Bce Inc 6-K, filed Nov 18, 2020
Bce Inc (BCE)
About this 6-K
Bce Inc filed this 6-K on November 18, 2020.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
November 18, 2020
BCE Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
1, Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell,
Verdun, Québec, Canada H3E 3B3
(514) 870-8777
(Address of principal executive offices)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F ☐ Form 40-F ☒
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Notwithstanding any reference to BCE Inc.’s Web site on the World Wide Web in the document attached hereto, the information contained in BCE Inc.’s site or any other site on the World Wide Web referred to in BCE Inc.’s site is not a part of this Form 6-K and, therefore, is not furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
| BCE Inc. | ||||||
| Date: November 18, 2020 | By: | (signed) Miguel Baz | ||||
| Name: | Miguel Baz | |||||
| Title: | Assistant Corporate Secretary and Director – Legal Operations | |||||
Exhibit 1
For immediate release
BCE reports results of conversion of its series R preferred shares into series Q preferred shares
MONTRÉAL, November 18, 2020 – BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) today announced that none of its fixed rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series R (Series R Preferred Shares) will be converted into floating rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series Q (Series Q Preferred Shares) on December 1, 2020.
On October 15, 2020, BCE notified registered holders of Series R Preferred Shares that they could elect to convert their shares into Series Q Preferred Shares subject to the terms and conditions attached to those shares. Only 156,972 of BCE’s 8,000,000 Series R Preferred Shares were tendered for conversion on December 1, 2020 into Series Q Preferred Shares. As this would result in there being less than one million Series Q Preferred Shares outstanding, no Series R Preferred Shares will, as per the terms and conditions attached to those shares, be converted on December 1, 2020 into Series Q Preferred Shares. Registered holders who had elected to convert their Series R Preferred Shares will be receiving, by December 1, 2020, share certificates representing the number of Series R Preferred Shares tendered for conversion.
The Series R Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BCE.PR.R. The Series R Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on December 1, 2020, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed cash dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 3.018%.
About BCE
BCE is Canada’s largest communications company, providing advanced Bell broadband wireless, TV, Internet and business communications services alongside Canada’s premier content creation and media assets from Bell Media. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
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514-391-5263
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