Form 6-K BCE INC For: Mar 17
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
March 17, 2021
BCE Inc.
(Translation of registrants name into English)
1, Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell,
Verdun, Québec, Canada H3E 3B3
(514) 870-8777
(Address of principal executive offices)
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Notwithstanding any reference to BCE Inc.s Web site on the World Wide Web in the document attached hereto, the information contained in BCE Inc.s site or any other site on the World Wide Web referred to in BCE Inc.s site is not a part of this Form 6-K and, therefore, is not furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SIGNATURE
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.
BCE Inc. | ||||||
Date: March 17, 2021 | By: | (signed) Miguel Baz | ||||
Name: | Miguel Baz | |||||
Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary |
Exhibit 1
For Immediate Release
BCE reports results of series AM and series AN preferred share conversions
MONTRÉAL, March 17, 2021 BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) today announced that 42,423 of its 9,542,615 fixed-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AM (Series AM Preferred Shares) have been tendered for conversion on March 31, 2021, on a one-for-one basis, into floating-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AN (Series AN Preferred Shares). In addition, 939,786 of its 1,952,085 Series AN Preferred Shares have been tendered for conversion on March 31, 2021, on a one-for-one basis, into Series AM Preferred Shares. Consequently, on March 31, 2021, BCE will have 10,439,978 Series AM Preferred Shares and 1,054,722 Series AN Preferred Shares issued and outstanding. The Series AM Preferred Shares and the Series AN Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BCE.PR.M and BCE.PR.N, respectively.
The Series AM Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on March 31, 2021, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed quarterly cash dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 2.939%.
The Series AN Preferred Shares will continue to pay, for each quarterly period, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE Inc., a quarterly floating cash dividend based on the T-Bill Rate for such quarterly period plus 2.09%, calculated in accordance with the articles of BCE. The floating dividend rate applicable to the Series AN Preferred Shares for the quarterly period beginning on March 31, 2021 is 0.53927% (annual rate of 2.163% based on a T-Bill Rate of 0.073%).
About BCE
BCE is Canadas largest communications company, providing advanced Bell broadband wireless, TV, Internet and business communications services alongside Canadas premier content creation and media assets from Bell Media. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
Media inquiries:
Marie-Eve Francoeur
514-391-5263
Investor inquiries:
Thane Fotopoulos
514-870-4619
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