0000950157-19-000509.txt : 20190501 0000950157-19-000509.hdr.sgml : 20190501 20190501085011 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950157-19-000509 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 6-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20190501 FILED AS OF DATE: 20190501 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20190501 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000733099 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 6-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-10805 FILM NUMBER: 19784971 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 BLOOR STREET EAST STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: TORONTO, ONTARIO STATE: A6 ZIP: M4W 1G9 BUSINESS PHONE: 4160353532 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 BLOOR STREET EAST STREET 2: 10TH FLOOR CITY: TORONTO, ONTARIO STATE: A6 ZIP: M4W 1G9 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: ROGERS CABLESYSTEMS INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860425 6-K 1 form6-k.htm REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER


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
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934



For the month of May, 2019

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 McPhail
 
   
Name:  Graeme McPhail
 
   
Title:    Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer and Secretary
 
       


Date:  May 1, 2019












Exhibit Index

Exhibit
Number
 
Description of Document
     
99.1
 
Material Change Report dated May 1, 2019




EX-99.1 2 ex99-1.htm MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT
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
   
 
April 23, 2019
   
Item 3
News Release
   
 
A news release was issued through GlobeNewswire on April 23, 2019.
   
Item 4
Summary of Material Change
   
 
On April 23, 2019, Rogers Communications priced an underwritten public offering in the United States of US$1.25 billion aggregate principal amount of 4.35% senior notes due 2049 (the “US Notes”).
   
Item 5.1
Full Description of Material Change
   
 
The net proceeds from the issuance of these US Notes was approximately US$1.23 billion and is expected to be used, together with other debt funding, for general corporate purposes, including to fund maturing short-term borrowings and to fund the Cdn$1.725 billion cash investment required to acquire 52 of 64 of the twenty year 600 MHz spectrum licenses available to RCI. The sale of the US Notes closed on April 30, 2019.
   
 
The US Notes were issued pursuant to a prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (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, including its most recent Annual Report on Form 40-F. 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 Graeme McPhail, Chief Legal and Regulatory Officer and Secretary, at 416.935.2505.
   
Item 9
Date of Report
   
 
May 1, 2019