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CAUTION REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ................................... 3
CORPORATE STRUCTURE .......................................................................................... 6
DESCRIPTION OF THE BUSINESS AND GENERAL DEVELOPMENTS ...................... 7
COMPETITION ............................................................................................................. 19
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENT ............................... 20
EMPLOYEE RELATIONS ............................................................................................. 21
RISK FACTORS ........................................................................................................... 21
CANADIAN OWNERSHIP REQUIREMENTS ............................................................... 22
REGULATION .............................................................................................................. 24
DIVIDENDS DECLARED .............................................................................................. 26
CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF TELUS ............................................................................. 26
RATINGS ...................................................................................................................... 29
MARKET FOR SECURITIES ........................................................................................ 32
DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ..................................................................................... 34
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS ............................................ 38
AUDIT COMMITTEE ..................................................................................................... 38
MATERIAL CONTRACTS ............................................................................................ 41
INTERESTS OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS .... 41
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR ....................................................................... 41
INTERESTS OF EXPERT ............................................................................................. 41
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................... 41
APPENDIX A: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ................... 42
Each section of the Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2015 (2015 annual MD&A) as well as the Management’s Discussion and
Analysis for each of the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, that are referred to
in this Annual Information Form (AIF) are incorporated by reference and filed on SEDAR
at sedar.com. For greater certainty, notwithstanding references to TELUS’ information
circular, consolidated financial statements, sustainability 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, 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.