Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal
Year.
On September 15, 2022, Enbridge Inc. (the "Corporation") filed Articles of
Amendment with the Director under the Canada Business Corporations Act (the
"CBCA") amending its articles to create new series of Preference Shares of the
Corporation designated as Preference Shares, Series 2022-B (the "Series 2022-B
Conversion Preference Shares") and Preference Shares, Series 2022-C (the
"Series 2022-C Conversion Preference Shares" and, together with the
Series 2022-B Conversion Preference Shares, the "Conversion Preference Shares").
The Series 2022-B Conversion Preference Shares are issuable upon the automatic
conversion of the US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Corporation's
7.375% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes Series 2022-B due 2083 (the
"2022-B Notes"), and the Series 2022-C Conversion Preference Shares are issuable
upon the automatic conversion of the US$600,000,000 aggregate principal amount
of the Corporation's 7.625% Fixed-to-Fixed Rate Subordinated Notes Series 2022-C
due 2083 (the "2022-C Notes" and, together with the 2022-B Notes, the "Notes").
The Conversion Preference Shares will be entitled to receive cumulative
preferential cash dividends, if, as and when declared by the board of directors
of the Corporation, subject to the CBCA, at the same rate as the interest rate
that would have accrued on the applicable Notes (had such Notes remained
outstanding), payable on each semi-annual dividend payment date, subject to any
applicable withholding tax.
The foregoing description of the Corporation's Articles of Amendment is
qualified in all respects by reference to the text of the Certificates of
Amendment issued by the Director under the CBCA on September 15, 2022 and the
Articles of Amendment attached thereto, which are filed as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2
to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated by reference herein.
Item 8.01 Other Events.
On September 20, 2022, the Corporation completed the offering of the Notes. The
Notes were offered pursuant to the Corporation's Registration Statement on
Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 29, 2022
(Reg. No. 333- 266405) (the "Registration Statement"). The following documents
relating to the sale of the Notes are filed as exhibits to this Current Report
on Form 8-K and are incorporated by reference into this Item 8.01 and the
Registration Statement:
• Underwriting Agreement, dated September 15, 2022, between the Corporation and
the underwriters party thereto.
• Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 20, 2022, to the Indenture, dated
February 25, 2005, between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, relating to the 2022-B Notes.
• Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated September 20, 2022, to the Indenture, dated
February 25, 2005, between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, relating to the 2022-C Notes.
• Form of Global Note representing the 2022-B Notes.
• Form of Global Note representing the 2022-C Notes.
• Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, U.S. counsel for the Corporation, as to the
validity of the Notes.
• Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canadian counsel for the Corporation, as to
the validity of the Notes and the Conversion Preference Shares.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
Number Description
1.1 Underwriting Agreement, dated September 15, 2022, between the
Corporation and the underwriters party thereto.
3.1 Certificate and Articles of Amendment, dated September 15, 2022,
relating to the Series 2022-B Preference Shares.
3.2 Certificate and Articles of Amendment, dated September 15, 2022,
relating to the Series 2022-C Preference Shares.
4.1 Ninth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, dated September 20,
2022, between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas.
4.2 Tenth Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture, dated September 20,
2022, between the Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas.
4.3 Form of Global Note representing the 2022-B Notes (included in
Exhibit 4.1).
4.4 Form of Global Note representing the 2022-C Notes (included in
Exhibit 4.2).
5.1 Opinion of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, U.S. counsel for the Corporation,
as to the validity of the Notes.
5.2 Opinion of McCarthy Tétrault LLP, Canadian counsel for the
Corporation, as to the validity of the Notes and the Conversion
Preference Shares.
23.1 Consent of Sullivan & Cromwell LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 above).
23.2 Consent of McCarthy Tétrault LLP (included in Exhibit 5.2 above).
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