RESEARCH IN MOTION REPORTS SECOND QUARTER FISCAL 2012 RESULTS

Waterloo, ON – Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (Nasdaq: RIMM; TSX: RIM), a world leader in the
mobile communications market, today reported second quarter results for the three months ended August
27, 2011 (all figures in U.S. dollars and U.S. GAAP, except where otherwise indicated).
Highlights:
 Revenue in the second quarter was $4.2 billion and service revenue surpassed $1 billion for the
first time
 GAAP net income of $329 million or $0.63 per fully diluted share; adjusted net income of $419
million or $0.80 per fully diluted share
 The BlackBerry subscriber base grew 40% year over year to surpass 70 million
 RIM’s largest roll-out of BlackBerry smartphones was initiated with 7 new smartphones
launched with over 90 carrier and distribution partners in 30 countries during the latter part of
Q2
 Approximately $780 million was invested as part of a consortium of companies that successfully
bid to acquire intellectual property assets from Nortel
 BlackBerry smartphone shipments in Q3 are estimated to grow between 27-37% over Q2
shipments
Q2 Results:
Revenue for the second quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.2 billion, down 15% from $4.9 billion in the
previous quarter and down 10% from $4.6 billion in the same quarter of last year. The revenue breakdown
for the quarter was approximately 73% for hardware, 24% for service, and 3% for software and other
revenue. During the quarter, RIM shipped approximately 10.6 million BlackBerry smartphones and
approximately 200,000 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets.
“We successfully launched a range of BlackBerry 7 smartphones around the world during the latter part of
the second quarter and we are seeing strong sell-through and customer interest for these new products.
Overall unit shipments in the quarter were slightly below our forecast due to lower than expected demand
for older models,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion. “We will continue to build on the
success of the BlackBerry 7 launch to drive the business as we focus our development efforts on
delivering the next generation, QNX-based mobile platform next year.”
The Company’s GAAP net income for the quarter was $329 million, or $0.63 per share diluted, compared
with GAAP net income of $695 million, or $1.33 per share diluted, in the prior quarter and net income of
$797 million, or $1.46 per share diluted, in the same quarter last year. Adjusted net income for the
second quarter was $419 million, or $0.80 per share diluted. Adjusted net income and adjusted diluted
earnings per share exclude the impact of a pre-tax one-time charge of $118 million for the Company’s cost
optimization program that was implemented in the second quarter of fiscal 2012. Details on the cost
optimization program are available in the Company’s press release dated July 25, 2011 as well as in
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the fiscal
period ended August 27, 2011, which will be filed shortly. This charge and its related impacts on net
income and diluted EPS are summarized in the table below.

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