Bombardier Announces Dividend Rate Applicable to its Series 3 Preferred Shares

MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - July 12, 2012) - (TSX:BBD.A)(TSX:BBD.B) - As of August 1, 2012, the Series 3 Preferred Shares will pay, on a quarterly basis, as and when declared by the Board of Directors of Bombardier Inc., cash dividends for the following five years that will be based on a fixed rate equal to the product of (a) the average of the yield to maturity, designated on July 11, 2012 by National Bank Financial and CIBC World Markets Inc., that would be carried by a Government of Canada bond with a five-year maturity, multiplied by (b) 255%.

The average yield of this Government of Canada bond is 1.229%. Accordingly, the annual dividend rate applicable to the Series 3 Preferred Shares for the period of five years beginning on August 1, 2012 will be 3.134%.

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