WATERLOO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/28/17 --
-- Software and services revenue increased 26 percent year over year (non-
GAAP) and 34 percent year over year (GAAP)
-- Net income of $26 million (non-GAAP) and $19 million (GAAP)
BlackBerry Limited (NASDAQ: BBRY)(TSX: BB), a global software leader in securing, connecting and mobilizing enterprises, today reported financial results for the three months ended August 31, 2017 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
Q2 Highlights
-- Total revenue of $249 million (non-GAAP) and $238 million (GAAP)
-- Record software and services revenue of $196 million (non-GAAP) and $185
million (GAAP)
-- Record gross margin of 76% (non-GAAP) and 74% (GAAP)
-- Operating margin of 12% (non-GAAP) and 9% (GAAP)
-- Operating income of $29 million (non-GAAP) and $22 million (GAAP)
-- EPS of $0.05 (non-GAAP) and fully diluted loss of ($0.07) (GAAP)
-- Adjusted EBITDA of $50 million; positive for fourteenth consecutive
quarter
-- Adjusted EBITDA margin of 20%
-- Total cash balance of $2.5 billion at the end of the fiscal second
quarter
-- Achieved NIAP certification for SecuSUITE for Government, which brings
an end-to-end solution for encrypted voice calls and text messages to
the U.S. and Canadian governments; SecuSUITE is the only NIAP-certified
voice solution supporting iOS, Android and BlackBerry 10 smartphones and
tablets
-- Achieved the highest scores in all six use cases of Gartner's Critical
Capabilities for High-Security Mobility Management Report for the second
consecutive year
-- After the quarter, BlackBerry Workspaces received the highest scores in
two use cases-Workforce Productivity and Centralized Content Protection-
of Gartner's Critical Capabilities for Content Collaborations Platform
Report
-- After the quarter, announced that Delphi chose BlackBerry QNX to provide
the operating system and software infrastructure for Delphi's fully
integrated CSLP autonomous driving solution
Q2 Results
Non-GAAP revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2018 was $249 million with GAAP revenue of $238 million. Approximately 79% of second quarter software and services revenue (excluding IP licensing and professional services) was recurring. BlackBerry had approximately 3,300 enterprise customer orders in the quarter.
Non-GAAP operating income was $29 million, and non-GAAP earnings per share was $0.05. GAAP operating income was $22 million. GAAP net income for the quarter was $19 million, or $0.04 per basic share. Fully diluted GAAP EPS was a loss of ($0.07), which assumes conversion of the convertible debentures based on the "if-converted" method. GAAP net income includes $24 million in amortization of acquired intangibles, $29 million in restructuring charges, a benefit of $70 million of fair value adjustment related to the debentures, and other amounts as summarized in a table below.
Total cash, cash equivalents, short-term and long-term investments were approximately $2.5 billion as of August 31, 2017. This reflects breakeven free cash flow, which includes cash flow from operations of $3 million, net of capital expenditures of $3 million. The Company also used $17 million to repurchase 1.9 million shares of common stock. Excluding $605 million in the face value of the Company's debt, the net cash balance at the end of the quarter was approximately $1.9 billion. There were no purchase orders with contract manufacturers at the end of the second quarter, or at the end of the first quarter of fiscal 2018, down from $71 million a year ago.
"I am pleased with our strong execution in Q2. We achieved historical highs in total software and services revenue and gross margin, as well as the highest non-GAAP operating margin in over five years, reflecting our complete transformation to a software company," said John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO, BlackBerry. "More importantly, we made significant progress on our key growth initiatives. Our enterprise billings grew 19 percent year over year driven by our Unified Endpoint Management platform. We secured important design wins in our automotive business, and we expanded our sales channels for our Radar IOT solution. In our licensing businesses, we have a growing pipeline of opportunities with our BlackBerry Secure software and our IP portfolio."
"Our position as a market leader in security continues to strengthen," continued Chen. "For the second consecutive year, BlackBerry achieved the highest scores in all six use cases in the Gartner Critical Capabilities for High-Security Mobility Management report. We added four new FedRAMP customers and now have over 300,000 licensed users on our FedRAMP authorized cloud service as of the end of Q2, an increase of 162 percent over Q1."
"Based on our progress thus far in FY18, we are on track to achieve software and services revenue growth in the range of 10 percent to 15 percent and profitability for the full year."
Outlook
The Company is providing the following updated outlook for fiscal 2018:
-- Total non-GAAP revenue in the range of $920 million to $950 million
-- Total non-GAAP software and services revenue growth in the range of 10
percent to 15 percent
-- Positive non-GAAP EPS for the full year
-- Positive free cash flow for the full year, before taking into account
the net impact of the benefit of the Qualcomm arbitration award and
costs related to restructuring and transition from the hardware
business.
Reconciliation of GAAP revenue, gross margin, gross margin percentage, income before income taxes, net income and basic earnings per share to Non-GAAP revenue, gross margin, gross margin percentage, income before income taxes, net income and basic earnings per share:
(United States dollars, in millions except per share data)
Q2 Fiscal 2018 Non-GAAP For the Three Months Ended August 31, 2017
Adjustments (in millions, except for per share amounts)
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Gross Income Basic
Gross margin (loss) earnings
Income margin % before Net (loss)
statement (before (before income income per
location Revenue taxes) taxes) taxes (loss) share
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As reported $ 238 $ 175 73.5% $ 23 $ 19 $ 0.04
Debentures
fair value Debentures
adjustment fair value
(2) adjustment - - -% (70) (70)
LLA Impairment
impairment of long-
charge (3) lived
assets - - -% 11 11
Patent Loss on
abandonment sale,
(4) disposal
and
abandonment
of long-
lived
assets - - -% 2 2
RAP charges Cost of
(5) sales - 3 1.3% 3 3
RAP charges Research and
(5) development - - -% 1 1
RAP charges Selling,
(5) marketing
and
administrat
ion - - -% 12 12
Software
deferred
revenue
acquired (6) Revenue 11 11 1.1% 11 11
Stock
compensation Cost of
expense (7) sales - 1 0.4% 1 1
Stock
compensation Research and
expense (7) development - - -% 3 3
Stock Selling,
compensation marketing
expense (7) and
administrat
ion - - -% 8 8
Acquired
intangibles
amortization
(8) Amortization - - -% 24 24
Business Selling,
acquisition marketing
and and
integration administrat
costs (9) ion - - -% 1 1
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Adjusted $ 249 $ 190 76.3% $ 30 $ 26 $ 0.05
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Note: Non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP gross margin percentage, non-GAAP income before income taxes, non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP income per share do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by GAAP and thus are not comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other issuers. The Company believes that the presentation of these non-GAAP measures enables the Company and its shareholders to better assess the Company's operating results relative to its operating results in prior periods and improves the comparability of the information presented. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in the context of the Company's GAAP results.
(1) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company reported GAAP
gross margin of $175 million or 73.5% of revenue. Excluding the impact
of the resource alignment program ("RAP") charges and stock compensation
expense included in cost of sales and software deferred revenue acquired
included in revenue, the non-GAAP gross margin was $190 million, or
76.3% of revenue.
(2) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded the Q2
Fiscal 2018 Debentures Fair Value Adjustment of $(70) million. This
adjustment was presented on a separate line in the Consolidated
Statements of Operations.
(3) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded a long-
lived asset ("LLA") impairment charge of $11 million, which was
presented on a separate line in the Consolidated Statements of
Operations.
(4) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company incurred charges
related to selective patent abandonments of $2 million, which was
included in loss on sale, disposal and abandonment of long-lived assets.
(5) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company incurred charges
related to the RAP of approximately $16 million, of which $3 million was
included in cost of sales, $1 million was included in research and
development expense and $12 million was included in selling, marketing
and administration expense.
(6) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded software
deferred revenue acquired but not recognized due to business combination
accounting rules of $11 million, which was included in enterprise
software and services revenue.
(7) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded stock
compensation expense of $12 million, of which $1 million was included in
cost of sales, $3 million was included in research and development, and
$8 million was included in selling, marketing and administration
expenses.
(8) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded
amortization of intangible assets acquired through business combinations
of $24 million, which was included in amortization expense.
(9) During the second quarter of fiscal 2018, the Company recorded business
acquisition and integration costs incurred through business combinations
of $1 million, which was included in selling, marketing and
administration expenses.
Supplementary Geographic Revenue Breakdown
BlackBerry Limited
(United States dollars, in millions)
Revenue by Region
For the quarters ended
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August 31, May 31, February November August 31,
2017 2017 28, 2017 30, 2016 2016
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North America $133 55.9% $127 54.0% $166 58.0% $167 57.8% $170 50.9%
Europe, Middle
East and Africa 76 31.9% 70 29.8% 83 29.0% 87 30.1% 111 33.2%
Latin America 4 1.7% 4 1.7% 5 1.8% 7 2.4% 13 3.9%
Asia Pacific 25 10.5% 34 14.5% 32 11.2% 28 9.7% 40 12.0%
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Total $238 100.0% $235 100.0% $286 100.0% $289 100.0% $334 100.0%
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Supplementary Revenue by Product and Service Type Breakdown
BlackBerry Limited
(United States dollars, in millions)
Revenue by Product and Service Type
US GAAP Adjustments Non-GAAP
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Three months Three months Three months
ended ended ended
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August August August August August August
31, 2017 31, 2016 31, 2017 31, 2016 31, 2017 31, 2016
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Enterprise software
and services $ 91 $ 84 $ 11 $ 18 $ 102 $ 102
BlackBerry Technology
Solutions 38 38 - - 38 38
Licensing, IP and
other 56 16 - - 56 16
Handheld devices 16 105 - - 16 105
SAF 37 91 - - 37 91
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Total $ 238 $ 334 $ 11 $ 18 $ 249 $ 352
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Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call and live webcast will be held beginning at 8 a.m. ET, which can be accessed by dialing 1-844-309-0607 or by logging on at http://ca.blackberry.com/company/investors/events.html. A replay of the conference call will also be available at approximately 11 a.m. ET by dialing 1-855-859-2056 or 1-404-537-3406 and entering Conference ID #73039525 or by clicking the link above.
About BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a mobile-native security software and services company dedicated to securing people, devices, processes and systems for today's enterprise. Based in Waterloo, Ontario, the Company was founded in 1984 and operates in North America, Europe, Asia, Middle East, Latin America and Africa. The Company trades under the ticker symbols "BB" on the Toronto Stock Exchange and "BBRY" on the NASDAQ. For more information, visit www.BlackBerry.com.
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This news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of certain securities laws, including under the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and applicable Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding: BlackBerry's plans, strategies and objectives, including BlackBerry's expectations regarding anticipated demand for, and the timing of, product and service offerings, including the BlackBerry Secure platform for the Enterprise of Things and BlackBerry Radar; BlackBerry's expectations with respect to the strength of its financial resources; BlackBerry's expectations regarding the generation of software and services revenue growth; and BlackBerry's expectations regarding its non-GAAP earnings per share and free cash flow.
The words "expect", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "should", "could", "intend", "believe", "target", "plan" and similar expressions are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by BlackBerry in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future developments, as well as other factors that BlackBerry believes are appropriate in the circumstances. Many factors could cause BlackBerry's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including the following risks: BlackBerry's ability to enhance, develop, introduce or monetize products and services for the enterprise market in a timely manner with competitive pricing, features and performance; BlackBerry's ability to maintain or expand its customer base for its software and services offerings to grow revenue, achieve sustained profitability or offset the decline in BlackBerry's service access fees; the intense competition faced by BlackBerry; risks related to BlackBerry's ability to attract new personnel, retain existing key personnel and manage its staffing effectively; BlackBerry's dependence on its relationships with resellers and distributors; the occurrence or perception of a breach of BlackBerry's security measures, or an inappropriate disclosure of confidential or personal information; the risk that sales to large enterprise customers and to customers in highly regulated industries and governmental entities can be highly competitive and require compliance with stringent regulation; risks related to BlackBerry's products and services being dependent upon the interoperability with rapidly changing systems provided by third parties; BlackBerry's ability to successfully generate revenue and profitability through the licensing of security software and services or the BlackBerry brand to device manufacturers; the risk that network disruptions or other business interruptions could have a material adverse effect on BlackBerry's business and harm its reputation; risks related to acquisitions, divestitures, investments and other business initiatives; the risk of litigation against the Company resulting in adverse outcomes; the risk that failure to protect BlackBerry's intellectual property could harm its ability to compete effectively and BlackBerry may not earn the revenues it expects from intellectual property rights; BlackBerry's reliance on third parties to manufacture and repair its hardware products; BlackBerry's ability to obtain rights to use software or components supplied by third parties; the substantial asset risk faced by BlackBerry, including the potential for additional charges related to its long-lived assets and goodwill; the risk that BlackBerry's ability to maintain or increase its liquidity;
risks related to BlackBerry's indebtedness; the risk that BlackBerry could be found to have infringed on the intellectual property rights of others; risks related to government regulations applicable to BlackBerry's products and services, including products containing encryption capabilities; risks related to the use and management of user data and personal information; risks related to foreign operations, including fluctuations in foreign currencies; risks associated with any errors in BlackBerry's products and services; the risk of a negative impact on BlackBerry's business as a result of actions of activist shareholders; risks related to fostering an ecosystem of third-party application developers; risks related to the failure of BlackBerry's suppliers, subcontractors, third-party distributors and representatives to use acceptable ethical business practices or comply with applicable laws; risks related to health and safety and hazardous materials usage regulations, and product certification risks; costs and other burdens associated with regulations regarding conflict minerals; risks related to BlackBerry possibly losing its foreign private issuer status under U.S. federal securities laws; the potential impact of copyright levies in numerous countries; risks related to tax provision changes, the adoption of new tax legislation, or exposure to additional tax liabilities; risks related to the fluctuation of BlackBerry's quarterly revenue and operating results; the volatility of the market price of BlackBerry's common shares; risks related to adverse economic and geopolitical conditions; market and credit risk associated with BlackBerry's cash, cash equivalents and short-term or long-term investments; the risk that future issuances of common shares by BlackBerry will be dilutive to existing shareholders; and the potential consequences for BlackBerry's shareholders in the United States if BlackBerry is or was a passive foreign investment company. These risk factors and others relating to BlackBerry are discussed in greater detail in BlackBerry's Annual Information Form, which is included in its Annual Report on Form 40-F and the "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" section of BlackBerry's MD&A (copies of which filings may be obtained at www.sedar.com or www.sec.gov). All of these factors should be considered carefully, and readers should not place undue reliance on BlackBerry's forward-looking statements. BlackBerry has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.
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BlackBerry Limited
Incorporated under the Laws of Ontario
(United States dollars, in millions except share and per share amounts) (unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Operations
For the three months ended
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August 31, 2017 May 31, 2017 August 31, 2016
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Revenue $ 238 $ 235 $ 334
Cost of sales 63 85 236
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Gross margin 175 150 98
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Gross margin % 73.5% 63.8% 29.3%
Operating expenses
Research and
development 60 61 85
Selling, marketing and
administration 110 109 138
Amortization 39 40 44
Impairment of long-
lived assets 11 - -
Loss on sale, disposal
and abandonment of
long-lived assets 3 1 124
Debentures fair value
adjustment (70) 218 62
Qualcomm arbitration
award - (815) -
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153 (386) 453
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Operating income (loss) 22 536 (355)
Investment income
(loss), net 1 136 (16)
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Income (loss) before
income taxes 23 672 (371)
Provision for income
taxes 4 1 1
Net income (loss) $ 19 $ 671 $ (372)
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Earnings (loss) per share
Basic $ 0.04 $ 1.26 $ (0.71)
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Diluted $ (0.07) $ 1.23 $ (0.71)
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Weighted-average number
of common shares
outstanding (000's)
Basic 531,381 531,096 522,826
Diluted 606,645 544,077 522,826
Total common shares
outstanding (000's) 530,411 531,476 523,488
BlackBerry Limited
Incorporated under the Laws of Ontario
(United States dollars, in millions except per share data) (unaudited)
Consolidated Balance Sheets
As at
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February 28,
August 31, 2017 2017
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Assets
Current
Cash and cash equivalents $ 586 $ 734
Short-term investments 1,766 644
Accounts receivable, net 155 200
Other receivables 38 27
Inventories 8 26
Income taxes receivable 27 31
Other current assets 44 55
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2,624 1,717
Long-term receivables 37 7
Long-term investments 129 269
Restricted cash and cash equivalents 53 51
Property, plant and equipment, net 71 91
Goodwill 567 559
Intangible assets, net 531 602
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$ 4,012 $ 3,296
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Liabilities
Current
Accounts payable $ 85 $ 128
Accrued liabilities 206 258
Income taxes payable 18 14
Deferred revenue 197 239
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506 639
Long-term debt 739 591
Deferred income tax liability 8 9
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1,253 1,239
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Shareholders' equity
Capital stock and additional paid-in
capital 2,530 2,512
Retained earnings (deficit) 238 (438)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss (9) (17)
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2,759 2,057
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$ 4,012 $ 3,296
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BlackBerry Limited
Incorporated under the Laws of Ontario
(United States dollars, in millions except per share data) (unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the six months ended
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August 31, 2017 August 31, 2016
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Cash flows from operating activities
Net income (loss) $ 690 $ (1,042)
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss)
to net cash provided by operating
activities:
Amortization 96 129
Deferred income taxes (2) 32
Stock-based compensation 24 30
Impairment of goodwill - 57
Impairment of long-lived assets 11 501
Loss on sale, disposal and abandonment
of long-lived assets 4 127
Other-than-temporary impairment on cost-
based investments - 7
Debentures fair value adjustment 148 38
Long-term receivables (30) -
Other (3) 1
Net changes in working capital items:
Accounts receivable, net 45 116
Other receivables (11) 4
Inventories 18 102
Income taxes receivable (2) (27)
Other current assets 13 28
Accounts payable (43) (42)
Income taxes payable 4 (9)
Accrued liabilities (53) (63)
Deferred revenue (42) (82)
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities 867 (93)
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Cash flows from investing activities
Acquisition of long-term investments (25) (328)
Proceeds on sale or maturity of long-term
investments 1 112
Acquisition of property, plant and
equipment (6) (7)
Proceeds on sale of property, plant and
equipment 3 -
Acquisition of intangible assets (14) (19)
Business acquisitions, net of cash
acquired - (5)
Acquisition of short-term investments (1,693) (665)
Proceeds on sale or maturity of short-term
investments 732 1,745
Conversion of cost-based investment to
equity securities - 10
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Net cash provided by (used in) investing
activities (1,002) 843
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Cash flows from financing activities
Issuance of common shares 3 2
Payment of contingent consideration from
business acquisitions - (15)
Common shares repurchased (17) -
Effect of foreign exchange loss on
restricted cash and cash equivalents - (3)
Transfer to restricted cash and cash
equivalents (2) -
Repurchase of 6% Debentures - (5)
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Net cash used in financing activities (16) (21)
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Effect of foreign exchange gain on cash
and cash equivalents 3 1
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash
equivalents during the period (148) 730
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of
period 734 957
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period $ 586 $ 1,687
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August 31, February 28,
As at 2017 2017
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Cash and cash equivalents $ 586 $ 734
Short-term investments 1,766 644
Long-term investments 129 269
Restricted cash 53 51
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$ 2,534 $ 1,698
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Contacts:
Investor Contact:
BlackBerry Investor Relations
+1-519-888-7465
investor_relations@blackberry.com
Media Contact:
BlackBerry Media Relations
(519) 597-7273
mediarelations@blackberry.com
