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SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Share Capital, Reserves And Other Equity Interest [Abstract]  
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

CAPITAL STOCK
Share class
Number of shares authorized for issue

Features
Voting rights
Preferred shares
400,000,000


Without par value

None

Issuable in series, with rights and terms of each series to be fixed by the Board prior to the issue of any series
RCI Class A Voting Shares
112,474,388

Without par value
Each share entitled to 50 votes

Each share can be converted into one Class B Non-Voting share
RCI Class B Non-Voting Shares
1,400,000,000

Without par value
None


RCI's Articles of Continuance under the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) impose restrictions on the transfer, voting, and issue of Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares to ensure we remain qualified to hold or obtain licences required to carry on certain of our business undertakings in Canada. We are authorized to refuse to register transfers of any of our shares to any person who is not a Canadian, as defined in RCI's Articles of Continuance, in order to ensure that Rogers remains qualified to hold the licences referred to above.

DIVIDENDS
We declared and paid the following dividends on our outstanding Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares:
 
 
Dividend per

Date declared
Date paid
share (dollars)

 
 
 
January 26, 2017
April 3, 2017
0.48

April 18, 2017
July 4, 2017
0.48

August 17, 2017
October 3, 2017
0.48

October 19, 2017
January 2, 2018
0.48

 
 
1.92

 
 
 
January 27, 2016
April 1, 2016
0.48

April 18, 2016
July 4, 2016
0.48

August 11, 2016
October 3, 2016
0.48

October 20, 2016
January 3, 2017
0.48

 
 
1.92



The holders of Class A Shares are entitled to receive dividends at the rate of up to five cents per share but only after dividends at the rate of five cents per share have been paid or set aside on the Class B Non-Voting Shares. Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares therefore participate equally in dividends above $0.05 per share.

On January 24, 2018, the Board declared a quarterly dividend of $0.48 per Class A Voting Share and Class B Non-Voting Share, to be paid on April 3, 2018, to shareholders of record on March 12, 2018.