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Form 6-K ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS For: Nov 07

November 7, 2016 5:24 PM EST

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 6-K

 

 

Report of Foreign Private Issuer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the month of November, 2016

Commission File Number 001-10805

 

 

ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

333 Bloor Street East

10th Floor

Toronto, Ontario M4W 1G9

Canada

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F:

Form 20-F   ☐                 Form 40-F   ☑

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1).

Yes   ☐                 No   ☑

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7).

Yes   ☐                 No   ☑

 

 

 


Signatures

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.
By:   /s/ Graeme H. McPhail
  Name:   Graeme H. McPhail
  Title:   Senior Vice President, Legal and
    Associate General Counsel

Date: November 7, 2016


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit Number

  

Description of Document

99.1

   Material Change Report dated November 7, 2016

Exhibit 99.1

FORM 51-102F3

MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT

 

Item 1    Name and Address of Company
  

Rogers Communications Inc. (“RCI”)

 

The principal office of RCI is located at:

333 Bloor Street East

Toronto, Ontario

M4W 1G9

Item 2    Date of Material Change
   November 1, 2016
Item 3    News Release
   A news release was issued through CNW Group on November 1, 2016.
Item 4    Summary of Material Change
   On November 1, 2016, RCI priced a US$500 million underwritten public offering of 2.90% senior notes due 2026.
Item 5.1    Full Description of Material Change
  

The net proceeds from the issuance of the debt securities were approximately US$487 million and are expected to be used to repay outstanding advances under RCI’s bank credit facilities and for general corporate purposes. The sale of the debt securities closed on November 4, 2016. The debt securities were issued by RCI and guaranteed by its wholly owned subsidiary, Rogers Communications Canada Inc.

 

The debt securities were issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the SEC as part of an effective shelf registration statement on Form F-10.

 

This material change report includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on management’s current expectations or beliefs, and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein due to changes in economic, business, competitive, technological, strategic and/or regulatory factors, and other factors affecting the operations of RCI.

 

More detailed information about these factors may be found in filings by RCI with the SEC. RCI is under no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any such obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.


Item 5.2    Disclosure of Restructuring Transactions
   Not applicable.
Item 6    Reliance on subsection 7.1(2) of National Instrument 51-102
   Not applicable.
Item 7    Omitted Information
   No significant facts remain confidential in, and no information has been omitted from, this report.
Item 8    Executive Officer
   For further information please contact David Miller, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, at (416) 935-3546.
Item 9    Date of Report
   November 7, 2016


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