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Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement No. 33-77022
Prospectus
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
The Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the Plan) of Enbridge Inc. (the
Corporation) permits registered holders of common shares of the Corporation (Common Shares) to
purchase additional Common Shares by reinvesting all of the cash dividends paid on the Common
Shares and also by making optional cash payments of up to $5,000 Canadian per quarter.
The price of the Common Shares purchased under the Plan with reinvested dividends will be 98%
of the weighted average of the trading prices for Common Shares on The Toronto Stock Exchange on
the five trading days preceding a dividend payment date. The Directors may, in their sole
discretion, at any time, with effect at the time of declaration of the next dividend payment,
determine to change the Plan by changing or eliminating the then-applicable discount. The price for
Common Shares purchased under the Plan with optional cash payments will be 100% of the weighted
average of the trading prices for Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the five trading
days preceding the relevant dividend payment date.
The Plan is available to every registered holder of Common Shares. The Common Shares
purchased under the Plan will, at the option of the Corporation, be issued directly from the
treasury of the Corporation or be purchased in the open market on a stock exchange. All
administrative expenses will be paid by the Corporation.
All enquiries relating to the Plan should be addressed to: CIBC Mellon Trust Company, P.O. Box
7010, Adelaide Street Postal Station, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5C 2W9 (Telephone: (416) 643-5500
or toll free 1-800-387-0825).
Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission nor any state securities commission has
approved or disapproved of these securities or determined if this prospectus is truthful or
complete. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.
The date of this prospectus is January 1, 2008.
ENFORCEMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
The Corporation is a Canadian corporation, and the majority of its assets and operations are
located, and the majority of its revenues are derived, outside the United States. It may not be
possible for investors to enforce outside the United States judgments against the Corporation
obtained in the United States in any such actions, including actions predicated upon the civil
liability provisions of the United States federal and state securities laws. In addition, certain
of the directors and officers of the Corporation are residents of Canada or other jurisdictions
outside of the United States, and all or a substantial portion of the assets of those directors and
officers are or may be located outside the United States. As a result, it may not be possible for
investors to effect service of process within the United States upon those persons, or to enforce
against them judgments obtained in United States courts, including judgments predicated upon the
civil liability provisions of United States federal and state securities laws.
AVAILABLE INFORMATION
The Corporation has filed with the SEC under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
Securities Act) a registration statement on Form F-3 relating to the securities and of which
this prospectus forms a part. This prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in
such registration statement, certain items of which are contained in the exhibits to the
registration statement as permitted or required by the rules and regulations of the SEC.
Statements made in this prospectus as to the contents of any contract, agreement or other document
referred to are not necessarily complete, and in each instance, reference is made to the exhibit,
if applicable, for a more complete description of the relevant matter, each such statement being
qualified in its entirety by such reference. Items of information omitted from this prospectus but
contained in the registration statement will be available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov.
The Corporation is subject to the information requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), and in accordance therewith files reports and other
information with the SEC. Under the multi-jurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United
States and Canada, such reports and other information may be prepared in accordance with the
disclosure requirements of Canada, which requirements are different from those of the United
States. The Corporation is exempt from the rules under the Exchange Act prescribing the furnishing
and content of proxy statements, and its officers, directors and principal shareholders are exempt
from the reporting and short-swing profit recovery provisions contained in Section 16 of the
Exchange Act. Under the Exchange Act, the Corporation is not required to publish financial
statements as promptly as United States companies. The reports and other information we file with
the SEC will be available on the SECs website at www.sec.gov. You may read and copy any document
that we have filed with the SEC at the SECs public reference room at 100 F Street, N.E.,
Washington, D.C. 20549. You may also obtain copies of the same documents from the public reference
room of the SEC by paying a fee. You should call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 or access its web site
at www.sec.gov for further information about the public reference rooms.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The SEC allows us to incorporate by reference information into this prospectus, which means
that we can disclose important information to you by referring you to another document filed
separately with the SEC. The information incorporated by reference is deemed to be part of this
prospectus, except for any information superseded by information contained directly in this
prospectus, any prospectus supplement or subsequent filings deemed incorporated by reference into
this prospectus.
This prospectus incorporates by reference the documents set forth below that we have
previously filed with or furnished to the SEC:
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our Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006, filed on
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our Reports of Foreign Issuer on Form 6-K, furnished on January 3, 2007, January 17,
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2007, May 1, 2007, May 2, 2007, June 1, 2007, July 2, 2007, August 1, 2007, September 4, 2007,
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our registration statement on Form 8-A, filed on October 3, 2001. |
In addition, all documents that we will file with the SEC pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, and, to the extent expressly stated therein, certain Reports on Form 6-K
furnished by us which specifically state that they are intended to be incorporated by reference,
after the date of this prospectus and prior to the termination of any offering of securities
offered by this prospectus shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this prospectus from
the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a document incorporated
or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for
purposes of this prospectus to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other
subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein
modifies or supersedes such statement. The modifying or superseding statement need not state that
it has modified or superseded a prior statement or include any other information set forth in the
document that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement is not
to be deemed an admission for any purposes that the modified or superseded statement, when made,
constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a
material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not
misleading in light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any such statement so modified or
superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this
prospectus from the date of filing of such document.
We will provide, without charge, to any person who receives a copy of this prospectus, upon
written or oral request, a copy of any documents identified above, other than exhibits to such
incorporated documents, unless the exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference in such
incorporated document. Requests should be directed to: Corporate Secretary of Enbridge Inc., Suite
3000, 425 1st Street S.W., Calgary, Alberta, T2P 3L8 (telephone (403) 231-3900).
VALIDITY OF THE SECURITIES
The validity of the Common Shares has been passed upon for the Corporation by McCarthy
Tétrault LLP, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, corporate counsel to the Corporation.
EXPERTS
The consolidated annual financial statements of the Corporation for the year ended December
31, 2006 and 2005 incorporated by reference in this prospectus have been so incorporated in
reliance on the audit report, which is also incorporated by reference in this prospectus
supplement, of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, Chartered Accountants, Calgary, Alberta, on the
authority of such firm as experts in auditing and accounting.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 34 of By-law No. 1 of Enbridge provides, with regard to indemnity and insurance under
the Canada Business Corporations Act (the CBCA or the Act), in part as follows:
Indemnity of directors, officers and others. Subject to the limitations contained in the Act
but without limit to the right of the Corporation to indemnify as provided for in the Act, the
Corporation shall indemnify a director or officer, a former director or officer, or another
individual who acts or acted at the Corporations request as a director or officer, or an
individual acting in a similar capacity, of another entity, against all costs, charges and
expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred
by the individual in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other
proceeding in which the individual is involved because of that association with the Corporation or
other entity, if the individual:
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acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of the Corporation
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may be, to the best interests of the other entity for which the individual acted as
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penalty, had reasonable grounds for believing that the individuals conduct was lawful. |
The CBCA provides that a Corporation may with the approval of a court, indemnify a director
or officer, a former director or officer, or another individual who acts or acted at the
Corporations request as a director or officer or an individual acting in a similar capacity, of
another entity with respect to any security holders derivative action brought pursuant to the
CBCA. The CBCA also provides that as of right, in general, the individuals referred to in the
foregoing sentence are entitled to indemnity if the individual seeking indemnity: (i) was not
judged by a court or other competent authority to have committed any fault or omitted to do
anything that the individual ought to have done; (ii) acted honestly and in good faith with a view
to the best interests of the Corporation or, as the case may be, to the best interests of the
other entity for which the individual acted as a director or officer or in a similar capacity at
the Corporations request; and (iii) where a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that
is enforced by a monetary penalty, the individual had reasonable grounds for believing that the
individuals conduct was lawful.
As authorized by Section 35 of By-law No. 1, the Corporation has an insurance policy which
indemnifies directors and officers against certain liabilities incurred by them in their capacities
as such, including among other things, certain liabilities under the Securities Act.
Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising from the Securities Act may be permitted to
directors, officers or persons controlling the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, the
Corporation has been informed that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore
unenforceable.
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You should rely only on the information
contained in or incorporated by reference in
this prospectus. We have not authorized anyone
to provide you with different information. This
prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell
or a solicitation of an offer to buy any of the
securities covered hereby to any person in any
jurisdiction where such an offer or
solicitation would be unlawful. You should bear
in mind that although the information contained
in, or incorporated by reference in this
prospectus is intended to be accurate as of the
date on the front of those documents, that
information may also be amended, supplemented
or updated by the subsequent filing of
additional documents incorporated by reference
into this prospectus and by any subsequently
filed prospectus amendments.
Table of Contents
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DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND
SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
PROSPECTUS
DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT AND
SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
OFFERING
CIRCULAR
January 1, 2008
Shareholders should read carefully the entire Offering Circular before making any decision
regarding the Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan described below.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
OFFERING CIRCULAR
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ENQUIRIES
All enquiries relating to the plan should be addressed to:
CIBC Mellon Trust Company
P.O. Box 7010, Adelaide Street Postal Station, Toronto, Ontario M5C 2W9
Telephone: (416) 643-5500 or toll free 1-800-387-0825.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
THE CORPORATION
Enbridge Inc. (the Corporation) is a corporation continued under the Canada Business
Corporations Act and is engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the pipeline transportation and gas
distribution services. The Corporations registered office is located at 3000, 425 1st Street S.W.,
Calgary, Alberta T2P 3L8.
DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
The Dividend Reinvestment and Share Purchase Plan (the Plan) enables holders of record of
common shares of the Corporation (Common Shares) to purchase additional Common Shares by
reinvesting all of the cash dividends paid on the Common Shares and also by making optional cash
payments of up to $5,000 Canadian per quarter, in both cases without incurring brokerage or other
transaction expenses. Common Shares distributed under the Plan will, at the option of the
Corporation, be issued directly from the treasury of the Corporation or be purchased in the open
market on a stock exchange. The declaration of dividends to the holders of Common Shares is at the
discretion of the Directors of the Corporation. Dividend payment dates for the Corporations Common
Shares have generally been March 1, June 1, September 1 and December 1 of each year.
Price
The price of the Common Shares purchased on behalf of a registered holder of Common Shares
who participates in the Plan (a Participant) with reinvested dividends will be 98% of the
weighted average of the trading prices for Common Shares on The Toronto Stock Exchange on the five
trading days preceding a dividend payment date. The Directors may, in their sole discretion, at
any time, with effect at the time of declaration of the next dividend payment, determine to change
the Plan by changing or eliminating the then-applicable discount.
Optional cash payments of up to $5,000 Canadian per quarter will be used to purchase Common
Shares under the Plan at a price equal to 100% of the weighted average of the trading prices for
Common Shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange on the five trading days preceding a dividend payment
date.
As used herein, trading day, means a day on which not less than 500 Common Shares were traded.
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Benefits to Participants
The following are certain of the benefits to Participants in the Plan:
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Full reinvestment of dividends is achieved since the Plan permits fractions of Common
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All Common Shares purchased under the Plan will be held for the Participants account by
CIBC Mellon Trust
Company (the Trustee) as trustee on behalf of the Participant. The Trustee will provide a
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Participation in the Plan may be terminated by a Participant at any time (but no more
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Participation
If your Common Shares are registered in your name:
Except as described below, a registered holder of Common Shares is eligible at any time to
participate in the Plan with respect to all of the Common Shares registered in such holders name
by completing the enclosed Enrolment Form and sending it to the Trustee.
If your Common Shares are not registered in your name:
A beneficial owner of Common Shares whose shares are not registered in his or her own name may
participate in the Plan after having those shares transferred into his or her own name or into a
specific segregated registered account. A beneficial owner whose shares are held in a specific
segregated registered account, such as a numbered account with a bank, trust company or broker, may
request that entity, subject to any restriction imposed by such entity, to enrol such account in
the Plan with respect to those shares.
Participation
Once a shareholder has enrolled in the Plan, participation continues automatically unless
terminated in accordance with the terms of the Plan. (See Termination of Participation below.)
Under the terms of the Plan, registered holders of Common Shares may direct the Trustee to
reinvest cash dividends on all of the Common Shares registered in a particular name or manner, and
to apply optional cash payments of up to $5,000 Canadian per quarter, to purchase new Common
Shares.
A registered holder of Common Shares will become a Participant in the Plan as of the first
dividend record date following receipt by the Trustee of a properly completed Enrolment Form
provided that the Enrolment Form is received not later than five business days before such dividend
record date. If an Enrolment Form is received by the Trustee less than five business days before
the record date for a particular dividend that dividend will be paid to the shareholder in the
usual manner and participation in the Plan will commence with the next dividend. Dividend record
dates for the Common Shares have generally been on February 15, May 15, August 15 and November 15
in each year. Notice of the record date and payment date for any particular dividend is published
in the financial press at least seven days before the record date.
A Participant should note that Common Shares of the Corporation acquired outside of the Plan
which are not registered in exactly the same name or manner as Common Shares enrolled in the Plan
will not be automatically enrolled in the Plan. A Participant purchasing additional Common Shares
outside of the Plan is advised to contact the Trustee to ensure that all Common Shares owned by
them are enrolled in the Plan.
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Method of Purchase
Cash dividends payable on Common Shares registered for a Participant in the Plan, after
deduction of any applicable withholding tax, will be paid to the Trustee and applied automatically
by the Trustee on each dividend payment date to the purchase of Common Shares for that
Participant.
A Participants account will be credited with the number of Common Shares of the Corporation,
including fractions computed to three decimal places, which is equal to the dividends reinvested
for such Participant divided by the applicable purchase price. Full reinvestment of dividends
under the Plan is possible because fractions of Common Shares, as well as whole Common Shares, are
credited to a Participants account. The rounding of any fractional interest is determined by the
Trustee using such methods as it deems appropriate in the circumstances.
Optional Cash Payments
Optional cash payments received by the Trustee from a Participant not less than five business
days prior to a dividend payment date will be applied by the Trustee to the purchase of Common
Shares in the same manner as described under Method of Purchase. Cash dividends paid on new
Common Shares purchased with optional cash payments will automatically be reinvested in additional
Common Shares in the same manner as described under Method of Purchase.
The option to make cash payments is available to a Participant each quarter with no minimum
but cannot exceed $5,000 Canadian per quarter. To make an initial optional cash payment, a
Participant must (i) complete an Optional Cash Purchase Form, (ii) enclose a personal cheque made
payable to CIBC Mellon Trust Company, (iii) complete and sign a CIBC Mellon Participant Declaration
Form and (iv) deliver these three items to the Trustee. (See Federal Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money
Laundering Legislation below.) If a Participant has not previously delivered a completed Enrolment
Form to the Trustee, the Participant must do so together with items (i)-(iii) above. To make
subsequent optional cash payments, a Participant must deliver subsequent payments to the Trustee by
personal cheque, certified cheque, bank draft or other means acceptable to the Trustee. The same
amount of money need not be sent each quarter and there is no obligation to make an optional cash
payment each quarter.
Optional cash payments received by the Trustee less than five business days preceding a
dividend payment date will be held by the Trustee until the next dividend payment date. No
interest will be paid by the Corporation or by the Trustee on any funds received prior to a
dividend payment date. Any interest earned on such funds will be applied by the Corporation to
defray the costs of the Plan.
Costs
There are no brokerage commissions payable by a Participant with respect to Common Shares
purchased under the Plan. Common Shares purchased on behalf of a Participant are either purchased
directly from the treasury of the Corporation, in which case there are no brokerage commissions, or
purchased in the open market on a stock exchange, in which case all brokerage commissions are paid
by the Corporation. A Participant will be responsible for the brokerage commission on a disposition
of whole Common Shares effected by the Trustee if the Corporation terminates a Participant from
that Plan as described under Termination of Participation. All administrative costs of the Plan
are paid by the Corporation.
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Federal Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Money Laundering Legislation
Federal Anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering legislation requires that certain personal
information be provided by Participants wishing to make optional cash payments. If an optional
cash payment is being made, Participants will initially be required to complete a declaration on
CIBC Mellons Participant Declaration Form, provide a personal cheque and submit these items to
the Trustee with their completed Optional Cash Purchase Form. A Participants initial Optional
Cash Purchase Form with an optional cash payment component will not be processed without a duly
completed and signed CIBC Mellon Participant Declaration Form and a personal cheque.
Statements of Account
The Trustee will maintain an account for each Participant in the Plan. A statement of account
will be mailed by the Trustee to each Participant approximately two weeks after each dividend
payment date. This statement will set out the amount of the cash dividend paid on the Participants
Common Shares, the amount of any applicable withholding tax, the amount of any optional cash
payment made by the Participant, the number of Common Shares purchased through the Plan with
respect to such dividend and optional cash payment, the purchase price per Common Share and the
updated total number of Common Shares being held by the Trustee for the Participant in his or her
account. These statements of account are a Participants continuing record of the cost of purchases
and should be kept for tax purposes. In addition, each Participant will receive the appropriate
information annually for reporting dividends for tax purposes.
Share Certificates
Generally, Common Shares purchased through the Plan will be held in the name of the Trustee
for a Participant and reported on the Participants statement of account. This service protects
against loss, theft or destruction of share certificates. However, a Participant who requires a
share certificate but who does not wish to terminate participation in the Plan may obtain a
certificate for any number of whole Common Shares held in his or her account by written request to
the Trustee. A certificate will not be issued for a fraction of a share.
A Plan account is maintained in the same name in which certificates were registered with the
Corporation at the time the Participant enrolled in the Plan. Consequently, certificates for whole
Common Shares withdrawn from the account maintained for a Participant by the Trustee will be
registered in exactly the same manner when issued.
Shares being held by the Trustee for a Participant in his or her account may not be pledged,
sold or otherwise disposed of by a Participant. A Participant who wishes to do so must request
that a certificate for the required number of Common Shares be issued before such action may be
taken. Certificates will generally be issued to a Participant within three weeks of receipt by the
Trustee of a Participants written request and at no cost. Common Shares evidenced by the newly
issued certificates will continue to be eligible to participate in the Plan while owned by the
Participant and while such shares are recorded in a Plan account in the Participants name.
Termination of Participation
Participation in the Plan may be terminated by a Participant at any time (but no more than
once per year) by written notice to the Trustee signed by the registered holder or his or her
agent. If such notice is not signed by the registered holder, sufficient evidence of the agents
authority to act on behalf of the registered holder must be supplied. Generally, a termination
will be processed within three weeks of receipt by the Trustee of a written request for
termination or, if the request is received less than five business days before a dividend record
date, within three weeks after the next dividend payment date.
When a Participant terminates participation in the Plan, the Participant will receive from
the Trustee a certificate for the whole Common Shares held in the Participants account and a cash
payment for any fraction of a Common Share. The cash payment for any fraction of a Common Share
will be based on the weighted average of the trading prices for Common Shares, calculated for the
latest dividend paid in the manner described under Price and applied to any fraction of a Common
Share in a Participants account.
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Participation in the Plan will be terminated upon receipt by the Trustee of appropriate
evidence of the death of a Participant. In such case, a certificate for the whole Common Shares in
the Participants account will be issued in the name of the deceased Participant, along with a cash
payment for any fraction of a Common Share in the account based on the weighted average of the
trading prices for Common Shares, calculated for the latest dividend paid in the manner described
under Price and applied to any fraction of a Common Share in a Participants account. Requests
for issuance of a certificate for the whole Common Shares in the name of an estate and a cash
payment for a fractional Common Share in the name of an estate must be accompanied by such
appropriate documentation as may be reasonably requested by the Trustee and the Corporation.
After termination of participation in the Plan, any dividends will be paid to the shareholder in
cash.
The Corporation reserves the right to terminate participation in the Plan if a Participant
holds less than five Common Shares in his or her account and holds no other Common Shares. Upon
termination by the Corporation pursuant to this provision, the Trustee will sell the whole Common
Shares in the Participants account and pay the Participant the proceeds of such sale, net of
brokerage commissions, together with cash for the fractional Common Shares held in the account
based on the weighted average of the trading prices for Common Shares, calculated for the latest
dividend paid in the manner described under Price and applied to any fraction of a Common Share
in a Participants account.
Disposition of Shares Held in Certificate Form
If a Participant sells or transfers all the Common Shares held in certificate form that are
enrolled in the Plan, but does not sell Common Shares that are being held for such person by the
Trustee, participation in the Plan will continue for the latter shares, subject to termination as
described under Termination of Participation and Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the
Plan.
Rights Offerings
If the Corporation makes available to registered holders of Common Shares any rights to
subscribe for additional Common Shares or other securities, rights certificates will be forwarded
to a Participant in the Plan in proportion to the number of whole Common Shares owned, including
Common Shares being held for the Participant by the Trustee. Such rights will not be made available
for any fraction of a Common Share held for a Participant.
Stock Dividends and Stock Splits
Any stock dividends paid by the Corporation in the future will be credited to a Participants
account based on whole and fractional Common Shares being held for a Participant by the Trustee.
The date of acquisition of such Common Shares will be the dividend payment date on which the stock
dividend is paid and such Common Shares will be entitled to future dividend reinvestment in the
same manner as other Common Shares held in the Participants account.
Common Shares resulting from a stock split will also be credited to a Participants account
based on whole and fractional Common Shares being held for a Participant by the Trustee.
Certificates for Common Shares resulting from a stock dividend or stock split with respect to
Common Shares held in certificate form by a Participant will be mailed directly to the
Participant.
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Share Voting
Whole Common Shares held in a Participants account by the Trustee are voted in the same
manner as Common Shares held by a shareholder in certificate form, either by proxy or by the
Participant in person. A fractional share does not carry the right to vote.
Responsibilities of the Corporation and the Trustee
Neither the Corporation nor the Trustee will be liable for any act undertaken or omitted in
good faith, or have any duties, responsibilities or liabilities except as are expressly set forth
in the Plan or as required by law. In particular, the Corporation and the Trustee must comply with
all applicable laws now or hereafter in force which may impose a duty to permit any properly
authorized party to have access to and examine and make copies of any records relating to the
Plan.
Participants should recognize that neither the Corporation nor the Trustee can assure a
profit or protect against a loss on Common Shares purchased under the Plan.
Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan
The Corporation reserves the right to amend, suspend or terminate the Plan at any time, but
such action will have no retroactive effect which would prejudice the interests of a Participant.
Participants will be sent written notice of any material amendment and of any suspension or
termination of the Plan.
If the Plan is terminated by the Corporation, a Participant will receive a certificate for
whole Common Shares being held in the Participants account and a cash payment for any fraction of
a Common Share based on the weighted average of the trading prices for Common Shares, calculated
for the latest dividend paid in the manner described under Price and applied to any fraction of a
Common Share in a Participants account.
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Notices
All notices required to be given to a Participant in the Plan will be mailed to the
Participant at the most recent address shown on the records of the Corporation.
All communications to the Trustee and requests for forms or information regarding the Plan should
be directed to:
CIBC Mellon Trust Company
P.O. Box 7010
Adelaide Street Postal Station
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2W9
Telephone:
(416) 643-5500 or toll free 1-800-387-0825
Tax Considerations
The following summary of material Canadian and United States federal income tax consequences
is of a general nature only, is not exhaustive of all possible tax considerations and is not
intended to be legal or tax advice to any particular holder of Common Shares. Shareholders are
advised to consult a tax advisor as to the consequences of participation in the Plan. This
summary assumes that the Common Shares are held by the Participant as capital property.
Canadian Participants
The following is a general description of the principal Canadian federal income tax
provisions affecting a Participant resident in Canada. This summary is based on the provisions of
the Income Tax Act (Canada) (Act) in effect on January 1, 2008 and all specific proposals to
amend the Act publicly announced by or on behalf of the Minister of Finance (Canada) prior to that
date. This summary does not take into account or anticipate any changes in law or administrative
practice which occur after January 1, 2008.
All cash dividends reinvested on behalf of a Participant will be subject to the tax treatment
normally accorded to taxable dividends received by the Participant directly from the Corporation.
For example, in the case of a Participant who is an individual, dividends will be subject to the
gross-up and credit rules or, in the case of a Participant that is a private corporation or one of
certain other corporations, a refundable tax will apply to the amount of the dividend. Other taxes
could apply depending on the circumstances of the Participant. The fact that dividends are
reinvested pursuant to the Plan does not affect the taxability of dividends to the Participant nor
the status of any dividend as an eligible dividend under the Act.
A Participant will not realize any taxable income on receipt of a certificate for whole
Common Shares in his or her account, whether upon request for such certificate from the
Participants account, upon termination of participation of that Participant or upon termination
of the Plan by the Corporation. However, a Participant who holds Common Shares as capital property
may realize a capital gain or loss on the sale or exchange of whole and fractional Common Shares
acquired through the Plan. For purposes of determining the amount of any capital gain or capital
loss which may result from the disposition of Common Shares, the adjusted cost base of Common
Shares owned by a Participant is the average cost of all such Common Shares owned and acquired by
a Participant subsequent to 1971, whether acquired through reinvesting dividends or otherwise
acquired outside the Plan. The cost of a Common Share credited to a Participants account pursuant
to the Plan will equal the price of such Common Share, calculated in the manner described under
Price.
For the purpose of calculating an individuals alternative minimum tax, 80% of capital gains
and the full amount of dividends received (exclusive of the gross-up) are included in adjusted
taxable income, as defined in the Act, of a Participant.
United States Participants
The following discussion of certain Canadian federal and United States Federal income tax
consequences of participation in the Plan by a citizen or a resident of the United States,
including a corporation incorporated under the laws
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of the States thereof or the District of Columbia (a U.S. Participant) is based on the
applicable Canadian and United States laws and regulations in effect on January 1, 2008, as well
as on the Convention Between Canada and the United States with Respect to Taxes on Income and on
Capital (the Treaty). These laws are subject to change, possibly on a retroactive basis. The
information is for general guidance only and does not address the consequences applicable to
certain specialized classes of taxpayers such as securities dealers, persons liable for the
alternative minimum tax, or tax-exempt institutions. In addition, a U.S. Participant may incur
United States state and local income tax in addition to Federal income tax.
An Eligible U.S. Participant is a U.S. Participant that:
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does not maintain a permanent establishment or fixed base in Canada to which shares are
attributable and through
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is otherwise eligible for benefits under the Treaty with respect to income from participating
in the Plan. |
U.S. Participants should consult with their own tax advisors regarding the United States
federal, state and local and the Canadian and other tax consequences of participating in the Plan
in their particular circumstances. In particular, Participants should confirm their status as an
Eligible U.S. Participant with their advisors and should discuss any possible consequences of
failing to qualify as an Eligible U.S. Participant.
This discussion addresses only United States federal income taxation and Canadian federal income
taxation.
Dividends paid on the Corporations Common Shares to an Eligible U.S. Participant and
designated for reinvestment under the Plan will generally be reduced by Canadian withholding tax
before reinvestment. Under the Act, the rate of withholding tax on dividends is 25%. However, under
the Treaty the rate of Canadian withholding tax applicable to an Eligible U.S. Participant will
generally not exceed 15% of the gross dividend amount.
For U.S. Federal income tax purposes, a U.S. Participant must include in income dividends
that are reinvested and paid in the form of Common Shares. The amount to be included in income due
to dividends reinvested in the Plan is the United States dollar equivalent of the sum of the fair
market value on the payment date of the Common Shares purchased with reinvested dividends and the
amount of Canadian tax withheld. This amount will include any discount, along with the Canadian
tax withheld or paid, if any, on account of any discount that might be offered through the Plan.
If the Corporation elects to purchase shares for a U.S. Participants account on the open market,
the portion of any brokerage commissions paid by the Corporation that is attributable to the
purchase of the participants shares will be treated as a taxable dividend to the participant. Any
such dividend amount will, however, increase the tax basis of the participants shares.
If you are a noncorporate U.S. Participant, dividends that are reinvested and paid in the
form of Common Shares through the Plan in taxable years beginning before January 1, 2011 that
constitute qualified dividend income will be taxable to you at a maximum tax rate of 15% provided
that you held the shares on which dividends were paid for more than 60 days during the 121-day
period beginning 60 days before the ex-dividend date and meet other holding period requirements.
Dividends paid and reinvested through the Plan on behalf of a noncorporate U.S. Participant
generally will be qualified dividend income.
Subject to limitations, a U.S. Participant may generally elect either to credit the amount of
any Canadian tax withheld on dividends against his or her United States Federal income tax
liability or to deduct the amount of such taxes from his or her gross income.
A U.S. Participants Federal income tax basis for each Common Share or fraction thereof
acquired through reinvestment of dividends or making of optional cash payments pursuant to the
Plan will be the fair market value of such Common Share or fraction thereof on the date it is
purchased. The holding period for each Common Share or fraction thereof will begin on the day
following the purchase date.
A U.S. Participant will recognize a taxable gain or loss when Common Shares, including
fractional Common Shares, are sold or exchanged, whether pursuant to a termination of the Plan or
of the Participants participation in the Plan or
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otherwise. The amount of this gain or loss will be the difference between the amount a Participant
receives for the Common Shares and the Participants adjusted tax basis therefor. The gain or loss
will be a capital gain or loss if the Common Shares are held as capital assets and will be a
long-term capital gain or loss if the holding period for such Common Shares exceeds one year.
General
The Corporation reserves the right to interpret and regulate the Plan as it deems necessary
or desirable and any such interpretation or regulation will be final.
Any reference herein to a dividend record date or a dividend payment date means such date
with respect to a dividend payable on Common Shares.
Unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular number only shall include
the plural and vice versa, words importing the masculine gender shall include feminine and neuter
genders and vice versa, and words importing persons shall include individuals, partnerships,
associations, trusts, unincorporated organizations and corporations.
Effective Date
The effective date of the Plan is May 5, 1994.
RECEIPT AND USE OF PROCEEDS
The Corporation will only receive proceeds under the Plan if Common Shares are issued from
the treasury of the Corporation rather than being purchased in the open market on a stock
exchange. If Common Shares are issued from treasury pursuant to the Plan, the proceeds received by
the Corporation from time to time, will be added to the general funds of the Corporation and may
be applied to:
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provide financing for the capital expenditure and investment programs of the Corporation
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January 1,
2008
ENBRIDGE INC.
Patrick
D. Daniel
Patrick
D. Daniel
President & Chief Executive Officer
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PLAN FEATURES
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The Plan provides an efficient and cost effective manner to acquire additional Common Shares in
the Corporation. |
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Registered holders of the Corporations Common Shares are eligible to participate. |
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Under the Plan, cash dividends paid on Common Shares are currently reinvested in additional Common
Shares at a discount to market. |
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Additional Common Shares may also be acquired through optional cash payments of up to $5,000 per
quarter at a price equal to market. |
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In either case, Participants do not pay brokerage commissions or any other costs associated with
the Plan. |
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The tax treatment of additional Common Shares issued under the Plan is similar to the
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DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT AND
SHARE PURCHASE PLAN
OFFERING CIRCULAR