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
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of January 2006
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)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant, Shaw
Communications Inc., has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
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January 13, 2006 | |
| Shaw Communications Inc. |
By:
/s/ Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson
Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer
Shaw Communications Inc.
Steve Wilson
Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer
Shaw Communications Inc.
NEWS RELEASE
Shaw Announces Increase in Dividend Rates by Over 30%
Calgary, Alberta, January 12, 2006 — Shaw Communications Inc. announced today that its Board
of Directors has increased the equivalent annual dividend rate on Shaw’s Class A Participating
Shares and Class B Non-Voting Participating Shares by $0.13 per share. The equivalent annual
dividend rate will be $0.535 per Class A Participating Share and $0.54 per Class B Non-Voting
Participating Share, payable in monthly installments commencing March 31, 2006. This represents an
increase of over 30% over the current equivalent annual dividend rates.
Based upon this increase in the dividend rates, Shaw’s Board of Directors declared monthly
dividends of $0.0445833333 per Class A Participating Share and $0.045 per Class B Non-Voting
Participating Share, payable on each of March 31, 2006, April 28, 2006 and May 31, 2006 to all
holders of record at the close of business March 15, 2006, April 15, 2006 and May 15, 2006,
respectively.
Shaw’s Board of Directors reviews the applicable dividend rates on a quarterly basis. Shareholders
are entitled to receive dividends only when any such dividends are declared by Shaw’s Board of
Directors, and there is no entitlement to any dividend prior thereto.
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business
is providing broadband cable television, High-Speed Internet, Digital Phone, telecommunications
services (through Big Pipe Inc.) and satellite direct-to-home services (through Star Choice
Communications Inc.) to approximately 3.0 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New
York stock exchanges and is a member of the S&P/TSX 60 index (Symbol: TSX – SJR.NV.B, NYSE – SJR).
For further information, please contact:
Investor Relations Department
investor.relations@sjrb.ca
investor.relations@sjrb.ca
www.shaw.ca