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Issuer:     BLACKBERRY Ltd (BB)
CIK:        0001070235
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-11-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001070235-25-000178
Event type: leadership
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.50
Item codes: 5.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

BlackBerry appoints John Wall as QNX President after Mattias Eriksson departs
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- Mattias Eriksson stepped down as President of QNX effective November 18, 2025 to pursue other opportunities.
- John Wall appointed President of QNX effective immediately, reporting to CEO John J. Giamatteo.
- Wall has been with QNX since 1993, most recently as COO, and will lead QNX's growth in automotive and embedded systems.
- Eriksson will remain as an advisor to BlackBerry until December 31, 2025 to ensure a smooth transition.
- Separation pay and benefits for Eriksson are as described in BlackBerry's May 2025 proxy statement.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023525000178/0001070235-25-000178-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1070235/000107023525000178/bbry-20251117.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001070235-25-000178

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