0000925421-20-000074.txt : 20200302 0000925421-20-000074.hdr.sgml : 20200302 20200302182823 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000925421-20-000074 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200301 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200302 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200302 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CHEN JOHN S CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001082030 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-38232 FILM NUMBER: 20678997 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O SYBASE INC STREET 2: 5000 HACIENDA DR CITY: DUBLIN STATE: CA ZIP: 92563 ISSUER: 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 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 3 1 edgar.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0206 3 2020-03-01 0 0001070235 BLACKBERRY Ltd BB 0001082030 CHEN JOHN S C/O BLACKBERRY LIMITED 2200 UNIVERSITY AVENUE EAST WATERLOO A6 N2K 0A7 ONTARIO, CANADA 1 1 0 0 Executive Chairman & CEO Common Shares 4783191 D Common Shares 1000000 I By grantor retained annuity trust Common Shares 1000000 I By grantor retained annuity trust Performance-Based Restricted Share Units Common Shares 5000000 D Restricted Share Units Common Shares 4000000 D Grantor retained annuity trust for the benefit of the reporting person and his children. Grantor retained annuity trust for the benefit of the reporting person's spouse and her children. Performance-Based Restricted Share Units ("RSUs") that may be earned in increments of one million common shares of BlackBerry Limited ("BlackBerry") when the 10-day average closing price of BlackBerry's common shares on the New York Stock Exchange reaches $16, $17, $18, $19 and $20, respectively. If earned, the increment will vest on the first anniversary of November 3, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022, respectively, following the date it was earned. Any Performance-Based RSUs that have not been earned before November 3, 2023 will terminate on such date. Each unit represents a contingent right to receive one common share or an equivalent amount of cash, or a combination of the two, at the discretion of BlackBerry. The RSUs will vest in four equal annual installments beginning November 3, 2020. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/ Scott Lesmes, Attorney-in-Fact for John Chen 2020-03-02 EX-24 2 chenpoa.htm POWER OF ATTORNEY

POWER OF ATTORNEY



        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints

each of Fraser Deziel and Cyndi McGillivray of BlackBerry Limited, an Ontario, Canada corporation

(the "Company") and Scott Lesmes of Morrison & Foerster LLP, and with full power of substitution, as the

undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



 (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity

as an officer and/or director of the Company, Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;



 (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be

necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any

amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with the U.S. Securities and Exchange

Commission (the "SEC") and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



 (3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which,

in the opinion of any such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or

legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any such

attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such

form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in any such

attorney-in-fact's discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to

do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done

in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and

purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of

substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each such attorney-in-fact,

or each such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done

by virtue of this power of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned

acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of

the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned's

responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is

no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and

transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in

a signed writing delivered to each of the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.





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      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as

of this 26th day of February, 2020.





 /s/ John Chen

 Name: John Chen