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GUARANTEES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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GUARANTEES | GUARANTEES We had the following guarantees as at December 31, 2017 and 2016 as part of our normal course of business: BUSINESS SALE AND BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENTS As part of transactions involving business dispositions, sales of assets, or other business combinations, we may be required to pay counterparties for costs and losses incurred as a result of breaches of representations and warranties, intellectual property right infringement, loss or damages to property, environmental liabilities, changes in laws and regulations (including tax legislation), litigation against the counterparties, contingent liabilities of a disposed business, or reassessments of previous tax filings of the corporation that carries on the business. SALES OF SERVICES As part of transactions involving sales of services, we may be required to make payments to counterparties as a result of breaches of representations and warranties, changes in laws and regulations (including tax legislation), or litigation against the counterparties. PURCHASES AND DEVELOPMENT OF ASSETS As part of transactions involving purchases and development of assets, we may be required to pay counterparties for costs and losses incurred as a result of breaches of representations and warranties, loss or damages to property, changes in laws and regulations (including tax legislation), or litigation against the counterparties. INDEMNIFICATIONS We indemnify our directors, officers, and employees against claims reasonably incurred and resulting from the performance of their services to Rogers. We have liability insurance for our directors and officers and those of our subsidiaries. No amount has been accrued in the Consolidated Statements of Financial Position relating to these types of indemnifications or guarantees as at December 31, 2017 or 2016. Historically, we have not made any significant payments under these indemnifications or guarantees.

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