Forward-looking information
Forward-looking information, or forward-looking statements, have been included in this Management Information Circular to provide information
about us and our subsidiaries and affiliates, including managements assessment of our and our subsidiaries future plans and operations. This information may not be appropriate for other purposes. Forward-looking statements are typically
identified by words such as anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, forecast, intend, likely, plan, project, target and
similar words suggesting future outcomes or statements regarding an outlook. Forward-looking information or statements included in this document include, but are not limited to, statements with respect to the following: the business of and procedure
for the annual meeting of shareholders and solicitation of proxies; our approach to executive and director compensation, including expected performance of and estimated payments and benefits to executives and directors; our corporate vision and
strategy, including strategic priorities and enablers; expected supply of, demand for, exports of and prices of crude oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids (NGL), liquefied natural gas (LNG), renewable natural gas (RNG), and renewable energy; energy
transition and lower-carbon energy, and our approach thereto; our sustainability and environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals, practices and performance; financial strength and flexibility; expected strategic priorities and performance of
the Companys businesses; the characteristics, anticipated benefits, financing and timing of our acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions, including the anticipated benefits of the acquisition of three US gas utilities from Dominion
Energy, Inc. (the Acquisitions); expected costs, benefits and in-service dates related to announced projects and projects under construction; anticipated utilization of our assets; expected earnings before interest, income taxes and depreciation and
amortization (EBITDA), distributable cash flow (DCF) and DCF per share and expected growth thereof; dividend growth and payout policy; capital allocation framework and priorities; expected future growth, development and expansion opportunities;
expected optimization and efficiency opportunities; and expected future actions of regulators and courts, government trade policies, including potential impacts of tariffs, duties, fees, economic sanctions, or other trade measures, and the timing
and impact thereof.
Although we believe these forward-looking statements are reasonable based on the information available on the date
such statements are made and processes used to prepare the information, such statements are not guarantees of future performance and readers are cautioned against placing undue reliance on forward-looking statements. By their nature, these
statements involve a variety of assumptions, known and unknown risks and uncertainties and other factors, which may cause actual results, levels of activity and achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements.
Material assumptions include assumptions about the following: the expected supply of, demand for, export of and prices of crude oil, natural gas, NGL, LNG, RNG, and renewable energy; anticipated utilization of our assets; exchange rates; inflation;
interest rates; availability and price of labor and construction materials; the stability of our supply chain; operational reliability; maintenance of support and regulatory approvals for our projects and transactions; anticipated in-service dates;
weather; the realization of anticipated benefits of transactions, including the Acquisitions; governmental legislation; litigation; estimated future dividends and impact of our dividend policy on future cash flows; our credit ratings; capital
project funding; hedging program; expected EBITDA; expected future cash flows; and expected distributable cash flow. Assumptions regarding the expected supply of and demand for crude oil, natural gas, NGL, LNG, RNG, and renewable energy, and the
prices of these commodities, are material to and underlie all forward-looking statements, as they may impact current and future levels of demand for our services. Similarly, exchange rates, inflation and interest rates impact the economies and
business environments in which we operate and may impact levels of demand for our services and cost of inputs and are therefore inherent in all forward-looking statements.
Our forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties pertaining to the successful execution of our strategic priorities;
operating performance; legislative and regulatory parameters; litigation; acquisitions, dispositions and other transactions and the realization of anticipated benefits therefrom (including the anticipated benefits from the Acquisitions); operational
dependence on third parties; dividend policy; project approval and support; renewals of rights-of-way; weather; economic and competitive conditions; public opinion; changes in tax laws and tax rates; exchange rates; inflation; interest rates;
commodity prices; access to and cost of capital; political decisions and evolving government trade policies, including potential and announced tariffs, duties, fees, economic sanctions, or other trade measures; global geopolitical conditions; the
supply of, demand for and prices of commodities and other alternative energy, including but not limited to, those risks and uncertainties discussed in this Management Information Circular, our 2024 annual report on Form 10-K and in our other filings
with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators. The impact of any one assumption, risk, uncertainty or factor on a particular forward-looking statement is not determinable with certainty as these are interdependent and our future course of action
depends on managements assessment of all information available at the relevant time. Except to the extent required by applicable law, Enbridge assumes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement made in this
Management Information Circular or otherwise, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All forward-looking statements, whether written or oral, attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in
their entirety by these cautionary statements.
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