Ms. Janet Craig reports

FORTIS INC. ANNOUNCES SECOND QUARTER DIVIDENDS - 2017

Fortis Inc. has declared the following dividends.

• 30.63 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series F, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 24.27 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series G, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 15.625 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series H, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 11.9125 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series I, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 29.69 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series J, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 25 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series K, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 25.625 cents per share on the first preference shares, Series M, of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017;
• 40 cents per share on the issued and outstanding fully paid common shares of the corporation, payable on June 1, 2017, to the common shareholders of record at the close of business on May 19, 2017.

The corporation has designated the common share dividend and preference share dividends as eligible dividends for federal and provincial dividend tax credit purposes.

About Fortis Inc.

Fortis is a leader in the North American regulated electric and gas utility industry with total assets of approximately $47-billion. The corporation's 8,000 employees serve utility customers in five Canadian provinces, nine U.S. states and three Caribbean countries.