Form 6-K
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
Report
of Foreign Issuer
Pursuant
to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
For
the Month of December, 2009
(Commission
File No. 000-24876)
TELUS
CORPORATION
(Translation
of registrant's name into English)
21st
Floor, 3777 Kingsway
Burnaby,
British Columbia V5H 3Z7
Canada
(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:
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20-F £
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40-F T
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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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Yes £
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This Form 6-K consists of
the following press release :
News
Release
December
4, 2009
TELUS closes debt offering
C$1
billion 5.05% ten-year Notes
Vancouver, B.C. – TELUS
Corporation (TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) announced today the successful closing of
its previously announced offering of C$1 billion senior unsecured Notes. The
5.05% ten-year Notes, Series CG mature on December 4, 2019.
The
net proceeds of the sale of the Notes offered will be used to fund the partial
redemption on December 31, 2009 of US$583.5 million principal amount of TELUS’
outstanding US$1.945 billion 8% notes due June 1, 2011, for payments required to
terminate cross-currency interest rate swaps associated with the notes to be
redeemed and any excess for general corporate purposes, including increasing
working capital (and, pending any such use, investing in bank deposits and
short-term marketable securities).
The
offering was made pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated December 1, 2009 to
TELUS' short form base shelf prospectus dated September 3, 2009 filed with
securities regulatory authorities in Canada and the United States.
This
news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an
offer to buy the securities in any jurisdiction. The securities being offered
have not been approved or disapproved by any Canadian or US securities
regulatory authority, nor has any authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy
of the short form base shelf prospectus or the prospectus
supplement.
Copies
of the short form base shelf prospectus and the prospectus supplement relating
to the offering of the Notes filed with securities regulatory authorities may be
obtained from Scotia Capital Inc. Debt Capital Markets, 40 King Street West,
68th Floor, Toronto, Ontario, M5W 2X6 c/o John Tkach, telephone 416-863-7776 or
e-mail john_tkach@scotiacapital.com.
About
TELUS
TELUS
(TSX: T, T.A; NYSE: TU) is a leading national telecommunications company in
Canada, with $9.6 billion of annual revenue and 11.9 million customer
connections including 6.4 million wireless subscribers, 4.1 million wireline
network access lines, and 1.2 million Internet subscribers. Led since 2000 by
President and CEO, Darren Entwistle, TELUS provides a wide range of
communications products and services including data, Internet protocol (IP),
voice, entertainment and video. Nine TELUS Community Boards across Canada lead
our local philanthropic initiatives.
Forward
Looking Statements
This
news release contains forward looking statements. Forward looking statements are
not based on historical facts, but rather on current expectations, Company
assumptions and projections about future events, including the cost of the 8%
2011 notes redemption and swap termination, and are therefore subject to risks
and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from the
future results expressed or implied by the forward looking statements. Such
statements are qualified in their entirety by the inherent risks and
uncertainties surrounding future expectations. Company assumptions and risk
factors are listed from time to time in TELUS' reports, public disclosure
documents including Management's discussion and analysis, Annual Information
Form, and in other filings with securities regulatory authorities in Canada and
the United States.
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For
more information, please contact:
Darrell
Rae
TELUS
Investor Relations
(604)
697-8192
ir@telus.com
Shawn
Hall
TELUS
Media Relations
(604)
619-7913
shawn.hall@telus.com
SIGNATURES
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.
Dated:
December 4, 2009
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TELUS
CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Audrey T. Ho
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Name:
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Audrey
T. Ho
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Title:
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Senior
Vice President,
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Chief
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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