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RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party [Abstract]  
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

CONTROLLING SHAREHOLDER
Our ultimate controlling shareholder is the Rogers Control Trust (the Trust), which holds voting control of RCI. The beneficiaries of the Trust are members of the Rogers family. Certain directors of RCI represent the Rogers family.

We entered into certain transactions with private Rogers family holding companies controlled by the Trust. These transactions were recognized at the amount agreed to by the related parties and are subject to the terms and conditions of formal agreements approved by the Audit and Risk Committee. The totals received or paid were less than $1 million for each of 2019 and 2018.

TRANSACTIONS WITH KEY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL
Key management personnel include the directors and our most senior corporate officers, who are primarily responsible for planning, directing, and controlling our business activities.

Compensation
Compensation expense for key management personnel included in "employee salaries, benefits, and stock-based compensation" was as follows:
 
 
Years ended December 31
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2019

2018

 
 
 
 
Salaries and other short-term employee benefits
 
15

13

Post-employment benefits
 
2

2

Stock-based compensation 1
 
20

18

 
 
 
 
Total compensation
 
37

33

1 
Stock-based compensation does not include the effect of changes in fair value of Class B Non-Voting Shares or equity derivatives.

Transactions
We have entered into business transactions with companies whose partners or senior officers are Directors of RCI. These directors are:
The Hon. David R. Peterson, P.C., Q.C., the non-executive chairman emeritus of Cassels Brock and Blackwell LLP, a law firm that provides legal services to the Company; and
Isabelle Marcoux, C.M., the chair of the board of Transcontinental Inc., a company that provides printing services to the Company.

We recognize these transactions at the amount agreed to by the related parties, which are also reviewed by the Audit and Risk Committee. The amounts owing are unsecured, interest-free, and due for payment in cash within one month of the date of the transaction. Below is a summary of related party activity for the business transactions described above.
(In millions of dollars)
Years ended December 31
 
Outstanding balance as at December 31
 
2019

2018

2019

2018

 
 
 
 
 
Printing and legal services 1
6

13



1 
The amounts paid for legal services are nominal.

SUBSIDIARIES, ASSOCIATES, AND JOINT ARRANGEMENTS
We have the following material operating subsidiaries as at December 31, 2019 and 2018:
Rogers Communications Canada Inc.; and
Rogers Media Inc.

We have 100% ownership interest in these subsidiaries. They are incorporated in Canada and have the same reporting period for annual financial statements reporting.

When necessary, adjustments are made to conform the accounting policies of the subsidiaries to those of RCI. There are no significant restrictions on the ability of subsidiaries, joint arrangements, and associates to transfer funds to Rogers as cash dividends or to repay loans or advances, subject to the approval of other shareholders where applicable.

We carried out the following business transactions with our associates and joint arrangements, being primarily MLSE and Glentel. Transactions between us and our subsidiaries have been eliminated on consolidation and are not disclosed in this note.
 
 
Years ended December 31
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2019

2018

 
 
 
 
Revenue
 
69

86

Purchases
 
212

197



Outstanding balances at year-end are unsecured, interest-free, and settled in cash.
 
 
As at December 31
 
(In millions of dollars)
 
2019

2018

 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
86

99

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
 
24

20