ComEd Announces $450 Million Bond Sale

ComEd announced that it has priced $450 million of First Mortgage Bonds maturing on November 15, 2045, with a coupon of 3.70 percent. ComEd will use the net proceeds from the sale of the bonds to repay a portion of our outstanding commercial paper obligations and for general corporate purposes. The sale is scheduled to close on November 19.

Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC led the offering as active joint book-running managers. CIBC World Markets Corp. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC served as passive joint book-running managers and BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC served as a senior co-manager. Minority-owned IFS Capital Markets and MFR Securities, Inc. served as co-managers for the offering.

An automatic shelf registration statement relating to the sale of the bonds became effective upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2014. The offering is being made by means of a prospectus supplement and an accompanying prospectus. Copies of the prospectus supplement and accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained by calling Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-800-831-9146, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated at 1-800-294-1322 and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC at 1-800-645-3751.

Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information

This Press Release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by ComEd include those discussed herein as well as the items discussed in (1) ComEd’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K in (a) ITEM 1A. Risk Factors, (b) ITEM 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and (c) ITEM 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data: Note 22 and (2) other factors discussed in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission by ComEd. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Press Release. ComEd undertakes no obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Press Release.

Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) is a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation (NYSE: EXC), the nation’s leading competitive energy provider, with approximately 7.8 million customers. ComEd provides service to approximately 3.8 million customers across northern Illinois, or 70 percent of the state’s population. For more information visit ComEd.com, and connect with the company on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.

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