Ex-Div Reminder for BCE Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AA

On 10/30/13, BCE Inc.'s Cumulative Redeemable First Preferred Shares, Series AA (Toronto: BCE-PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.2156, payable on 12/1/13. As a percentage of BCE.PRA's recent share price of $21.02, this dividend works out to approximately 1.03%, so look for shares of BCE.PRA to trade 1.03% lower -- all else being equal -- when BCE.PRA shares open for trading on 10/30/13. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 4.09%.