SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
August 31, 2017
Commission File Number: 001-14684
Shaw Communications Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Suite 900, 630 – 3rd Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 (403) 750-4500
(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 ☒
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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.
| Shaw Communications Inc. | ||||||
| Date: August 31, 2017 |
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| By: |
/s/ Vito Culmone | |||||
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| Name: | Vito Culmone | |||||
| Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Shaw Communications Inc. | |||||
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NEWS RELEASE
SHAW PROVIDES DIVIDEND RATE NOTICE FOR CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE
FLOATING RATE CLASS 2 PREFERRED SHARES, SERIES B
Calgary, Alberta (August 31, 2017) – Shaw Communications Inc. (“Shaw”) announced today that it has given the registered shareholders of its Cumulative Redeemable Floating Rate Class 2 Preferred Shares, Series B (the “Series B Shares”) notice of dividend rates.
Effective September 30, 2017, the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate for the Series B Shares was set for the sixth Quarterly Floating Rate Period (being the period from and including September 30, 2017 to, but excluding, December 31, 2017) at 2.742%. The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be reset every quarter.
The Series B Shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SJR.PR.B.
For more information on the terms of, and risks associated with an investment in, the Series B Shares, see Shaw’s prospectus supplement dated May 20, 2011 which is available on sedar.com
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About Shaw Communications Inc.
Shaw is an enhanced connectivity provider. Our Consumer division serves consumers with broadband Internet, Shaw Go WiFi, video and digital phone. Our Wireless division provides wireless voice and data services through an expanding and improving mobile wireless network infrastructure. The Business Network Services division provides business customers with Internet, data, WiFi, telephony and video.
Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges and is included in the S&P/TSX 60 Index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.B, SJR.PR.A, SJR.PR.B, NYSE – SJR, and TSXV – SJR.A). For more information, please visit www.shaw.ca.
For further information, please contact:
Shaw Investor Relations investor.relations@sjrb.ca