Research in Motion Ltd.

An investigation has commenced against the company alleging potential violations related to the backdating of stock options. Research in Motion's Audit Committee made a preliminary determination that accounting errors were made regarding certain historical stock options granted from fiscal 1998 to present. The investigation focuses on the extent to which the company's stock option grant dates and exercise prices of stock options were manipulated by executive officers and directors in order to boost their value to the grantees. The class would include current shareholders of Research in Motion who owned shares of the company stock anytime from 1998 to the present.