Telus 2012 Annual Report Download - page 2

Download and view the complete annual report

Please find page 2 of the 2012 Telus annual report below. You can navigate through the pages in the report by either clicking on the pages listed below, or by using the keyword search tool below to find specific information within the annual report.

Page out of 42

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42

2
CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS .....................................................3
CORPORATE STRUCTURE ....................................................................................................................5
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS ......................................7
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ....................................................................................................................... 15
RISK FACTORS ....................................................................................................................................... 15
FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS .......................................................................................... 16
REGULATION ........................................................................................................................................... 18
COMPETITION ......................................................................................................................................... 19
DIVIDENDS DECLARED ........................................................................................................................ 20
CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF TELUS ..................................................................................................... 20
RATINGS ................................................................................................................................................... 24
MARKET FOR SECURITIES ................................................................................................................. 26
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS .............................................................................................................. 28
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS ............................................................... 32
INTERESTS OF EXPERT ....................................................................................................................... 32
AUDIT COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................ 32
MATERIAL CONTRACTS ...................................................................................................................... 35
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR .............................................................................................. 35
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 35
APPENDIX A: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE .................................. 36
Each section of the Management’s Discussion & Analysis for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2012 (the “MD&A”) as well as the Management’s Discussion & Analysis
for 2011 and 2010, that is referred to in this Annual Information Form (this “AIF”) is
incorporated herein by reference, all of which are filed on SEDAR at sedar.com. For
greater certainty, notwithstanding references herein to the information circular, financial
statements, the corporate social responsibility report and the telus.com website, these
documents and website are not incorporated into this AIF.
In this AIF, unless otherwise stated, references to “TELUS”, “the Company”, “we”, “us” or
“our” are to TELUS Corporation and all of its subsidiaries and wholly or majority-owned
partnerships as a whole, except where it is clear that these terms mean only TELUS
Corporation.
In this AIF, except where otherwise indicated, all references to dollars or $ are to
Canadian dollars.