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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="i600188e9bf63439f8a3b7c5a83c2f686_1"></div><div style="min-height:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2024</font></div><div style="text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Registration No.&#160;333-</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">UNITED STATES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Form S-8</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:16pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">UNDER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:20pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">BLACKBERRY LIMITED</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</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:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:48.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Ontario</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Not Applicable</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)</font></div></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:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">2200 University Avenue East</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:145%">Waterloo, Ontario, Canada</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:145%">N2K 0A7</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:145%">(519) 888-7465</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant&#8217;s principal executive offices)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:145%">BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">(Full title of the plan)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:145%">BlackBerry Corporation</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:145%">5030 Riverside Drive</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:145%">Building 2, Suite 200</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:145%">Irving, Texas 75039</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:145%">(877) 255-2377</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:7pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:145%">Copy to&#58;</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></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:145%">G. Scott Lesmes, Esq.</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:145%">Morrison &#38; Foerster LLP</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:145%">2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW</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:145%">Washington, D.C. 20006</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:145%">(202) 887-1500</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:33.12pt;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:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#8220;large accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;accelerated filer,&#8221; &#8220;smaller reporting company&#8221; and &#8220;emerging growth company&#8221; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one)&#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:1.0%"></td><td style="width:21.698%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:40.566%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:29.403%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.933%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Large accelerated filer     </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">x</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Accelerated filer      </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">o</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Non-accelerated&#160;filer      </font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">o</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Smaller&#160;reporting&#160;company      </font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">o</font></div></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:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Emerging growth company</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:2.25pt;padding-right:2.25pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">o</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">o</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:33.12pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">2</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;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:700;line-height:139%">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register an additional 15,000,000 common shares (the &#8220;Common Shares&#8221;) of BlackBerry Limited (the &#8220;Registrant&#8221;) issuable under the BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan (the &#8220;EIP&#8221;), as amended and restated effective June 25, 2024 to increase </font><font style="background-color:#ffffff;color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">the number of Common Shares issuable thereunder, to remove the fungible share ratio applicable to the granting of stock options and to make certain housekeeping amendments.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant&#8217;s prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 (i) File No. 333-257528, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;Commission&#8221;) on June 29, 2021, (ii) File No. 333-220153, filed with the Commission on August 24, 2017, (iii) File No. 333-206480, filed with the Commission on August 20, 2015, and (iv) File No. 333-192986, filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013, in each case, with respect to the EIP, are incorporated into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 by reference.</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:18pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">PART II</font></div><div style="margin-top:9pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:139%">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">&#160;</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:8.617%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:89.183%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 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Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2024&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Portions of the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A of the Registrant, furnished to the Commission on May 13, 2024, specifically incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2024&#59;</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on June 27, 2024&#59; </font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(e) &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed with the Commission on May 6, 2024&#59; and</font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">(f)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The description of the Common Shares, included in the registration statement on Form 40-F, filed with the Commission on September 9, 1998.</font></div><div style="height:33.12pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">3</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#8220;Exchange Act&#8221;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents. </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:6pt;text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&#160;Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</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:8.515%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.723%"></td><td 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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;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit&#160;No.</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:6pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">4.1</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000134100413001338/ex4_1.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Specimen Common Share certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-192986), filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">4.2</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000134100413001338/ex4_2.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Articles of Amalgamation of the Registrant  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-192986), filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">4.3</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000134100414000419/form6-k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Amended and Restated By-law No. A3 of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Document 1 in the Registrant&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K, furnished with the Commission on May 15, 2014)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">4.4</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000119312514236257/d741846d6k.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Amended and Restated By-law No. A4 of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Document 2 in the Registrant&#8217;s Report on Form 6-K, furnished with the Commission on June 13, 2014)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">4.4</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="a2013equityincentiveplan.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan, as amended</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">5.1</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="torysopinionreforms-8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Opinion of Torys LLP</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">23.1</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="torysopinionreforms-8.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of Torys LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">23.2</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="consentletter.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%;text-decoration:underline">Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">24</font></div></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="#i600188e9bf63439f8a3b7c5a83c2f686_1" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%;text-decoration:underline">Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:6.35pt;padding-right:6.35pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">107</font></div></td><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:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="padding-left:0.37pt"><font style="color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline"><a href="bbs-8filingfeetable.htm" style="-sec-extract:exhibit;color:#0000ff;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">Filing Fee Table</a></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr></table></div><div style="height:33.12pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div style="-sec-extract:summary;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">4</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><div id="i600188e9bf63439f8a3b7c5a83c2f686_4"></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;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:700;line-height:145%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Ramon, California, United States on July 24, 2024.</font></div><div style="padding-left:263pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:44.070%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:10.172%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:2.345%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:85.083%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr style="height:13pt"><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="9" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">BLACKBERRY LIMITED</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; Steve Rai</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:1.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Steve Rai</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt;text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font></div><div style="text-align:center;text-indent:25pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John J. Giamatteo and Steve Rai, and each one of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of BlackBerry Limited (and any additional registration statement related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments including post-effective amendments thereto)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="height:33.12pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><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%">5</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been approved</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 24, 2024.</font></div><div style="text-indent:25pt"><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:35.890%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.915%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:56.895%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Signature</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:center;vertical-align:bottom"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Title</font></td></tr><tr style="height:12pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">&#47;s&#47; John J. Giamatteo</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">John J. Giamatteo</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:12.35pt;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Chief Executive Officer and Director</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:12.35pt;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">(principal executive officer)</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:10pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">&#47;s&#47; Steve Rai</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Steve Rai</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:12.35pt;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:12.35pt;text-indent:-12pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)</font></div></td></tr><tr style="height:10pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;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;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">&#47;s&#47; Richard Lynch</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Richard Lynch</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Chairman</font></td></tr><tr style="height:10pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">&#47;s&#47; Philip Brace</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Philip Brace</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Director</font></td></tr><tr style="height:10pt"><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1pt solid #000000;padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">&#47;s&#47; 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Wayne Wouters</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt;padding-right:0.35pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">Wayne Wouters</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:8pt;font-weight:400;line-height:139%">Director</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:6pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:33.12pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><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%">6</font></div><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:63.36pt;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:700;line-height:145%">AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-indent:36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative of BlackBerry Limited and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of it by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on July 24, 2024.</font></div><div><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:48.821%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.907%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:5.942%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:31.920%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:3.910%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="9" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:145%">BLACKBERRY CORPORATION</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;padding-left:0.35pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:145%">(Authorized U.S. Representative)</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td></tr><tr style="height:13pt"><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"></td><td colspan="6" 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:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">By&#58;</font></td><td colspan="6" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 1.37pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#47;s&#47; 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Document
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2024
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLACKBERRY LIMITED
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Ontario
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
2200 University Avenue East
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
N2K 0A7
(519) 888-7465
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
BlackBerry Corporation
5030 Riverside Drive
Building 2, Suite 200
Irving, Texas 75039
(877) 255-2377
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
G. Scott Lesmes, Esq.
Morrison & Foerster LLP
2000 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
(202) 887-1500
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company" and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer
x
Accelerated filer
o
Non-accelerated filer
o
Smaller reporting company
o
Emerging growth company
o
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
o
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is being filed to register an additional 15,000,000 common shares (the "Common Shares") of BlackBerry Limited (the "Registrant") issuable under the BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan (the "EIP"), as amended and restated effective June 25, 2024 to increase
the number of Common Shares issuable thereunder, to remove the fungible share ratio applicable to the granting of stock options and to make certain housekeeping amendments.
Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, the contents of the Registrant's prior Registration Statements on Form S-8 (i) File No. 333-257528, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on June 29, 2021, (ii) File No. 333-220153, filed with the Commission on August 24, 2017, (iii) File No. 333-206480, filed with the Commission on August 20, 2015, and (iv) File No. 333-192986, filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013, in each case, with respect to the EIP, are incorporated into this Registration Statement on Form S-8 by reference.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.
Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, or excerpts thereof as indicated, filed by the Registrant with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)    Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2024;
(b)    Portions of the Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A of the Registrant, furnished to the Commission on May 13, 2024, specifically incorporated by reference in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of the Registrant for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 4, 2024;
(d)    Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of the Registrant for the quarterly period ended May 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on June 27, 2024;
(e)     Current Report on Form 8-K of the Registrant filed with the Commission on May 6, 2024; and
(f)    The description of the Common Shares, included in the registration statement on Form 40-F, filed with the Commission on September 9, 1998.
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All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities offered hereby then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and shall be deemed to be a part hereof from the date of the filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 8.
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Exhibit
4.1
Specimen Common Share certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-192986), filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013)
4.2
Articles of Amalgamation of the Registrant  (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-192986), filed with the Commission on December 20, 2013)
4.3
Amended and Restated By-law No. A3 of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Document 1 in the Registrant's Report on Form 6-K, furnished with the Commission on May 15, 2014)
4.4
Amended and Restated By-law No. A4 of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Document 2 in the Registrant's Report on Form 6-K, furnished with the Commission on June 13, 2014)
4.4
BlackBerry Limited Equity Incentive Plan, as amended
5.1
Opinion of Torys LLP
23.1
Consent of Torys LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24
Power of Attorney (included on the signature page of this Registration Statement)
107
Filing Fee Table
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Ramon, California, United States on July 24, 2024.
BLACKBERRY LIMITED
By
/s/ Steve Rai
Steve Rai
Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints John J. Giamatteo and Steve Rai, and each one of them, as his true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 of BlackBerry Limited (and any additional registration statement related thereto permitted by Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (and all further amendments including post-effective amendments thereto)), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents or any of them, or his or their substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been approved
by the following persons in the capacities indicated on July 24, 2024.
Signature
Title
/s/ John J. Giamatteo
John J. Giamatteo
Chief Executive Officer and Director
(principal executive officer)
/s/ Steve Rai
Steve Rai
Chief Financial Officer
(principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)
/s/ Richard Lynch
Richard Lynch
Chairman
/s/ Philip Brace
Philip Brace
Director
/s/ Michael Daniels
Michael Daniels
Director
/s/ Lisa Disbrow
Lisa Disbrow
Director
/s/ Lori O'Neill
Lori O'Neill
Director
/s/ Wayne Wouters
Wayne Wouters
Director
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AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the undersigned certifies that it is the duly authorized United States representative of BlackBerry Limited and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on behalf of it by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada on July 24, 2024.
BLACKBERRY CORPORATION
(Authorized U.S. Representative)
By:
/s/ Steve Rai
Name:
Steve Rai
Title:
President
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