Ms. Ellen Murphy reports

BCE REPORTS RESULTS OF CONVERSION OF ITS SERIES AQ PREFERRED SHARES INTO SERIES AR PREFERRED SHARES

None of BCE Inc.'s fixed-rate cumulative redeemable first preferred shares, Series AQ, will be converted into floating-rate cumulative redeemable first preferred shares, Series AR, on Oct. 3, 2023.

On Aug. 31, 2023, notice was provided that holders of Series AQ preferred shares could elect to convert their shares into Series AR preferred shares subject to the terms and conditions attached to those shares. Only 44,620 of BCE's 8,561,800 Series AQ preferred shares were tendered for conversion on Oct. 3, 2023, into Series AR preferred shares. As this would result in there being less than one million Series AR preferred shares outstanding, no Series AQ preferred shares will be converted on Oct. 3, 2023, into Series AR preferred shares, as per the terms and conditions attached to those shares.

The Series AQ preferred shares will continue to be listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BCE.PR.Q. The Series AQ preferred shares will pay on a quarterly basis, for the five-year period beginning on Sept. 30, 2023, as and when declared by the board of directors of BCE, a fixed quarterly cash dividend based on an annual dividend rate of 6.538 per cent.

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BCE is Canada's largest communications company, providing advanced Bell broadband wireless, Internet, TV, media and business communications services.