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S
haw
C
ommunications Inc
.
MANA
G
EMENT’
S
DI
SCUSS
I
O
N AND ANALY
S
I
S
August
,
You should not
p
lace undue rel
i
ance on an
yf
orward-look
i
n
g
statements. Man
yf
actors
,
including those not within Shaw’s control, may cause Shaw’s actual results to be materiall
y
d
ifferent from the views expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including,
but not l
i
m
i
ted to,
g
eneral econom
i
c, market and bus
i
ness cond
i
t
i
ons; chan
g
es
i
n the
competitive environment in the markets in which Shaw operates and from the development o
f
n
ew markets for emer
g
in
g
technolo
g
ies; industr
y
trends and other chan
g
in
g
conditions in the
enterta
i
nment,
i
n
f
ormat
i
on and commun
i
cat
i
ons
i
ndustr
i
es;
S
haw’s ab
i
l
i
t
y
to execute
i
ts
strategic plans; opportunities that may be presented to and pursued by Shaw; changes in laws,
regulations and decisions by regulators that affect Shaw or the markets in which it operates;
S
haw’s status as a hold
i
n
g
com
p
an
y
w
i
th se
p
arate o
p
erat
i
n
g
subs
i
d
i
ar
i
es; and other
f
actor
s
d
escribed in this report under the heading “Known events, trends, risks and uncertainties”. The
f
oregoing is not an exhaustive list of all possible factors. Should one or more of these risk
s
m
ater
i
al
i
ze, or should assum
p
t
i
ons underl
yi
n
g
the
f
orward-look
i
n
g
statements
p
rove
i
ncorrect
,
actual results may vary mater
i
ally
f
rom those descr
i
bed here
i
n.
The
C
orporat
i
on prov
i
des certa
i
n
fi
nanc
i
al gu
i
dance
f
or
f
uture per
f
ormance as the
C
orporat
i
o
n
believes that certain investors, analysts and others utilize this and other forward-lookin
g
i
n
f
ormat
i
on
i
n order to assess the
C
om
p
an
y
’s ex
p
ected o
p
erat
i
onal and
fi
nanc
i
al
p
er
f
ormanc
e
and as an
i
nd
i
cator o
fi
ts ab
i
l
i
ty to serv
i
ce debt and return cash to shareholders. The
C
ompany’s
f
inancial guidance may not be appropriate for this or other purposes
.
Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it was originally made and
,
exce
p
tasre
q
u
i
red b
y
law,
S
haw ex
p
ressl
y
d
i
scla
i
ms an
y
obl
ig
at
i
on or undertak
i
n
g
t
o
di
ssem
i
nate any updates or rev
i
s
i
ons to any
f
orward-look
i
ng statement to re
f
lect any change
i
n
related assumptions, events, conditions or circumstances
.
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