Bombardier Revises Quarterly Financial Statements for Fiscal Year 2002-03 With No Effect on the Full Year's Results of Operations

In connection with the agreement in principle to sell its recreational products business, Bombardier Inc. prepared separate combined financial statements for Bombardier Recreational Products. During the course of the preparation of these separate combined financial statements, Bombardier performed a comprehensive review of Bombardier Recreational Products' accounting records, including the application of its accounting policies to interim consolidated financial statements. As a result of this process, the Corporation became aware that an accounting policy specific to Bombardier Recreational Products was incorrectly applied during the preparation of the interim consolidated financial statements for each of the quarters in the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003.

The incorrect application of Bombardier Recreational Products' accounting policy had no effect on the consolidated results of operations of Bombardier Inc. for the year ended Jan. 31, 2003, or for any other fiscal year. Also, it had no material effect on the interim consolidated financial statements for each of the first two quarters of the current fiscal year.

The incorrect application of this accounting policy resulted in the deferral of certain production and marketing costs incurred during the first two quarters of fiscal year 2002-03 to the last two quarters of that fiscal year. Under Canadian GAAP applicable to interim financial statements, only certain costs incurred in a particular quarter can be deferred and recognized as an expense during a subsequent quarter of the same year.

This incorrect application has no impact on the sale of Bombardier Recreational Products currently being negotiated.

Since the announcement of Bombardier's decision to dispose of its recreational products business in April 2003, Bombardier Recreational Products has been accounted for as discontinued operations. The effect of these non-cash adjustments on Bombardier Inc.'s consolidated statements of income for each of the quarters of fiscal year 2002-03 is as follows:

(in millions of Canadian dollars, except per share amounts)

Bombardier is currently assessing the effect of the incorrect application of Bombardier Recreational Products' accounting policy for each of the quarters of fiscal year 2001-02. As soon as the restated information is available, Bombardier Inc. will file with the securities regulators, and post on its website, restated quarterly consolidated financial statements for each of the quarters of fiscal year 2002-03 and, if necessary, each of the quarters of fiscal year 2001-02.

Bombardier Inc., a diversified manufacturing and services company, is a world-leading manufacturer of business jets, regional aircraft, rail transportation equipment and motorized recreational products. It also provides financial services and asset management in business areas aligned with its core expertise. Headquartered in Montréal, Canada, the Corporation has a workforce of some 75,000 people and manufacturing facilities in 25 countries throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. Its revenues for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2003 stood at $23.7 billion Cdn. Bombardier shares are traded on the Toronto, Brussels and Frankfurt stock exchanges (BBD, BOM and BBDd.F).

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Dominique Dionne
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