Bce Inc 6-K, filed Jan 21, 2025
Bce Inc (BCE)
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Bce Inc filed this 6-K on January 21, 2025.
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
January 21, 2025
Commission File Number: 1-8481
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 ☒
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b) (1): ☐
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Indicate by check mark whether by furnishing the information contained in this Form, the registrant is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
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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.
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: January 21, 2025 |
By: |
(signed) Geneviève Filion | ||||
| Name: |
Geneviève Filion | |||||
| Title: |
Deputy Corporate Secretary | |||||
Exhibit 99.1
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For Immediate Release
BCE reports results of Series AE and AF Preferred Share conversions
MONTRÉAL, January 21, 2025 - BCE Inc. (TSX, NYSE: BCE) today announced that 8,050 of its 8,779,487 fixed-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AF (“Series AF Preferred Shares”) have been tendered for conversion on February 1, 2025, on a one-for-one basis, into floating-rate Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AE (“Series AE Preferred Shares”). In addition, 2,479,334 of its 5,810,913 Series AE Preferred Shares have been tendered for conversion on February 1, 2025, on a one-for-one basis, into Series AF Preferred Shares. Consequently, excluding any Series AE Preferred Shares and Series AF Preferred Shares that may be purchased for cancellation by BCE pursuant to its normal course issuer bid between January 21, 2025 and February 1, 2025, 11,250,771 Series AF Preferred Shares and 3,339,629 Series AE Preferred Shares would be issued and outstanding on February 1, 2025. The Series AF Preferred Shares and the Series AE Preferred Shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbols BCE.PR.F and BCE.PR.E, respectively.
The Series AF Preferred Shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on February 1, 2025, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE, a fixed cash dividend based on an annual fixed dividend rate of 5.496%.
The Series AE Preferred Shares will continue to pay a monthly floating adjustable cash dividend for the five-year period beginning on February 1, 2025, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of BCE. The monthly floating adjustable dividend for any particular month will continue to be calculated based on the prime rate for such month and using the Designated Percentage for such month representing the sum of an adjustment factor (based on the market price of the Series AE Preferred Shares in the preceding month) and the Designated Percentage for the preceding month.
About BCE
BCE is Canada’s largest communications company,1 providing advanced Bell broadband Internet, wireless, TV, media and business communications services. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca or BCE.ca.
Through Bell for Better, we are investing to create a better today and a better tomorrow by supporting the social and economic prosperity of our communities. This includes the Bell Let’s Talk initiative, which promotes Canadian mental health with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let’s Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access, research and workplace initiatives throughout the country. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.
| 1 Based on total revenue and total combined customer connections. |
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