DISK004:[98CLG6.98CLG3726]BA3726A.;28 - About TELUS

‘‘TELUS Meeting’’ means such meeting of TELUS Shareholders as is required to be held in accordance with
the Interim Order;
‘‘TELUS Multimedia Trial’’ means a technical and market trial carried on by TELUS providing multimedia
services in certain communities in Edmonton and Calgary pursuant to Broadcasting Decision CRTC 97-193 and
Telecom Decision CRTC 97-12;
‘‘TELUS Option Plans’’ mean the TELUS Stock Option Plan and the TELUS Directors Stock Option Plan;
‘‘TELUS Optionholders’’ mean the holders of options under the TELUS Option Plans, whether such options
are vested or not;
‘‘TELUS Record Date’’ means December 9, 1998;
‘‘TELUS Shareholders’’ mean the TELUS Common Shareholders and the TELUS Optionholders;
‘‘TELUS Shares’’ mean the TELUS Common Shares and the options under the TELUS Option Plans;
‘‘TELUS Special Resolution’’ means the special resolution of TELUS Shareholders approving the
Arrangement to be considered at the TELUS Meeting, the full text of which is reproduced in Appendix A to this
Joint Circular;
‘‘TELUS Taxable Exchange Shareholder’’ means each TELUS Common Shareholder who is a Non-Resident
Shareholder or a Tax-Exempt Shareholder;
‘‘VSE’’ means the Vancouver Stock Exchange; and
‘‘Voting Agreement’’ means the agreement dated as of October 27, 1998 among GTE, Anglo-Canadian,
BC TELECOM, BCT.TELUS and TELUS which provides for, inter alia, certain matters relating to the
BC TELECOM Meeting and TELUS Common Shares.
Amounts indicated in U.S. dollars in this Joint Circular have been converted to Canadian dollars based on an
exchange rate of $1.5038.
12