Research in Motion will lay off some 5,000 employees as it restructures itself this year.

The announcement comes as the tech giant reports an adjusted loss per share of $0.37 for the quarter ended May 31, missing analyst expectations for a loss of $0.07.

The news sent shares down nearly 20 percent in after hours trade, falling to nine-year lows.

Net sales tumbled more than 42 percent year-on-year, falling to $2.81 billion.

"I am not satisfied with these results and continue to work aggressively with all areas of the organization and the Board to implement meaningful changes to address the challenges, including a thoughtful realignment of resources and honing focus within the Company on areas that have the greatest opportunities," RIM's CEO Thorsten Heins said.

During the quarter, RIM shipped 7.8 million Blackberry devices, below the 8.74 million units Wall Street had projected. Playbook sales beat expectations slightly, as the firm sold 260,000 units, but were far lower than the 500,000 shipped in the year ago period.

Sales continue face pressure from the consumer shift to Apple and Android powered devices, which together account for more than three-quarters of the smartphone market.

The Blackberry manufacturer said it would delay its new operating system, Blackberry 10, until the first quarter of 2013.

"The integration of these features and the associated large volume of code into the platform has proven to be more time consuming than anticipated," RIM said in a statement.

滬江英語(yǔ)快訊：6月29日凌晨消息，RIM今天宣布裁員5000人,相當(dāng)于裁減30%的員工，這是此前宣布的今年削減10億美元支出計(jì)劃的一部分。RIM第一財(cái)季黑莓設(shè)備出貨量為780萬(wàn)部，營(yíng)收比去年同期下降42%，僅為28.1億美元，凈虧損營(yíng)收同比下滑33%，達(dá)5.18億美元，平均每股虧損37美分。同時(shí)黑莓制造商聲明，因?yàn)樵谡闲鹿δ艿倪^(guò)程中遇到了許多困難，黑莓10將推遲到2013年第一季度發(fā)布。

延伸閱讀：RIM已經(jīng)任命Verizon無(wú)線前法律總顧問(wèn)史蒂夫·澤珀?duì)査固囟鳛槭紫▌?wù)官。在加盟Verizon無(wú)線以前，澤珀?duì)査固囟髟鴵?dān)任GTE副法律總顧問(wèn)，還曾在美國(guó)司法部擔(dān)任聯(lián)邦檢察官。最新加入RIM高管團(tuán)隊(duì)的還有首席運(yùn)營(yíng)官克里斯蒂安·提和首席營(yíng)銷官弗蘭克·波爾比。