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Fortis Inc. has declared:

NOTICE OF ANNUAL FIXED DIVIDEND RATE

CUMULATIVE REDEEMABLE FIVE-YEAR FIXED RATE RESET

FIRST PREFERENCE SHARES, SERIES G

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that Fortis Inc. (the “Corporation”) has calculated the annual fixed dividend rate (the “Annual Fixed Dividend Rate”) for the five-year period from and including September 1, 2018 to but excluding September 1, 2023 (the “Subsequent Fixed Rate Period”) for the Corporation’s Cumulative Redeemable Five-Year Fixed Rate Reset First Preference Shares, Series G (the “Series G First Preference Shares”) in accordance with the terms of the Series G First Preference Shares incorporated in the provisions of its articles.

The Annual Fixed Dividend Rate for the Subsequent Fixed Rate Period shall be equal to 4.393% per annum, being equal to the 2.263% yield to maturity of a Canadian dollar denominated non-callable Government of Canada bond with a term to maturity of five years as quoted as of 10:00 a.m. (Toronto time) on August 2, 2018 on the display designated as page “GCAN5YR Index” on the Bloomberg Financial L.P. service, plus 2.13%.

During the Subsequent Fixed Rate Period, dividends on the Series G First Preference Shares shall, if, as and when declared by the directors of the Corporation, be payable quarterly at the Annual Fixed Dividend Rate.
Dated the 2nd day of August, 2018.

BY ORDER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS
[signed]
James R. Reid
Executive Vice President, Chief Legal Officer and Corporate Secretary

This information is not on the Fortis website, nor is it on SEDAR. I obtained the document from Investor Relations. Presumably the company sent the notice to its only registered shareholder, CDS, with the hope that CDS would notify the brokerages and the brokerages would notify their clients. Ha-ha! We all know how careful the brokerages are to pass on every scrap of relevant information, don’t we?

FTS.PR.G commenced trading 2008-5-23 after being announced 2008-5-6 as a FixedReset, 5.25%+213. It reset to 3.883% in 2013.

Note that this issue does not have an option to convert into FloatingResets – the structure was very new at the time of issue and provisions had not yet standardized although, of course, there is nothing stopping a new issuer from coming out with an equivalent issue.

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