TORONTO – Rogers Communications reports it has acquired 11,162,084 Class A subordinate voting shares of theScore, Inc. (Score Digital), initially announced on August 25, 2012 for $167 million.
Rogers says it acquired the Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Digital for investment purposes. The company says it has no current intention of acquiring ownership of or control or direction over any additional shares of Score Digital. But it reserves the right to acquire additional shares of Score Digital, to sell all or any portion of its holding of such shares or to enter into derivative or other transactions with respect to the shares of Score Digital owned by it.
As part of a plan of arrangement involving Score Media Inc. and Rogers' subsidiary, Rogers Media Inc., pursuant to which Rogers Media acquired all of the issued and outstanding shares of Score Media and Score Digital was spun-out to shareholders of Score Media, Rogers acquired ownership and control over 1,660,000 Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Digital in exchange for the 1,660,000 Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Media that it held immediately prior to completion of the arrangement.
In connection with the separation of the digital media assets, Rogers acquired an additional 9,502,084 Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Digital. As a result, on completion of the arrangement, Rogers owns 11,162,084 Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Digital, representing approximately 11.8% of the issued and outstanding Class A subordinate voting shares of Score Digital.
