Bombardier Announces Closing of its Offering of Additional 6.75% Senior Notes due 2033

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MONTREAL, Sept. 18, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bombardier Inc. (“Bombardier”) today announced that it has successfully closed its previously announced offering of US$250 million aggregate principal amount of Senior Notes due 2033 (the “Additional Notes”). The Additional Notes constitute a further issuance of, and form a single series with, the existing US$500 million aggregate principal amount of Bombardier’s 6.750% Senior Notes due 2033 that were originally issued on May 29, 2025. The Additional Notes carry a coupon of 6.750% per annum, mature on June 15, 2033 and were sold at a price of 103.500% plus accrued interest from, and including, May 29, 2025 to, but excluding, the issue date of the Additional Notes.

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Bombardier intends to use the proceeds of the offering of the Additional Notes, together with cash on hand, (i) to fund the repayment and/or retirement of outstanding indebtedness, including the redemption of all of its remaining outstanding 7.125% Senior Notes due 2026 (the “2026 Notes”), and the redemption of approximately US$84 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 7.875% Senior Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”), and (ii) to pay accrued interest and related fees and expenses. As of the date hereof, prior to giving effect to these redemptions, there is US$166,289,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2026 Notes and US$183,142,000 aggregate principal amount outstanding of the 2027 Notes.

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The redemption date for the 2026 Notes and the 2027 Notes is October 4, 2025, in accordance with the notices of redemption issued by Bombardier on September 4, 2025, with payments expected to be completed on October 6, 2025.

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This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or buy or the solicitation of an offer to buy or sell any security and shall not constitute an offer, solicitation, sale or purchase of any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offering, solicitation, sale or purchase would be unlawful.

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The securities mentioned herein have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, any state securities laws or the laws of any other jurisdiction, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from such registration requirements. The securities mentioned herein were offered and sold in the United States only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers in accordance with Rule 144A under the U.S. Securities Act and outside the United States in reliance on Regulation S under the U.S. Securities Act. The securities mentioned herein have not been and will not be qualified for distribution to the public under applicable Canadian securities laws and, accordingly, any offer and sale of the securities in Canada was made on a basis which is exempt from the prospectus requirements of such securities laws. The securities were offered and sold in Canada on a private placement basis only to “accredited investors” pursuant to certain prospectus exemptions.