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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 40-F

 REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13(a) OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021

Commission File Number 001-15144

TELUS Corporation

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

British Columbia, Canada

(Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

4812

(Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number (if applicable))

7th Floor – 510 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia V6B 0M3, Canada
(604) 697-8044

(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)

CT Corporation System, 28 Liberty Street
New York, New York 10005

(212) 590-9200

(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone number (including area code) of agent

for service in the United States)

Securities registered pursuant to section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of each class

    

Trading Symbol(s)

    

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Shares

TU

New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

None

(Title of Class)

For annual reports, indicate by check mark the information filed with this Form:

Annual information form     Audited annual financial statements

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of December 31, 2021:

1,370,214,882 Common Shares

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

Yes 

No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to submit such files).

Yes 

No 

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Emerging Growth Company

If an emerging growth company that prepares its financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the Registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

†The term “new or revised financial accounting standard” refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5, 2012.

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management’s assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (15 U.S.C. 7262(b)) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report.

This annual report on Form 40-F shall be incorporated by reference into or as an exhibit to, as applicable, each of the following of the Registrant’s Registration Statements under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended: Form S-8s (File Nos. 333-125486 and 333-181463), Form F-3D (File No. 333-258770), and Form F-10 (File No. 333-256124).

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Based on the evaluation by TELUS Corporation (“TELUS” or the “Registrant”) as of December 31, 2021 of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures under the supervision of the Audit Committee, including the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) are effective to a reasonable level of assurance to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the United States Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) rules and forms, and to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including the Registrant’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

It should be noted that while TELUS’ Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer believe that TELUS’ disclosure controls and procedures provide a reasonable level of assurance that they are effective, they do not expect that TELUS’ disclosure controls and procedures or internal control over financial reporting will prevent all errors and fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

The report of management on our internal control over financial reporting is located under the heading “Report of Management on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting” in our audited consolidated financial statements, which are filed as Exhibit 99.4 to this annual report on Form 40-F, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Attestation Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The attestation report on our internal control over financial reporting is located under the heading "Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm" in our audited consolidated financial statements, which are filed as Exhibit 99.4 to this annual report on Form 40-F, and is incorporated by reference herein.

Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the above evaluation that occurred during the period covered by this annual report on Form 40-F that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

IDENTIFICATION OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE

TELUS has a separately designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act. The current members of the Audit Committee are David Mowat (Chair), Hazel Claxton, Thomas Flynn, Denise Pickett and Sean Willy. All members of the Audit Committee are “independent” as such term is defined under applicable securities laws and applicable New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) rules.

AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

The Board of Directors (the “Board”) of TELUS has determined that David Mowat, the Audit Committee Chair, is the “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined by U.S. securities laws and “independent” as noted above. The information contained under the heading “Audit Committee” starting on page 31 of TELUS’ year-end 2021 Annual Information Form, filed as Exhibit 99.3 to this annual report on Form 40-F, is incorporated by reference herein.

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CODE OF ETHICS

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics and Conduct (the “Code”) that applies to all directors, officers, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, and employees. The Code has been posted on the Registrant’s Internet website at https://www.telus.com/en/about/policies-and-disclosures/code-of-ethics-and-conduct.  The Code is also available to any person, upon request, without charge by contacting TELUS Investor Relations by telephone at 1-800-667-4871 or by mail at 510 W. Georgia Street, 8th Floor, Vancouver, B.C. V6B 0M3. The Code was amended in November 2021 to make minor clarifications to existing provisions.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The following table is a summary of billing by Deloitte LLP (PCAOB ID No. 01208), as external auditor of TELUS (the “External Auditor”), during the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021 (all amounts are in Canadian dollars):

Type of work

    

$ (millions)

    

%

Audit fees(1)

2.810

25.8

Audit-related fees(2)

6.869

63.2

Tax fees(3)

0.834

7.7

All other fees(4)

0.359

3.3

Total

10.871

100.0

(1)Includes fees for services rendered by Deloitte in relation to the audit and review of our financial statements.
(2)Includes fees for audits in relation to our statutory and regulatory filings, audits and reviews of subsidiaries including TELUS International, pension-related audits, customer required reviews and translation services rendered by Deloitte in relation to the audit or review of our financial statements that were not part of audit fees.
(3)Relates to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4)Includes fees for services rendered by Deloitte that were not in relation to the audit or review of our financial statements, such as Board Effectiveness Assessment, M&A Due Diligence, Advisory services for private investment fund establishment and other Specified Procedures.

The following table is a summary of billing by the External Auditor, during the period from January 1, 2020 to December 31, 2020 (all amounts are in Canadian dollars):

Type of work

    

$  (millions)

    

%

Audit fees(1)

2.415

27.2

Audit-related fees(2)

5.810

65.4

Tax fees(3)

0.405

4.6

All other fees(4)

0.247

2.8

Total

8.877

100.0

(1)Includes fees for services rendered by Deloitte in relation to the audit and review of our financial statements.
(2)Includes fees for audits in relation to our statutory and regulatory filings, audits and reviews of subsidiaries, pension-related audits, customer required reviews and translation services rendered by Deloitte in relation to the audit or review of our financial statements that were not part of audit fees.
(3)Relates to tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.
(4)Includes fees for services rendered by Deloitte that were not in relation to the audit or review of our financial statements, such as the Board Effectiveness Assessment, M&A Due Diligence and other Specified Procedures.

All requests for non-prohibited audit, audit-related and non-audit services provided by the External Auditor and its affiliates to TELUS are required to be pre-approved by the Audit Committee of the Board. To enable this, TELUS has implemented a process by which all requests for services involving the External Auditor are routed for review by the VP Risk Management and Chief Internal Auditor to validate that the requested service is a non-prohibited service and to verify that there is a compelling business reason for the request. If the request passes this review, it is then forwarded to the Chief Financial Officer for further review. Pending the Chief Financial Officer’s

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affirmation, the request is then presented to the Audit Committee for its review, evaluation and pre-approval or denial at its next scheduled quarterly meeting. If the timing of the request is urgent, it is provided to the Audit Committee Chair for his review, evaluation and pre-approval or denial on behalf of the Audit Committee (with the Audit Committee’s review at the next scheduled quarterly meeting). Throughout the year, the Audit Committee monitors the actual versus approved expenditure for each of the approved requests. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021, the Audit Committee did not approve any of the fees captioned in the table above subject to waiver of pre-approval provisions set forth in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X.

OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

The Registrant has no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on the financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The information provided under the heading “Commitments and contingent liabilities - Contractual obligations as at December 31, 2021” set forth on page 66 of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis filed as Exhibit 99.4 to this annual report on Form 40-F, is incorporated by reference herein.

MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

Not applicable.

DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

Not applicable.

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES FROM NYSE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE RULES

A summary of significant ways in which corporate governance practices followed by TELUS differ from the corporate governance practices required to be followed by U.S. domestic companies under the New York Stock Exchange’s Listing Standards (disclosure required by section 303A.11 of the NYSE Listed Company Manual) is available on the Registrant’s corporate governance website at https://www.telus.com/en/about/investor-relations/corporate-governance/statement-of-our-governance-practices.

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UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

A.Undertaking

The Registrant undertakes to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the SEC staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the SEC staff, information relating to: the securities registered pursuant to Form 40-F; the securities in relation to which the obligation to file an annual report on Form 40-F arises; or transactions in said securities.

B.Consent to Service of Process

The Registrant has previously filed with the SEC a Form F-X in connection with the class of securities in relation to which the obligation to file this annual report on Form 40-F arises.

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