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

~~August 23~~September 25, 2025

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

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:


Title of each class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Shares	BB	New York Stock Exchange
Common Shares	BB	Toronto 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).

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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.

Item 52.02 Results ~~Departure~~ of ~~Directors~~Operations orand ~~Certain~~Financial ~~Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.~~Condition

On ~~August 23~~September 25, 2025, ~~the~~BlackBerry ~~board~~Limited ~~of directors~~ (~~the~~ “~~Board~~BlackBerry”) ofissued ~~BlackBerry~~a ~~Limited~~press (release announcing its financial results for the ~~“Company”)~~quarter ~~appointed~~ended ~~Barry~~August ~~Mainz~~31, as2025. aA ~~member~~copy of the ~~Board~~press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Form 8-K.

~~Mr.~~The ~~Mainz~~information ~~will~~contained ~~receive~~in this Form 8-K, including the ~~same~~exhibits, ~~compensation~~shall not be deemed “filed” for ~~his~~purposes ~~service~~of ~~and~~Section 18 of the ~~same~~Securities ~~indemnification~~Exchange asAct of 1934 (the ~~Company’s~~“Exchange ~~other~~Act”), ~~non-employee~~or ~~directors. Aside~~incorporated ~~from~~by ~~such~~reference ~~compensation,~~in ~~there~~any isfiling nounder ~~arrangement~~the orSecurities ~~understanding~~Act ~~between~~of ~~Mr.~~1933 ~~Mainz~~or ~~and~~the ~~any~~Exchange ~~other~~Act, ~~person~~except ~~pursuant~~as toshall ~~which~~be ~~Mr.~~expressly ~~Mainz~~set ~~was~~forth ~~appointed~~by asspecific reference in such a ~~director.~~ filing

~~The~~Item ~~Board determined that Mr~~9. ~~Mainz is independent and meets the applicable director independence standards of the New York Stock Exchange and the Toronto Stock Exchange~~01. ~~There~~ ~~are~~Financial noStatements ~~related party transactions between Mr. Mainz~~ and ~~the Company that would be reportable under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K and Mr. Mainz does not have any familiar relationship with any director or executive officer of BlackBerry.~~Exhibits

~~Item~~(d) ~~7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.~~Exhibits

On August 27, 2025, the Company issued a press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Mainz to the Board. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


Exhibit No.						Description
99.1						Press release, dated September 25 , 2025, issued by BlackBerry Limited

104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

The information furnished herewith pursuant to Item 7.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing made by the Company under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit						Description
99.1						Press release issued by BlackBerry Limited dated August 27, 2025
104						Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL).

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, ~~hereunto~~thereunto duly authorized.

BlackBerry Limited

Date:

~~August~~September 2725, 2025

By:

/s/ ~~Phil~~Tim ~~Kurtz~~Foote

Name:

~~Phil~~Tim ~~Kurtz~~Foote

Title:

Chief ~~Legal~~Financial Officer ~~and Corporate Secretary~~

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