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Enbridge Issues Preferred Shares to Fund Capital Projects

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Enbridge Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters to sell eight million Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 7 at a price of $25.00 per share for distribution to the public. Closing of the offering is expected on December 12, 2013.

The holders of Series 7 Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive fixed cumulative dividends at an annual rate of $1.10 per share, payable quarterly on the 1st day of March, June, September and December, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge, yielding 4.40 per cent per annum, for the initial fixed rate period to but excluding March 1, 2019. The first quarterly dividend payment date is scheduled for March 1, 2014. The dividend rate will reset on March 1, 2019 and every five years thereafter at a rate equal to the sum of the then five-year Canadian Government bond yield plus 2.57 per cent. The Series 7 Preferred Shares are redeemable by Enbridge, at its option, on March 1, 2019 and on March 1 of every fifth year thereafter.

The holders of Series 7 Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their shares into Cumulative Redeemable Preference Shares, Series 8, subject to certain conditions, on March 1, 2019 and on March 1 of every fifth year thereafter. The holders of Series 8 Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive quarterly floating rate cumulative dividends, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Enbridge, at a rate equal to the sum of the 90-day Government of Canada treasury bill rate plus 2.57 per cent.

Enbridge has granted to the underwriters an option, exercisable at any time up to 48 hours prior to the closing of the offering, to purchase up to an additional 2 million Series 7 Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share.

The offering is being made only in Canada by means of a prospectus supplement to the base shelf prospectus of the Corporation dated June 6, 2013. Proceeds will be used to partially fund capital projects, to reduce existing indebtedness and for other general corporate purposes of the Corporation and its affiliates.

The syndicate of underwriters is led by Scotiabank, CIBC, RBC Capital Markets, and TD Securities Inc.

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the preferred shares in any jurisdiction. The preferred shares offered have not been registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold within the United States unless registered under the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws or an exemption from such registration is available.