---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001070235-24-000063"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BB"
cik: "0001070235"
company_name: "BLACKBERRY Ltd"
filed_at: "2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-02T21:40:26.743305+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.2
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackBerry director Laurie Smaldone Alsup not standing for re-election; Lori O'Neill nominated

## Summary
- Laurie Smaldone Alsup will not stand for re-election at the June 25, 2024 annual meeting; term ends at that meeting.
- No disagreement with company operations, policies, or practices behind departure.
- BlackBerry to nominate Lori O'Neill, a FCPA/FCA with 24+ years at Deloitte and director of Constellation Software and Calian Group.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001070235-24-000063
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BB
- cik: 0001070235
- company_name: BLACKBERRY Ltd
- filed_at: 2024-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.2
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.2
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023524000063/0001070235-24-000063-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023524000063/bbry-20240501.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-24-000063
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-24-000063.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-24-000063.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Laurie Smaldone Alsup departed as Director at BLACKBERRY Ltd.
  - Action: will not stand for re-election
  - Role: Director
  source text: On May 1, 2024, Laurie Smaldone Alsup notified BlackBerry Limited (the “Company”) that she will not stand for re-election as a director at the Company’s annual and special meeting of shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”), to be held on June 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023524000063/0001070235-24-000063-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.