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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 OR 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

June 23, 2021
Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

BlackBerry Limited
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Canada
001-38232
98-0164408
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
2200 University Ave East
Waterloo
Ontario
Canada
N2K 0A7
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(519) 888-7465
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each classTrading Symbol(s)Name of each exchange on which registered
Common SharesBBNew York Stock Exchange
Common SharesBBToronto Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company

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 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
On June 23, 2021 the Company held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Meeting”). There were 313,686,394 shares of common stock represented at the Meeting. At the Meeting, the Company’s shareholders voted as follows on the matters set forth below:

1.Election of Directors. All nine of the directors named in the proxy statement were elected to serve as directors of the Company, to hold office until the next annual meeting of shareholders or until his or her successor is duly elected or appointed, based upon the following votes:
DirectorForWithheldBroker Non-Votes
John Chen213,608,53116,423,07583,651,869 
Michael A. Daniels220,096,8079,933,79983,652,869 
Timothy Dattels226,946,2463,084,35983,652,870 
Lisa Disbrow227,928,5522,102,05383,652,870 
Richard Lynch220,704,6659,325,94183,652,869 
Laurie Smaldone Alsup227,081,8302,948,77583,652,870 
Barbara Stymiest188,762,97541,267,63083,652,870 
V. Prem Watsa189,916,43840,115,16783,651,870 
Wayne Wouters226,941,5503,089,05683,652,869 
2.Re-appointment of Independent Auditors. The re-appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent auditors of the Company as described in the management proxy circular was approved, based upon the following votes:
ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
309,959,63903,720,8343,002
3.Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation. The advisory vote on executive compensation as described in the management proxy circular was approved, based on the following votes:
ForAgainstAbstainBroker Non-Votes
135,194,86694,835,737083,652,872



SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
BlackBerry Limited
 
 
Date:
 June 23, 2021 
 
By: 
/s/ Randall Cook
 Name: Randall Cook
Title:Chief Legal Officer