blackberry-investor-day-financial-presentations
blackberry-investor-day-financial-presentations
blackberry-investor-day-financial-presentations
Tim Foote
Chief Financial Officer, BlackBerry
• High standards for external reporting • Clear capital allocation priorities with a
and financial control focus on growth engines
Improving Investors’ Ability to Understand and Appropriately Value the BlackBerry Franchise
Tim Foote
Chief Financial Officer, BlackBerry
• Profitable, stable business with solid long-term growth prospects • Strong IP portfolio and competitive
• Clear go-to-market synergies driven by focus on government customers market offerings (EDR & MDR)
• Cash generator for higher growth parts of business • Improving metrics in customer
retention and cost efficiency
Growing Our Profitable Secure Comms Franchise While Further Optimizing Endpoint Security
Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25 Q1 FY24 Q2 FY24 Q3 FY24 Q4 FY24 Q1 FY25 Q2 FY25
• Gross margin improving but still below target • Achieved ~$100 million in cost reductions in Cyber division
over last 4 quarters, achieved by:
• Results impacted by subscale Cylance business, higher-than-
industry adj. R&D (~29%), and hardware component of - Focusing product roadmap on core objectives
traditional Secusmart offering - Streamlining sales and management teams
- Reducing Cyber-dedicated facilities
$(51)M $52M
FY25 Forecast FY25 Forecast
Adj. EBITDA Adj. EBITDA
Taking immediate steps to streamline investment in Cylance and increase
capital allocation for growth in Secure Comms and IoT
In parallel, exploring options for Cylance business
Expected adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure; the Company does not provide a reconciliation of expected adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable expected GAAP measures because it is unable to predict with
reasonable certainty, among other things, restructuring charges and impairment charges and, accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have
a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period.
Vito Giallorenzo
Chief Financial Officer, IoT
A Decade-long Business Commitment, Combining Upfront Revenue and a Long Stream of Profits
2030+
28% 2025-27
33%
Asia-Pacific
27% Others
Americas 2028-30 31% Cockpit
50% 39% 29%
Transportation
82%
IVI &
EMEA Cluster
8% ADAS
23% 21%
Central Compute
11%
Geographic Diversification in Automotive, Leadership in Core Cockpit & ADAS with Growing Opportunity in Other
Domains, and Support from a Sizeable Backlog (~4x Revenue)
QNX Royalty Backlog is a key metric that does not have a standardized meaning and is unlikely to be
© 2024 BlackBerry. All Rights Reserved 14
comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. See form 10-K for definition.
Proven and Consistent IoT Revenue Growth
Delivering Strong Adj. EBITDA Expansion through Revenue and Margin Growth
Tim Foote
Chief Financial Officer, BlackBerry
Progress to Date
Separation Rationale
• Virtually autonomous IoT and Cybersecurity
• Reviewed lessons from prior strategic review in 2023 divisions now in place
• Assets were considered difficult to understand and value, • New leadership teams established with
with suboptimal financial profile increased delegated authority
• Process did not maximize shareholder value • ~$135M of run-rate cost reductions
Key Objectives of Program
Adjusted Operating Expense ($Mil)
• Increase focus on core markets via two virtually autonomous $117
divisions addressing target markets $115
$111
• Return to profitability & positive cashflow
• Increase strategic optionality to maximize shareholder value $100
-$40 -$35
FY25E FY26E FY27E -$48
IP Licensing Corporate Costs
• Solid, investment-light, cash-generating division • Unallocated central costs, including public company
• 3-year revenue tied to run-off of legacy deals; costs, legacy litigation, restructuring costs, and
potential upside as IP acquirer ramps up centralized finance costs (e.g., SOX)
monetization activity • Potential improvement driven by:
• Potential for further cash generation, including $30 - Ongoing cost rationalization programs
million of guaranteed cash receipts in May 2026 - Full-year impact of current year actions more fully
realized in FY26 and FY27
Expected adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure; the Company does not provide a reconciliation of expected adjusted EBITDA to the most directly comparable expected GAAP measures because it is unable to predict with
reasonable certainty, among other things, restructuring charges and impairment charges and, accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on various factors, and could have
a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period.
Revenue ($Mil) and Adj. Gross Margin (%) Adj. EBITDA ($Mil) and Adj. EBITDA Margin (%)
$100 20%
$900 $853 85%
~$80-95
$80
$800 ~$655 ~$50-65 14% 15%
$700 $656 $218¹ ~$591 ~$620
to $685 80% $60 $57 ²
to $616 to $650 10% 10%
$600 $40 7%
$635 75%
5%
$500 74% $20 2%
73% 0%
$400 71% $-
70% ~$0-$10 -5%
$300 $(20)
$(14)
66% -10%
$200 65% $(40) -11%
5% CAGR -15%
$100
62% $(60) $(71)
$- 60% $(80) -20%
FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E FY27E FY23 FY24 FY25E FY26E FY27E
Revenue IP Sale Proceeds Adj. Gross Margin Adj. EBITDA IP Sale Proceeds Adj. EBITDA Margin
$365
• Issued 5-year maturity, 3% convertible debt
• No additional debt maturities until 2029
• Remain net cash positive
$200 $200
• Expect to return to positive operating
cashflow in Q4 of current fiscal year
Medium-Term Priorities
Adj. G&A 26% 23% 300 bps improvement
• Opportunistic tuck-in M&A to accelerate QNX
growth and adjacent market expansion
Adj. Op Inc. -14% -3% 1,100 bps improvement
Adjusted cost of sales, adjusted research and development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expense and adjusted operating
© 2024 BlackBerry. All Rights Reserved 23
income are non-GAAP financial measures; see Appendix for reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures
Key Takeaways
Improving Fundamentals
John Giamatteo is BlackBerry’s Chief Executive Officer and President of its Cybersecurity division. He
John Giamatteo came to BlackBerry from McAfee where he was President and Chief Revenue Officer for over six
CEO, years. Prior to that John served as Chief Operating Officer at AVG Technologies, a leading provider of
BlackBerry
internet and mobile security. He also held leadership positions with Solera, RealNetworks and Nortel
and President,
Networks.
BlackBerry Cybersecurity
Tim Foote is BlackBerry’s Chief Financial Officer and is responsible for internal and external financial
reporting and compliance, financial strategy and management, investor relations and treasury.
Tim Foote
CFO, Tim joined the Company following BlackBerry’s acquisition of Good Technology in 2015 and brings
BlackBerry over two decades of experience across a number of senior finance leadership positions in both public
and private multinational companies.
Martha Gonder is BlackBerry’s Director of Investor Relations and is responsible for investor outreach strategy and
Martha Gonder leading the quarterly earnings process. Martha has been with BlackBerry for 17 years in various roles across
Investor Relations Director Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy.
© 2024©
BlackBerry. All Rights
2024 BlackBerry. All Reserved
Rights Reserved
Today’s Speakers - IoT
Mattias Eriksson is President and General Manager of BlackBerry’s IOT Business Unit. The business
Mattias Eriksson unit consists of BlackBerry Technology Solutions or BTS (BlackBerry® QNX®, BlackBerry Certicom®,
President, BlackBerry Radar® and BlackBerry Jarvis ) and BlackBerry IVY . Prior to joining BlackBerry, Mattias
BlackBerry IoT spent 10 years with HERE Technologies in various leadership roles, including SVP of the core location
data business group and SVP of product.
Vito Giallorenzo Vito Giallorenzo is the CFO of the BlackBerry IoT division. Since joining BlackBerry in 2017, Vito has
CFO, led several roles driving BlackBerry's business transformation. Vito joined BlackBerry after more than
BlackBerry IoT a decade as a technology investment banker in New York and London at Morgan Stanley and then at
Perella Weinberg Partners as a Managing Director. He has also worked at Naspers as Corporate
Development Principal and held several engineering roles at Cisco Systems earlier in his career.
Grant Courville
VP, Products and Strategy, As Vice President, Products and Strategy at BlackBerry, Grant Courville is responsible for BlackBerry
BlackBerry IoT QNX global product portfolio and strategy for the automotive and embedded markets. Grant's QNX
experience is complemented by prior senior leadership roles with Curtiss-Wright Controls and Tilcon
Software.
© 2024©
BlackBerry. All Rights
2024 BlackBerry. All Reserved
Rights Reserved
Today’s Speakers – Cybersecurity
Nathan Jenniges Nathan Jenniges is Senior Vice President & General Manager for the BlackBerry Products with
Senior Vice President & responsibility for product strategy, roadmaps, engineering, and development operations. Prior to
General Manager BlackBerry, Nathan spent 10 years at McAfee, most recently in the role of leading the Enterprise
Cybersecurity Products Endpoint, Threat Intelligence, and Security Operations Products.
Dr. Christoph Erdmann is the founder and managing director of Secusmart GmbH. Since 2014, he has
Dr. Christoph Erdmann also been Senior Vice President at BlackBerry and is responsible for the secure communication
Senior Vice President division within the parent company. From 2004 to 2007 he worked as a Technology Manager at Nokia.
SecuSUITE In 2007, he founded Secusmart GmbH, based in Dusseldorf, together with Dr. Hans-Christoph Quelle.
Under Dr. Erdmann’s leadership Secusmart grew to be a specialist in secure mobile communication,
whose products are used today by governments and companies all over the world.
© 2024©
BlackBerry. All Rights
2024 BlackBerry. All Reserved
Rights Reserved
Today’s Speakers - Cybersecurity
Shiladitya Sircar is the SVP, Product Engineering & Data Science at BlackBerry, where he leads Cyber
Security Platform R&D teams. In his role he is responsible for ML research and development for
Shil Sircar BlackBerry Cylance Threat Intelligence Cloud, ZTNA, NDR and XDR platforms. He holds many patents
Senior VP, Cylance
and publication in the fields of Machine learning, mobile messaging, cryptography, satellite imaging
Data Science &
and radar interferometry. Beyond his work at BlackBerry, Shiladitya serves as a Technology and AI
Product Engineering
Advisory Board member at Glilot Capital Partners, and early-stage venture capital firm.
Ismael Valenzuela Ismael Valenzuela is Vice President of Threat Research and Intelligence at BlackBerry, where he leads threat
VP, Cylance research, cyber threat intelligence, and defensive innovation. Prior to his current role, Ismael was responsible
Threat Research & for leading offensive and defensive security roles for Foundstone, Intel, and McAfee, among others, and
Intelligence founded one of the first IT security consultancies in Spain. Ismael has also served as an advisor to large
government and private sector organizations, including the EU, U.S. government agencies and critical
infrastructure operations in New York.
© 2024©
BlackBerry. All Rights
2024 BlackBerry. All Reserved
Rights Reserved
Disclaimer
This presentation contains forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of applicable U.S. and Canadian securities laws, including statements regarding
plans, strategies and objectives of BlackBerry Limited (the “Company”) as well as the financial performance of the Company, its divisions and businesses and the Company’s expectations as
to the achievement of certain targeted metrics, including revenue, EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, gross margin gross profits, expenses and operating cash flows at any future date or for any future
period. Forward-looking statements are indicated by using words such as expect, anticipate, estimate, may, will, should, model, intend, believe, target, plan and similar expressions. Forward-
looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by the Company in light of its experience and its perception of historical trends, current conditions and expected future
developments as well as other factors that the Company believes are appropriate in the circumstances, including but not limited to, the Company’s expectations regarding its business,
strategy, opportunities and prospects, the launch of new products and services, general economic conditions, competition, the Company’s expectations regarding its financial performance,
and the Company’s expectations regarding the benefits of its business separation. All of these factors should be considered carefully, no undue reliance should be placed on the Company’s
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and are subject to the risks that are inherent in all forward-looking statements, as
described above, as well as difficulties in forecasting the Company’s financial results and performance for future periods, particularly over longer periods. Many factors could cause the
Company’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including those described in the “Risk
Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” sections of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended February 29, 2024 (copies of which
filings may be obtained at www.sedarplus.ca or www.sec.gov). The Company has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law. Further information concerning the Company and its business, including factors that could materially affect
the Company’s financial results, is included in the Company’s reports and filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the Canadian securities regulatory authorities.
In presenting the Company's results prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting measures (“GAAP”), management has included in this presentation certain non-GAAP
measures, including adjusted gross margin, adjusted gross margin percentage, adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA percentage, adjusted earnings (loss) per share, adjusted research and
development expense, adjusted sales and marketing expenses, and adjusted general and administrative expense. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures, which may be
defined differently by other companies, better explain the Company's results of operations in a manner that allows for a more complete understanding of the underlying trends in the
Company's business. However, these measures should not be viewed as a substitute for those determined in accordance with GAAP. The Appendix at the end of this presentation includes a
reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures presented in this presentation to comparable GAAP measures. The Company does not provide a reconciliation of the expected
non-GAAP financial measures for the full fiscal years 2025, 2026 or 2027 to the most directly comparable expected GAAP measures because it is unable to predict with reasonable certainty,
among other things, restructuring charges and impairment charges and, accordingly, a reconciliation is not available without unreasonable effort. These items are uncertain, depend on
various factors, and could have a material impact on GAAP reported results for the guidance period. For more information on the non-GAAP financial measures, please refer to the Appendix
at the end of this presentation.
BlackBerry Investor Day is being recorded for recordkeeping and a replay of the presentations will be available today on the Company’s website at www.blackberry.com/investorday.
During the third quarter of fiscal 2025, the Company determined that it was preferable to present all the expenses associated with its facilities within
General and administrative, whereas previously these costs were allocated amongst the functional expense areas of the business based on assumptions of
usage of those facilities by the functional areas.
Cybersecurity
Segment cost of sales 185 (7) 178 142 (6) 136
Segment gross margin 233 7 240 236 6 242
IoT
Segment cost of sales 37 (2) 35 36 (2) 34
Segment gross margin 169 2 171 179 2 181
Segment information is based upon the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker to make decisions and assess the performance of the Company; see Appendix for reconciliation of segment
information to consolidated results
Reconciliation of Segment EBITDA to Consolidated loss before income taxes FY23 FY24
Total Segment EBITDA $ (28) $ 77
Adjustments
Stock compensation expense 31 33
Restructuring expenses 11 37
Less
Corporate general & administrative 49 20
Amortization 105 59
Impairment of long-lived assets 235 15
Impairment of goodwill 245 35
Gain on property, plant and equipment, net (6) -
Debentures fair value adjustment (138) 3
Litigation settlement 165 -
Investment income (5) (19)
Consolidated loss before income taxes $ (720) $ (106)
Segment information is based upon the internal reporting used by the Chief Operating Decision Maker to make decisions and assess the performance of the Company; see Appendix for reconciliation of segment
information to consolidated results