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BCE Inc (2)
Symbol BCE
Shares Issued 848,982,315
Close 2015-09-28 C$ 53.98
Market Cap C$ 45,828,065,364
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BCE's Bell arranges $1-billion debenture offering

2015-09-28 20:11 ET - News Release

An anonymous director reports

BELL ANNOUNCES OFFERING OF MTN DEBENTURES

BCE Inc.'s Bell Canada has arranged a public offering of $1-billion of MTN debentures pursuant to its medium-term notes (MTN) program.

The $1-billion 3.00-per-cent MTN debentures, Series M-40, will be dated Oct. 1, 2015, will mature on Oct. 3, 2022, and will be issued at a price of $99.599 per $100 principal amount. The MTN debentures will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by BCE.

The net proceeds of this offering are intended to be used to finance the repayment of Bell Canada's $1-billion principal amount of 3.60-per-cent debentures, Series M-21, due Dec. 2, 2015.

The MTN debentures are being publicly offered in all provinces of Canada through a syndicate of agents. Closing of the offering of the MTN debentures is expected to occur on Oct. 1, 2015.

The MTN debentures are being issued pursuant to a short-form base-shelf prospectus dated Nov. 14, 2014, and a prospectus supplement dated Feb. 10, 2015. Bell will file a pricing supplement relating to this issue with the securities regulatory authorities in all provinces of Canada.

About Bell

Bell is Canada's largest communications company, providing consumers and business customers with wireless, TV, Internet, home phone and business communications services. Bell Media is Canada's premier multimedia company with leading assets in television, radio, out of home and digital media. Bell is wholly owned by Montreal's BCE. For more information, please visit the Bell website.

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