<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001070235-23-000085.txt : 20230519
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001070235-23-000085
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEFA14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20230519
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20230519

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BLACKBERRY Ltd
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001070235
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-PREPACKAGED SOFTWARE [7372]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0228

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEFA14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-38232
		FILM NUMBER:		23939390

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST
		CITY:			WATERLOO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2K 0A7
		BUSINESS PHONE:		5198887465

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2200 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST
		CITY:			WATERLOO
		STATE:			A6
		ZIP:			N2K 0A7

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980911
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i0ac7222ca93d424581141414fcf9ba67_1"></div><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">UNITED STATES </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Washington, D.C. 20549 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">SCHEDULE 14A </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(Amendment No. ) </font></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Filed by the Registrant &#9746; </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Check the appropriate box&#58; </font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.876%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.438%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:96.186%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2))</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Definitive Additional Materials</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Soliciting Material under &#167;240.14a-12</font></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:22pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">BlackBerry Limited </font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:2pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) </font></div><div style="margin-top:10pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box)&#58; </font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.520%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.240%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:94.740%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#9746;</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">No fee required.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">o</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:justify;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#3f3f3f;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Fee computed on table in exhibit required by Item 25(b) per Exchange Act Rules 14a6(i)(1) and 0-11</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:100.000%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:15pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.25pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:72pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div id="i0ac7222ca93d424581141414fcf9ba67_50"></div><div style="padding-left:9pt;padding-right:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SUPPLEMENT TO THE MANAGEMENT PROXY CIRCULAR DATED MAY 5, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FOR THE ANNUAL AND SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">TO BE HELD ON JUNE 27, 2023</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The following information supplements and amends the management proxy circular (the &#8220;Proxy Circular&#8221;) of BlackBerry Limited (the &#8220;Company&#8221;) filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities regulatory authorities on May 16, 2023 and furnished to shareholders of the Company in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors of the Company for the 2023 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Company to be held on June 27, 2023 and any adjournment or postponement thereof. Capitalized terms used in this supplement to the Proxy Circular (this &#8220;Supplement&#8221;) and not otherwise defined herein have the meaning given to them in the Proxy Circular.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This Supplement updates the disclosure in the 2023 Proxy Circular in the section titled &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Business to be Transacted at the Meeting &#8211; 4. Approval of Unallocated Entitlements Under the DSU Plan</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; to include a reference to abstentions by replacing the penultimate paragraph in its entirety with the following&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Board recommends that shareholders vote &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FOR</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; the foregoing resolution.  </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Unless a shareholder directs that his or her Common Shares are to be voted against this resolution or abstains from voting on this resolution, the persons named in the form of proxy will vote FOR the foregoing resolution.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">  This resolution must be approved by the holders of a majority of the Common Shares voting at the Meeting.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This Supplement also updates the disclosure in the 2023 Proxy Circular in the section titled &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Business to be Transacted at the Meeting &#8211; 5. Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; to include a reference to abstentions by replacing the final paragraph in its entirety with the following&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">The Board recommends that shareholders vote &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FOR</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; the Say on Pay Resolution. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Unless a shareholder directs that his or her Common Shares are to be voted against this resolution or abstains from voting on this resolution, the persons named in the form of proxy will vote FOR the resolution to accept the Company&#8217;s approach to executive compensation disclosed in this Management Proxy Circular.</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"> </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">This Supplement also updates the disclosure in the 2023 Proxy Circular by adding the following sentence at the end of the answer to the question &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">4.  What items will be voted on&#63;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#8221; on page 3 of the Proxy Circular&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:18pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the outcome of any resolution.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Except as described above, this Supplement to the Proxy Circular does not modify, amend, supplement, or otherwise affect the Proxy Circular. </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">This Supplement should be read in conjunction with the Proxy Circular.</font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">If you have already voted, you do not need to vote again unless you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal. If you would like to change or revoke your prior vote on any proposal, please refer to the Proxy Circular for instructions on how to do so.</font></div><div style="height:72pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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