ENB.PF.I Enbridge Preferred Shares Series 17

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Excerpt: Size and initial yield

November 17, 2016 ENBRIDGE INC. $750,000,000 30,000,000 Cumulative Redeemable Minimum Rate Reset Preference Shares, Series 17* Enbridge Inc. (the “Corporation”) is hereby qualifying the distribution (the “Offering”) of 30,000,000 cumulative redeemable minimum rate reset preference shares, Series 17 (“Series 17 Shares”) of the Corporation at a price of $25.00 per Series 17 Share.
See “Details of the Offering” and “Plan of Distribution”. The holders of Series 17 Shares will be entitled to receive, as and when declared by the board of directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) out of moneys of the Corporation properly applicable to the payment of dividends, fixed, cumulative, preferential cash dividends for the initial period from and including the date of issue of the Series 17 Shares to but excluding March 1, 2022 (the “Initial Fixed Rate Period”), at an annual rate of $1.2875 per Series 17 Share, payable quarterly on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by the Corporation).
If any such date is not a business day, the dividend will be paid on the next succeeding business day. Assuming an issue date of November 23, 2016, the first dividend, if declared, will be payable March 1, 2017 in the amount of $0.3457 per Series 17 Share.

Excerpt: Reset Date and Yield Terms

For every five-year period after the Initial Fixed Rate Period (each a “Subsequent Fixed Rate Period”, as defined herein), the holders of Series 17 Shares shall be entitled to receive, as and when declared by the Board, fixed, cumulative, preferential cash dividends, payable quarterly on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year, in the amount per share equal to the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate (as defined herein) for such Subsequent Fixed Rate Period.
The Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the ensuing Subsequent Fixed Rate Period will be determined by the Corporation on the Fixed Rate Calculation Date (as defined herein) and will be equal to the sum of the Government of Canada Yield (as defined herein) on the Fixed Rate Calculation Date plus a spread of 4.14%, provided that, in any event, such rate shall not be less than 5.15%.
This spread will remain unchanged over the life of the Series 17 Shares. See “Details of the Offering”. The Series 17 Shares shall not be redeemable prior to March 1, 2022. On March 1, 2022, and on March 1 in every fifth year thereafter, the Corporation may, at its option, upon not less than 30 days and not more than 60 days prior written notice, redeem for cash all or any part of the outstanding Series 17 Shares by the payment of $25.00 per Series 17 Share plus all accrued and unpaid dividends (less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by the Corporation).
See “Details of the Offering”.

Excerpt: Conversion Terms

Option to Convert into Series 18 Shares The holders of the Series 17 Shares will have the right to convert all or any of their Series 17 Shares into cumulative redeemable preference shares, Series 18 of the Corporation (the “Series 18 Shares”), subject to certain conditions as described herein, on March 1, 2022 and on March 1 in every fifth year thereafter.
The holders of the Series 18 Shares will be entitled to receive, as and when declared by the Board, quarterly floating rate cumulative preferential cash dividends payable on the first day of March, June, September and December in each year (each such quarterly dividend period is referred to as a “Quarterly Floating Rate Period”, as defined herein) in the amount per share determined by multiplying the Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate (as defined herein) for such Quarterly Floating Rate Period by $25.00 and multiplying that product by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in such Quarterly Floating Rate Period and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, depending upon the actual number of days in the applicable year (less any tax required to be deducted and withheld by the Corporation).
If any such date is not a business day, the dividend will be paid on the next succeeding business day.
The Floating Quarterly Dividend Rate will be the annual rate of interest equal to the sum of the T-Bill Rate (as defined herein) on the applicable Floating Rate Calculation Date (as defined herein) plus a spread of 4.14%. See “Details of the Offering”. The Series 17 Shares and Series 18 Shares are series of shares in the same class.
The conversion right entitles holders to elect periodically which of the two series they wish to hold and does not entitle holders to receive a different class or type of securities. Other than the different dividend rights and redemption rights attached thereto, the Series 17 Shares and Series 18 Shares are identical in all material respects.