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Exhibit 99.1

 

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Rogers Communications Announces Voting Results from Annual Meeting of Shareholders

TORONTO, April 21, 2015 – Rogers Communications Inc., a leading diversified Canadian communications and media company, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, announced the voting results from its annual general meeting of shareholders held earlier today in Toronto, Ontario.

A total of 103,194,739 million Class A Voting shares representing 91.78% of the company’s issued and outstanding Class A Voting stock were voted in connection with the meeting. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business put forth at the meeting, including the appointment of KPMG as its outside auditors, and the election of all director nominees as follows:

 

Director

    Results      % of Shares
Voted For		      % of Shares
Voted Withhold		  

Charles Birchall

      Elected         99.994%         0.006%   

Bonnie Brooks

      Elected         99.998%         0.002%   

Stephen Burch

      Elected         99.998%         0.002%   

John Clappison

      Elected         99.998%         0.002%   

Alan Horn

      Elected        99.543%         0.456%   

Guy Laurence

      Elected         99.540%         0.460%   

Philip Lind

      Elected        99.543%         0.457%   

John MacDonald

      Elected         99.998%         0.002%   

Isabelle Marcoux

      Elected        99.998%         0.002%   

David Peterson

      Elected        99.984%         0.016%   

Edward Rogers

      Elected        99.543%         0.457%   

Loretta Rogers

      Elected         99.543%         0.457%   

Martha Rogers

      Elected        99.543%         0.457%   

Melinda Mary Rogers

      Elected        99.543%         0.457%   

Charles Sirois

      Elected         99.998%         0.002%   

For Director biographies, please visit www.rogers.com/investors and click on the “Board of Directors” heading under the “Corporate Governance” drop-down window.

About the Company:

Rogers Communications is a diversified public Canadian communications and media company. We are Canada’s largest provider of wireless communications services and one of Canada’s leading providers of cable television, high-speed Internet and telephony services. Through Rogers Media, we are engaged in radio and television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade publications, sports entertainment, and digital media. We are publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). To learn more about Rogers group of companies, please visit rogers.com.

For further information:

Bruce M. Mann, 416.935.3532, bruce.mann@rci.rogers.com