# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001156831
**File Stem:** 0001104659-23-005204
**Filing Date:** 2023-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001104659-23-005204.hdr.sgml**: 20230120

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001104659-23-005204

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 15F-15D

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230120

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230120

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230120

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** QUEBECOR MEDIA INC
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001156831
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** CABLE & OTHER PAY TELEVISION SERVICES [4841]
- **IRS NUMBER:** 000000000
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** A8
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 15F-15D
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 333-13792
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23538898

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 612 ST. JACQUES STREET
- **CITY:** MONTREAL
- **STATE:** A8
- **ZIP:** H3C 4M8
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 514-380-1994

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 612 ST. JACQUES STREET
- **CITY:** MONTREAL
- **STATE:** A8
- **ZIP:** H3C 4M8

**UNITED STATES<br> SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**Washington, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 15F**

**CERTIFICATION OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER'S TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION OF A CLASS OF SECURITIES UNDER SECTION 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR ITS TERMINATION OF THE DUTY TO FILE REPORTS UNDER SECTION 13(a) OR SECTION 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934**

Commission File Number: **333-13792**

**Quebecor Media Inc.**

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

**612 St-Jacques Street, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3C 4M8**

**Tel.: +(514) 380-1999**

(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of registrant's principal executive offices)

**5 ¾% Senior Notes due January 15, 2023**<br> (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

Place an X in the appropriate box(es) to indicate the provision(s) relied upon to terminate the duty to file reports from the Securities Exchange Act of 1934:

Rule 12h-6(a) ◻ (for equity securities) Rule 12h-6(d) ◻ (for successor registrants) <br>Rule 12h-6(c) ⌧ (for debt securities) Rule 12h-6(i) ◻ (for prior Form 15 filers)

**PART I**

**Item 1.** **Exchange Act Reporting History**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. Quebecor Media Inc. (the "<u>Corporation</u>") is a corporation under the *Business Corporations Act* of the the Province of Quebec. The Corporation first became subject to a duty to file reports under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "<u>Exchange Act</u>"), on June 5, 2006 upon the effectiveness of the amended Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-133894) that the Corporation filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "<u>Commission</u>") in respect of a series of the Corporation's 7 ¾% Senior Notes due 2016.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. For the 12 months preceding the filing of this Form 15F, the Corporation has filed or submitted all reports required under Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act and the corresponding rules and regulations promulgated by the Commission, including its annual report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2021, which was filed on March 25, 2022.

**Item 2.** **Recent United States Market Activity**

On April 10, 2013, the Corporation filed a prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b)3 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "<u>Securities Act</u>") with the Commission relating to an offering of $850,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Corporation's 5 ¾% Senior Notes due January 15, 2023 (the "<u>Notes</u>") in exchange for substantially identical outstanding debt securities that had been offered in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act.

Since that time, the Corporation has not conducted any other offering or sale of the Notes or of any other securities required to be registered under the Securities Act.

**Item 3.** **Foreign Listing and Primary Trading Market**

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A. The Notes were never listed, traded or quoted on any securities exchange. The Notes may have traded
from time to time through over-the-counter trading.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;B. Not applicable.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;C. Not applicable.

**Item 4.** **Comparative Trading Volume Data**

Not applicable.

**Item 5.** **Alternative Record Holder Information** 

Not applicable.

**Item 6.** **Debt Securities**

On January 17, 2023 the Corporation duly repaid in full at maturity all of the outstanding Notes. As a result, as of January 17, 2023 there are no Notes outstanding and therefore no record holders of the Notes.

**Item 7.** **Notice Requirement**

On January 20, 2023, the Corporation published a press release disclosing its intent to deregister and terminate its reporting obligations under the Exchange Act. This press release was circulated by Cision CNW Newswire, a major financial news wire service in the United States, on January 20, 2023. A copy of the press release is attached as an exhibit to this Form 15F.

**Item 8.** **Prior Form 15 Filers**

Not applicable.

**PART II**

**Item 9.** **Rule 12g3-2(b) Exemption**

Not applicable.

**PART III**

**Item 10.** **Exhibits**

Exhibit 1.1 Press Release pursuant to Rule 12h-6(h) under the Exchange Act, dated January 20, 2023.

**Item 11.** **Undertakings**

The undersigned issuer hereby undertakes to withdraw this Form 15F if, at any time before the effectiveness of its termination of reporting under Rule 12h-6, it has actual knowledge of information that causes it reasonably to believe that, at the time of filing the Form 15F:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) The average daily trading volume of its subject class of securities in the United States exceeded 5 percent of the average daily trading volume of that class of securities on a worldwide basis for the same recent 12-month period that the issuer used for purposes of Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(i);

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) Its subject class of securities was held of record by 300 or more United States residents or 300 or more persons worldwide, if proceeding under Rule 12h-6(a)(4)(ii) or Rule 12h-6(c); or

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) It otherwise did not qualify for termination of its Exchange Act reporting obligations under Rule 12h-6.

**SIGNATURES**

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Quebecor Media Inc. has duly authorized the undersigned person to sign on its behalf this certification on Form 15F. In so doing, Quebecor Media Inc. certifies that, as represented on this Form, it has complied with all of the conditions set forth in Rule 12h-6 for terminating its registration under section 12(g) of the Exchange Act, or its duty to file reports under section 13(a) or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, or both.

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|:---|:---|:---|
| QUEBECOR MEDIA INC. | QUEBECOR MEDIA INC. | QUEBECOR MEDIA INC. |
| By: | */s/ Jean-François Parent* | */s/ Jean-François Parent* |
|  | Name: | Jean-Francois Parent |
|  | Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |

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## Exhibit 1.1

Exhibit 1.1

Press Release

![](tm233908d2_ex1-1img001.jpg)

**PRESS RELEASE**

**Quebecor Media Inc. Announces Filing of Form 15F to Terminate Reporting Obligations Under the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934**

**Montréal, January 20, 2023 –** (TSX:QBR.A, QBR.B) **–** Quebecor Media Inc. ("Quebecor Media"), a subsidiary of Quebecor Inc., today announced that, on January 17, 2023, it repaid in full at maturity all of its outstanding 5 ¾% Senior Notes due January 15, 2023 (the "Notes").

Quebecor Media today announced that it has filed a Form 15F with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") with the intention of voluntarily terminating its reporting obligations under Section 13(a) and Section 15(d) of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act").

Quebecor Media expects that this termination of duty to file reports will become effective 90 days after its filing with the SEC. As result of this filing, Quebecor Media's reporting obligations with the SEC, including its obligations to file annual reports on Form 20-F and reports on Form 6-K, will immediately be suspended. Quebecor Media is current with its reporting requirements under the Exchange Act.

**About Quebecor** 

Quebecor, a Canadian leader in telecommunications, entertainment, news media and culture, is one of the best-performing integrated communications companies in the industry. Driven by their determination to deliver the best possible customer experience, all of Quebecor's subsidiaries and brands are differentiated by their high-quality, multiplatform, convergent products and services.

Quebecor (TSX: QBR.A, QBR.B) is headquartered in Québec and employs nearly 10,000 people in Canada.

A family business founded in 1950, Quebecor is strongly committed to the community. Every year, it actively supports more than 400 organizations in the vital fields of culture, health, education, the environment, and entrepreneurship.

Quebecor Media is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor.

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**Information:**

Hugues Simard<br> Chief Financial Officer<br> Quebecor Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc.<br> hugues.simard@quebecor.com<br> 514 380-7414

Communications department<br> Quebecor Inc. and Quebecor Media Inc.

medias@quebecor.com<br> 514 380-4572