---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001070235-25-000036"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BB"
cik: "0001070235"
company_name: "BLACKBERRY Ltd"
filed_at: "2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-27T22:55:59.001299+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# BlackBerry CAO Jay Chai resigns effective Jan 31, 2025; no replacement named

## Summary
- Jay Chai resigns as SVP and Chief Accounting Officer effective January 31, 2025.
- Resignation is voluntary and not the result of any disagreement with the company.
- No successor has been announced; CFO Tim Foote signed the filing.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001070235-25-000036
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BB
- cik: 0001070235
- company_name: BLACKBERRY Ltd
- filed_at: 2025-01-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023525000036/0001070235-25-000036-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023525000036/bbry-20250115.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-25-000036
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-25-000036.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-25-000036.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jay Chai resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at BLACKBERRY Ltd.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer
  source text: On January 15, 2025, Jay Chai resigned as Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer of BlackBerry Limited (the “Company”), with effect as of January 31, 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023525000036/0001070235-25-000036-index.htm

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