted gross margin percentage of 2% was primarily due to a change in mix, specifically an increase in gross margin contribution from BlackBerry SecuSUITE software licenses, partially offset by a decrease in gross margin contribution from BlackBerry AtHoc.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $14 million to $18 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027. Secure Communications segment adjusted EBITDA was $20.2 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 due to revenue exceeding previously provided guidance for the reasons described above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company expects Secure Communications segment adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $5 million to $10 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2027.
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The increase in Licensing segment adjusted gross margin of $2.4 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The increase in Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA of $2.4 million was primarily due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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The Company previously stated that it expected Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $20 million for fiscal 2027 as a whole. The Company now expects Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $25 million for fiscal 2027 as a whole for the reason described above in “Revenue by Segment”.
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Research and development expenses increased by $8.0 million, or 32.0%, in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2026 primarily due to a benefit of $4.5 million from SIF claims filed in the first quarter of fiscal 2026 which did not recur, an increase of $1.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, an increase of $0.9 million in variable incentive plan costs and an increase of $0.4 million in infrastructure costs.
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Adjusted research and development expenses increased by $7.8 million, or 32.9%, to $31.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to $23.7 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to the same reasons described above on a U.S. GAAP basis.
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Sales and marketing expenses increased by $0.8 million, or 2.8%, in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2026, primarily due to an increase of $0.3 million in consulting costs, an increase of $0.2 million in sales incentive plan costsand an increase of $0.2 million in salaries and benefits expense, partially offset by a decrease of $0.3 million instock compensation expense.
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General and administrative expenses increased by $8.8 million, or 28.9%, in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The increase was primarily due to an increase of $11.5 million in deferred share unit costs and an increase of $1.7 million in legal expenses, partially offset by a decrease of $2.6 million in restructuring costs, a decrease of$2.6 million in salaries and benefits expense.
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Adjusted general and administrative expenses decreased by $1.0 million, or 3.8%, to $25.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to $26.6 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026. The decrease was primarily due toa decrease of$2.6 million in salaries and benefits expense, partially offset byan increase of $1.7 million in legal expense.
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Adjusted amortization expense increased by $0.2 million to $2.5 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 compared to $2.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2026.
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Net Income
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The Company previously stated that it expected adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $14 million to $22 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027. Adjusted EBITDA was $36.3 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 primarily due to QNX and Secure Communication exceeding the top end of their expected adjusted EBITDA range as discussed above in “Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”.
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The Company expects adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $20 million to $30 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2027. The Company previously stated that it expected adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $110 million to $130 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole. The Company now expects adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $119 million to $139 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole due to QNX exceeding the top end of its expected adjusted EBITDA range and the stronger than expected Licensing segment adjusted EBITDA, each as discussed above in “Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”.
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At May 31, 2026, other receivables were $5.5 million, a decrease of $2.0 million from February 28, 2026. The decrease was primarily due toa decrease of $1.9 million in sales taxes receivable.
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The Company’s QNX division is a leader in embedded software where the Company believes it is the world’s leading automotive foundational software vendor. Its customers include leading automotive OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers that use its products in vehicles, as well as manufacturers in other markets where high-performance, safety-critical foundational embedded software platforms and solutions are important, such as robotics, medical devices, industrial automation solutions and other mission-critical applications (collectively, the general embedded market or “GEM”). QNX is a vendor to the top 10 automotive OEMs, top 7 Tier 1 suppliers, 24 of the 25 top EV OEMs, and 9 of the 10 top medical OEMs.
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As a critical event management and crisis communications platform, BlackBerry AtHoc unifies communications during emergencies, providing secure, two-way messaging and incident response tools. The platform, which is FedRAMP High authorized for highly secure government communications, combines secure mass notification capabilities with the ability to coordinate emergency response across multiple public and private organizations.
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Products and Innovation:
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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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Customers and Partners:
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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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Environmental, Sustainability and Corporate Governance:
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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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(1)Prior to the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company’s Secure Communications segment included the Company’s Cylance® cybersecurity solutions business and was reported as the Cybersecurity segment. As a result of the Cylance sale in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2025, Cylance is no longer reported alongside UEM, SecuSuite and AtHoc as the Cybersecurity segment, and those three businesses are now reported separately from Cylance as the Secure Communications segment. The financial results of Cylance are presented as “loss from discontinued operations, net of tax” in the Consolidated Statements of Operations and have been removed from the presentation of results from continuing operations. Prior period comparatives have been recast to reflect this change.
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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating expense for the three months ended November 30, 2025, August 31, 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 three 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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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 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 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 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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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 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 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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Revenue by Geography
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The decrease in Other regions revenue of $1.0 million was primarily due to a decrease of $0.9 million in QNX development seat revenue.
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Consolidated gross margin decreased by$2.3 million to $109.9 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026 (third quarter of fiscal 2025 - $112.2 million). The decrease was primarily due to a decrease in revenue from Secusmart due to the reasons discussed above in “Revenue by Segment”, partially offset by an increase in revenue from QNX, as the cost of sales for most software and services products does not significantly fluctuate based on business volume.
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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 Company previously stated that it expected QNX adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $13 million to $17 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026. QNX adjusted EBITDA was $16.4 million in the third quarter of fiscal 2026.
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The Company expects QNX adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $17 million to $23 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected QNX adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $64 million to $73 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects QNX adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $67 million to $73 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole.
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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 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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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 Company expects Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $11 million to $15 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026. The Company previously stated that it expected Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $38 million to $48 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole. The Company now expects Secure Communications adjusted EBITDA to be in the range of $47 million to $51 million in fiscal 2026 as a whole primarily due to a change in revenue mix.
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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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The Company continues to expect Licensing adjusted EBITDA to be approximately $5 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
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The table below presents a comparison of research and development, sales and marketing, general and administrative, and amortization expenses for the quarter ended November 30, 2025, compared to the quarter ended August 31, 2025 and the quarter ended November 30, 2024. The Company believes it is meaningful to provide a sequential comparison between the third quarter of fiscal 2026 and the second quarter of fiscal 2026.
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Operating expenses increased by $12.9 million sequentially, or 15.2%, in the third quarter of fiscal 2026, compared to the second quarter of fiscal 2026 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 $2.7 million in restructuring cost, 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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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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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 months ended May 31, 2026, 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, 2026 (the “Annual MD&A”) included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 28, 2026 (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 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 plans, strategies and objectives, including its expectations regarding the Alloy Kore™ vehicle software platform;
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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 Company’s expectations with respect to its total and segment revenue and adjusted EBITDA, non-GAAP EPS and operating cash flow in the second quarter of fiscal 2027 and for fiscal 2027 as a whole;
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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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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 May 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended May 31, 2025 - Revenue - Revenue by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended May 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended May 31, 2025 - Revenue - Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment”, “Results of Operations - Three months ended May 31, 2026 compared to the three months ended May 31, 2025 - Net Income” 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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Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the Company has two core divisions, each addressing large and growing market opportunities.
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Founded in 1984, the Company equips leading automakers, governments and regulated industries with secure, reliable software that drives productivity, resilience and mission-critical performance. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the Company has two core divisions, QNX and Secure Communications, each addressing large and growing market opportunities.
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The Company’s Secure Communications division delivers operational resiliency with a comprehensive, highly secure, and extensively certified product portfolio for mobile fortification, mission-critical communications and critical event management. Secure Communications focuses on the government sector and on strategic industries with vertical-specific use cases, including regulated enterprise markets such as financial services.
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The Company’s Secure Communications division delivers operational resiliency with a government-grade portfolio of secure, certified solutions for mobile fortification, critical communications and crisis management.
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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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The Company was incorporated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and has amalgamated with several of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, the last occurring through the filing of articles of amalgamation on November 4, 2013. 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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The QNX division consists of the QNX® business (“QNX”), BlackBerry Radar® and BlackBerry® Certicom®.
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The QNX division consists of QNX®, BlackBerry Radar® and BlackBerry® Certicom®.
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With 45 years of embedded software expertise and a rich intellectual property portfolio, QNX is an industry leader whose high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security and reliability. QNX is a trusted supplier of operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks and development tools that help reduce hardware dependency while enabling new possibilities in high-performance compute, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement.
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With 45 years of embedded software expertise and a rich intellectual property portfolio, QNX is an industry leader whose high-performance foundational software enables major automakers and industrial giants alike to unlock transformative applications, drive new revenue streams and launch innovative business models, all without sacrificing safety, security and reliability. QNX is a trusted supplier of operating systems, hypervisors, middleware and development tools that help reduce hardware dependency while enabling new possibilities in high-performance computing, standards-based virtualization technologies, and cloud enablement.
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QNX offers a growing portfolio of safety-certified, secure and reliable platform solutions and is focused on achieving design wins with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 vendors and automotive semiconductor suppliers. These solutions include the QNX® real-time operating system, QNX® Hypervisor for Safety and QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP), as well as other products designed to alleviate the challenges of compliance with ISO 26262, the automotive industry’s functional safety standard. The QNX® pre-certified microkernel operating system is specifically tailored for safety-critical embedded systems and toolchains that are pre-qualified for building these systems. The QNX Hypervisor for Safety protects safety systems from potential impact of malfunction in other systems. These products help drive a faster time to market and also reduce developer friction. In fiscal 2026, QNX’s priorities in the automotive space include promoting increased adoption of its recently-released QNX SDP 8.0 and also working with partners to develop a vehicle platform featuring pre-integrated middleware solutions with a view to capturing a larger share of the automotive software stack and increasing future royalties per vehicle.
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QNX offers a growing portfolio of safety-certified, secure and reliable platform solutions and is focused on achieving design wins with automotive OEMs, Tier 1 vendors and automotive semiconductor suppliers. These solutions include the BlackBerry QNX real-time operating system (RTOS), QNX® Hypervisor for Safety and QNX® Software Development Platform (SDP), as well as other products designed to alleviate the challenges of compliance with ISO 26262, the automotive industry’s functional safety standard. The QNX pre-certified microkernel operating system is specifically tailored for safety-critical embedded systems and toolchains that are pre-qualified for building these systems. The QNX Hypervisor for Safety prevents safety systems from potential impact of malfunction in other systems. These products help to reduce time to market and developer friction.
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QNX is also a preferred supplier of embedded systems for companies in the GEM space. QNX collaborates closely with customers to understand their specific requirements and more quickly and effectively develop solutions to meet their evolving needs. The Company is investing in initiatives to increase the revenue that it derives from GEM opportunities.
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QNX is also a preferred supplier of embedded systems for companies building medical devices, robotics, physical AI solutions, rail systems, industrial automation solutions, aerospace and defence systems, and other mission-critical applications. QNX solutions offer the performance, determinism, and trust necessary to enable physical AI systems, being autonomous systems that engage with and act in the real world, powering them to run safely, predictably and at scale. QNX collaborates closely with customers to understand their specific requirements and more quickly and effectively develop solutions to meet their evolving needs.
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BlackBerry Certicom leverages patented elliptic curve cryptography to provide device security, anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions to protect vehicles, critical infrastructure and IoT deployments from product counterfeiting, re-manufacturing and unauthorized network access.
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BlackBerry Certicom leverages patented elliptic curve cryptography to provide device security, anti-counterfeiting and product authentication solutions to deliver end-to-end security with managed public key infrastructure, code signing, and other applied cryptography and key management solutions.
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The Secure Communications division consists of BlackBerry UEM solutions, BlackBerry® SecuSUITE® and BlackBerry® AtHoc®.
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The Secure Communications division consists of BlackBerry® SecuSUITE®, BlackBerry® UEM and BlackBerry® AtHoc®.
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BlackBerry SecuSUITE is a certified, multi-OS voice and data solution with advanced encryption, anti-eavesdropping and continuous authentication capabilities, providing a maximum level of security on conventional mobile devices for governments and businesses.
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BlackBerry SecuSUITE is a certified, multi-OS voice, messaging and file-sharing solution with advanced encryption, anti-eavesdropping and continuous authentication capabilities, providing a maximum level of security on conventional mobile devices for classified and restricted government use.
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The Licensing division is responsible for the management and monetization of the Company’s global patent portfolio. The patent portfolio continues to provide a competitive advantage in the Company’s core product areas as well as providing leverage in the development of future technologies and licensing programs in both core and adjacent vertical markets. The Company owns rights to an array of patented and patent pending technologies which include, but are not limited to, operating systems, networking infrastructure, acoustics, messaging, enterprise software, automotive subsystems, cybersecurity, cryptography and wireless communications.
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The Licensing division is responsible for the management and monetization of the Company’s global patent portfolio. The Company owns rights to an array of patented and patent pending technologies which include, but are not limited to, operating systems, networking infrastructure, acoustics, messaging, enterprise software, automotive subsystems, cybersecurity, cryptography and wireless communications. The portfolio provides a competitive advantage in the Company’s core product areas and generates revenue through patent licensing, sales and enforcement activities.
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The Company has continued to execute on its strategy in fiscal 2026 and announced the following significant achievements during and subsequent to the most recent quarter:
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The Company has continued to execute on its strategy in fiscal 2027 and announced the following significant achievements during the most recent quarter:
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(1)Diluted earnings per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the first nine months of fiscal 2026 and 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. Diluted loss per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the first nine months of fiscal 2025 does not include the dilutive effect of stock-based compensation 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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(1)Diluted earnings per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the first quarter of fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2026 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. Diluted earnings per share on a U.S. GAAP basis for the first quarter of fiscal 2027 and fiscal 2026 includes the dilutive effect of stock-based compensation. See Note 7 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 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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The following table shows information by operating segments for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025. 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 charge. For the three months ended May 31, 2026, the Company presented segment adjusted EBITDA results excluding amortization in segment research and development, segment sales and marketing and segment general and administrative to align to the operating expense presentation on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. For purposes of comparability, the Company’s segment adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended May 31, 2025 has been updated to conform to the current year’s presentation. See Note 10 to the Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the Company’s operating segments.
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Restructuring charges - Restructuring charges relate to employee termination benefits, facilities, streamlining many of the Company’s centralized corporate functions into Secure Communications and QNX specific teams, and other costs pursuant to programs to reduce the Company’s annual expenses amongst R&D, infrastructure and other functions and 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 - Restructuring charges relate 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 and 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 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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The Company had approximately $422.9 million in cash, cash equivalents and investments as of May 31, 2026 (February 28, 2026 - $432.4 million).
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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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In the first quarter of fiscal 2027, the Company recognized revenue of $152.9 million and net income of $8.5 million, or $0.01 basic and diluted earnings per share, on a U.S. GAAP basis (first quarter of fiscal 2026 - revenue of $121.7 million and net income of $1.9 million, or $0.00 basic and diluted earnings per share).
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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 Company recognized adjusted net income of$25.4 million, and adjusted basic earnings of $0.04 per share, on a non-GAAP basis in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 (first quarter of fiscal 2026 - adjusted net income of $10.8 million and adjusted basic 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 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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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 June 25, 2026, the Company announced financial results for the three months ended May 31, 2026, which included certain non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios, including adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings 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). These non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios 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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In the Company’s internal reports, management evaluates the performance of the Company’s business on a non-GAAP basis by excluding the impact of certain items below from the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial results. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios provide management, as well as readers of the Company’s financial statements, with a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods and are useful in helping management and readers understand the Company’s operating results and underlying operational trends. Non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios exclude certain amounts as described below:
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In the Company’s internal reports, management evaluates the performance of the Company’s business on a non-GAAP basis by excluding the impact of certain items below from the Company’s U.S. GAAP financial results. The Company believes that these non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios provide management, as well as readers of the Company’s financial statements, with a consistent basis for comparison across accounting periods and are useful in helping management and readers understand the Company’s operating results and underlying operational trends. Beginning with the fiscal quarter ended May 31, 2026, the Company has included deferred share units revaluation adjustment as a non-GAAP adjustment and has applied this adjustment to comparative period. Non-GAAP financial measures and non-GAAP ratios exclude certain amounts as described below:
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•Long-lived asset impairment charge. The Company believes that 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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•Long-lived asset impairment charge. The Company believes that long-lived asset impairment charges (“LLA impairment charge”) 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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On a U.S. GAAP basis, the impacts of these items are reflected in the Company’s income statement. However, the Company believes that the provision of supplemental non-GAAP measures allows investors to evaluate the financial performance of the Company’s business using the same evaluation measures that management uses, and is therefore a useful indication of the Company’s performance or expected performance of future operations and facilitates period-to-period comparison of operating performance. As a result, the Company considers it appropriate and reasonable to provide, in addition to U.S. GAAP measures, supplementary non-GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items from the presentation of its financial results.
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Company’s business using the same evaluation measures that management uses, and is therefore a useful indication of the Company’s performance or expected performance of future operations and facilitates period-to-period comparison of operating performance. As a result, the Company considers it appropriate and reasonable to provide, in addition to U.S. GAAP measures, supplementary non-GAAP financial measures that exclude certain items from the presentation of its financial results.
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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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Readers are cautioned that adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted operating expenses, adjusted net income, adjusted earnings 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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A reconciliation of the most directly comparable U.S. GAAP financial measures for the three months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 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 gross margin and gross margin percentagefor the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025 to both adjusted gross margin and adjusted gross margin percentage are 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 U.S. GAAP net income and U.S. GAAP basic earnings per share for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025 to adjusted net income and adjusted basic earnings per share is reflected in the table below:
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Adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the three 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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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP operating income to adjusted operating income, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted operating income margin percentage and adjusted EBITDA margin percentage for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025 is reflected in the table below.
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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, restructuring charges, stock compensation expenses and long-lived asset impairment. The following table reconciles the U.S. GAAP measures of segment profit or loss disclosed by the Company in the Consolidated Financial Statements from segment adjusted gross margin to segment adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025.
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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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Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the three months ended May 31, 2026 and May 31, 2025 to free cash flow (usage) is reflected in the table below:
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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 ARR was approximately $220 million as at May 31, 2026 and increased compared to $218 million as at February 28, 2026 and $209 million as at May 31, 2025.
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The Company calculates the Secure Communications DBNRR as of period end by first calculating the Secure Communications ARR from the customer base as at 12 months prior to the current period end (“Prior Period ARR”). The Company then calculates the Secure Communications ARR for the same cohort of customers as at the current period end (“Current Period ARR”). The Company then divides the Current Period ARR by the Prior Period ARR to calculate the DBNRR.
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The Company calculates the Secure Communications DBNRR as of period end by first calculating the Secure Communications ARR from the customer base as at 12 months prior to the current period end (“Prior Period ARR”). The Company then calculates the Secure Communications ARR for the same cohort of customers as at the current period end (“Current Period ARR”). The Company then divides the Current Period ARR by the Prior Period ARR to calculate the DBNRR. The Company uses DBNRR as an indicator of business momentum for the Secure Communications business.
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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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Secure Communications DBNRR was 92% as at May 31, 2026 and decreased compared to 94% as at February 28, 2026 and was consistent with 92% as at May 31, 2025.
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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 increase in QNX revenue of $14.8 million was primarily due to an increase of $7.5 million in development license revenue, an increase of $4.2 million in royalty revenue, an increase of $1.5 million in BlackBerry Radar revenue and an increase of $1.2 million in professional services 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 previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $60 million to $64 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027. QNX revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 was $72.3 million due to stronger than expected royalty revenue.
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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 Company expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $70 million to $75 million in the second quarter of fiscal 2027. The Company previously stated that it expected QNX revenue to be in the range of $290 million to $307 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole. The Company now expects QNX revenue to be in the range of $295 million to $312 million in fiscal 2027 as a whole due to stronger than expected QNX revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2027.
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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 previously stated that it expected Secure Communications revenue to be in the range of $66 million to $70 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2027. Secure Communications revenue in the first quarter of fiscal 2027 was $73.6 million due to stronger than expected BlackBerry SecuSUITE product revenue.
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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 increase in Licensing revenue of $2.3 million was primarily due to an increase in revenue from the Company’s intellectual property licensing arrangements.
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On a U.S. GAAP basis, the impacts of these items are reflected in the Company’s income statement. However, the Company believes that the provision of supplemental non-GAAP measures allows investors to evaluate the financial performance of the
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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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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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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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(1)Adjusted operating income margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted operating income by revenue.
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(2)Adjusted EBITDA margin % is calculated by dividing adjusted EBITDA by revenue.
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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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The Company continues to expect Licensing revenue to be approximately $6 million in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026.
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Comparative breakdowns of the geographic regions are set forth in the following table:
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The following section sets forth certain consolidated statements of operations data for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 and November 30, 2024:
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Comparative breakdowns of revenue by segment are set forth below.
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The decrease in Licensing revenue of $0.3 million was primarily due to a decrease in revenue from the Company’s intellectual property licensing arrangements.
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Europe, Middle East and Africa Revenue
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Adjusted Gross Margin and Adjusted EBITDA by Segment
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See “Business Overview” and “Third Quarter Fiscal 2026 Summary Results of Operations” for information about the Company’s operating segments and the basis of operating segment results.
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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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Research and development expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits for technical personnel, new product development costs, travel, office and building costs, infrastructure costs and other employee costs.
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Sales and marketing expenses consist primarily of marketing, advertising and promotion, salaries and benefits, information technology costs and travel expenses.
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General and administration expenses consist primarily of salaries and benefits, external advisory fees, information technology costs, office and related staffing infrastructure costs.
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The table below presents a comparison of amortization expense relating to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets recorded as amortization or costs of sales for the nine months ended November 30, 2025 compared to the nine months ended November 30, 2024. Intangible assets are comprised of patents, licenses and acquired technology.
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The decrease in amortization expense included in operating expense of $4.2 million was primarily due to the lower cost base of assets.
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Amortization included in Cost of Sales
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For the first nine months of fiscal 2026, the Company’s net effective income tax expense rate was approximately 13% (first nine months of fiscal 2025 - net effective income tax expense rate of approximately 28%). The Company’s net effective income tax rate reflects the change in unrecognized income tax benefits, if any, and the fact that the Company has a significant valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets, and in particular, the change in loss carry forwards, research and development credits, amongst other items, was offset by a corresponding adjustment of the valuation allowance. The Company’s net effective income tax rate also reflects the geographic mix of earnings in jurisdictions with different income tax rates.