Mergers and acquisitions

Find out how the merger and acquisitions affected your shareholdings, share value, dividend payments and adjusted cost base.

Emergis Inc. acquisition

TELUS completed its offer to purchase all of the outstanding common shares of Emergis Inc. on January 17, 2008. If you still hold share certificates for Emergis, you must tender your shares to Computershare Trust Company to receive consideration.

Take-over bid circular – Emergis Inc. PDF

BC TELECOM and TELUS merger

Registered shareholders, who held certificates dated prior to February 1, 1999, were required to submit those certificates to Computershare Trust Company for exchange into the new TELUS Corporation share certificates before the expiry date of January 31, 2005.

If you did not exchange your pre-merger share certificates by the expiry date of January 31, 2005, you ceased to have a claim or interest of any kind or nature against TELUS and the person ultimately entitled to any certificate will be deemed to have surrendered such entitlement to TELUS, together with all entitlements to dividends, distributions and cash for fractional interest on such shares, for no consideration.

For capital gains purposes, valuation dates and prices are as follows (C$):

	Valuation date	Price	Price when exchanged into TELUS shares
BC TELECOM	December 22 1971	6.375	6.375
BC TELECOM	February 22 1994	25.250	25.250
Pre-merger TELUS	February 22 1994	16.875	21.710

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Shareholder impact - BC TELECOM & TELUS merger PDF
Proxy circular - BC TELECOM & TELUS PDF

QuébecTel acquisition

The shares of QuébecTel no longer trade on any stock exchange. If you did not exchange your share certificates by the expiry date of June 1, 2006, you ceased to have any claim against TELUS or any entitlement relating to those shares. If you have questions regarding unexchanged share certificates, please contact Computershare Trust Company.

Proxy circular - QuébecTel PDF

Clearnet Communications Inc. acquisition

If you still hold share certificates of Clearnet Communications Inc., you must tender your shares with a completed Letter of Transmittal to Computershare Trust Company to receive your consideration.

Upon exchange of your Clearnet shares for TELUS non-voting shares, you will receive dividend payments retroactive to April 1, 2001.

Shareholder impact - TELUS acquisition of Clearnet PDF
Offer to purchase - Clearnet PDF

Daedalian eSolutions acquisition

If you still hold share certificates of Daedalian eSolutions, you must tender your shares with a completed Letter of Transmittal to Computershare Trust Company to receive your consideration.

Shareholder impact - TELUS acquisition of Daedalian eSolutions PDF
Offer to purchase - Daedalian eSolutions PDF