SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of October, 2004
Shaw Communications Inc.
(Translation of registrant’s name into English)
Suite 900, 630 – 3rd Avenue S.W., Calgary, Alberta T2P 4L4 (403) 750-4500
(Address of principal executive offices)
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant, Shaw Communications Inc., has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date:
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October 22, 2004 | |
| Shaw Communications Inc. |
By:
/s/ Steve Wilson
Sr. V.P., Chief Financial Officer
Shaw Communications Inc.
NEWS RELEASE
Calgary, Alberta — October 20, 2004 — Shaw Communications Inc. announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend on its Class A Participating Shares and Class B Non-Voting Participating Shares payable January 2, 2005 to all holders of record at the close of business on December 15, 2004. The Class A Participating Share quarterly dividend will be $0.06875 per share and the Class B Non-Voting Participating Share quarterly dividend will be $0.07 per share.
Shaw Communications Inc. is a diversified Canadian communications company whose core business is providing broadband cable television, Internet and satellite direct-to-home (“DTH”) services to approximately 2.9 million customers. Shaw is traded on the Toronto and New York stock exchanges (Symbol: TSX — SJR.B, NYSE — SJR).
For further information, please contact:
Steve Wilson
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
Shaw Communications Inc.
403-750-4500
www.shaw.ca