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Rogers Communications Inc.: The Battle for the Board
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In 2021, Rogers Communications Inc. (Rogers), one of the largest telecommunications companies in Canada, suffered a leadership crisis amid conflict between members of the Rogers family controlling the company. A decision by board chair Edward Rogers to oust chief executive officer Joe Natale triggered a chain of events that pitted Edward Rogers against his mother and two sisters (all board members). The company’s complex governance model, which consisted of a dual-class share structure and the Rogers Control Trust representing the majority shareholders on the company’s board, made it unclear who had effective decision-making power. In the light of this uncertainty, investors owning Rogers Class B non-voting shares had to decide whether to hold on to, sell, or purchase more shares.
學習目標
The case can be used in undergraduate- and graduate-level courses to integrate themes relevant to leadership, decision-making, and improving governance in an organization. It illustrates how founders may structure trusts and holding companies to hand down powers to future generations, as well as how those powers may lead to ineffective governance in the future. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to do the following:<ul><li>Deliberate on the use of various trusts and holding companies to separate and distribute powers.</li><li>Better understand dual-share structures and how such structures may influence corporate governance.</li><li>Analyze how trusts put in place by founders may lead to ineffective governance.</li><li>Discuss the impact of family dynamics on organizational governance.</li></ul>