EX-99.2 4 y87079exv99w2.htm FORM 53-901F MATERIAL CHANGE REPORT FORM 53-901F MATERIAL CHANGE ROPORT
 

EXHIBIT 99.2

Material Change Report

     
Item 1.   Reporting Issuer
     
    Rogers Communications Inc.
333 Bloor Street East, 10th Floor
Toronto, Ontario
M4W 1G9
     
Item 2.   Date of Material Change
     
    May 28, 2003
     
Item 3.   Press Release
     
    The Press Release was issued on May 28, 2003, through the facilities of Canada NewsWire. A copy of the Press Release was filed via SEDAR on May 28, 2003.
     
Item 4.   Summary of Material Change
     
    Rogers Communications Inc. (the “Company”) has adopted a dividend policy of paying, in each year, dividends on its Class B Non-Voting shares and Class A Voting shares aggregating C$0.10 per share per year. Such dividends will be payable twice yearly, with each semi-annual dividend to be in the amount of C$0.05 per share.
     
Item 5.   Full Description of Material Change
     
    Under the Company’s dividend policy, dividends on each of its Class B Non-Voting shares and Class A Voting shares aggregating C$0.10 per share per year, will be payable twice yearly on the first trading day following July 1 and January 1 in each year, commencing July 2, 2003. This will result in a semi-annual payment of dividends on the Series E Preferred shares in the amount of C$0.05 per share (such shares were issued to employees under the 1991 Convertible Preferred Share Purchase Plan and approximately 136,000 of such shares are currently outstanding). The payment of each semi-annual dividend, including the dividend proposed for July 2, 2003, will remain subject to declaration of that dividend by the Company’s Board of Directors.
     
    The Board of Directors is expected to approve, at its May 29, 2003 meeting, the declaration of the first dividend under its new policy in the amount of C$0.05 per share, payable on July 2, 2003. The record date for the determination of the holders of the Class B Non-Voting shares and Class A Voting shares will be set at the time that a dividend is declared.

 


 

     
Item 6.   Reliance on Confidentiality Provisions of Applicable Securities Legislation
     
    Confidentiality is not requested.
     
Item 7.   Omitted Information
     
    No information has been omitted in respect to the material change.
     
Item 8.   Senior Officer
     
    Bruce Mann, Vice-President, Investor Relations (416) 935-3532.
     
Item 9.   Statement of Senior Officer
     
    The foregoing accurately discloses the material change referred to herein.



DATED at Toronto this 28th day of May, 2003.

             
    ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC.    
             
    By:   /s/ David P. Miller    
       
   
        David P. Miller
Vice President, General Counsel and
Secretary