Rogers-Shaw deal deadline extended for fourth time pending final approval

Rogers Communications has extended the deadline for its takeover of Shaw Communications for the fourth time to March 31 as the wireless carriers await final approval from Canadian industry minister Francois-Philippe Champagne.

The Friday announcement from Rogers and Shaw comes after the companies set a Feb. 17 deadline last month as a long-drawn battle for approval with the country’s competition bureau came to an end.

The antitrust tribunal approved the deal in December and a Canadian court later dismissed the competition bureau’s efforts to overturn the approval.