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Committee
Audit
Executive
Corporate
Governance
Pension
Compensation
Finance
Nominating
(1) As at March 22, 2006
Members(1)
Ronald D. Besse (Chair)
C. William D. Birchall
Colin D. Watson
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough (Vice-Chair)
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
Thomas I. Hull
Edward “Ted” S. Rogers, OC
Edward S. Rogers
John A. Tory, QC
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough
Peter C. Godsoe, OC (Chair)
Thomas I. Hull
John A. Tory, QC
Ronald D. Besse
Nadir H. Mohamed
The Hon. David R. Peterson, PC, QC
Melinda M. Rogers
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough (Chair)
Ronald D. Besse
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
Thomas I. Hull (Chair)
William T. Schleyer
John A. Tory, QC
C. William D. Birchall
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
Thomas I. Hull
Edward “Ted” S. Rogers, OC (Chair)
Edward S. Rogers
John A. Tory, QC
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough
C. William D. Birchall
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
Edward S. Rogers
Melinda M. Rogers
John A. Tory, QC
Main Responsibilities for the Committee
• Reviews the Corporation’s accounting policies and practices;
• Reviews the integrity of the Corporation’s financial reporting
processes and procedures;
• Reviews the financial statements provided by the Corporation to the
public;
• Reviews and assesses the systems of internal accounting and financial
controls;
• Assesses the qualifications, independence, appointment and over-
sight of the work of the external auditors;
• Assesses the qualifications and performance of the internal auditors;
and
• Ensures compliance with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Approves definitive terms of transactions previously approved by the
Board; and
• Implements policy initiatives adopted by the Board.
• Develops the Corporation’s approach to corporate governance
issues; and
• Recommends to the Board the developments in the areas of corporate
governance and the Corporate Governance Practices of the Board.
• Responsible for the administration of the Corporation’s pension
plans; and
• Reviews the provisions of the pension plan and the investment
performance of the pension plan.
• Approves the compensation of senior executives and other
employees above specified remuneration levels;
• Reviews and recommends to the Board for approval the
Corporation’s executive compensation policies;
• Reviews the design and competitiveness of the Corporation’s
compensation and benefit programs; and
• Reviews the Corporation’s management development and succession
planning for its senior executives.
• Reviews and reports to the Board or any other committee of the
Board on certain matters prior to their submission to the Board or
to any other committee or the filing of any document required to
implement any such matter with any governmental or regulatory
authority, including:
• financings, including the issue of shares;
• non-budgeted transactions outside the ordinary course of business;
• alliance, branding, licence, partnership and joint venture
arrangements;
• grant or assumption of any right of first negotiation, first offer
or first refusal or the grant or assumption or issuance of any non-
competition covenant or exclusivity undertaking.
• Reviews candidates for appointment as the Chief Financial Officer and
Chair of the Audit Committee of the Corporation and its subsidiaries.
• Responsible for review of proposals for nomination of Directors
• Assesses incumbent Directors
Committees of the Board of Directors
The chart below outlines members and the main responsibilities of each committee of the Rogers Communications Inc.
Board of Directors.
Corporate Governance Overview
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ROGERS 2005 ANNUAL REPORT . CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OVERVIEW