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Enbridge Inc. has announced:

that it has entered into an agreement with a group of underwriters to sell 12 million cumulative redeemable preference shares, series H (the “Series H Preferred Shares”) at a price of $25.00 per share for distribution to the public. Closing of the offering is expected on March 29, 2012.

The holders of Series H Preferred Shares will be entitled to receive fixed cumulative dividends at an annual rate of $1.00 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 4.00 per cent per annum, for the initial fixed rate period to but excluding September 1, 2018. The first quarterly dividend payment date is scheduled for September 1, 2012. The dividend rate will reset on September 1, 2018 and every five years thereafter at a rate equal to the sum of the then five-year Government of Canada bond yield plus 2.12 per cent. The Series H Preferred Shares are redeemable by Enbridge, at its option, on September 1, 2018 and on September 1 of every fifth year thereafter.

The holders of Series H Preferred Shares will have the right to convert their shares into cumulative redeemable preference shares, series I (the “Series I Preferred Shares”), subject to certain conditions, on September 1, 2018 and on September 1 of every fifth year thereafter. The holders of Series I 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 then 90-day Government of Canada treasury bill rate plus 2.12 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 H Preferred Shares at a price of $25.00 per share.

The offering is being made only in Canada by means of a prospectus. 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 co-led by RBC Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc., and TD Securities Inc.

Update, 2012-3-22: Pfd-2(low), Stable Trend, from DBRS.

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