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16 ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS INC. 2008 ANNUAL REPORT
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
AUDIT CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE NOMINATING COMPENSATION EXECUTIVE FINANCE PENSION
Peter C. Godsoe, OC
As at February 20, 2009
Ronald D. Besse
C. William D. Birchall
John H. Clappison, FCA
Thomas I. Hull
Nadir H. Mohamed, CA
The Hon. David R. Peterson, PC, QC
Edward S. Rogers
Melinda M. Rogers
Martha L. Rogers
William T. Schleyer
John A. Tory, QC
J. Christopher C. Wansbrough
Colin D. Watson
Alan D. Horn, CA
Philip B. Lind, CM
Isabelle Marcoux
Loretta A. Rogers
BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ITS COMMITTEES
CHAIR CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
CHAIR
Rogers Communications’ Board of Directors is strongly committed
to sound corporate governance and continuously reviews its
governance practices and benchmarks them against acknowledged
leaders and evolving legislation. We are a family-controlled
company and take pride in our proactive and disciplined approach
towards ensuring that Rogers’ governance structures and practices
are deserving of the confidence of the public equity markets.
With the December 2008 passing of company founder and CEO
Ted Rogers, his voting control of RCI passed to a trust of which
members of the Rogers family are beneficiaries. This trust holds
voting control of RCI for the benefit of successive generations of
the Rogers family.
As substantial stakeholders, the Rogers family is represented on
our Board and brings a long-term commitment to oversight and
value creation. At the same time, we benefit from having outside
directors who are some of the most experienced business leaders
in North America.
In the Board’s view its corporate governance model must be
appropriate to the Company’s circumstances but it believes in the
central role played by directors in the overall governance process.
The Board believes that the Company’s governance system is
effective and that there are appropriate structures and procedures
in place to ensure its independence.
The composition of our Board and structure of its various
committees are outlined above. As well, we make detailed infor-
mation of our governance structures and practices – including
our complete statement of corporate governance practices, our
codes of conduct and ethics, full committee charters, and board
member biographies – easily available in the corporate governance
section within the Investor Relations section of rogers.com. Also
in the corporate governance section of our website you will find
a summary of the differences between the NYSE corporate
governance rules applicable to U.S.-based companies and our
governance practices as a non-U.S.-based issuer that is listed
on the NYSE.