2. OneSource Company Summary Report for Research In Motion Limited
Research In Motion Limited
295 Phillip Street Employees: 17,500 Financials in: EUR (mil)
Waterloo, ON N2L 3W8 Company Type: Public Parent
Canada Corporate Family: 20 Companies Fiscal Year End: 26-Feb-2011
Traded: Toronto Stock RIM Reporting Currency: US Dollar
Tel: 519-888-7465 Exchange:
Fax: 519-888-7884 Annual Sales: 15,089.5 1
NASDAQ: RIMM Net Income: 2,585.5
www.rim.com Incorporation
Date:
07-Mar-1984 Total Assets: 9,365.3 2
Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP Market Value: 7,827.6
(28-Oct-2011)
Business Description
Research In Motion Limited (RIM) is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile
communications market. RIM provides platforms and solutions for access to information, including e-mail, voice, instant
messaging, short message service (SMS), Internet and intranet-based applications and browsing. RIM’s portfolio includes the
BlackBerry wireless solution, the RIM Wireless Handheld product line, software development tools and other software and
hardware. On June 2, 2010, Harman International sold its software operating systems unit, QNX Software Systems, to the
Company. On March 25, 2011, RIM purchased 100% of the shares of a company whose technology is being incorporated into the
Company’s developer tools. On April 26, 2011, the Company purchased certain assets of a company whose acquired
technologies will be incorporated into the Company’s products. In June 2011, the Company acquired Scoreloop. For the fiscal
year ended 26 February 2011, Research In Motion Limited's revenues increased 33% to $19.91B. Net income increased 39% to
$3.4B. Revenue reflects an increase in income due to increase in sales of the company. Net income also reflects an increase in
gross profit margin, an absence of litigation expenses and a decrease in foreign exchange loss. The Company is a world leader in
the mobile communication market.
Source: Reuters
Industry
Industry Communications Equipment
ANZSIC 2006: 2422 - Communication Equipment Manufacturing
NACE 2002: 3220 - Manufacture of television and radio transmitters and apparatus for line telephony and line telegraphy
UK SIC 2003: 32201 - Manufacture of telegraph and telephone apparatus and equipment
US SIC 1987: 3661 - Telephone and Telegraph Apparatus
Key Executives
Name Title Source
James L. Balsillie Non-Independent Co-Chairman of the Board, Co-Chief Executive Officer Reuters
Brian Bidulka Chief Financial Officer Reuters
Thorsten Heins Chief Operating Officer - Product Engineering, Product and Sales Reuters
Robin Bienfait Chief Information Officer Reuters
Chief Operating Officer - Manufacturing, Global Supply Chain &
James Rowan Reuters
Operations
Significant Developments
Topic #* Most Recent Headline Date
Class Action Consumer Law Group Inc. Announces Filing Of A National Class Action Against Research
1 26-Oct-2011
Lawsuit In Motion Limited For BlackBerry Outage Demanding Refund Of Data Fees
Research In Motion Limited Signs License Agreement Covering Dolby Audio
Corporate
16 Technologies; Dolby Laboratories Inc. Agrees to Withdraw Patent Infringement Actions 12-Sep-2011
Litigation
Against Research In Motion Limited
ITC Extends Probe In Eastman Kodak Company Patent Complaint Against Apple Inc. And
Regulatory 4 23-Jun-2011
Research In Motion Limited-DJ
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Mergers & Research In Motion Limited And Others Likely To Be Interested In Hewlett-Packard
9 8-Nov-2011
Acquisitions Company's webOS Unit-Reuters
Divestitures / Apple Inc. May Eye Nokia Oyj, InterDigital, Inc. And Research In Motion Limited's
1 16-Aug-2011
Spin-offs Patents-Reuters
* number of significant developments within the last 12 months
News
Title Date
Microsoft takes on Google, Apple smartphones with Mango OS ; Microsoft hopes its latest mobile operating system
Mango would keep the company from... 13-Nov-2011
Business Today (India) (468 Words)
CIGI Names C. Scott Clark to its Operating Board of Directors
12-Nov-2011
PR Web (435 Words)
Most actively traded companies on the TSX, TSX Venture Exchange markets
11-Nov-2011
Associated Press (394 Words)
Most active Nasdaq-traded stocks
11-Nov-2011
Associated Press (173 Words)
BlackBerry losing its cool even among owners
11-Nov-2011
Los Angeles Times (CA) (1056 Words)
Financial Summary
As of 27-Aug-2011
Key Ratios Company Industry
Current Ratio
1.94 3.07
(MRQ)
Quick Ratio
1.57 2.60
(MRQ)
Debt to Equity
0.0000 0.27
(MRQ)
Sales 5 Year
57.32 14.13
Growth
Net Profit
Margin (TTM) 14.26 17.97
%
Return on
23.50 7.97
Assets (TTM) %
Return on
33.50 14.12
Equity (TTM) %
Source: Reuters
Stock Snapshot
Traded: Toronto Stock Exchange: RIM
As of 28-Oct-2011 Financials in: CAD
Recent Price 21.17 EPS 6.28
52 Week High 69.30 Price/Sales 0.56
52 Week Low 20.16 Price/Earnings 5.32
Avg. Volume (mil) 3.42 Price/Book 1.24
Market Value (mil) 11,096.46 Beta 1.78
Price % Change Rel S&P 500%
4 Week -0.89% -7.98%
13 Week -11.53% -8.52%
52 Week -63.09% -62.96%
Year to Date -63.54% -60.85%
Source: Reuters
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