AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
ON SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
| Registration
Nos. 333-267243, 333-267243-01, 333-267243-02,
333-267244, 333-267244-01, 333-267244-02 and 333-267244-03 |
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Amendment No. 1 to
FORM F-10 and FORM F-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Form F-10
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield Finance Inc.
Brookfield Finance II Inc.
(Exact name of each Registrant as specified in
its charter)
Ontario
(Province or other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization) |
6512
(Primary Standard Industrial Classification
Code Number, if applicable) |
Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification
Number, if applicable) |
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EP 100, Brookfield
Place, 181 Bay Street P.O. Box 762 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 (416) 363-9491 |
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(Address and telephone number of Registrants’ principal executive offices) |
Form F-3
Brookfield Capital
Finance LLC
Brookfield
Finance II LLC |
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Brookfield Finance
(Australia) Pty Ltd |
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Brookfield Finance I
(UK) plc |
(Exact name of each Registrant as specified in its charter) |
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
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(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter) |
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Delaware |
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Australia |
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England and Wales |
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
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(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
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(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
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Not Applicable |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable) |
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Brookfield Place
250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1023
(212) 417-7000 |
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Level 22, 135 King Street,
Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000-1023
+61-2-9158-5100 |
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Level 25, One Canada Square
London, United Kingdom, E14 5AA
+44-20-7659-3500 |
(Address and telephone number of Registrants’ principal executive offices) |
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(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices) |
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(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices) |
Brookfield Asset Management LLC
Brookfield Place
250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor
New York, New York 10281-1023
(212) 417-7000
(Name, address (including zip code) and telephone
number (including area code) of agent for service in the United States)
Copies to:
Mile T. Kurta, Esq.
Christopher R. Bornhorst, Esq.
Torys LLP
1114 Avenue of the Americas, Fl. 23
New York, New York 10036
(212) 880-6000
Approximate date of commencement of proposed
sale to the public: from time to time after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
Form F-10
Province of Ontario, Canada
(Principal jurisdiction regulating this offering)
It is proposed that this filing shall become effective
(check appropriate box below):
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Upon filing
with the Commission, pursuant to Rule 467(a) (if in connection with an offering being made contemporaneously in the United
States and Canada). |
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At some future date (check
appropriate box below). |
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Pursuant to
Rule 467(b) on at (designate
a time not sooner than seven calendar days after filing). |
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Pursuant to Rule 467(b) on
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(designate a time seven calendar days or sooner after filing) because the securities regulatory authority in the review jurisdiction
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Pursuant to Rule 467(b) as
soon as practicable after notification of the Commission by the Registrant or the Canadian securities regulatory authority of the
review jurisdiction that a receipt or notification of clearance has been issued with respect hereto. |
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After the filing of the
next amendment to this Form (if preliminary material is being filed). |
If any of the securities being registered on this
form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to the home jurisdiction’s shelf prospectus offering procedures,
check the following box. x
Form F-3
If the only securities being registered on this
Form are being offered pursuant to dividend or interest reinvestment plans, please check the following box. ¨
If any of the securities being registered on
this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the
following box. x
If this Form is filed to register additional
securities for an offering pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, please check the following box and list the Securities
Act registration statement number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment
filed pursuant to Rule 462(c) under the Securities Act, check the following box and list the Securities Act registration statement
number of the earlier effective registration statement for the same offering. ¨
If this Form is a registration
statement pursuant to General Instruction I.C. or a post-effective amendment thereto that shall become effective upon filing with
the Commission pursuant to Rule 462(e) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
If this Form is a post-effective amendment
to a registration statement filed pursuant to General Instruction I.C. filed to register additional securities or additional classes
of securities pursuant to Rule 413(b) under the Securities Act, check the following box. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933.
Emerging growth company ¨
If an emerging growth company that prepares its
financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition
period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards† provided pursuant to Section 7(a)(2)(B) of
the Securities Act. ¨
† | The term “new or revised financial accounting standard”
refers to any update issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board to its Accounting Standards Codification after April 5,
2012. |
The Registrants hereby amend the Registration
Statement on such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective date until the registration statement shall become effective
as provided in Rule 467 under the Securities Act of 1933 or on such date as the Commission, acting pursuant to Section 8(a) of
the Act, may determine.
Base Shelf Prospectus
This short form base shelf prospectus
has been filed under legislation in each of the provinces of Canada that permits certain information about these securities to be determined
after this prospectus has become final and that permits the omission from this prospectus of that information. The legislation requires
the delivery to purchasers of a prospectus supplement containing the omitted information within a specified period of time after agreeing
to purchase any of these securities.
A registration statement relating
to these securities has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and the prospectus contained herein is not complete
and may be changed. These securities may not be offered or sold prior to the time the registration statement becomes effective. This prospectus
shall not constitute an offer to sell in any U.S. state where the offer or sale is not permitted.
No securities regulatory authority has expressed
an opinion about these securities and it is an offence to claim otherwise. This short form base shelf prospectus constitutes a public
offering of these securities only in those jurisdictions where they may be lawfully offered for sale and therein only by persons permitted
to sell such securities. Information has been incorporated by reference in this prospectus from documents filed with securities commissions
or similar authorities in Canada. Copies of the documents incorporated herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge
from the office of the Corporate Secretary of the Company at EP 100, Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada,
M5J 2T3, Telephone: (416) 363-9491, and are also available electronically at the Canadian Securities Administrators’ Website
at www.sedar.com.
New Issue and/or Secondary Offering | |
September 16, 2022 |
SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS
US$3,500,000,000
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BROOKFIELD ASSET
MANAGEMENT INC.
Debt Securities
Class A Preference Shares
Class A Limited Voting
Shares |
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BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC.
Debt Securities |
BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC.
Debt Securities |
BROOKFIELD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC
Debt Securities |
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BROOKFIELD FINANCE II LLC
Preferred
Shares
(representing limited liability company interests) |
BROOKFIELD FINANCE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
Debt Securities |
BROOKFIELD FINANCE I (UK) PLC
Debt Securities |
During the 25-month period
that this short form base shelf prospectus, including any amendments hereto (this “Prospectus”), remains effective,
(i) each of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Company” or “BAM”), Brookfield Finance Inc.
(“BFI”), Brookfield Capital Finance LLC (the “US LLC Issuer”), Brookfield Finance II Inc. (“BFI
II”), Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd (the “AUS Issuer”) and Brookfield Finance I (UK) PLC (the “UK
Issuer,” and together with BFI, the US LLC Issuer, BFI II and the AUS Issuer, the “Finance Debt Issuers”)
may from time to time offer and issue senior or subordinated, as applicable, unsecured debt securities (the “BAM Debt Securities”,
“BFI Debt Securities”, “US LLC Debt Securities”, “BFI II Debt Securities”, “AUS
Issuer Debt Securities” and “UK Issuer Debt Securities” respectively, and collectively the “Debt
Securities”), (ii) the Company may from time to time offer and issue Class A Preference Shares (the “BAM
Preference Shares”) and Class A Limited Voting Shares (the “Class A Shares”) and (iii) Brookfield
Finance II LLC (the “US Pref Issuer”) (collectively with BAM, BFI, the US LLC Issuer, BFI II, the AUS Issuer and the
UK Issuer, the “Issuers” and each an “Issuer”) may from time to time offer and issue preferred shares
representing limited liability company interests (the “US Preferred Shares”, and together with the BAM Preference Shares,
the “Preference Securities”, and the Preference Securities, Class A Shares and Debt Securities collectively referred
to herein as the “Securities”). Each of the BFI Debt Securities, US LLC Debt Securities, BFI II Debt Securities, AUS
Issuer Debt Securities and UK Issuer Debt Securities will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed as to payment of principal, premium
(if any) and interest and certain other amounts by the Company, and the US Preferred Shares will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed
as to the payment of distributions when due, the payment of amounts due on redemption, and the payment of amounts due on the liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the US Pref Issuer, in each case by the Company. Certain of the limited partners of Oaktree Capital Group
Holdings, L.P. (“OCGH”) (collectively, the “Selling Shareholders”) may also from time to time offer
and sell Class A Shares pursuant to this Prospectus. See “Selling Shareholders”.
The
Company, BFI and BFI II are permitted, under a multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted by the United States and Canada, to prepare
this Prospectus in accordance with Canadian disclosure requirements. Prospective investors should be aware that such requirements are
different from those of the United States. The financial statements included or incorporated herein have been prepared in
accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and thus may not
be comparable to financial statements of U.S. companies prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States.
Prospective investors
should be aware that the acquisition of the Securities may have tax consequences both in the United States and in Canada. Such consequences
for investors who are residents in Canada or are residents in, or citizens of, the United States may not be described fully herein or
in a Prospectus Supplement (as defined below). Prospective investors should consult their own tax advisors with respect to their particular
circumstances.
The enforcement by investors
of civil liabilities under U.S. federal securities laws may be affected adversely by the fact that the Company, BFI, BFI II, the AUS Issuer
and the UK Issuer are incorporated or organized under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States and that some or
all of their officers and directors may be residents of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States, that some or all of the underwriters
or experts named or to be named in the registration statement may be residents of a foreign jurisdiction outside of the United States
and that such persons and all or a substantial portion of the assets of the Issuers and such persons may be located outside the United
States.
See “Cautionary
Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information” and “Risk Factors” beginning on pages iii and 2 for a discussion of
certain risks that you should consider in connection with an investment in these Securities.
THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT
BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “COMMISSION”), ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION,
OR ANY CANADIAN REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAS THE COMMISSION, ANY U.S. STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR ANY CANADIAN SECURITIES REGULATORY
AUTHORITY PASSED UPON THE ACCURACY OR ADEQUACY OF THIS PROSPECTUS. ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.
Collectively, the Selling
Shareholders may offer and sell Class A Shares and the Issuers may offer and issue Securities either separately or together, in one
or more offerings in an aggregate principal amount of up to US$3,500,000,000 (or the equivalent in other currencies or currency units).
Securities of any series may be offered in such amount and with such terms as may be determined in light of market conditions. The specific
terms of the Securities in respect of which this Prospectus is being delivered will be set forth in one or more prospectus supplements
(each a “Prospectus Supplement”) to be delivered to purchasers together with this Prospectus, and may include, where
applicable (i) in the case of Debt Securities, the specific designation, aggregate principal amount, denomination (which may be in
United States dollars, in any other currency or in units based on or relating to foreign currencies), maturity, interest rate (which may
be fixed or variable) and time of payment of interest, if any, any terms for redemption at the option of the Issuer or the holders, any
terms for sinking fund payments, any listing on a securities exchange, the initial public offering price (or the manner of determination
thereof if offered on a non-fixed price basis), any exchange or conversion terms and any other specific terms, (ii) in the case of
the BAM Preference Shares, the designation of the particular class, series, aggregate principal amount, the number of shares offered,
the issue price, the dividend rate, the dividend payment dates, any terms for redemption at the option of the Company or the holder, any
exchange or conversion terms and any other specific terms, (iii) in the case of Class A Shares, the number of shares offered,
the issue price and any other specific terms, including in the case of offers and sales by the Selling Shareholders, the names of such
Selling Shareholders and the number of and prices at which such Class A Shares are proposed to be sold by them, and (iv) in
the case of the US Preferred Shares, the designation of the particular class, series, aggregate principal amount, the number of shares
representing limited liability company interests offered, the issue price, the distribution rate, the distribution payment dates, any
terms for redemption at the option of the US Pref Issuer or the holder, any exchange or conversion terms and any other specific terms.
Each such Prospectus Supplement will be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus for the purposes of securities legislation as of
the date of each such Prospectus Supplement and only for the purposes of the distribution of the Securities to which such Prospectus Supplement
pertains. The Issuers have filed an undertaking with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada that they
will not distribute, under this Prospectus, Securities that, at the time of distribution, are novel without pre-clearing the disclosure
to be contained in the Prospectus Supplement, pertaining to the distribution of such Securities, with the applicable regulator.
The Company’s, BFI’s
and BFI II’s head and registered offices are at EP 100, Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, P.O. Box 762, Toronto, Ontario,
M5J 2T3. The US LLC Issuer’s and the US Pref Issuer’s head and registered office is at Brookfield Place, 250 Vesey Street,
15th Floor, New York, New York, United States 10281-1023. The AUS Issuer’s registered and head office is Level 19, 10 Carrington
Street, Sydney, NSW 2000, Australia. The UK Issuer’s registered and head office is Level 25 One Canada Square, London, United Kingdom,
E14 5AA.
The Issuers may sell
the Securities and the Selling Shareholders may sell Class A Shares to or through underwriters or dealers or directly to
investors or through agents. This Prospectus may qualify an “at-the-market distribution” (as such term is defined in
National Instrument 44-102 – Shelf Distributions) of Class A Shares. The Prospectus Supplement relating to each series of offered
Securities will identify each person who may be deemed to be an underwriter or agent with respect to such series and will set forth
the terms of the offering of such series, including, to the extent applicable, the initial public offering price, the proceeds to
the applicable Issuer and/or Selling Shareholder, the underwriting commissions or agent commissions, as applicable, and any other
concessions to be allowed or reallowed to dealers. The managing underwriter or underwriters with respect to each series sold to or
through underwriters will be named in the related Prospectus Supplement.
In connection with any offering
of Securities, other than an at-the-market distribution, the underwriters or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize
or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions,
if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. No agent of an at-the-market distribution, and no person or company acting jointly or in
concert with an agent of an at-the-market distribution, may, in connection with the distribution, enter into any transaction that is intended
to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities or securities of the same class as the securities distributed pursuant to
the at-the-market distribution, including selling an aggregate number or principal amount of securities that would result in the agent
creating an over-allocation position in the securities. See “Plan of Distribution”.
The outstanding BAM Preference
Shares, Series 2, Series 4, Series 8, Series 9, Series 13, Series 17, Series 18, Series 24, Series 26,
Series 28, Series 30, Series 32, Series 34, Series 36, Series 37, Series 38, Series 40, Series 42,
Series 44, Series 46 and Series 48 are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). The outstanding
Class A Shares are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) and the TSX. The Existing BFI Subordinated
Debt Securities, the Existing UK Issuer Senior Debt Securities and the Existing UK Issuer Subordinated Debt Securities (each as defined
below) are listed for trading on the NYSE.
The US LLC Issuer, the US
Pref Issuer, the AUS Issuer, the UK Issuer, certain directors of each of the Company, the AUS Issuer and the UK Issuer and certain managers
of the US LLC Issuer and the US Pref Issuer (collectively, the “Non-Residents”) are incorporated, continued or otherwise
organized under the laws of a non-Canadian jurisdiction or reside outside of Canada, as applicable. Although each of the Non-Residents
has appointed the Company, EP 100, Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3, as its agent for service
of process in Ontario, it may not be possible for investors to enforce judgments obtained in Canada against any person or company that
is incorporated, continued or otherwise organized under the laws of a non-Canadian jurisdiction or resides outside of Canada, even if
the Non-Resident has appointed an agent for service of process. See “Agent for Service of Process”.
There is no market through
which the Debt Securities or the Preference Securities may be sold and purchasers may not be able to resell Debt Securities or Preference
Securities purchased under this Prospectus. This may affect the pricing of the Debt Securities or the Preference Securities in the secondary
market, the transparency and availability of trading prices, the liquidity of the Debt Securities or the Preference Securities, and the
extent of issuer regulation. See “Risk Factors”.
Table
of Contents
In this Prospectus, unless
the context otherwise indicates, references to the “Company” refer to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and references
to “we”, “us”, “our” and “Brookfield” refer to the Company
and its direct and indirect subsidiaries including BFI, the US LLC Issuer, BFI II, the AUS Issuer, the UK Issuer and the US Pref Issuer.
All dollar amounts set forth in this Prospectus and any Prospectus Supplement are in U.S. dollars, except where otherwise indicated.
DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
The following documents,
filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, and filed with, or furnished to,
the Commission, are specifically incorporated by reference in this Prospectus:
Any documents of the Company,
and if applicable, the Finance Debt Issuers and the US Pref Issuer, of the type described in item 11.1 of Form 44-101F1 — Short
Form Prospectus, and any “template version” of “marketing materials” (each as defined in National Instrument
41-101 — General Prospectus Requirements (“NI 41-101”)), that are required to be filed by the Company,
and if applicable, the Finance Debt Issuers and the US Pref Issuer with the applicable securities regulatory authorities in Canada, after
the date of this Prospectus and prior to the termination of the applicable offering of Securities shall be deemed to be incorporated by
reference into this Prospectus. Each annual report on Form 40-F filed by the Company will be incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus and the U.S. registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 of which it forms a part (the “Registration Statement”).
In addition, any report on Form 6-K filed by the Company with the Commission after the date of this Prospectus shall be deemed to
be incorporated by reference into this Prospectus and the Registration Statement if and to the extent expressly provided in such report.
The Company’s reports on Form 6-K and its annual report on Form 40-F are available at the Commission’s website at
www.sec.gov.
Any statement contained
in this Prospectus or in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus shall be deemed to be modified
or superseded for the purposes of this Prospectus to the extent that a statement contained in this Prospectus or in any other subsequently
filed document that also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus modifies or supersedes that statement. The
modifying or superseding statement need not state that it has modified or superseded a prior statement or includes any other information
set forth in the document that it modifies or supersedes. The making of a modifying or superseding statement shall not be deemed an admission
for any purposes that the modified or superseded statement, when made, constituted a misrepresentation, an untrue statement of a material
fact or an omission to state a material fact that is required to be stated or that is necessary to make a statement not misleading in
light of the circumstances in which it was made. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or
superseded, to constitute a part of this Prospectus.
Upon a new annual information
form and new interim or annual financial statements being filed with and, where required, accepted by the applicable securities regulatory
authorities during the currency of this Prospectus, the previous annual information form, the previous interim or annual financial statements
and all material change reports filed prior to the commencement of the then current fiscal year will be deemed no longer to be incorporated
by reference into this Prospectus for purposes of future offers and sales of Securities hereunder. Upon a new management information circular
in connection with an annual meeting being filed with the applicable securities regulatory authorities during the currency of this Prospectus,
the management information circular filed in connection with the previous annual meeting (unless such management information circular
also related to a special meeting) will be deemed no longer to be incorporated by reference in this Prospectus for purposes of future
offers and sales of Securities hereunder.
A Prospectus Supplement containing
the specific terms of an offering of Securities will be delivered to purchasers of such Securities together with this Prospectus and will
be deemed to be incorporated into this Prospectus as of the date of such Prospectus Supplement but only for purposes of the offering of
Securities covered by that Prospectus Supplement.
Prospective investors should
rely only on the information incorporated by reference or contained in this Prospectus or any Prospectus Supplement and on the other information
included in the Registration Statement relating to the Securities and of which this Prospectus is a part. The Issuers have not authorized
anyone to provide different or additional information.
Copies of the documents incorporated
herein by reference may be obtained on request without charge from the office of the Corporate Secretary of the Company at EP 100,
Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5J 2T3 telephone: (416) 363-9491, and are also available electronically
on System for Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval (“SEDAR”) at www.sedar.com.
AVAILABLE
INFORMATION
The Issuers have filed the
Registration Statement with the Commission under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”).
This Prospectus does not contain all of the information set forth in such Registration Statement, to which reference is made for further
information.
The Company is subject to
the informational requirements of the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”),
and, in accordance therewith, files reports and other information with the Commission. Under a multijurisdictional disclosure system adopted
by the United States and Canada, such reports and other information may be prepared in accordance with the disclosure requirements of
Canada, which requirements are different from those of the United States. The Commission maintains an Internet site (http://www.sec.gov)
that makes available reports and other information that the Company files or furnishes electronically with it. The Company’s Internet
site can be found at http://bam.brookfield.com. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this Prospectus
and should not be considered a part of this Prospectus, and the reference to our website in this Prospectus is an inactive textual reference
only.
CAUTIONARY
NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION
This Prospectus and the documents
incorporated by reference herein contain forward-looking information and other “forward-looking statements” within the meaning
of Canadian and United States securities laws, including the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements
include statements that are predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, including, but not limited to,
statements that reflect management’s expectations regarding the operations, business, financial condition, expected financial results,
performance, prospects, opportunities, priorities, targets, goals, ongoing objectives, strategies and outlook of Brookfield, as well as
the outlook for North American and international economies for the current fiscal year and subsequent periods.
The words “expects,”
“likely,” “anticipates,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “seeks,”
“intends,” “targets,” “projects,” “forecasts” or negative versions thereof and other similar
expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “would” and
“could”, which are predictions of or indicate future events, trends or prospects, and which do not relate to historical matters,
identify forward-looking statements. Although Brookfield believes that the anticipated future results, performance or achievements expressed
or implied by the forward-looking statements and information are based upon reasonable assumptions and expectations, the reader should
not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and information. The forward-looking statements and information involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond Brookfield’s control, which may cause the actual results,
performance or achievements of Brookfield to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievement expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements and information.
Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those contemplated or implied by forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to:
(i) investment returns that are lower than target; (ii) the impact or unanticipated impact of general economic, political and
market factors in the countries in which we do business, including as a result of COVID-19 and related global economic disruptions; (iii) the
behavior of financial markets, including fluctuations in interest and foreign exchange rates; (iv) global equity and capital markets
and the availability of equity and debt financing and refinancing within these markets; (v) strategic actions including dispositions;
(vi) the ability to complete and effectively integrate acquisitions into existing operations and the ability to attain expected benefits;
(vii) changes in accounting policies and methods used to report financial condition (including uncertainties associated with critical
accounting assumptions and estimates); (viii) the ability to appropriately manage human capital; (ix) the effect of applying
future accounting changes; (x) business competition; (xi) operational and reputational risks; (xii) technological change;
(xiii) changes in government regulation and legislation within the countries in which we operate; (xiv) governmental investigations;
(xv) litigation; (xvi) changes in tax laws; (xvii) ability to collect amounts owed; (xviii) catastrophic events, such
as earthquakes, hurricanes, and pandemics/epidemics; (xix) the possible impact of international conflicts and other developments
including terrorist acts and cyberterrorism; (xx) the introduction, withdrawal, success and timing of business initiatives and strategies;
(xxi) the failure of effective disclosure controls and procedures and internal controls over financial reporting and other risks;
(xxii) ineffective management of health, safety, environmental, social and governance issues; (xxiii) the maintenance of adequate
insurance coverage; (xxiv) the existence of information barriers between certain businesses within our asset management operations;
(xxv) risks specific to our business segments including our renewable power and transition, infrastructure, private equity, real
estate, and other alternatives, including credit; and (xxvi) other risks and factors detailed in this Prospectus under the heading
“Risk Factors” as well as in the AIF under the heading “Business Environment and Risks” and the MD&A under
the heading “Part 6 — Business Environment and Risks” and the risks included in the Interim MD&A, each incorporated
by reference in this Prospectus, as well as in other documents filed by Brookfield from time to time with the securities regulators in
Canada and the United States.
We caution that the foregoing
list of important factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. Nonetheless, all of the forward-looking statements contained
in this Prospectus or in documents incorporated by reference herein are qualified by these cautionary statements. When relying on our
forward-looking statements, investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing factors and other uncertainties and potential
events. Except as required by law, Brookfield undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or
information, whether written or oral, that may need to be updated as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
SUMMARY
The Company
The Company is a global alternative
asset manager with approximately US$750 billion in assets under management across real estate, infrastructure, renewable power and transition,
private equity and credit. Brookfield offers a range of public and private investment products and services which leverage its expertise
and experience. The Company’s Class A Shares are co-listed on the NYSE and the TSX under the symbols “BAM” and
“BAM.A”, respectively.
BFI
BFI was incorporated on March 31,
2015 under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and is an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of the Company. BFI has issued or become
an obligor under approximately US$6.6 billion of unsecured senior debt securities (the “Existing BFI Senior Debt Securities”)
as of the date hereof. The Existing BFI Senior Debt Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. BFI has also issued
approximately US$400 million of unsecured subordinated debt securities (the “Existing BFI Subordinated Debt Securities”)
as of the date hereof. The Existing BFI Subordinated Debt Securities are fully and unconditionally guaranteed, on a subordinated basis,
by the Company. The Existing BFI Subordinated Debt Securities are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “BAMH”.
The US LLC Issuer
The US LLC Issuer was formed
on August 12, 2022 under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and is an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of the Company.
The US LLC Issuer has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations of its own.
BFI II
BFI II was incorporated on
September 24, 2020 under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and is a direct 100% owned subsidiary of the Company. BFI
II has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations of its own.
The AUS Issuer
The AUS Issuer was incorporated
on September 24, 2020 under the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth of Australia) and is an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of the
Company. The AUS Issuer has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations of its own.
The UK Issuer
The UK Issuer was incorporated
on September 25, 2020 under the UK Companies Act 2006 and is an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of the Company. The registered number
of the UK Issuer is 12904555. The UK Issuer has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations
of its own, other than the issuance of UK Issuer Debt Securities and the investments it makes with the net proceeds of such UK Issuer
Debt Securities. The UK Issuer has issued approximately US$600 million of unsecured senior debt securities (the “Existing UK
Issuer Senior Debt Securities”) as of the date hereof. The Existing UK Issuer Senior Debt Securities are fully and unconditionally
guaranteed by the Company. The UK Issuer has also issued approximately US$230 million of unsecured subordinated debt securities (the “Existing
UK Issuer Subordinated Debt Securities”) as of the date hereof. The Existing UK Issuer Subordinated Debt Securities are fully
and unconditionally guaranteed, on a subordinated basis, by the Company. The Existing UK Issuer Senior Debt Securities and the Existing
UK Issuer Subordinated Debt Securities are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbols “BAM/32” and “BAMI”,
respectively.
The US Pref Issuer
The US Pref Issuer was formed
on September 24, 2020 under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and is an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of the Company.
The US Pref Issuer has no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries and no ongoing business operations of its own.
The Offering
The Securities described
herein may be offered from time to time in one or more offerings utilizing a “shelf” process under Canadian and U.S. securities
laws. Under this shelf process, this Prospectus provides you with a general description of the Securities that may be offered. Each time
Securities are offered, we will provide a Prospectus Supplement that will contain specific information about the terms of that offering.
The Prospectus Supplement may also add, update or change information contained in this Prospectus. You should read both this Prospectus
and any Prospectus Supplement together with additional information described under the heading “Available Information.”
Recent Developments
As previously
announced, we intend to distribute to shareholders shares of a separately traded public vehicle comprised of a 25% interest in our
asset management business by the end of 2022. We can provide no assurance that this distribution will be completed on the
anticipated terms or timeframe that is currently contemplated, or at all.
RISK
FACTORS
An investment in the Securities
is subject to a number of risks. Before deciding whether to invest in the Securities, investors should consider carefully the risks described
in the relevant Prospectus Supplement and the information incorporated by reference in this Prospectus (including subsequently filed documents
incorporated by reference). Specific reference is made to the section entitled “Part 6 — Business Environment and Risks”
in the MD&A, the section entitled “Business Environment and Risks” in the AIF and the risks included in the Interim MD&A,
each of which is incorporated by reference in this Prospectus.
SUPPLEMENTAL
FINANCIAL INFORMATION
The following consolidating
summary financial information is provided in compliance with the requirements of item 13.2 of National Instrument 44-101F1 – Short
Form Prospectus. The tables below present summarized financial information for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020
and the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 for (i) the Company, (ii) BFI, (iii) the US LLC Issuer,
(iv) BFI II, (v) the AUS Issuer, (vi) the UK Issuer, (vii) the US Pref Issuer, (viii) the Company’s subsidiaries,
other than the Finance Debt Issuers and the US Pref Issuer, on a combined basis, (ix) consolidating adjustments, and (x) the
Company and all of its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, in each case for the periods indicated. Such summary financial information
is intended to provide investors with meaningful and comparable financial information about the Company and its subsidiaries. This summarized
financial information should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal
years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 and the Company’s unaudited interim condensed and consolidated financial statements
as at and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021 which are incorporated
by reference into this Prospectus.
AS AT AND FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUN. 30, 2022
(MILLIONS) | |
The Company
(1) | | |
BFI | | |
US
LLC
Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of
the Company
Other than the
Finance Debt
Issuers and the
US Pref Issuer
(2) | | |
Consolidating
Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company
Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | 196 | | |
$ | 72 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 25,775 | | |
$ | (2,787 | ) | |
$ | 23,256 | |
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| 590 | | |
| (88 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2,216 | | |
| (2,128 | ) | |
| 590 | |
Total assets | |
| 83,396 | | |
| 8,964 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 845 | | |
| — | | |
| 433,309 | | |
| (114,648 | ) | |
| 411,866 | |
Total liabilities | |
| 37,599 | | |
| 7,276 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 605 | | |
| — | | |
| 264,921 | | |
| (32,547 | ) | |
| 277,854 | |
Non-controlling interest – preferred equity | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | |
AS AT DEC 31, 2021 AND FOR THE
THREE MONTHS
ENDED JUN. 30, 2021 (MILLIONS) | |
The Company (1) | | |
BFI | | |
US LLC Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of the Company Other than the Finance Debt Issuers and the US Pref Issuer (2) | | |
Consolidating Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | (19 | ) | |
$ | 63 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | (2 | ) | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 20,108 | | |
$ | (1,864 | ) | |
$ | 18,286 | |
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| 816 | | |
| (1 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| (1 | ) | |
| — | | |
| 1,119 | | |
| (1,117 | ) | |
| 816 | |
Total assets | |
| 84,793 | | |
| 8,256 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 843 | | |
| — | | |
| 406,328 | | |
| (109,217 | ) | |
| 391,003 | |
Total liabilities | |
| 38,438 | | |
| 6,387 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 603 | | |
| — | | |
| 241,431 | | |
| (30,597 | ) | |
| 256,262 | |
Non-controlling interest – preferred equity | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUN. 30, 2022
(MILLIONS) | |
The Company
(1) | | |
BFI | | |
US
LLC
Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of
the Company Other than the
Finance Debt
Issuers and the
US Pref Issuer
(2) | | |
Consolidating Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | 254 | | |
$ | 141 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 9 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 49,619 | | |
$ | (4,885 | ) | |
$ | 45,138 | |
Net income
(loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| 1,949 | | |
| (89 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 4 | | |
| — | | |
| 3,644 | | |
| (3,559 | ) | |
| 1,949 | |
FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUN. 30, 2021
(MILLIONS) | |
The Company
(1) | | |
BFI | | |
US
LLC
Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of
the Company Other than the
Finance Debt
Issuers and the
US Pref Issuer
(2) | | |
Consolidating Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | 52 | | |
$ | 121 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 38,227 | | |
$ | (3,706 | ) | |
$ | 34,696 | |
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| 2,051 | | |
| (6 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 2 | | |
| — | | |
| 2,387 | | |
| (2,383 | ) | |
| 2,051 | |
AS AT AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC 31, 2021
(MILLIONS) | |
The Company
(1) | | |
BFI | | |
US
LLC
Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of
the Company Other than the
Finance Debt
Issuers and the
US Pref Issuer
(2) | | |
Consolidating
Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company
Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | 1,373 | | |
$ | 250 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 9 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 82,817 | | |
$ | (8,718 | ) | |
$ | 75,731 | |
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| 3,966 | | |
| (8 | ) | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 5 | | |
| — | | |
| 5,849 | | |
| (5,846 | ) | |
| 3,966 | |
Total assets | |
| 84,793 | | |
| 8,256 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 843 | | |
| — | | |
| 406,328 | | |
| (109,217 | ) | |
| 391,003 | |
Total liabilities | |
| 38,438 | | |
| 6,387 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 603 | | |
| — | | |
| 241,431 | | |
| (30,597 | ) | |
| 256,262 | |
Non-controlling interest – preferred equity | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | |
AS AT AND FOR THE YEAR ENDED DEC 31, 2020
(MILLIONS) | |
The Company
(1) | | |
BFI | | |
US
LLC
Issuer | | |
BFI II | | |
AUS
Issuer | | |
UK
Issuer | | |
US
Pref
Issuer | | |
Subsidiaries of
the Company Other than the
Finance Debt
Issuers and the
US Pref Issuer
(2) | | |
Consolidating
Adjustments (3) | | |
The Company
Consolidated | |
Revenues | |
$ | 626 | | |
$ | 280 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 2 | | |
$ | — | | |
$ | 70,576 | | |
$ | (8,732 | ) | |
$ | 62,752 | |
Net income (loss) attributable to shareholders | |
| (134 | ) | |
| 73 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 1 | | |
| — | | |
| 6,459 | | |
| (6,533 | ) | |
| (134 | ) |
Total assets | |
| 73,898 | | |
| 7,207 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 233 | | |
| — | | |
| 355,567 | | |
| (93,209 | ) | |
| 343,696 | |
Total liabilities | |
| 38,060 | | |
| 5,547 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 3 | | |
| — | | |
| 210,163 | | |
| (32,719 | ) | |
| 221,054 | |
Non-controlling interest – preferred equity | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| — | | |
| 230 | |
(1) This column accounts for investments in all subsidiaries of the Company under the equity method.
(2) This column accounts for investments in all subsidiaries
of the Company other than the Finance Debt Issuers and the US Pref Issuer, on a combined basis.
(3) This column includes the necessary amounts to present
the Company on a consolidated basis.
As permitted by
Regulation S-X, the Company has omitted financial disclosures with respect to the US LLC Issuer, the AUS Issuer, the UK Issuer and
the US Pref Issuer because such subsidiaries have no significant assets or liabilities, no subsidiaries, no ongoing business
operations of their own other than those related to the issuance, administration and repayment of Debt Securities or US Preferred Shares, as applicable, are direct or
indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company, and the Company will fully and unconditionally guarantee the debt or preferred
securities issued by each such finance subsidiary issuer. Please see “Description of Debt Securities—General” and
“Description of the US Pref Issuer Preferred Shares —Guarantee” for additional information about the
guarantees.
The condensed consolidating
financial information in this Prospectus has been prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting
Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.
USE
OF PROCEEDS
Unless otherwise indicated
in a Prospectus Supplement, the net proceeds from the sale of Securities by the Issuers will be used for general corporate purposes. The
Selling Shareholders will not receive any proceeds from any sale of Securities by the Issuers. The Issuers will not receive any proceeds
from any sale of Class A Shares by the Selling Shareholders.
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE ISSUERS
The Company’s authorized
share capital consists of an unlimited number of preference shares designated as Class A Preference Shares, issuable in series,
an unlimited number of preference shares designated as Class AA Preference Shares, issuable in series, an unlimited number of Class A
Shares, and 85,120 Class B Limited Voting Shares (“Class B Shares”). As of September 14, 2022, the Company
had 10,220,175 Class A Preference Shares, Series 2; 3,983,910 Class A Preference Shares, Series 4; 3,320,486 Class A
Preference Shares, Series 8; 1,177,580 Class A Preference Shares, Series 9; 8,792,596 Class A Preference Shares,
Series 13; 2,000,000 Class A Preference Shares, Series 15; 7,840,204 Class A Preference Shares, Series 17;
7,681,088 Class A Preference Shares, Series 18; 10,808,027 Class A Preference Shares, Series 24; 9,770,928 Class A
Preference Shares, Series 26; 9,233,927 Class A Preference Shares, Series 28; 9,787,090 Class A Preference Shares,
Series 30; 11,750,299 Class A Preference Shares, Series 32; 9,876,735 Class A Preference Shares, Series 34;
7,842,909 Class A Preference Shares, Series 36; 7,830,091 Class A Preference Shares, Series 37; 7,906,132 Class A
Preference Shares, Series 38; 11,841,025 Class A Preference Shares, Series 40; 11,887,500 Class A Preference Shares,
Series 42; 9,831,929 Class A Preference Shares, Series 44; 11,740,797 Class A Preference Shares, Series 46;
11,885,972 Class A Preference Shares, Series 48; 1,641,694,511 Class A Shares; and 85,120 Class B Shares issued and
outstanding.
BFI’s authorized share
capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares, an unlimited number of preference shares designated as Class A Preference
Shares, issuable in series, and an unlimited number of preference shares designated as Class B Preference Shares, issuable in series.
As of the date of this Prospectus, BFI had 2,900,416 common shares; 6,400,000 Class A Preference Shares, Series 1; and 54,262,400
Class B Preference Shares, Series 1 issued and outstanding.
The US LLC Issuer’s
authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares representing limited liability company interests. As of the
date of this Prospectus, 1 common share of the US LLC Issuer is issued and outstanding.
BFI II’s authorized
share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares. As of the date of this Prospectus, 100 common shares of BFI II are issued
and outstanding.
The AUS Issuer’s authorized
share capital consists of an unlimited number of ordinary shares. As of the date of this Prospectus, 10 ordinary shares of the AUS
Issuer are issued and outstanding.
The UK Issuer’s share
capital consists of ordinary shares. As of the date of this Prospectus, 10,181,441 ordinary shares of the UK Issuer are issued and outstanding.
The US Pref Issuer’s
authorized share capital consists of an unlimited number of common shares and preferred shares representing limited liability company
interests. As of the date of this Prospectus, 100 common shares representing limited liability company interests of the US Pref Issuer
are issued and outstanding.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE BAM PREFERENCE SHARES
The following description
sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the BAM Preference Shares. The particular terms and provisions of a series of BAM Preference
Shares offered by a Prospectus Supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto,
will be described in such Prospectus Supplement.
Series
The BAM Preference Shares
may be issued from time to time in one or more series. The board of directors of the Company will fix the number of shares in each series
and the provisions attached to each series before issue.
Priority
The BAM Preference Shares
rank senior to the Class AA Preference Shares, the Class A Shares, the Class B Shares and other shares ranking junior to
the BAM Preference Shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation,
dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in the event of any other distribution of assets of the
Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs. Each series of BAM Preference Shares ranks on a parity with
every other series of BAM Preference Shares with respect to priority in the payment of dividends and in the distribution of assets in
the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, or in the event of any other
distribution of assets of the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding-up its affairs.
Shareholder Approvals
The Company shall not delete
or vary any preference, right, condition, restriction, limitation or prohibition attaching to the BAM Preference Shares as a class or
create preference shares ranking in priority to or on parity with the BAM Preference Shares except by special resolution passed by at
least 66 2/3% of the votes cast at a meeting of the holders of the BAM Preference Shares duly called for that purpose, in accordance
with the provisions of the articles of the Company. Each holder of BAM Preference Shares entitled to vote at a class meeting of holders
of BAM Preference Shares, or at a joint meeting of the holders of two or more series of BAM Preference Shares, has one vote in respect
of each C$25.00 of the issue price of each BAM Preference Share held by such holder.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE CLASS A SHARES
The following description
sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Class A Shares. The particular terms and provisions of Class A Shares
offered by a Prospectus Supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto, will be
described in such Prospectus Supplement.
Dividend Rights and Rights Upon Dissolution
or Winding-Up
The Class A Shares rank
on parity with the Class B Shares and rank after the BAM Preference Shares, the Class AA Preference Shares and any other senior-ranking
shares outstanding from time to time with respect to the payment of dividends (if, as and when declared by the board of directors of the
Company) and return of capital on the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company or any other distribution of the assets of
the Company among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs.
Voting Rights
Except as set out below under
“— Election of Directors”, each holder of a Class A Share and Class B Shares is entitled to notice of, and
to attend and vote at, all meetings of the Company’s shareholders (except meetings at which only holders of another specified class
or series of shares are entitled to vote) and is entitled to cast one vote per share held. Subject to applicable law and in addition to
any other required shareholder approvals, all matters approved by shareholders (other than the election of directors), must be approved
by: (i) a majority or, in the case of matters that require approval by a special resolution of shareholders, at least 66 2/3%,
of the votes cast by holders of Class A Shares who vote in respect of the resolution or special resolution, as the case may be, and
(ii) a majority or, in the case of matters that require approval by a special resolution of shareholders, at least 66 2/3%,
of the votes cast by holders of Class B Shares who vote in respect of the resolution or special resolution, as the case may be.
Election of Directors
In the election of directors,
holders of Class A Shares, together, in certain circumstances, with the holders of certain series of BAM Preference Shares, are entitled
to elect one-half of the board of directors of the Company, provided that if the holders of BAM Preference Shares, Series 2 become
entitled to elect two or three directors, as the case may be, the numbers of directors to be elected by holders of Class A Shares,
together, in certain circumstances with the holders of BAM Preference Shares, shall be reduced by the number of directors to be elected
by holders of BAM Preference Shares, Series 2. Holders of Class B Shares are entitled to elect the other one-half of the board
of directors of the Company.
Each holder of Class A
Shares has the right to cast a number of votes equal to the number of Class A Shares held by the holder multiplied by the number
of directors to be elected by the holder and the holders of shares of the classes or series of shares entitled to vote with the holder
of Class A Shares in the election of directors. A holder of Class A Shares may cast all such votes in favour of one candidate
or distribute such votes among its candidates in any manner the holder of Class A Shares sees fit. Where a holder of Class A
Shares has voted for more than one candidate without specifying the distribution of votes among such candidates, the holder of Class A
Shares will be deemed to have divided the holder’s votes equally among the candidates for whom the holder of Class A Shares
voted.
DESCRIPTION
OF THE US PREF ISSUER PREFERRED SHARES
The US Pref Issuer’s
limited liability company agreement authorizes its board of managers to establish one or more series of US Preferred Shares representing
limited liability company interests of the US Pref Issuer. The US Pref Issuer’s board of managers is able to determine, with respect
to any series of US Preferred Shares, the terms and rights of that series, including:
| · | the designation of the series; |
| · | the number of preferred shares representing limited liability company interests of the series; |
| · | whether distributions, if any, will be cumulative or non-cumulative and the distribution rate of the series; |
| · | the dates at which distributions, if any, will be payable; |
| · | the redemption rights and price or prices, if any, for preferred shares representing limited liability
company interests of the series; |
| · | the terms and amounts of any sinking fund provided for the purchase or redemption of the preferred shares
representing limited liability company interests of the series; |
| · | the amounts payable on preferred shares representing limited liability company interests of the series
in the event of our liquidation or dissolution; |
| · | whether the preferred shares representing limited liability company interests of the series will be convertible
into or exchangeable for interests of any other class or series or any other security of our company or any other entity; |
| · | restrictions on the issuance of preferred shares representing limited liability company interests of the
series or of any shares representing limited liability company interests of any other class or series; and |
| · | the voting rights, if any, of the holders of the preferred shares representing limited liability company
interests of the series. |
Guarantee
All
US Preferred Shares issued by the US Pref Issuer will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company. Set forth below is
a summary of information concerning the preferred share guarantees that the Company will execute and deliver for the benefit of the holders
of any series of preferred shares representing limited liability company interests offered by the US Pref Issuer. A prospectus supplement
will contain more specific information about the terms of the preferred share guarantee.
Pursuant to each preferred
share guarantee, the Company will agree to pay in full, to the holders of US Preferred Shares issued by the US Pref Issuer, the guarantee
payments, except to the extent paid by the US Pref Issuer, as and when due, regardless of any defense, right of set-off or counterclaim
which the US Pref Issuer may have or assert. The following payments, without duplication, with respect to US Preferred Shares, to the
extent not paid by the US Pref Issuer, will be subject to the preferred share guarantee:
| · | any accumulated and unpaid distributions (as described in the applicable share designation) that have
been declared by the board of managers of the US Pref Issuer to be paid on the US Preferred Shares out of funds legally available for
such distributions; |
| · | any redemption price (as described in the applicable share designation), plus all accrued and unpaid distributions
to the date of redemption with respect to any US Preferred Shares called for redemption by the US Pref Issuer or otherwise required to
be redeemed by the terms of the applicable share designation; and |
| · | upon a voluntary or involuntary dissolution, winding-up or liquidation of the US Pref Issuer, the aggregate
stated liquidation preference and all accumulated and unpaid distributions, whether or not declared, without regard to whether the US
Pref Issuer has sufficient assets to make full payment as required on liquidation. |
The Company’s obligation
to make a guarantee payment may be satisfied by direct payment of the required amounts by the Company to the holders of US Preferred Shares
or by causing the US Pref Issuer to pay the amounts to the holders. Each preferred share guarantee will be subordinated to all of the
debt of the Company that is not stated to be pari passu or subordinate to the guarantees and will rank senior to the Class A
Shares.
DESCRIPTION
OF DEBT SECURITIES
The following description
sets forth certain general terms and provisions of the Debt Securities. The particular terms and provisions of the series of Debt Securities
offered by a Prospectus Supplement, and the extent to which the general terms and provisions described below may apply thereto, will be
described in such Prospectus Supplement.
The BAM Debt Securities will
be issued under an indenture dated as of September 20, 1995, as amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time (the
“BAM Indenture”), between the Company, as issuer, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (formerly, Montreal Trust
Company of Canada) (“Computershare Canada”), as trustee (the “BAM Trustee”). The BFI Debt Securities
will be issued under either (1) the indenture dated as of June 2, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from
time to time (the “BFI Senior Indenture”), between BFI, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and Computershare Canada,
as trustee (the “BFI Trustee”), or (2) the subordinated indenture dated as of October 16, 2020, as amended,
restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time, between BFI, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and the BFI Trustee (the “BFI
Subordinated Indenture” and together with the BFI Senior Indenture, the “BFI Indentures”). The US LLC Debt
Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “US LLC Indenture”) to be entered into among the US LLC Issuer,
as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (“Computershare U.S.”), and
Computershare Canada, as Canadian trustee, or such other trustees named in the indenture (together, the “US LLC Trustees”).
The BFI II Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “BFI II Indenture”) to be entered into among
BFI II, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and Computershare Canada or such other trustee named in the indenture, as trustee (the “BFI
II Trustee”). The AUS Issuer Debt Securities will be issued pursuant to an indenture (the “AUS Issuer Indenture”)
to be entered into among the AUS Issuer, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and Computershare Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare
U.S., as U.S. trustee, or such other trustees named in the indenture (together, the “AUS Issuer Trustees”). The UK
Issuer Debt Securities will be issued under either (1) the indenture dated as of July 26, 2021, as amended, restated, supplemented
or replaced from time to time (the “UK Senior Indenture”), between the UK Issuer, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor,
and Computershare Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare U.S., as U.S. trustee (together, the “UK Issuer Trustees”),
or (2) the indenture dated as of November 24, 2020, as amended, restated, supplemented or replaced from time to time, between
the UK Issuer, as issuer, the Company, as guarantor, and the UK Issuer Trustees (the “UK Subordinated Indenture” and
together with the UK Senior Indenture, the “UK Issuer Indentures”). We refer to the BAM Indenture, the BFI Indentures,
the US LLC Indenture, the BFI II Indenture, the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures as the “Indentures”.
We refer to the BFI Subordinated Indenture, the US LLC Indenture, the BFI II Indenture, the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures
as the “Other Indentures”. The Debt Securities may be issued under such other indentures as the Company, the applicable
Finance Debt Issuer and the applicable trustee may enter into in the future. The indenture under which any Debt Securities are issued
will be specified in the applicable Prospectus Supplement.
The BAM Indenture, the BFI
Indentures and the BFI II Indenture are subject to the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and, consequently,
are exempt from the operation of certain provisions of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 pursuant to Rule 4d-9 thereunder. The
US LLC Indenture, the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures are subject to the Trust Indenture Act of 1939. Executed
copies or forms of the Indentures will or have been filed with the Commission as exhibits to the Registration Statement. Each Indenture
is or will also be available on each Issuer’s respective SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com.
The following statements
with respect to the Indentures and the Debt Securities issued or to be issued thereunder are brief summaries of certain provisions of
the Indentures and do not purport to be complete; such statements are subject to the detailed referenced provisions of the applicable
Indenture, including the definition of capitalized terms used under this caption. Wherever a particular section or defined term of an
Indenture is referred to, the statement is qualified in its entirety by such section or term. References to the “Issuer”
and “Indenture Securities” refer to the Company and each Finance Debt Issuer, as issuer, and the Debt Securities issued
or to be issued by it under the Indentures. References to the “Trustee” or “Trustees” and any particular
Indenture or Debt Securities refer to the BAM Trustee, the BFI Trustee, the US LLC Trustees, the BFI II Trustee, the AUS Issuer Trustees
or the UK Issuer Trustees as trustee or trustees under the applicable Indenture.
General
The
Indentures do not limit the aggregate principal amount of Indenture Securities (which may include debentures, notes and other unsecured
evidences of indebtedness) which may be issued thereunder, and Indenture Securities may be issued under each Indenture from time to time
in one or more series and may be denominated and payable in foreign currencies or units based on or relating to foreign currencies, including
European currency units, pounds sterling and Australian dollars. Special Canadian and United States federal income tax considerations
applicable to any Indenture Securities so denominated will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Unless otherwise
indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, each Indenture permits the Company and each Finance Debt Issuer to increase the principal
amount of any series of Indenture Securities previously issued by it and to issue such increased principal amount. (Section 301 of
the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.) In the case of additional Debt Securities
of a series under the US LLC Indenture, the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures, issued after the date of original issuance
of Debt Securities of such series, if they are not fungible with the original Debt Securities of such series for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, then such additional Debt Securities will be issued with a separate CUSIP or ISIN number so that they are distinguishable from
the original Debt Securities of such series.
All Debt Securities issued
by BFI, the US LLC Issuer, BFI II, the AUS Issuer and the UK Issuer will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the Company.
The
applicable Prospectus Supplement will set forth the following terms relating to the particular offered Debt Securities: (1) the specific
designation of the offered Debt Securities and the Indenture under which they are issued; (2) any limit on the aggregate principal
amount of the offered Debt Securities; (3) the date or dates, if any, on which the offered Debt Securities will mature and the portion
(if less than all of the principal amount) of the offered Debt Securities to be payable upon declaration of acceleration of maturity;
(4) the rate or rates per annum (which may be fixed or variable) at which the offered Debt Securities will bear interest, if any,
the date or dates from which any such interest will accrue and on which any such interest will be payable and the Regular Record Dates
for any interest payable on the offered Debt Securities which are in registered form (“Registered Debt Securities”);
(5) any mandatory or optional redemption or sinking fund provisions, including the period or periods within which the price or prices
at which and the terms and conditions upon which the offered Debt Securities may be redeemed or purchased at the option of the Issuer
or otherwise; (6) whether the offered Debt Securities will be issuable in registered form or bearer form or both and, if issuable
in bearer form, the restrictions as to the offer, sale and delivery of the offered Debt Securities in bearer form and as to exchanges
between registered and bearer form; (7) whether the offered Debt Securities will be issuable in the form of one or more registered
global securities (“Registered Global Securities”) and, if so, the identity of the Depositary for such Registered Global
Securities; (8) the denominations in which any of the offered Debt Securities will be issuable if in other than denominations of
$1,000 and any multiple thereof; (9) each office or agency where the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the offered Debt
Securities will be payable and each office or agency where the offered Debt Securities may be presented for registration of transfer or
exchange; (10) if other than U.S. dollars, the foreign currency or the units based on or relating to foreign currencies in which
the offered Debt Securities are denominated and/or in which the payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, the offered
Debt Securities will or may be payable; (11) any applicable terms or conditions related to the addition of any co-obligor or additional
guarantor in respect of any or all series of Debt Securities; and (12) any other terms of the offered Debt Securities, including
any applicable subordination provisions, exchange or conversion terms, covenants and additional Events of Default. Special Canadian and
United States federal income tax considerations applicable to the offered Debt Securities, the amount of principal thereof and any premium
and interest thereon will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating thereto. Unless otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus
Supplement, no Indenture affords the Holders the right to tender Indenture Securities to the Issuer for repurchase, or provides for any
increase in the rate or rates of interest per annum at which the Indenture Securities will bear interest, in the event the Company or
any Finance Debt Issuer should become involved in a highly leveraged transaction or in the event of a change in control of the Company
or any Finance Debt Issuer. (Section 301 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other
Indentures.)
Indenture
Securities may be issued bearing no interest or interest at a rate below the prevailing market rate at the time of issuance, to be offered
and sold at a discount below their stated principal amount. The Canadian and United States federal income tax consequences and other special
considerations applicable to any such discounted Indenture Securities or other Indenture Securities offered and sold at par which are
treated as having been issued at a discount for Canadian and/or United States federal income tax purposes will be described in the Prospectus
Supplement relating thereto. (Section 301 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other
Indentures.)
The
Indenture Securities will be direct unsecured obligations of the Company and the Finance Debt Issuers and will be unsecured senior or
subordinated, as applicable, indebtedness of each of them as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. (Section 301 of the
BAM Indenture, and Section 3.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
The Company’s guarantee
of the Indenture Securities issued by the Finance Debt Issuers will be unsecured senior or subordinated, as applicable, indebtedness of
the Company, including the Company’s obligations under the Indenture Securities issued under the BAM Indenture.
The guarantees will be unsecured
general obligations of the Company and will rank equal in right of payment with, or junior to, other unsecured and senior or subordinated
debt (other than subordinated debt that has been further subordinated in accordance with its terms), as applicable, of the Company. The
Debt Securities and the guarantees will be effectively subordinated to any secured indebtedness of the applicable Issuer or to the Company
to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness. The guarantee by the Company of the Indenture Securities will guarantee
the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Indenture Securities issued by the applicable Issuer,
when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption, by acceleration or otherwise.
Form, Denomination, Exchange and
Transfer
Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, Indenture Securities will be issued only in fully registered form without
coupons and in denominations of $1,000 or any integral multiple thereof. (Section 302 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.2
of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.) Indenture Securities may be presented for exchange and Registered Debt Securities may
be presented for registration of transfer in the manner, at the places and, subject to the restrictions set forth in the applicable Indenture
and in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, without service charge, but upon payment of any taxes or the governmental charges due in
connection therewith. Each Issuer has or will appoint, as applicable, their respective Trustees as Security Registrars under each Indenture.
(Section 305 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.5 of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.)
Payment
Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of the principal of, and any premium and interest on, Registered
Debt Securities (other than a Registered Global Security) will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the applicable Trustee(s) and
the office or agency of the particular Issuer maintained for that purpose in Toronto, Canada (in the case of the BAM Indenture, the BFI
Indentures and the BFI II Indenture) or in Toronto, Canada or New York, New York (in the case of the US LLC Indenture, the AUS Issuer
Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures), except that, at the option of the particular Issuer, payment of any interest may be made (i) by
check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto at such address as shall appear in the applicable Security Register or (ii) by
wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the applicable Security Register. (Sections 305,
307, and 1002 of the BAM Indenture, and Sections 3.5, 3.7 and 11.2 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.) Unless
otherwise indicated in the applicable Prospectus Supplement, payment of any interest due on Registered Debt Securities will be made to
the Persons in whose name such Registered Debt Securities are registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such
interest payment. (Section 307 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.7 of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.)
Registered Global Securities
The
Registered Debt Securities of a particular series may be issued in the form of one or more Registered Global Securities which will be
registered in the name of, and deposited with, one or more Depositories or nominees, each of which will be identified in the Prospectus
Supplement relating to such series. Unless and until exchanged, in whole or in part, for Indenture Securities in definitive registered
form, a Registered Global Security may not be transferred except as a whole by the Depositary for such Registered Global Security to a
nominee of such Depositary, by a nominee of such Depositary to such Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary or by such Depositary
or any such nominee to a successor of such Depositary or a nominee of such successor. (Section 305 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.5
of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.)
The specific terms of the
depositary arrangement with respect to any portion of a particular series of Indenture Securities to be represented by a Registered Global
Security will be described in the Prospectus Supplement relating to such series. We anticipate that the following provisions will apply
to all depositary arrangements.
Upon the issuance of a Registered
Global Security, the Depositary therefor or its nominee will credit, on its book entry and registration system, the respective principal
amounts of the Indenture Securities represented by such Registered Global Security to the accounts of such persons having accounts with
such Depositary or its nominee (“participants”) as shall be designated by the underwriters, investment dealers or agents
participating in the distribution of such Indenture Securities or by the particular Issuer if such Indenture Securities are offered and
sold directly by the Issuer. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security will be limited to participants or persons
that may hold beneficial interests through participants. Ownership of beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security will be shown
on, and the transfer of such ownership will be effected only through, records maintained by the Depositary therefor or its nominee (with
respect to beneficial interests of participants) or by participants or persons that hold through participants (with respect to interests
of persons other than participants). The laws of some states in the United States require certain purchasers of securities to take physical
delivery thereof in definitive form. Such depositary arrangements and such laws may impair the ability to transfer beneficial interests
in a Registered Global Security.
So long as the Depositary
for a Registered Global Security or its nominee is the registered owner thereof, such Depositary or such nominee, as the case may be,
will be considered the sole owner or Holder of the Indenture Securities represented by such Registered Global Security for all purposes
under the applicable Indenture. Except as provided below, owners of beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security will not be entitled
to have Indenture Securities of the series represented by such Registered Global Security registered in their names, will not receive
or be entitled to receive physical delivery of Indenture Securities of such series in definitive form and will not be considered the owners
or Holders thereof under the applicable Indenture.
Principal, premium, if any,
and interest payments on a Registered Global Security registered in the name of a Depositary or its nominee will be made to such Depositary
or nominee, as the case may be, as the registered owner of such Registered Global Security. None of the particular Issuer or Trustee or
any paying agent for Indenture Securities of the series represented by such Registered Global Security will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspect of the records relating to, or payments made on account of, beneficial interests in such Registered Global Security
or for maintaining, supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial interests.
We expect that the Depositary
for a Registered Global Security or its nominee, upon receipt of any payment of principal, premium or interest, will immediately credit
participants’ accounts with payments in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests in the principal amount of
such Registered Global Security as shown on the records of such Depositary or its nominee. We also expect that payments by participants
to owners of beneficial interests in a Registered Global Security held through such participants will be governed by standing instructions
and customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for the accounts of customers registered in “street name”,
and will be the responsibility of such participants.
No
Registered Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Indenture Securities registered, and no transfer of a Registered Global
Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Registered Global Security
or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the particular Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue
as Depositary for such Registered Global Security or (ii) has ceased to be a clearing agency registered under the Exchange Act, and
a successor securities Depositary is not obtained, (B) there shall have occurred and be continuing an Event of Default with respect
to such Registered Global Security, (C) the particular Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that the Securities of such series
shall no longer be represented by such Registered Global Security and executes and delivers to the applicable Trustee(s) an Issuer
order that such Registered Global Security shall be so exchangeable and the transfer thereof so registerable or (D) there shall exist
such circumstances, if any, in addition to or in lieu of the foregoing as have been specified for this purpose as contemplated in the
applicable Indenture. (Section 305 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 3.5.2 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other
Indentures.)
Consolidation, Merger, Amalgamation
and Sale of Assets
Pursuant to the BAM Indenture,
the Company shall not enter into any transaction (whether by way of reorganization, reconstruction, consolidation, amalgamation, merger,
transfer, sale or otherwise) whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking, property and assets would become the property of any
other Person (the “BAM Successor Corporation”) unless: (a) the Company and the BAM Successor Corporation shall
have executed, prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction, such instruments and done such things as, in the
opinion of counsel, are necessary or advisable to establish that, upon the consummation of such transaction, (i) the BAM Successor
Corporation will have assumed all the covenants and obligations of the Company under the BAM Indenture in respect of the Indenture Securities
of every series issued thereunder, and (ii) the Indenture Securities of every series issued under the BAM Indenture will be valid
and binding obligations of the BAM Successor Corporation entitling the Holders thereof, as against the BAM Successor Corporation, to all
the rights of Holders of Indenture Securities under the BAM Indenture; and (b) such transaction shall be on such terms and shall
be carried out at such times and otherwise in such manner as shall not be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of the Indenture
Securities of each and every series or to the rights and powers of the Trustee under the BAM Indenture. (Section 801 of the BAM Indenture.)
Pursuant to the BFI Senior
Indenture and the Other Indentures, neither the applicable Finance Debt Issuer nor the Company (in each case for purposes of this description,
a “Predecessor”) shall enter into any transaction (whether by way of reorganization, reconstruction, consolidation,
amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale or otherwise) whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking, property and assets would become
the property of any other Person (in each case for purposes of this description, a “Successor”) unless: (a) the
Predecessor and the Successor shall have executed, prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction, such instruments
and done such things as, in the opinion of counsel, are necessary or advisable to establish that, upon the consummation of such transaction,
(i) the Successor will have assumed all the covenants and obligations of the Predecessor under the applicable Indenture in respect
of the Indenture Securities of every series issued thereunder, and in the case of the Company, its guarantee of the Indenture Securities
and (ii) the Indenture Securities of every series issued by the Predecessor will be valid and binding obligations of the Successor,
entitling the Holders thereof, as against the Successor, to all the rights of Holders of Indenture Securities under the applicable Indenture;
and (b) such transaction shall be on such terms and shall be carried out at such times and otherwise in such manner as shall not
be prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of applicable Indenture Securities of each and every series or to the rights and powers
of the applicable Trustee(s) under the applicable Indenture; provided, however, that such restrictions are not applicable to any
sale or transfer by the applicable Finance Debt Issuer or the Company to any one or more of their subsidiaries. (Section 9.1 of the
BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
Events of Default
Unless
otherwise indicated in any Prospectus Supplement, each Indenture provides that the following will constitute an Event of Default under
such Indenture (except subsection (f) below which is not an Event of Default under the BAM Indenture and subsection (g) below
which is not an Event of Default under the Other Indentures) with respect to Indenture Securities of any series issued by the Company
and each Finance Debt Issuer: (a) failure to pay principal of, or any premium on, any Indenture Security of that series when due;
(b) failure to pay any interest on any Indenture Securities of that series when due, which failure continues for 30 days; (c)
other than with respect to the US LLC Indenture, default in the payment of principal and interest on any Indenture Security required to
be purchased pursuant to an Offer to Purchase made pursuant to the terms of the Indenture Securities of such series; (d) failure
to deposit any sinking fund payment, when due, in respect of any Indenture Security of that series; (e) failure of any Finance Debt
Issuer and/or the Company to perform, as applicable, any other covenant in the relevant Indenture (other than a covenant included in such
indentures solely for the benefit of a series other than that series), which failure continues for 60 days after written notice has been
given by the respective Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of that series,
as provided in the relevant Indenture; (f) the Company’s guarantee of all obligations related to that series shall, for any
reason, cease to be, or the Company shall assert in writing to the relevant Trustee or the Holders thereof that such guarantee is not
in full force and effect and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; (g) failure by the Company to make any
payment of principal of, or interest on, any obligation for borrowed money (other than an obligation payable on demand or maturing less
than 12 months from the creation or issue thereof) having an outstanding principal amount in excess of 5% of the Company’s
Consolidated Net Worth in the aggregate at the time of default or any failure in the performance of any other covenant of the Company
contained in any instrument under which such obligations are created or issued and if the holders thereof, or a trustee, if any, for such
holders declare such obligations to be due and payable prior to the stated maturities thereof, provided that if such default is waived
by such holders or trustee, then the Event of Default under the applicable Indenture shall be deemed to be waived without further action
on the part of the applicable Trustee(s) or the Holders; (h) certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting
the Company and/or the Finance Debt Issuers; and (i) any other Events of Default provided with respect to the Indenture Securities
of such series, as described in the applicable Prospectus Supplement. (Section 501 of the BAM Indenture, and Section 6.1
of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
If
an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default related to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting the
Company and any Finance Debt Issuer, and the Company in its capacity as guarantor under the applicable Indenture of each Finance Debt
Issuer) with respect to the Indenture Securities of any series at the time outstanding shall occur and be continuing either the applicable
Trustee(s) or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities of that series by notice, as provided
in the applicable Indenture, may declare the principal amount of the Indenture Securities of that series to be due and payable immediately.
If an Event of Default related to certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization affecting any Issuer occurs with respect
to the Indenture Securities of any series at the time outstanding, the principal amount of all the Indenture Securities of that series
will automatically, and without any action by the applicable Trustee or any Holder, become immediately due and payable. After any such
acceleration, but before a judgment or decree based on acceleration, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series may, under certain circumstances, rescind and annul such acceleration if all Events of Default, other than the
non-payment of accelerated principal (or other specified amount), have been cured or waived as provided in the applicable Indenture. (Section 502
of the BAM Indenture, Section 6.2 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.) For information as to waiver of defaults,
see “— Modification and Waiver”.
Each
Indenture provides that the applicable Trustee(s) will be under no obligation to exercise any of its rights or powers under the applicable
Indenture (or, in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for
enforcing any rights of the Trustee(s)) at the request or direction of any of the applicable Holders, unless such Holders shall have offered
to such Trustee(s) indemnity satisfactory to such Trustee(s) (or, in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures,
sufficient funds to commence or continue compliance with such request and an indemnity to protect the Trustee(s) against losses suffered
in compliance with such request). (Section 603 of the BAM Indenture, Section 7.5 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the
Other Indentures.) Subject to such provisions for the indemnification of the particular Trustee(s), the Holders of a majority in aggregate
principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series issued under the applicable Indenture will have the right to direct the time,
method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to such Trustee(s) or exercising any trust or power conferred
on such Trustee(s) with respect to the Indenture Securities of that series. (Section 512 of the BAM Indenture and Section 6.12
of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
No
Holder of an Indenture Security of any series will have any right to institute any proceeding with respect to the particular Indenture,
or for the appointment of a receiver or a trustee, or for any other remedy thereunder, unless (i) such Holder has previously given
to the applicable Trustee(s) written notice of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Indenture Securities of that series,
(ii) the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series have made a written request,
and such Holder or Holders have offered reasonable indemnity, or in the case of the Other Indentures, indemnity reasonably satisfactory
to each Trustee, to the applicable Trustee(s) to institute such proceeding as trustee, and (iii) the applicable Trustee(s) has
failed to institute such proceeding, and has not received from the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding
Securities of that series a direction inconsistent with such request, within 60 days after such notice, request and offer. (Section 507
of the BAM Indenture, Section 6.7 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.) However, such limitations do not
apply to a suit instituted by a Holder of an Indenture Security for the enforcement of payment of the principal of, or of any premium
or interest on, such Indenture Security on or after the applicable due date specified in such Indenture Security. (Section 508 of
the BAM Indenture, Section 6.8 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
The
Company and each Finance Debt Issuer are each required to furnish to their respective Trustees a quarterly statement by certain of its
officers as to whether or not each Issuer, as applicable, to their knowledge, is in default in the performance or observance of any of
the terms, provisions and conditions of the applicable Indenture and, if so, specifying all such known defaults. (Section 1004 of
the BAM Indenture, and Section 11.4 of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.) In addition, the US LLC Issuer, AUS
Issuer and UK Issuer are or will be required to deliver an annual compliance certificates as required under the Trust Indenture Act. (Section 11.4(d) of
the US LLC Indenture, AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures.)
Defeasance
Each Indenture provides that,
at the option of the applicable Issuer, the Issuer and, in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, the Company
will be discharged from any and all obligations in respect of any Outstanding Securities upon irrevocable deposit with the applicable
Trustee(s), in trust, of money and/or Government Obligations which will provide money in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally
recognized firm of independent public accountants, to pay the principal of or premium, if any, and each instalment of interest, if any,
on such Outstanding Securities (“Defeasance”). Such trust may only be established if certain customary conditions precedent
are satisfied, including, among other things, confirmation that Holders will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes
as a result of such Defeasance. The Issuer may exercise its Defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of its Covenant Defeasance
(as defined below) option described in the following paragraph if the Issuer meets the conditions precedent at the time the Issuer exercises
the Defeasance option.
Each
Indenture provides that, at the option of the Issuer, unless and until the Issuer has exercised its Defeasance option described in the
preceding paragraph, the Issuer may omit to comply with certain restrictive covenants and such omission shall not be deemed to be an Event
of Default under the Indenture and the Outstanding Securities upon irrevocable deposit with the applicable Trustee(s), in trust, of money
and/or Government Obligations which will provide money in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent
public accountants, to pay the principal of and premium, if any, and each instalment of interest, if any, on the Outstanding Securities
of the Issuer (“Covenant Defeasance”). In the event the Issuer exercises its Covenant Defeasance option, the obligations
under the applicable Indenture (other than with respect to such covenants and the Events of Default other than the Events of Default relating
to such covenants above) shall remain in full force and effect. Such trust may only be established if certain customary conditions precedent
are satisfied, including, among other things, confirmation that Holders will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes
as a result of such Covenant Defeasance. (Article Thirteen of the BAM Indenture, Article Fourteen of the BFI Senior Indenture
and the Other Indentures.)
Modification and Waiver
Modifications
and amendments of an Indenture may be made by the Company, the Issuer (if other than the Company) and the applicable Trustee(s) with
the consent of the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series of Indenture Securities
affected by such modification or amendment; provided, however, that no such modification or amendment may, without the consent of the
Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (a) change the Stated Maturity of the principal of, or any instalment of interest
on, any Outstanding Security, (b) reduce the principal amount of (or the premium), or interest on, any Outstanding Security, (c) reduce
the amount of the principal of any Outstanding Security payable upon the acceleration of the maturity thereof, (d) change the currency
(or, with respect to the BAM Indenture and the BFI Senior Indenture, the place) of payment of principal of (or the premium), or interest
on, any Outstanding Security, (e) impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any payment on or with respect to any
Outstanding Security, (f) reduce the above-stated percentage of Outstanding Securities necessary to modify or amend the particular
Indenture, (g) reduce the percentage of aggregate principal amount of Outstanding Securities necessary for waiver of compliance with
certain provisions of the particular Indenture or for waiver of certain defaults, (h) modify any provisions of the particular Indenture
relating to the modification and amendment of such Indenture or the waiver of past defaults or covenants, except as otherwise specified,
(i) in the case of the BFI Subordinated Indenture, modify the provisions of the indenture relating to subordination in a manner that
adversely affects the rights of Holders of Indenture Securities, or (j) other than with respect to the US LLC Indenture, following
the mailing of any Offer to Purchase, modify any Offer to Purchase for such Outstanding Security required to be made pursuant to the terms
of such Outstanding Security in a manner materially adverse to the Holders thereof. (Section 902 of the BAM Indenture and Section 10.2
of the BFI Senior Indenture and Other Indentures.) In the case of the US LLC Indenture, AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures,
no such modification or waiver may, without consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby, (a) change the premium
payable upon redemption thereof, or the dates or times fixed for redemption, or (b) release the Company from its Guarantee under
the US LLC Indenture, AUS Issuer Indenture or UK Issuer Indentures, respectively.
Each Indenture provides that
the Company or the Issuer (if other than the Company) may modify and amend such Indenture without the consent of any holder of Indenture
Securities for any of the following purposes: (a) to evidence the succession of another person to the Issuer or the Company, as applicable,
and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or the Company, as applicable, under such Indenture and in the
Indenture Securities; (b) in the case of the Other Indentures, to evidence the addition of a co-obligor or guarantor in respect of
any or all series of the Indenture Securities under the Other Indentures, as may be permitted in accordance with the terms of such Indenture
Securities; (c) to add to the covenants of the Finance Debt Issuer or the Company, as applicable, for the benefit of the holders
of any series of Indenture Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Indenture Securities,
stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series) or to surrender any right or power (but
not, in the case of the Other Indentures, any obligation, except any obligation concomitant to such right or power) in such Indenture
conferred upon the Finance Debt Issuer or the Company, as applicable; (d) to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit
of the holders of all or any series of Indenture Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less
than all series of Indenture Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit
of such series); (e) to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of such Indenture in respect of one or more series of Indenture
Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (i) shall neither (A) apply to any Indenture Security of
any series created prior to the execution of the applicable supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (B) modify
the rights of the holder of any such Indenture Security with respect to such provision or (ii) shall become effective only when there
is no such Indenture Security outstanding; (f) to secure the Indenture Securities pursuant to the requirements of any provision in
such Indenture or any indenture supplemental thereto or otherwise; (g) to establish the form or terms of Indenture Securities of
any series as permitted under the Indenture and, in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, if required, to provide
for the appointment of a co-trustee; (h) to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment under such Indenture by a successor
trustee with respect to the Indenture Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions in such Indenture
as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts thereunder by more than one trustee, pursuant to the
requirements of such Indenture; (i) to add to or change any of the provisions of such Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary
to permit or facilitate the issuance of Indenture Securities in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with
or without interest coupons, or to permit or facilitate the issuance of Indenture Securities in uncertificated form; (j) in the case
of the US LLC Indenture, the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures, to comply with any requirements of the Trust Indenture
Legislation including without limitation in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, the US LLC Indenture, the
AUS Issuer Indenture or the UK Issuer Indentures, as applicable, under the Trust Indenture Act 1939; or (k) to cure any ambiguity,
to correct or supplement any provision in such Indenture which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision therein, or to
make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising thereunder, provided that such action shall not adversely affect,
in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, in any material respect, the interests of the holders of Indentures
Securities of any series. (Section 901 of the BAM Indenture and Section 10.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
The
Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, on behalf of all Holders of Outstanding
Securities of such series, may waive compliance by the Issuer with certain restrictive provisions of the particular Indenture. (Section 1009
of the BAM Indenture, Section 11.10 of the BFI Senior Indenture and Section 11.6 of the Other Indentures.) Subject to
certain rights of the particular Trustee, as provided in the applicable Indenture, the Holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount
of the Outstanding Securities issued under such Indenture, on behalf of all holders of Outstanding Securities of such series, may waive
any past default under such Indenture, except a default in the payment of principal, premium or interest or in respect of a covenant or
provision of such Indenture which under the Indenture cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding
Security of such series affected. (Section 513 of the BAM Indenture, Section 6.13 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other
Indentures.)
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service
under BAM Indenture
The BAM Indenture provides
that the Company irrevocably appoints CT Corporation System, 1633 Broadway, New York, New York, 10019, as its agent for service of process
in any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the BAM Indenture and the Indenture Securities and for actions brought
under federal or state securities laws brought in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York
and submit to such jurisdiction.
Consent to Jurisdiction and Service
under the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures
The BFI Senior Indenture
and the Other Indentures provide, or will provide, that the Finance Debt Issuers irrevocably appoint Brookfield Asset Management LLC,
Brookfield Place, 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1023, as their agent for service of process in any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to the relevant Indenture and the Indenture Securities and for actions brought under federal or
state securities laws brought in any federal or state court located in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York and submit to
such jurisdiction.
Enforceability of Judgments against
the Company
Since a substantial portion
of the Company’s assets are outside the United States, any judgment obtained in the United States against the Company, including
any judgment with respect to the payment of interest and principal on the Indenture Securities, may not be collectible within the United
States.
The Company has been informed
by its Canadian counsel, Torys LLP (“Torys”), that a court of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Ontario would
enforce a final and conclusive judgment in personam of a court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, the City of New York, New York
(a “New York Court”) that is subsisting and unsatisfied respecting the enforcement of any of the Indentures and the
Indenture Securities that is not impeachable as void or voidable under the internal laws of the State of New York for a sum certain if:
(i) the court rendering such judgment had jurisdiction over the judgment debtor, as recognized by the courts of the Province of Ontario
(and submission by the Company in the Indenture to the jurisdiction of the New York Court will be sufficient for the purpose); (ii) such
judgment was not obtained by fraud or in a manner contrary to natural justice and the enforcement thereof would not be inconsistent with
public policy, as such term is understood under the laws of the Province of Ontario, or contrary to any order made by the Attorney General
of Canada under the Foreign Extraterritorial Measures Act (Canada); (iii) the enforcement of such judgment does not constitute,
directly or indirectly, the enforcement of foreign revenue or penal laws; and (iv) the action to enforce such judgment is commenced
within the applicable limitation period. The enforcement of any such judgment may also be affected by bankruptcy, insolvency or other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, and an Ontario court will render judgment only in Canadian
dollars. The Company has been advised by Torys that a monetary judgment of a New York Court predicated solely upon the civil liability
provisions of United States federal securities laws would likely be enforceable in the Province of Ontario if the New York Court had a
basis for jurisdiction in the matter that would be recognized by a court in Ontario for such purposes. There is no assurance that this
will be the case. It is less certain that an action could be brought in the Province of Ontario in the first instance on the basis of
liability predicated solely upon such laws.
Governing Law
The
Indentures, Indenture Securities and the rights, powers, duties or responsibility of Computershare U.S. will be governed by the laws
of the State of New York, except with respect to the rights, powers, duties or responsibility of the remaining Trustees (including Computershare
Canada) which shall be governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. (Section 113
of the BAM Indenture and Section 1.13 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures.)
The Trustees
Computershare Canada is currently,
or is expected to be, the BAM Trustee, the BFI Trustee, the BFI II Trustee and the Canadian trustee under the US LLC Indenture, the AUS
Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures. Computershare U.S. is, or is expected to be, the U.S. trustee under the US LLC Indenture,
the AUS Issuer Indenture and the UK Issuer Indentures. None of the Trustees make any representation or warranty as to the accuracy or
validity of the information contained herein.
Certain Definitions
Set
forth below is a summary of certain of the defined terms used in the Indentures. Reference is made to each Indenture for the full definition
of each such term, as well as any other terms used herein for which no definition is provided (Section 101 of the BAM Indenture and
Section 1.1 of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, as applicable).
“affiliate”
of any Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with
such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control”, when used with respect to any Person, means the power
to influence the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to
the foregoing.
“Capital Lease
Obligation” of any Person means the obligation to pay rent or other payment amounts under a lease of (or other Debt arrangements
conveying the right to use) real or personal property of such Person which is required to be classified and accounted for as a capital
lease or a liability on the face of a balance sheet of such Person in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and which
has a term of at least 36 months. The stated maturity of such obligation shall be the date of the last payment of rent or any other amount
due under such lease prior to the first date upon which such lease may be terminated by the lessee without payment of a penalty.
“Capital Stock”
of any Person means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or other
equity participations, including partnership interests whether general or limited, of such Person, and, in the case of the BFI Senior
Indenture and Other Indentures including units of such Person.
“Common Stock”
of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that does not rank prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of
assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of such Person, to shares of Capital Stock of any other
class of such Person.
“Consolidated
Net Worth” of any Person means, with respect to the BAM Indenture and the BFI Senior Indenture, the consolidated stockholders’
equity of such Person, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, plus, without duplication,
Qualifying Subordinated Debt and Deferred Credits; provided that with respect to the BAM Indenture, adjustments following the date of
the BAM Indenture to the accounting books and records of the Company in accordance with U.S. Accounting Principles Board Opinions Nos.
16 and 17 (or successor opinions thereto), or comparable standards in Canada, or otherwise resulting from the acquisition of control of
the Company by another Person shall not be given effect.
“Debt”
means (without duplication), with respect to any Person, whether recourse is to all or a portion of the assets of such Person and whether
or not contingent, (i) every obligation of such Person for money borrowed, (ii) every obligation of such Person evidenced by
bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments, including obligations incurred in connection with the acquisition of property,
assets or businesses, (iii) every reimbursement obligation of such Person with respect to letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances
or similar facilities issued for the account of such Person, (iv) every obligation of such Person issued or assumed as the deferred
purchase price of property or services (but excluding trade accounts payable or accrued liabilities arising in the ordinary course of
business which are not overdue or which are being contested in good faith), (v) every Capital Lease Obligation of such Person, (vi) every
obligation that could not be considered as interest in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles under Interest Rate or
Currency Protection Agreements of such Person and (vii) every obligation of the type referred to in clauses (i) through (vi) of
another Person and all dividends of another Person the payment of which, in either case, such Person has Guaranteed or is responsible
or liable for, directly or indirectly, as obligator, Guarantor or otherwise.
“Deferred Credits”
means, with respect to the BAM Indenture and the BFI Senior Indenture, the deferred credits of the Company (or, in the case of the BFI
Senior Indenture, any Person) and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles.
“Government Obligation”
means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the government which issued the currency, or a direct obligation
of the Government of Canada issued in such currency, in which the Indenture Securities of a particular series are denominated for the
payment of which its full faith and credit is pledged or (ii) obligations of a Person the payment of which is unconditionally guaranteed
as its full faith and credit obligation by such government which, in the case of either subclause (i) or (ii) of this clause
(x), is not callable or redeemable at the option of the issuer thereof and (y) any depositary receipt issued by a bank (as defined
in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act, or, in the case of the BFI Senior Indenture and the Other Indentures, as defined in
the Bank Act (Canada)), as custodian with respect to any Government Obligation which is specified in clause (x) above and
held by such bank for the account of the holder of such depositary receipt, or with respect to any specific payment of principal of or
interest on any Government Obligation which is so specified and held, provided that (except as required by law) such custodian is not
authorized to make any deduction from the amount payable to the holder of such depositary receipt from any amount received by the custodian
in respect of the Government Obligation or the specific payment of principal or interest evidenced by such depositary receipt.
“Guarantee”
by any Person means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing
any Debt of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including,
without limitation, any obligation of such Person (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment
of) such Debt or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment of such Debt, (ii) to
purchase property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the holder of such Debt of the payment of such Debt or (iii) to
maintain working capital, equity capital or other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the
primary obligor to pay such Debt (and “Guaranteed”, “Guaranteeing” and “Guarantor”
shall have meanings correlative to the foregoing); provided, however, that the Guarantee by any Person shall not include endorsements
by such Person for collection or deposit, in either case, in the ordinary course of business.
“Holder”
means a Person in whose name a Security is registered in the applicable Security Register.
“Interest Rate
or Currency Protection Agreement” of any Person means any interest rate protection agreement (including, without limitation,
interest rate swaps, caps, floors, collars and similar agreements), and/or other types of interest hedging agreements, and any currency
protection agreement (including foreign exchange contracts, currency swap agreements or other currency hedging arrangements).
“Qualifying Subordinated
Debt” means, with respect to the BAM Indenture and the BFI Senior Indenture, Debt of the Company (i) which by its terms
provides that the payment of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on and all other payment obligations in respect of such Debt
shall be subordinate to the prior payment in full of the Company’s obligations in respect of the Indenture Securities to at least
the extent that no payment of principal of (or premium, if any) or interest on or otherwise due in respect of such Debt may be made for
so long as there exists any default in the payment of principal (or premium, if any) or interest on the Indenture Securities or any other
default that, with the passing of time or the giving of notice or both, would constitute an event of default with respect to the Indenture
Securities and (ii) which expressly by its terms gives the Company the right to make payments of principal in respect of such Debt
in Common Stock of the Company.
“Stated Maturity”,
when used with respect to any Indenture Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified
in such Indenture Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Indenture Security or such instalment of principal or interest
is due and payable.
“Trust Indenture
Legislation” means, at any time, (i) the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and regulations
thereunder as amended or re-enacted from time to time, (ii) the provisions of any other statute of Canada or any province thereof
and any regulations thereunder and (iii) the U.S. Trust Indenture Act 1939 and regulations thereunder, but, in the case of
(i) the BAM Indenture and the BFI Senior Indenture, only to the extent applicable under Rule 4d-9 under the U.S. Trust Indenture
Act 1939 and (ii) the BFI Subordinated Indenture and the BFI II Indenture, only to the extent applicable to that indenture, in
each case relating to trust indentures and to the rights, duties, and obligations of trustees under trust indentures and of corporations
issuing debt obligations under trust indentures.
PLAN
OF DISTRIBUTION
The Issuers may sell Securities
and the Selling Shareholders may sell Class A Shares to or through underwriters or dealers and may also sell Securities directly
to purchasers or through agents.
The distribution of
Securities of any series may be effected from time to time in one or more transactions at a fixed price or prices, which may be
changed, at market prices prevailing at the time of sale, at prices related to such prevailing market prices or at prices to be
negotiated with purchasers, including sales of Class A Shares in transactions that are deemed to be at-the-market distributions,
including sales made directly on the TSX, NYSE or other existing trading markets for the Class A Shares.
In connection with the sale
of Securities, underwriters may receive compensation from the Issuers, the Selling Shareholders and/or from purchasers of Securities for
whom they may act as agents in the form of concessions or commissions. Underwriters, dealers and agents that participate in the distribution
of Securities may be deemed to be underwriters and any commissions received by them from the Issuers and/or the Selling Shareholders and
any profit on the resale of Securities by them may be deemed to be underwriting commissions under the Securities Act. Any such person
that may be deemed to be an underwriter with respect to Securities of any series will be identified in the Prospectus Supplement relating
to such series.
The Prospectus Supplement
relating to each series of Securities will also set forth the terms of the offering of the Securities of such series, including, to the
extent applicable, (i) the names of any underwriters or agents, (ii) the purchase price or prices of the offered Securities,
(iii) the initial offering price, (iv) in the case of offers and sales by the Selling Shareholders, the names of such Selling
Shareholders and the number of and prices at which such Class A Shares are proposed to be sold by them, (v) the proceeds to
the applicable Issuer and/or Selling Shareholder from the sale of the offered Securities, (vi) the underwriting discounts and commissions
and (vii) any discounts, commissions and concessions allowed or reallowed or paid by any underwriter to other dealers.
Under agreements which may
be entered into by the Issuers, the Selling Shareholders, underwriters, dealers and agents who participate in the distribution of Securities
may be entitled to indemnification by the Issuers and/or the Selling Shareholders against certain liabilities, including liabilities under
the Securities Act and Canadian provincial securities legislation, or to contribution with respect to payments which those underwriters,
dealers or agents may be required to make in respect thereof. Those underwriters, dealers and agents may be customers of, engage in transactions
with or perform services for the Issuers or their subsidiaries and/or the Selling Shareholders in the ordinary course of business. Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Issuers, the Issuers have been advised that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the Issuers of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Issuers in the successful
defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities
being registered, the Issuers will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit
to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
Unless otherwise specified
in a Prospectus Supplement, each series or class of Securities will be a new issue of securities with no established trading market. Unless
otherwise specified in a Prospectus Supplement relating to a series or class of Securities, the Securities will not be listed on any securities
exchange. Certain broker-dealers may make a market in Securities but will not be obligated to do so and may discontinue any market making
at any time without notice. No assurance can be given that any broker-dealer will make a market in the Securities of any series or as
to the liquidity of the trading market for the Securities of any series.
In connection with any offering
of Securities, other than an at-the-market distribution, the underwriters or agents may over-allot or effect transactions which stabilize
or maintain the market price of the Securities offered at a level above that which might otherwise prevail in the open market. Such transactions,
if commenced, may be discontinued at any time. No agent of an at-the-market distribution, and no person or company acting jointly or in
concert with an agent of an at-the-market distribution, may, in connection with the distribution, enter into any transaction that is intended
to stabilize or maintain the market price of the securities or securities of the same class as the securities distributed pursuant to
the at-the-market distribution, including selling an aggregate number or principal amount of securities that would result in the agent
creating an over-allocation position in the securities.
SELLING
SHAREHOLDERS
Overview
This Prospectus also relates
to offerings by the Selling Shareholders upon exercise of demand rights or piggyback rights under the Registration Rights Agreement (as
defined below). The terms under which the Class A Shares will be offered and sold by any Selling Shareholder will be described in
the applicable Prospectus Supplement. The Prospectus Supplement for any distribution of Class A Shares by any Selling Shareholder
will include, without limitation, where applicable: (i) the number of Class A Shares owned, controlled or directed by the Selling
Shareholder; (ii) the number of Class A Shares being distributed for the account of the Selling Shareholder; (iii) the
number of Class A Shares to be owned, controlled or directed by the Selling Shareholder after the offering and the percentage that
number represents of the total number of outstanding Class A Shares; (iv) whether the Class A Shares being sold are owned
by the Selling Shareholder both of record and beneficially, of record only or beneficially only; (v) if the Selling Shareholder acquired
the Class A Shares within two years preceding the date of the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the date or dates the Selling Shareholder
acquired the Class A Shares; and (vi) if the Selling Shareholder acquired the Class A Shares being distributed in the 12
months preceding the date of the applicable Prospectus Supplement, the cost thereof to the Selling Shareholder in the aggregate and on
a per share basis.
The Selling Shareholders
may also sell Class A Shares other than pursuant to this Prospectus. The Company cannot predict when or in what amounts the Selling
Shareholders may sell any of the Class A Shares qualified for distribution by this Prospectus.
Oaktree Mergers
On March 13, 2019, the
Company and Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (“Oaktree”), among others, entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
“Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, certain mergers involving Oaktree, certain affiliates
of Oaktree and a subsidiary of the Company were completed on September 30, 2019 (the “Oaktree Mergers”).
Exchange Agreement
In connection with the Oaktree
Mergers, on September 30, 2019, the Company, Oaktree, OCGH and the Selling Shareholders, among others, entered into a Third Amended
and Restated Exchange Agreement (as amended, the “Exchange Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Exchange Agreement,
holders of OCGH units have the right to exchange from time to time their OCGH units for various forms of consideration at the election
of the Company, including cash and Class A Shares.
Exchanges can be initiated
only during open periods, which are during the first 60 days of each applicable calendar year. During the first open period that commenced
January 1, 2020, the exchange consideration consisted only of cash. On January 1, 2021, certain holders of OCGH units became
eligible to participate in an exchange (subject to certain vesting schedules); however the form of consideration in 2021 was limited to
cash. All holders of OCGH units became eligible to participate in exchanges beginning on January 1, 2022 and will be eligible in
subsequent years thereafter.
Following the eighth anniversary
of the closing date of the Oaktree Mergers, we can discontinue the exchange rights in the Exchange Agreement on 36 months’ notice.
As a result, the earliest the exchange rights can be terminated is the eleventh anniversary of the closing date of the Oaktree Mergers,
or September 30, 2030.
Registration Rights Agreement
On September 30, 2019,
in connection with the Oaktree Mergers, the Company, OCGH and the Selling Shareholders entered into a registration rights agreement (the
“Registration Rights Agreement”) in respect of the resale of Class A Shares held by the Selling Shareholders that
constitute Registrable Securities (as defined below) and issuable upon exchange of OCGH units pursuant to the Exchange Agreement, subject
to certain qualifications (including without limitation certain agreed upon blackout periods). The following description of certain provisions
of the Registration Rights Agreement is a summary only, is not comprehensive and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full
text of the Registration Rights Agreement.
“Registrable Securities”
means Class A Shares issued in an exchange to a Selling Shareholder, and any equity securities of the Company issued or issuable
with regard to such Class A Shares by way of dividend, distribution, split or combination of securities, or any recapitalization,
merger, consolidation or other reorganization, in each case, unless and until (i) such Class A Shares are freely tradeable without
volume or other limitation under Rule 144 of the Securities Act and (ii) such Selling Shareholder, together with all of his,
her or its affiliates, owns less than 1% of the outstanding Class A Shares.
The Registration Rights Agreement
provides a Selling Shareholder owning, together with his, her or its affiliates, more than 1% of the outstanding Class A Shares with
the right (the “Demand Registration Right”) to require the Company to qualify the distribution of 1% or more of the
outstanding Registrable Securities held by such Selling Shareholder and his, her or its affiliates in an underwritten offering (a “Demand
Distribution”). The Selling Shareholders are entitled to request one Demand Distribution, in the aggregate, during any 12-month
period.
The Registration Rights Agreement
also provides the Selling Shareholders with the right (the “Piggyback Registration Right”) to require the Company to
include Registrable Securities in any future public distribution of Class A Shares in Canada or the United States undertaken by the
Company (a “Distribution”). The Company shall include in a Distribution all of the Registrable Securities the Selling
Shareholders request to be included therein pursuant to the Piggyback Registration Right; provided, however, that if the Distribution
occurs by way of an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter(s) advises the Company that, in their opinion, the total number
of Class A Shares to be included in such Distribution should be limited for certain prescribed reasons, the Class A Shares to
be included in the Distribution shall first be registered for the account of the Company.
In connection with an underwritten
offering, the Company will agree to refrain from issuing any equity securities of the Company for a period of up to 60 days, subject to
customary exceptions. The Company will generally be responsible for all reasonable expenses under the Registration Rights Agreement, excluding
any underwriting discounts or commissions on any Registrable Securities sold by a Selling Shareholder.
The Registration Rights Agreement
contains customary reciprocal indemnification provisions and will terminate one year following the last day of the final open period as
described above under the heading “Exchange Agreement”.
The U.S. registration statement
of which this Prospectus forms a part has been filed to provide solely for offerings by the Selling Shareholders upon exercise of the
Demand Registration Right or Piggyback Registration Right.
EXEMPTIVE
RELIEF
Pursuant to a decision document
dated October 18, 2011 issued by the applicable securities regulators, the Company was granted exemptive relief from certain of the
restricted securities requirements in National Instrument 51-102 — Continuous Disclosure Obligations, NI 41-101 and Ontario
Securities Commission Rule 56-501 — Restricted Shares (collectively, the “restricted security provisions”),
including the requirements to refer to the Class A Shares and the Class B Shares using a prescribed restricted security term.
The Class A Shares and Class B Shares may qualify as “restricted securities” under the restricted security provisions
because the Company’s constating documents contain provisions that restrict the voting rights of such securities in any election
of the board of directors of the Company. See “Description of the Class A Shares”.
LEGAL
MATTERS
Unless otherwise specified
in a Prospectus Supplement, certain matters of Canadian and United States law relating to the validity of the Securities will be passed
upon for the Company by Torys in Toronto, Ontario, and New York, New York, with respect to English law, by Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
(“HSF”) in London, England and with respect to Australian law, by King & Wood Mallesons (“KWM”)
in Sydney, Australia. The partners and associates of Torys, as a group, the partners and associates of HSF, as a group, and the partners
and associates of KWM, as a group, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, less than one percent of the outstanding securities of the
Company.
EXPERTS
The financial statements
of the Company incorporated by reference in this Prospectus, and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial
reporting have been audited by Deloitte LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their reports. Such financial
statements are incorporated by reference in reliance upon the reports of such firm, given their authority as experts in accounting and
auditing. The offices of Deloitte LLP are located at 8 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 0A9.
Deloitte LLP is independent
with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Securities Act and the applicable rules and regulations thereunder adopted
by the Commission and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and within the meaning of the rules of professional
conduct of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario.
EXPENSES
The following are the estimated
expenses of the offering of the Securities being registered under the Registration Statement, all of which has been or will be paid by
us.
SEC registration fee | |
$ | 324,450 | |
Exchange listing fees | |
| * | |
Blue sky fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Trustee & transfer agent fees | |
| * | |
Printing and engraving costs | |
| * | |
Legal fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Accounting fees and expenses | |
| * | |
Miscellaneous | |
| * | |
Total | |
$ | * | |
* The applicable
Prospectus Supplement will set forth the estimated aggregate amount of expenses payable in respect of any offering of Securities.
DOCUMENTS
FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
The following documents have
been or will be filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement: (1) for purposes of Form F-10: the documents
referred to under “Documents Incorporated by Reference”; the consent of Deloitte LLP; the consent of Torys; powers of attorney;
the BAM Indenture, the BFI Indentures, the UK Issuer Indentures and the forms of the US LLC Indenture, the BFI II Indenture and the AUS
Issuer Indenture; and (2) for purposes of Form F-3: the underwriting agreement(s) in respect of offerings hereunder; the
certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the US Pref Issuer, the UK Issuer Indentures and the forms of the
US LLC Indenture and the AUS Issuer Indenture; other forms of debt instruments of the US LLC Issuer, the AUS Issuer and the UK Issuer;
the consent of Deloitte LLP; the opinions and consent of Torys, HSF and KWM; powers of attorney; and the Statements of Eligibility of
Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee, on Forms T-1.
FORM F-10
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED TO BE DELIVERED TO
OFFEREES OR PURCHASERS
INDEMNIFICATION
OF DIRECTORS OR OFFICERS
Under the Business Corporations
Act (Ontario), each of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“BAM”), Brookfield Finance Inc. (“BFI”)
and Brookfield Finance II Inc. (“BFI II” and together with BAM and BFI, the “F-10 Registrants”)
may indemnify a present or former director or officer or another individual who acts or acted at such F-10 Registrant’s request
as a director or officer, or in a similar capacity, of another entity (the “indemnified individual”), against all costs,
charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy a judgment, reasonably incurred by the indemnified individual
in respect of any civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or other proceeding in which the indemnified individual is involved because
of that association with such F-10 Registrant or such other entity and provided that the indemnified individual acted honestly and in
good faith with a view to the best interests of such F-10 Registrant or the other entity, as the case may be, and, in the case of a criminal
or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty, such indemnified individual had reasonable grounds for
believing that his or her conduct was lawful. A F-10 Registrant may, with court approval, indemnify an indemnified individual in respect
of an action by or on behalf of a F-10 Registrant or such other entity to obtain a judgment in its favour, to which the indemnified individual
is made a party because of their association with a F-10 Registrant or such other entity. An indemnified individual is entitled to indemnification
from such F-10 Registrant as a matter of right if such indemnified individual was not judged by a court or other competent authority to
have committed any fault or omitted to do anything that the indemnified individual ought to have done and fulfilled the conditions set
forth above.
In accordance with the Business
Corporations Act (Ontario), the board of directors of BAM approved a resolution (the “Resolution”) dated August 1,
1997 providing for the following:
| (i) | BAM shall indemnify a director or officer of BAM, a former director or officer of BAM or a person who
acts or acted at BAM’s request as a director or officer of a body corporate of which BAM is or was a shareholder or creditor, and
his or her heirs and legal representatives, against all costs, charges and expenses, including an amount paid to settle an action or satisfy
a judgment, reasonably incurred by him or her in respect of any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or
she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or officer of BAM or such body corporate (except in respect of an action
by or on behalf of BAM or such body corporate to procure a judgment in its favor), if |
| (a) | he or she acted honestly and in good faith with a view to the best interests of BAM, and |
| (b) | in the case of a criminal or administrative action or proceeding that is enforced by a monetary penalty,
he or she had reasonable grounds for believing that his or her conduct was lawful; |
| (ii) | BAM shall, with the prior approval of the court having jurisdiction, indemnify a person referred to in
(i) above in respect of an action by or on behalf of BAM or such body corporate to procure a judgment in its favor, to which he or
she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director or an officer of BAM or such body corporate, against all costs, charges
and expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with such action if he or she fulfils the conditions set out in paragraphs (i)(a) and
(b) above; and |
| (iii) | notwithstanding anything in (i) and (ii) above, a person referred to in (i) above shall
be indemnified by BAM in respect of all costs, charges and expenses reasonably incurred by him or her in connection with the defense of
any civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding to which he or she is made a party by reason of being or having been a director
or officer of BAM or body corporate, if the person seeking indemnity, |
| (a) | was substantially successful on the merits in his or her defense of the action or proceeding, and |
| (b) | fulfills the conditions set out in paragraphs (i)(a) and (b) above. |
Nothing in the by-laws or
resolutions of BAM limits the right of any person entitled to claim indemnity apart from the indemnity provided pursuant to the Resolution.
A policy of directors’
and officers’ liability insurance is maintained by BAM which insures, subject to certain exclusions, directors and officers for
losses as a result of claims against the directors and officers of BAM in their capacity as directors and officers and also reimburses
BAM for payments made pursuant to the indemnity provided by BAM pursuant to the Resolution or as required or permitted by law.
Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities arising under the United States Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling
each of the F-10 Registrants pursuant to the foregoing provisions, such F-10 Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933 and is therefore
unenforceable.
EXHIBITS TO FORM F-10
The following exhibits have
been filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement:
EXHIBIT
NUMBER |
|
DESCRIPTION |
4.1 |
|
Annual Information Form of BAM for the financial year ended December 31, 2021 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022) |
|
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|
4.2 |
|
Audited comparative consolidated financial statements of BAM and the notes thereto for the financial years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, together with the report of the independent registered public accounting firm thereon (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 to BAM’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022) |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
Management’s discussion and analysis for the audited comparative consolidated financial statements of BAM for the financial years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 to BAM’s Annual Report on Form 40-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed on March 31, 2022) |
|
|
|
4.4 |
|
Management Information Circular for BAM’s 2022 annual meeting of shareholders (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 to BAM’s form 6-K, filed on May 9, 2022) |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
Unaudited comparative interim consolidated financial statements of BAM and the notes thereto for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (incorporated by reference from pages 65 to 94 of Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on August 15, 2022) |
|
|
|
4.6 |
|
Management's discussion and analysis for the unaudited comparative interim consolidated financial statements of BAM for the six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021 (incorporated by reference from pages 10 to 64 of Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on August 15, 2022) |
|
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5.1 |
|
Consent of Deloitte LLP |
|
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|
5.2* |
|
Consent of Torys LLP |
|
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|
6.1* |
|
Powers of Attorney (BAM) |
|
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6.2* |
|
Powers of Attorney (BFI) |
|
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6.3* |
|
Powers of Attorney (BFI II) |
|
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|
7.1 |
|
Trust Indenture dated as of September 20, 1995 between BAM and Computershare Trust Company of Canada (formerly Montreal Trust Company of Canada), as trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 7.1 to BAM’s Form F-9 filed on January 21, 2004) |
|
|
|
7.2 |
|
Trust Indenture dated as of June 2, 2016 among BFI, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on June 2, 2016) |
|
|
|
7.3 |
|
Subordinated Trust Indenture, dated as of October 16, 2020, among BFI, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.2 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on October 16, 2020) |
|
|
|
7.4 |
|
Trust Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, among Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on November 24, 2020) |
|
|
|
7.5 |
|
Trust Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2021, among Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to BAM’s Form 6-K filed on July 26, 2021) |
|
|
|
7.6* |
|
Form of Trust Indenture among Brookfield Capital Finance LLC, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee |
|
|
|
7.7 |
|
Form of Trust Indenture among BFI II, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 7.5 to BAM’s Form F-10/A filed on October 6, 2020) |
|
|
|
7.8 |
|
Form of Trust Indenture among Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd, as the issuer, BAM, as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 7.6 to BAM’s Form F-10/A filed on October 6, 2020) |
|
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|
107* |
|
Filing Fee Table |
*Previously filed.
FORM F-10
PART III
UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS
The F-10 Registrants undertake
to make available, in person or by telephone, representatives to respond to inquiries made by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “Commission”) staff, and to furnish promptly, when requested to do so by the Commission staff, information relating
to the securities registered pursuant to this Form F-10 or to transactions in said securities.
CONSENT
TO SERVICE OF PROCESS.
Concurrently with the
initial filing of this Registration Statement on Form F-10, each F-10 Registrant filed with the Commission a written
irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.
Concurrently with the
initial filing of this Registration Statement on Form F-10, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, the Trustee under the
Indenture (as successor to Montreal Trust Company), filed with the Commission a written irrevocable consent and power of
attorney on Form F-X.
Any change to the name or
address of the agent for service of each F-10 Registrant or the Trustee shall be communicated promptly to the Commission by amendment
of the Form F-X referencing the file number of this Registration Statement.
FORM F-10
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Asset Management Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe
that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-10 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario,
Country of Canada, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. |
|
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|
By: |
/s/ Nick Goodman |
|
|
Name: |
Nick Goodman
|
|
|
Title: |
Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
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|
* |
|
Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
J. Bruce Flatt |
|
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|
/s/ Nicholas Goodman |
|
Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Nicholas Goodman |
|
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|
* |
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Director |
M. Elyse Allan |
|
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* |
|
Director and Vice Chairman |
Jeffrey M. Blidner |
|
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* |
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Director |
Angela F. Braly |
|
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* |
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Director |
Jack L. Cockwell |
|
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* |
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Director |
Marcel R. Coutu |
|
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* |
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Director |
Janice Fukakusa |
|
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* |
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Director |
Hutham S. Olayan |
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Signature |
|
Title |
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* |
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Director |
Maureen V. Kempston Darkes |
|
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* |
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Director and Vice Chairman |
Brian D. Lawson |
|
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* |
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Director |
Howard S. Marks |
|
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* |
|
Chairman of the Board of Directors |
Frank J. McKenna |
|
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* |
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Director |
Rafael Miranda |
|
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* |
|
Director |
Lord Augustine Thomas O’Donnell |
|
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* |
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Director |
Ngee Huat Seek |
|
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* |
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Director |
Diana L. Taylor |
|
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*By |
/s/ Nicholas Goodman |
|
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Name: |
Nicholas Goodman |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
FORM F-10
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Finance Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-10 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Country of
Canada, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC. |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Name: |
Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Title: |
Vice President |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
Vice President signing in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Thomas Corbett |
|
|
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|
* |
|
Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Nicholas Goodman |
|
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|
* |
|
Director |
Marcel R. Coutu |
|
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* |
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Director |
Philip Lind |
|
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* |
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Director |
David W. Kerr |
|
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*By |
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
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Name: |
Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
FORM F-10
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC.
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Finance II Inc. certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-10 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Toronto, Province of Ontario, Country of
Canada, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC. |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Name: |
Thomas Corbett
|
|
|
Title: |
Vice President |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
Vice President signing in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |
Thomas Corbett |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Nicholas Goodman |
|
|
|
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|
* |
|
Director |
Marcel R. Coutu |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Director |
Philip Lind |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Director |
David W. Kerr |
|
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*By |
/s/ Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Name: |
Thomas Corbett |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
AUTHORIZED
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
OF
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC.
BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC.
Pursuant to the
requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Brookfield Asset Management Inc.,
Brookfield Finance Inc. and Brookfield Finance II Inc. in the United States, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC |
|
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|
By: |
/s/ Kathy Sarpash |
|
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Name: |
Kathy Sarpash
|
|
|
Title: |
Secretary |
FORM F-3
PART II
INFORMATION NOT REQUIRED IN PROSPECTUS
Item 8. | INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS |
Brookfield Capital Finance LLC (“US LLC
Issuer”) and Brookfield Finance II LLC (“US Pref Issuer”)
US LLC Issuer and US Pref
Issuer are Delaware limited liability companies. Section 18-108 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended (“DE
LLC Act”), provides that a limited liability company may, subject to such standards and restrictions, if any, as are set forth
in its limited liability company agreement, and has the power to, indemnify and hold harmless any member or manager or other person from
and against any and all claims and demands whatsoever.
The limited liability company
agreements (each, a “LLC Agreement”) of the US LLC Issuer and the US Pref Issuer contain indemnification provisions
that generally provide that the US LLC Issuer and the US Pref Issuer will indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted under the DE LLC
Act, each member and each manager, officer, employee or agent of the US LLC Issuer and the US Pref Issuer, as applicable, against all
expenses, liabilities and losses (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, judgments, fines, excise
taxes or penalties) reasonably incurred or suffered by such person made a party or threatened to be made a party to or involved in any
threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or arbitrative or in the nature of
an alternative dispute resolution by reason of the fact that such person is or was a member or a manager, officer, employee or agent of
the US LLC Issuer and/or the US Pref Issuer or is or was serving as a shareholder, manager, officer, employee or agent of a subsidiary
of the US LLC Issuer and/or the US Pref Issuer, other than in the case of bad faith, intentional misconduct or knowing violation of law.
A policy of directors’
and officers’ liability insurance is maintained by the US LLC Issuer and the US Pref Issuer, which insures, subject to certain exclusions,
directors, officers and/or managers for losses as a result of claims against the directors and officers of the US LLC Issuer and/or the
US Pref Issuer, as applicable, in their capacity as directors, officers and/or managers and also reimburses the US LLC Issuer and/or the
US Pref Issuer for payments made pursuant to the indemnity provided by the US LLC Issuer and/or the US Pref Issuer pursuant to its LLC
Agreement or as required or permitted by law.
Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd (the
“AUS Issuer”)
Section 199A(1) of
the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth) (the “Corporations Act”) provides that a company or a related body corporate
must not exempt a person from a liability to the company incurred as an officer of the company.
Section 199A(2) of
the Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person against any of the following liabilities
incurred as an officer of the company:
| · | a liability owed to the company or a related body corporate; |
| · | a liability for a pecuniary penalty order or compensation order under specified provisions of the Corporations
Act; or |
| · | a liability that is owed to someone other than the company or a related body corporate that did not arise
out of conduct in good faith. |
Section 199A(2) does
not apply to a liability for legal costs.
Section 199A(3) provides
that a company or a related body corporate must not indemnify a person against legal costs incurred in defending an action for a liability
incurred as an officer of the company if the costs are incurred:
| · | in
defending or resisting proceedings in which the person is found to have a liability for which
they could not be indemnified under Section 199A(2); or |
| · | in
defending or resisting criminal proceedings in which the person is found guilty; or |
| · | in
defending or resisting proceedings brought by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission
(ASIC) or a liquidator for a court order if the grounds for making the order are found by
the court to have been established (this does not apply to costs incurred in responding to
actions taken by ASIC or a liquidator as part of an investigation before commencing proceedings
for the court order); or |
| · | in
connection with proceedings for relief to the person under the Corporations Act in which
the court denies the relief. |
Section 199B of the
Corporations Act provides that a company or a related body corporate must not pay, or agree to pay, a premium for a contract insuring
a person who is or has been an officer of the company against a liability (other than one for legal costs) arising out of:
| · | conduct
involving a willful breach of any duty in relation to the company; or |
| · | a
contravention of the officer’s duties under the Corporations Act not to improperly
use their position or make improper use of information obtained as an officer. |
For the purpose of Sections
199A and 199B, an “officer” of a company includes:
| · | a
director or secretary; |
| · | a
person who makes, or participates in making, decisions that affect the whole, or a substantial
part, of the business of the company; |
| · | a
person who has the capacity to significantly affect the company’s financial standing;
and |
| · | a
person in accordance with whose instructions or wishes the directors of the company are accustomed
to act. |
The AUS Issuer’s Constitution
provides that it may indemnify a person who is, or has been, an officer of the AUS Issuer, to the full extent permissible by law, out
of its property against any liability incurred by such person as an officer of the AUS Issuer and legal costs incurred in defending an
action for a liability incurred by that person as an officer of the AUS Issuer, except in respect of a liability or legal cost for which
the AUS Issuer is prohibited from indemnifying the officer pursuant to the Corporations Act.
The AUS Issuer maintains a
directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy. The AUS Issuer has entered into deeds of indemnity with its directors
and officers against certain liabilities incurred as a director or officer, including costs and expenses associated in successfully defending
legal proceedings.
Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc (the “UK
Issuer”)
The UK Issuer’s memorandum
and articles of association contain indemnification provisions for the benefit of the UK Issuer’s directors to the extent permitted
by English law. However, such provisions are limited by the Companies Act 2006 (the “Companies Act”), which prescribe
that an advance commitment to indemnify only permits a company to pay the costs or discharge the liability of a director or company secretary
where judgment is given in favor of the director or company secretary in any civil or criminal action in respect of such costs or liability,
or where an English court grants relief because the director or company secretary acted honestly and reasonably and ought fairly to be
excused. Any provision whereby an English company seeks to commit in advance to indemnify its directors or company secretary over and
above the limitations imposed by the Companies Act will be void, whether contained in its articles of association or any contract between
the Registrant and the director or company secretary. This restriction does not apply to the UK Issuer’s executive officers who
are not directors, the company secretary or other persons who would be considered “officers” within the meaning of the Companies
Act.
The following provisions of
the Companies Act provide as follows:
“232 Provisions protecting directors
from liability
| 1. | Any provision that purports to exempt a director of a company (to any extent) from any liability that
would otherwise attach to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company
is void. |
| 2. | Any provision by which a company directly or indirectly provides an indemnity (to any extent) for a director
of the company, or of an associated company, against any liability attaching to him in connection with any negligence, default, breach
of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company of which he is a director is void except as permitted by — |
| (a) | section 233 (provision of insurance), |
| (b) | section 234 (qualifying third party indemnity provision), or |
| (c) | section 235 (qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision). |
| 3. | This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company’s articles or in any contract
with the company or otherwise. |
| 4. | Nothing in this section prevents a company’s articles from making such provision as has previously
been lawful for dealing with conflicts of interest.” |
“233 Provision of insurance
Section 232(2) (voidness of
provisions for indemnifying directors) does not prevent a company from purchasing and maintaining for a director of the company, or of
an associated company, insurance against any such liability as is mentioned in that subsection.”
“234 Qualifying third party indemnity
provision
| 1. | Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying
third party indemnity provision. |
| 2. | Third party indemnity provision means provision for indemnity against liability incurred by the director
to a person other than the company or an associated company. |
Such provision is qualifying third party
indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.
| 3. | The provision must not provide any indemnity against — |
| (a) | any liability of the director to pay — |
| (i) | a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or |
| (ii) | a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement
of a regulatory nature (however arising); or |
| (b) | any liability incurred by the director — |
| (i) | in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted, or |
| (ii) | in defending civil proceedings brought by the company, or an associated company, in which judgment is
given against him, or |
| (iii) | in connection with an application for relief (see subsection (6)) in which the court refuses to grant
him relief. |
| 4. | The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the
final decision in the proceedings. |
| (a) | a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief becomes final — |
| (i) | if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or |
| (ii) | if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of, and |
| (b) | an appeal is disposed of — |
| (i) | if it is determined and the period of bringing any further appeal has ended, or |
| (ii) | if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect. |
| 6. | The reference in subsection (3)(b)(iii) to an application for relief is to an application for
relief under section 661(3) or (4) (power of court to grant relief in case of acquisition of shares by innocent nominee),
or section 1157 (general power of court to grant relief in case of honest and reasonable conduct).” |
“235 Qualifying pension scheme
indemnity provision
| 1. | Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying
pension scheme indemnity provision. |
| 2. | Pension scheme indemnity provision means provision indemnifying a director of a company that is a trustee
of an occupational pension scheme against liability incurred in connection with the company’s activities as trustee of the scheme. |
Such provision is qualifying pension
scheme indemnity provision if the following requirements are met.
| 3. | The provision must not provide any indemnity against — |
| (a) | any liability of the director to pay — |
| (i) | a fine imposed in criminal proceedings, or |
| (ii) | a sum payable to a regulatory authority by way of a penalty in respect of non-compliance with any requirement
of a regulatory nature (however arising); or |
| (b) | any liability incurred by the director in defending criminal proceedings in which he is convicted. |
| 4. | The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the proceedings. |
| (a) | a conviction becomes final — |
| (i) | if not appealed against, at the end of the period for bringing an appeal, or |
| (ii) | if appealed against, at the time when the appeal (or any further appeal) is disposed of, and |
| (b) | an appeal is disposed of — |
| (i) | if it is determined and the period for bringing any further appeal has ended, or |
| (ii) | if it is abandoned or otherwise ceases to have effect. |
| 6. | In this section “occupational pension scheme” means an occupational pension scheme as defined
in section 150(5) of the Finance Act 2004 (c. 12) that is established under a trust.” |
“256 Associated bodies corporate
For the purposes of this Part —
| (a) | bodies corporate are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same
body corporate, and |
| (b) | companies are associated if one is a subsidiary of the other or both are subsidiaries of the same body
corporate.” |
“239 Ratification of acts of
directors
| 1. | This section applies to the ratification by a company of conduct by a director amounting to negligence,
default, breach of duty or breach of trust in relation to the company. |
| 2. | The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made by resolution of the members of the company. |
| 3. | Where the resolution is proposed as a written resolution neither the director (if a member of the company)
nor any member connected with him is an eligible member. |
| 4. | Where the resolution is proposed at a meeting, it is passed only if the necessary majority is obtained
disregarding votes in favour of the resolution by the director (if a member of the company) and any member connected with him. |
This does not prevent the director or
any such member from attending, being counted towards the quorum and taking part in the proceedings at any meeting at which the decision
is considered.
| 5. | For the purposes of this section — |
| (a) | “conduct” includes acts and omissions; |
| (b) | “director” includes a former director; |
| (c) | a shadow director is treated as a director; and |
| (d) | in section 252 (meaning of “connected person”), subsection (3) does
not apply (exclusion of person who is himself a director). |
| 6. | Nothing in this section affects — |
| (a) | the validity of a decision taken by unanimous consent of the members of the company, or |
| (b) | any power of the directors to agree not to sue, or to settle or release a claim made by them on behalf
of the company. |
| 7. | This section does not affect any other enactment or rule of law imposing additional requirements
for valid ratification or any rule of law as to acts that are incapable of being ratified by the company.” |
“1157 Power of court to grant
relief in certain cases
| 1. | If in proceedings for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust against — |
| (a) | an officer of a company, or |
| (b) | a person employed by a company as auditor (whether he is or is not an officer of the company), |
it appears to the court hearing the
case that the officer or person is or may be liable but that he acted honestly and reasonably, and that having regard to all the circumstances
of the case (including those connected with his appointment) he ought fairly to be excused, the court may relieve him, either wholly or
in part, from his liability on such terms as it thinks fit.
| 2. | If any such officer or person has reason to apprehend that a claim will or might be made against him in
respect of negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust — |
| (a) | he may apply to the court for relief, and |
| (b) | the court has the same power to relieve him as it would have had if it had been a court before which proceedings
against him for negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust had been brought. |
| 3. | Where a case to which subsection (1) applies is being tried by a judge with a jury, the judge,
after hearing the evidence, may, if he is satisfied that the defendant (in Scotland, the defender) ought in pursuance of that subsection
to be relieved either in whole or in part from the liability sought to be enforced against him, withdraw the case from the jury and forthwith
direct judgment to be entered for the defendant (in Scotland, grant decree of absolvitor) on such terms as to costs (in Scotland, expenses)
or otherwise as the judge may think proper.” |
The UK Issuer is permitted
under its articles of association and the Companies Act to purchase directors’ and officers’ liability insurance, as well
as other types of insurance, for directors and former directors of the UK Issuer or an associated company.
The UK Issuer expects to enter
into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers. These indemnification agreements may subject to the provisions
of the Companies Act require the UK Issuer, among other things, to indemnify its directors and officers for some expenses, including attorneys’
fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or officer in any action or proceeding arising out of his or her
service as one of its directors or officers, or any of its subsidiaries or any other company or enterprise to which the person provides
services at its request.
**********
Insofar as indemnification
for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers or persons controlling the US LLC Issuer, the US Pref
Issuer, the AUS Issuer and/or the UK Issuer (each, a “F-3 Registrant”) pursuant to the foregoing provisions or in any
underwriting agreement each F-3 Registrant enters into, such F-3 Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the U.S. Securities
and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities
Act and is therefore unenforceable.
The following exhibits have
been filed or incorporated by reference as part of this Registration Statement on Form F-3:
EXHIBIT
NUMBER |
|
DESCRIPTION |
1.1* |
|
Underwriting Agreement |
|
|
|
3.1 |
|
Certificate of Formation of US Pref Issuer (incorporated by reference from 3.1 to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s Form F-10 filed on September 29, 2020) |
|
|
|
3.2 |
|
Limited Liability Company Agreement of US Pref Issuer (incorporated by reference from 3.2 to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s Form F-10 filed on September 29, 2020) |
|
|
|
4.1 |
|
Trust Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, among the UK Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s Form 6-K filed on November 24, 2020) |
|
|
|
4.2 |
|
Trust Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2021, among the UK Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 99.1 to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s Form 6-K filed on July 26, 2021) |
|
|
|
4.3 |
|
Form of Trust Indenture among the AUS Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 7.6 to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.’s Form F-10/A filed on October 6, 2020) |
EXHIBIT
NUMBER |
|
DESCRIPTION |
4.4** |
|
Form of Trust Indenture among US LLC Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee |
|
|
|
4.5* |
|
Form of Note for debt securities of US LLC Issuer, the AUS Issuer and the UK Issuer |
|
|
|
4.6* |
|
Form of Preferred Security Guarantee for US Pref Issuer |
|
|
|
4.7* |
|
Form of Preferred Share Certificate for US Pref Issuer |
|
|
|
5.3** |
|
Opinion of Torys LLP, as to the validity of the preferred stock, debt securities and guarantees being registered as to certain matters of Ontario, New York and Delaware law |
|
|
|
5.4** |
|
Opinion of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, as to the validity of the debt securities and guarantees being registered as to certain matters of English law |
|
|
|
5.5** |
|
Opinion of King & Wood Mallesons, as to the validity of the debt securities and guarantees being registered as to certain matters of Australian law |
|
|
|
23.1 |
|
Consent of Deloitte LLP |
|
|
|
23.2** |
|
Consent of Torys LLP |
|
|
|
23.3** |
|
Consent of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP |
|
|
|
23.4** |
|
Consent of King & Wood Mallesons |
|
|
|
24.1** |
|
Power of Attorney (US LLC Issuer) |
|
|
|
24.2** |
|
Power of Attorney (US Pref Issuer) |
|
|
|
24.3** |
|
Power of Attorney (the AUS Issuer) |
|
|
|
24.4** |
|
Power of Attorney (the UK Issuer) |
|
|
|
25.1** |
|
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. with respect to the Trust Indenture, dated as of November 24, 2020, among the UK Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee and with respect to the Trust Indenture, dated as of July 26, 2021, among the UK Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee |
|
|
|
25.2** |
|
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. with respect to the form of Trust Indenture among the AUS Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee |
|
|
|
25.3** |
|
Statement of Eligibility on Form T-1 of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. with respect to the form of Trust Indenture among US LLC Issuer, as the issuer, Brookfield Asset Management Inc., as guarantor, Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as Canadian trustee, and Computershare Trust Company, N.A., as U.S. trustee |
|
|
|
107** |
|
Filing Fee Table |
* To
be filed by 6-K in connection with an offering hereunder.
** Previously filed
(a) | Each undersigned F-3 Registrant hereby undertakes: |
| (1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this
Registration Statement: |
| (i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; |
| (ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration
Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change
in the information set forth in this Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in the volume of
securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from
the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of prospectus filed with the Commission, pursuant
to Rule 424(b) if, in the aggregate, the changes in volume and price represent no more than a 20 percent change in the maximum
aggregate offering price set forth in the “Calculation of Registration Fee” table in the effective registration statement;
and |
| (iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed
in this Registration Statement or any material change to such information in this Registration Statement; |
Provided, however, that:
Paragraphs (a)(1)(i), (a)(1)(ii) and
(a)(1)(iii) of this section do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by or on behalf of each F-3 Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of
the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are incorporated by reference in this
Registration Statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of this Registration
Statement.
| (2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective
amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered
which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
| (4) | That for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser: |
| (i) | Each prospectus filed by each F-3 Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be
part of this Registration Statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in this Registration Statement;
and |
| (ii) | Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of
a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (vii), or (x) for
the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included
in this Registration Statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of
the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes
of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration
statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration
statement or prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference
into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of this Registration Statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract
of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that
was part of this Registration Statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; and |
| (5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of each F-3 Registrant under the Securities Act to any
purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities: each undersigned F-3 Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities
of each undersigned F-3 Registrant pursuant to this Registration Statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities
to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, each undersigned
F-3 Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
| (i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of each undersigned F-3 Registrant relating to the offering required
to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
| (ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of each undersigned F-3
Registrant or used or referred to by each undersigned F-3 Registrant; |
| (iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information
about each undersigned F-3 Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of each undersigned F-3 Registrant; and |
| (iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by each undersigned F-3 Registrant to the
purchaser. |
| (b) | Each undersigned F-3 Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under
the Securities Act, each filing of an annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan’s annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange
Act) by or on behalf of each F-3 Registrant that is incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
| (c) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors,
officers and controlling persons of each F-3 Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, such Registrant has been advised
that, in the opinion of the Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by each F-3 Registrant of
expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of each F-3 Registrant in the successful defense of any action,
suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, each
F-3 Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate
jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed
by the final adjudication of such issue. |
FORM F-3
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Capital Finance LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that
it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on
September 16, 2022.
|
Brookfield CAPITAL Finance LLC |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
|
|
Name: |
Peter Geraigiry
|
|
|
Title: |
Vice President and Chief Financial
Officer |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
* |
|
President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark Srulowitz |
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
|
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Peter Geraigiry |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Manager |
Kunal Dusad |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Manager |
Sara Verkest |
|
|
*By |
/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
|
|
Name: |
Peter Geraigiry |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
FORM F-3
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD FINANCE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd certifies that it has reasonable grounds to
believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the
Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Sydney, Australia on
September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD FINANCE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Stewart Upson |
|
|
Name: |
Stewart Upson
|
|
|
Title: |
Chief Executive Officer and Director |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
/s/ Stewart Upson |
|
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Stewart Upson |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Managing Director signing in the capacity of Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Shane Ross |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Managing Director |
Nick Britten-Jones |
|
|
*By |
/s/ Stewart Upson |
|
|
Name: |
Stewart Upson |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
AUTHORIZED
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
OF
BROOKFIELD FINANCE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
Pursuant to the
requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd
in the United States, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Kathy Sarpash |
|
|
Name: |
Kathy Sarpash
|
|
|
Title: |
Secretary |
FORM F-3
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD FINANCE I (UK) PLC
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Finance (UK) plc certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in London, United Kingdom, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD FINANCE I (UK) PLC |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Philippa Elder |
|
|
Name: |
Philippa Elder
|
|
|
Title: |
Director |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
* |
|
Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer) |
Connor Teskey |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Danelle Campbell |
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Director |
Ralf Rank |
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Philippa Elder |
|
Director |
Philippa Elder |
|
|
*By |
/s/ Philippa Elder |
|
|
Name: |
Philippa Elder |
|
|
Title: |
Attorney-in-fact |
|
AUTHORIZED
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE
OF
BROOKFIELD FINANCE I (UK) PLC
Pursuant to the
requirements of Section 6(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the undersigned has signed this Amendment No. 1 to
the Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc in the
United States, on September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Kathy Sarpash |
|
|
Name: |
Kathy Sarpash
|
|
|
Title: |
Secretary |
FORM F-3
SIGNATURES OF BROOKFIELD FINANCE II LLC
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, Brookfield Finance II LLC certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it
meets all of the requirements for filing on Form F-3 and has duly caused this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of New York, State of New York, on
September 16, 2022.
|
BROOKFIELD FINANCE II LLC |
|
|
|
By: |
/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
|
|
Name: |
Peter Geraigiry
|
|
|
Title: |
Vice President, Chief Financial Officer |
Pursuant to the
requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement has been signed by the following
persons in the following capacities on September 16, 2022.
Signature |
|
Title |
|
|
|
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President, Chief Executive Officer and Manager (Principal Executive Officer) |
Mark Srulowitz |
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/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
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Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Manager (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Peter Geraigiry |
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Manager |
Kunal Dusad |
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Manager |
Sara Verkest |
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*By |
/s/ Peter Geraigiry |
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Name: |
Peter Geraigiry |
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Attorney-in-fact |
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