BRP INC.

ANNUAL INFORMATION

FORM

MARCH 24, 2022

FISCAL YEAR ENDED JANUARY 31, 2022

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXPLANATORY NOTES ..............................................................................................................................1

CORPORATE STRUCTURE ........................................................................................................................ 4

GENERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS ...................................................................................... 5

BUSINESS OF THE COMPANY AND ITS INDUSTRY ............................................................................... 7

RISK FACTORS ......................................................................................................................................... 26

DIVIDENDS ................................................................................................................................................. 51

DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPITAL STRUCTURE ..................................................................................... 51

MARKET FOR SECURITIES AND TRADING PRICE AND VOLUME ...................................................... 57

DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS ................................................................................................................... 58

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS AND REGULATORY ACTIONS ........................................................................ 70

INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN MATERIAL TRANSACTIONS .................................. 70

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR ...................................................... 71

MATERIAL CONTRACTS .......................................................................................................................... 71

INTEREST OF EXPERTS ........................................................................................................................... 73

AUDIT COMMITTEE ................................................................................................................................... 73

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 75

GLOSSARY OF TERMS ............................................................................................................................ 76

APPENDIX A CHARTER OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE ....................................................................... A-1

EXPLANATORY NOTES

The information in this annual information form (the "Annual Information Form") is stated as at January 31, 2022, unless otherwise indicated.

Unless otherwise noted or required by the context, the "Company" and "BRP" refer to BRP Inc. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries and predecessors or other entities controlled by them.

Unless otherwise indicated, all references to "$" or "dollars" are to Canadian dollars, references to "US$" or "U.S. dollars" are to United States dollars and references to "AUD$" are to Australian dollars. Amounts are stated in Canadian dollars unless indicated to the contrary.

All references to "Fiscal 2022" are to the Company's fiscal year ended January 31, 2022, to "Fiscal 2021" are to the Company's fiscal year ended January 31, 2021 and to "Fiscal 2020" are to the Company's fiscal year ended January 31, 2020.

All references to "season" throughout this Annual Information Form have different meanings depending on the applicable type of vehicle and region. Please refer to the following table for a description of such meanings:

Australia

Boats

12 months ended September 30

All other Regions and Territories

ATVs and SSVs

12 months ended June 30

Three-wheeled on-road vehicles

12 months ended October 31

Snowmobiles

12 months ended March 31

PWCs and pontoons

12 months ended September 30

Outboard engines

12 months ended July 31

Boats

12 months ended July 31

Any references to seasonal data for multiple products refer to each product's respective season for the specific year indicated.

Certain capitalized terms and phrases used in this Annual Information Form are defined in the "Glossary of Terms" beginning on page 76.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements in this Annual Information Form about the Company's current and future plans, including statements relating to its 5-year plan referred to as "Mission 2025", prospects, expectations, anticipations, estimates and intentions, results, levels of activity, performance, objectives, targets, goals, achievements, priorities and strategies, financial position, market position, capabilities, competitive strengths and beliefs, the prospects and trends of the industries in which the Company operates, the expected growth in demand for products and services in the markets in which the Company competes, research and product development activities, including projected design, characteristics, capacity or performance of future products and their expected scheduled entry to market, expected financial requirements and the availability of capital resources and liquidities, or any other future events or developments and other statements in this Annual Information Form that are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of applicable securities laws. The words "may", "will", "would", "should", "could", "expects", "forecasts", "plans", "intends", "trends", "indications", "anticipates", "believes", "estimates", "outlook", "predicts", "projects", "likely" or "potential"

or the negative or other variations of these words or other comparable words or phrases, are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

Forward-looking statements are presented for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding certain key elements of the Company's current objectives, goals, targets, strategic priorities, expectations and plans, and in obtaining a better understanding of the Company's business and anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes; readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained herein. Forward-looking statements, by their very nature, involve inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on a number of assumptions, both general and specific. The Company cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that current economic conditions render such assumptions, although believed reasonable at the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty. Such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual results or performance of the Company or the industry to be materially different from the outlook or any future results or performance implied by such statements.

In addition, many factors could cause the Company's actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements or future events or developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, the following factors, which are discussed in greater detail under the heading "Risk Factors" of this Annual Information Form: the impact of adverse economic conditions such as those resulting from the ongoing coronavirus (known as COVID-19) health crisis (including on consumer spending, the Company's operations and supply and distribution chains, the availability of credit and the Company's workforce); any decline in social acceptability of the Company's products; fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; high levels of indebtedness; any unavailability of additional capital; unfavourable weather conditions and climate change more generally; seasonal sales fluctuations; any inability to comply with product safety, health, environmental and noise pollution laws; the Company's large fixed cost base; any inability of dealers and distributors to secure adequate access to capital; any supply problems, termination or interruption of supply arrangements or increases in the cost of materials; the Company's competition in product lines; the Company's inability to successfully execute its growth strategy; the Company's international sales and operations, any failure of information technology systems or security breach; any failure to maintain an effective system of internal control over financial reporting and to produce accurate and timely financial statements; any loss of members of the Company's management team or employees who possess specialized market knowledge and technical skills; any inability to maintain and enhance the Company's reputation and brands; any significant product liability claim; any significant product repair and/or replacement due to product warranty claims or product recalls; the Company's reliance on a network of independent dealers and distributors; the Company's inability to successfully manage inventory levels; any intellectual property infringement and litigation; the Company's inability to successfully execute its manufacturing strategy or to meet customer demand as a result of manufacturing capacity constraints; increased freight and shipping costs or disruptions in transportation and shipping infrastructure; any failure to comply with covenants in financing and other material agreements; any changes in tax laws and unanticipated tax liabilities; any impairment in the carrying value of goodwill and trademarks; any deterioration in relationships with employees; pension plan liabilities; natural disasters; any failure to carry proper insurance coverage; volatility in the market price for the Subordinate Voting Shares; the Company's conduct of business through subsidiaries; the significant influence of Beaudier Group and Bain Capital; and future sales of Subordinate Voting Shares by Beaudier Group, Bain Capital, directors, officers or senior management of the Company. These factors are not intended to represent a complete list of the factors that could affect the Company; however, these factors should be considered carefully.

Unless otherwise stated, the forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Information Form are made as of the date of this Annual Information Form, and the Company has no intention and undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, including to reflect future

events, changes in circumstances, or changes in beliefs, unless required by applicable securities regulations. In the event that the Company does update any forward-looking statements contained in this Annual Information Form, no inference should be made that the Company will make additional updates with respect to that statement, related matters or any other forward-looking statement.

The Company made a number of economic, market and operational assumptions in preparing and making forward-looking statements. BRP cautions that its assumptions may not materialize and that current economic conditions may render such assumptions, although believed reasonable at the time they were made, subject to greater uncertainty.

IFRS and Non-IFRS Measures

The Company's financial statements, available under the Company's profiles on SEDAR atwww.sedar.comand on EDGAR at www.sec.gov, have been prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS").

This Annual Information Form makes reference to certain non-IFRS financial measures. These measures are not recognized measures under IFRS, do not have a standardized meaning prescribed by IFRS and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. Rather, these measures are provided as additional information to complement IFRS measures by providing further understanding of the Company's results of operations from management's perspective. Accordingly, they should not be considered in isolation nor as a substitute for analysis of the Company's financial information reported under IFRS.

The Company believes non-IFRS measures are important supplemental measures of financial performance because they eliminate items that have less bearing on the Company's financial performance and thus highlight trends in its core business that may not otherwise be apparent when relying solely on IFRS measures. The Company also believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties frequently use non-IFRS measures in the evaluation of companies, many of which present similar metrics when reporting their results. Management also uses non-IFRS measures in order to facilitate financial performance comparisons from period to period, prepare annual operating budgets, assess the Company's ability to meet its future debt service, capital expenditure and working capital requirements, and also, as a component in the determination of the short-term incentive compensation for the Company's employees. Because other companies may calculate these non-IFRS measures differently than the Company does, these metrics are not comparable to similarly titled measures reported by other companies. "Normalized EBITDA" is defined as net income before financing costs, financing income, income tax expense (recovery), depreciation expense and normalized elements described in the 2022 MD&A (as defined below), such as transaction costs, restructuring costs and impairment charges. "Normalized net income" is defined as net income before normalized elements described in the 2022 MD&A, such as foreign exchange gain on long-term debt and lease liabilities, transaction costs and restructuring costs, and adjusted to reflect the tax effect on these elements. The Company refers the reader to the "Non-IFRS Measures" and "Selected Consolidated Financial Information" sections of the Company's management's discussion and analysis for Fiscal 2022 (the "2022 MD&A"), which are incorporated by reference herein, for definitions and reconciliations of Normalized EBITDA and Normalized net income presented by the Company to the most directly comparable IFRS measure. The Company's 2022 MD&A is available under the Company's profiles on SEDAR atwww.sedar.comand on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Market and Industry Data

The Company has obtained the market and industry data presented in this Annual Information Form from a combination of internal surveys, third-party information and the estimates of the Company's management. There are limited sources that report on the Company's markets and industries and some

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