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Shaw Communications Inc.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
August 31, 2014 and 2013
[all amounts in millions of Canadian dollars except share and per share amounts]
ESPP, eligible employees may contribute to a maximum of 5% of their monthly base
compensation. The Company contributes an amount equal to 25% of the employee’s
contributions.
During 2014, $5 was recorded as compensation expense (2013 – $5).
18. EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share calculations are as follows:
2014 2013
Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share ($)
Net income 887 784
Deduct: net income attributable to non-controlling interests in subsidiaries (30) (38)
Deduct: dividends on Series A Preferred Shares (14) (13)
Net income attributable to common shareholders 843 733
Denominator (millions of shares)
Weighted average number of Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares
for basic earnings per share 457 448
Effect of potentially dilutive securities(1) 22
Weighted average number of Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares
for diluted earnings per share 459 450
Earnings per share
Basic 1.84 1.64
Diluted 1.84 1.63
(1) The earnings per share calculation does not take into consideration the potential dilutive
effect of certain stock options since their impact is anti-dilutive. For the year ended
August 31, 2014, 1,729,227 options were excluded from the diluted earnings per share
calculation (2013 – 8,201,720).
19. DIVIDENDS
Common share dividends
The holders of Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares are entitled to receive such
dividends as the Board of Directors determines to declare on a share-for-share basis, as and
when any such dividends are declared or paid. The holders of Class B Non-Voting Shares are
entitled to receive during each dividend period, in priority to the payment of dividends on the
Class A Shares, an additional dividend at a rate of $0.0025 per share per annum. This
additional dividend is subject to proportionate adjustment in the event of future consolidations
or subdivisions of shares and in the event of any issue of shares by way of stock dividend. After
payment or setting aside for payment of the additional non-cumulative dividends on the Class B
Non-Voting Shares, holders of Class A Shares and Class B Non-Voting Shares participate
equally, share for share, as to all subsequent dividends declared.
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