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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
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SCHEDULE 13D |
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Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
NORTH AMERICAN PALLADIUM, LTD.
(Name of Issuer)
Common Stock
(Title of Class of Securities)
656912102
(CUSIP Number)
David Nowak
Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street, Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3
(416) 363-9491
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person
Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)
August 6, 2015
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box o.
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).
(Continued on following pages)
CUSIP No. 656912102 |
SCHEDULE 13D |
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SCHEDULE 13D |
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CUSIP No. 656912102 |
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CUSIP No. 656912102 |
SCHEDULE 13D |
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Item 1. Security and Issuer
The title and class of equity security to which this Statement on Schedule 13D (this Schedule 13D) relates is the common stock (the NAP Shares) of North American Palladium, Ltd. (NAP), a Canadian corporation (the Issuer). The principal executive offices of the Issuer are located at 130 Adelaide Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5H 3P5.
Item 2. Identity and Background
(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by each of the following persons (each, a Reporting Person and collectively, the Reporting Persons)
(i) BCP III NAP L.P. (BCP), a limited partnership formed under the laws of Manitoba;
(ii) Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (Brookfield Capital) and the administrative general partner of BCP;
(iii) Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Brookfield), a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Brookfield Capital is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Brookfield; and
(ii) Partners Limited (Partners), a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario. Partners holds 85,120 Class B limited voting shares of Brookfield, representing 100% of such shares, and 549,957 Class A limited voting shares of Brookfield, representing approximately 0.1% of such shares;
Schedules I, II and III hereto set forth a list of all the directors and executive officers (the Scheduled Persons), and their respective principal occupations, addresses, and citizenships, of the Brookfield Capital, Brookfield and Partners, respectively.
(b) The principal business of Brookfield is to invest and operate businesses in the real estate, power generation and infrastructure sectors. The principal business of Partners is that of a holding company. The principal business of Brookfield Capital is to serve as administrative general partner of a variety of investment vehicles, including BCP. The principal business of BCP is to invest in and operate businesses, including the Issuer. The principal business address of each of the Reporting Persons is Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2T3.
(d)-(e) During the last five years, none of Reporting Persons and, to their respective knowledge knowledge, none of the Scheduled Persons, has been: (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors); or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which, he, she or it was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) Schedules I, II and III hereto set forth the citizenship of each of the Scheduled Persons who is a natural person.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
On August 6, 2015 (the Effective Date), BCP, an affiliate of Brookfield, acquired 18,214,201,868 NAP Shares pursuant to a recapitalization agreement dated June 18, 2015 between BCP and the Issuer (the Recapitalization Agreement) and a court-approved statutory plan of arrangement in accordance with section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (the Arrangement) as consideration for full and final satisfaction of all amounts owing to BCP under the senior secured term loan under the loan agreement dated as of June 7, 2013 between NAP, Lac des Iles Mines Ltd. and BCP, as further amended, other than the US$25,000,000.00 bridge loan extended to the Issuer by BCP thereunder. Pursuant to the Arrangement, the NAP Shares issued and outstanding
were consolidated on the basis of one (1) new common share for every 400 NAP Shares on the Effective Date, as a result of which BCP owns 45,536,004 as of the date hereof, representing 92% of the issued and outstanding NAP Shares.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, the Issuer intends to effect a rights offering pursuant to which holders of the Issuers NAP Shares may acquire up to an aggregate of 8,380,328 NAP Shares. Shareholders of record of the Issuer on or about August 20, 2015 (the Rights Issuance Date) will receive, for each NAP Share held, one right (Right) to subscribe for 0.1744 NAP Share at a subscription price of $5.97 per NAP Share. If not exercised, the Rights shall expire at 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the 21st calendar day following the Rights Issuance Date (the Rights Expiry Time).
BCP has entered into a backstop agreement (the Backstop Agreement) with the Issuer pursuant to which BCP has agreed to purchase all of the NAP Shares which remain unsubscribed for by the holders of the Rights at the Rights Expiry Time (the Backstop Commitment). Polar Securities Inc. (Polar) has agreed to support the Backstop Commitment by purchasing 10% of such unsubscribed NAP Shares. In consideration for the Backstop Commitment, on the closing date of the Rights Offering, NAP will issue 226,131 NAP Shares to BCP (the Backstop Fee Shares) and 25,126 NAP Shares to Polar with an estimated aggregate value of $1.5 million, representing a subscription price of $5.97 per NAP Share.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction. See Item 3 and Item 5
The Reporting Persons from time to time make certain investments, including purchases of publicly traded securities. The Reporting Persons may begin or cease buying securities at any time. Any additional purchases of securities may be in the open market or privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. The Reporting Persons reserve the right to take actions to influence the management of the Issuer should it deem such actions appropriate.
Other than as described or contemplated above, none of the Reporting Persons, or to their respective knowledge, the Scheduled Persons, has any current plans or proposals that relate to or would result in:
(a) the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer;
(b) an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
(c) a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries;
(d) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Issuer, including any plans or proposals to change the number or term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board;
(e) any material change in the present capitalization or dividend policy of the Issuer;
(f) any other material change in the Issuers business or corporate structure;
(g) changes in the Issuers charter, bylaws or instruments corresponding thereto or other actions which may impede the acquisition of control of the Issuer by any person;
(h) causing a class of securities of the Issuer to be delisted from a national securities exchange or to cease to be authorized to be quoted in an inter-dealer quotation system of a registered national securities association;
(i) a class of equity securities of the Issuer becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; or
(j) any action similar to any of those enumerated above.
Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer
(a)-(b) As of the date hereof, the Reporting Persons may be deemed to be the beneficial owners of 45,536,004 NAP Shares and such NAP Shares represent approximate 92.0% of the issued and outstanding NAP Shares based on the number of NAP Shares outstanding as of August 6, 2015.
(c) Other than as described in Item 3, (i) none of the Reporting Persons, nor, to their respective knowledge, any of the Scheduled Persons, has effected any transaction in the NAP Shares during the past sixty (60) days.
(d) No person is known to the Reporting Persons or, to their respective knowledge, the Scheduled Persons, to have the right to receive or the power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or proceeds from the sale of, any such NAP Shares.
(e) Not applicable.
Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer.
BCP and the Issuer entered into the Recapitalization Agreement and the Backstop Agreement, each dated June 18, 2015. The information set forth in Item 3 hereto is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
Exhibit 1 Recapitalization Agreement dated June 18, 2015 by and between North American Palladium Ltd. and BCP III NAP L.P., previously filed as Exhibit 5 to the Issuers Form 6-K filed on June 30, 2015 and incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit 2 Backstop Agreement dated June 18, 2015 by and between North American Palladium Ltd. and BCP III NAP L.P., previously filed as Exhibit 2 to the Issuers Form 6-K filed on June 30, 2015 and incorporated by reference herein.
Exhibit 3 Joint Filing Agreement, dated August 17, 2015, among Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Partners Limited, BCP III NAP L.P. and Brookfield Capital Partners Ltd.
SIGNATURES
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the undersigneds knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies as to itself that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
Dated: August 17, 2015
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BCP III NAP L.P., by its administrative general partner, BROOKFIELD CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD. | |
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Name: Jaspreet Dehl |
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Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary |
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SCHEDULE I
BROOKFIELD CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD.
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Citizenship |
Jaspreet Dehl, Director and Senior Vice President and Secretary |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Vice President of Brookfield |
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Joseph Freedman, Director and Senior Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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David Nowak, Director and Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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Peter Gordon, Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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David Gregory, Vice President |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Vice President of Brookfield |
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Jon Haick, Senior Managing Partner |
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99 Bishopsgate London, UK EC2M 3XD |
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Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield and the Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Europe. |
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Aaron Kline, Vice President |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Vice President of taxation of Brookfield |
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Cyrus Madon, Senior Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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Pierre McNeil, Senior Vice President |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Brookfields private equity group |
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Jim Reid, Managing Partner |
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335 8th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1C9 |
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Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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Dean Schultz, Vice President |
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335 8th Avenue SW, Calgary, AB T2P 1C9 |
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Vice President of Brookfield |
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SCHEDULE II
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
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Jeffrey M. Blidner, Senior Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada |
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Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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Canada |
Angela F. Braly |
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832 Alverna Drive, Indianapolis, Indiana 46260 |
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President & Founder, The Braly Group, LLC |
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Jack L. Cockwell, Director |
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51 Yonge Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J1, Canada |
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Group Chair of Brookfield |
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Marcel R. Coutu, Director |
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335 8th Avenue SW, Suite 1700 Calgary, Alberta T2P 1C9, Canada |
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Former President and Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Oil Sands Limited |
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J. Bruce Flatt, Director and Senior Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada |
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Senior Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield |
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Robert J. Harding, Director |
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Brookfield Global Infrastructure Advisory Board 181 Bay Street, Suite 300, Brookfield Place, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada |
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Past Chairman of Brookfield |
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Maureen Kempston Darkes, Director |
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c/o 21 Burkebrook Place, Apt. 712, Toronto, Ontario M4G 0A2, Canada |
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Corporate Director of Brookfield and former President, Latin America, Africa and Middle East, General Motors Corporation |
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David W. Kerr, Director |
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c/o 51 Yonge Street, Suite 400, Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J1, Canada |
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Chairman, Halmont Properties Corp. |
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Canada |
Brian D. Lawson, Senior Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada |
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Senior Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield |
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Canada |
Lance Liebman, Director |
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Columbia Law School, 435 West 116th Street, New York, New York 10027 7297, U.S.A. |
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William S. Beinecke Professor of Law |
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U.S.A. |
Philip B. Lind, Director |
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Rogers Communications Inc. |
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Co-Founder and Director of Rogers Communications Inc. |
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Frank J. McKenna, Director |
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TD Bank Group, P.O. Box 1, TD Centre, 66 |
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Chair of Brookfield and Deputy Chair of TD Bank Group |
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Youssef A. Nasr, Director |
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P.O. Box 16 5927, Beirut, Lebanon |
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Corporate Director of Brookfield and former Chairman and CEO of HSBC Middle East Ltd. and former President of HSBC Bank Brazil |
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Lebanon and U.S.A. |
Lord Augustine Thomas ODonnell |
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P.O. Box 1, TD Centre, 66 Wellington St. W., 4th Floor, TD Tower |
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Chairman of Frontier Economics and Strategic Advisor, TD Bank Group |
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United Kingdom |
Samuel J.B. Pollock, Senior Managing Partner |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300 |
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Senior Managing Partner of Brookfield |
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Canada |
Ngee Huat Seek, Director |
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168 Robinson Road |
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Former Chairman of the Latin American Business Group, Government of Singapore Investment Corporation |
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Singaporean |
Diana L. Taylor, Director |
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Solera Capital L.L.C |
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Vice Chair, Solera Capital LLC |
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U.S.A. |
George S. Taylor, Director |
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c/o R.R. #3, 4675 Line 3, St. Marys, Ontario |
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Corporate Director of Brookfield |
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Canada |
A.J. Silber, Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary |
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181 Bay Street, Suite 300 |
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Vice-President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary of Brookfield |
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Canada |
SCHEDULE III
PARTNERS LIMITED
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Jack. L. Cockwell, Director and Chairman |
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51 Yonge Street, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario |
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Group Chair of Brookfield |
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Canada |
J. Bruce Flatt, Director |
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181 Boy Street, Brookfield Place, Suite 300, Toronto, ON M5J 2T3 |
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Senior Managing Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. |
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Canada |
David W. Kerr, Director |
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c/o 51 Yonge Street, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario |
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Chairman, Halmont Properties Corp. |
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Canada |
Brian D. Lawson, Director and President |
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Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 181 Bay |
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Senior Managing Partner and Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield |
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Canada |
George E. Myhal, Director |
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Partners Value Fund Inc., 181 |
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President and CEO, Partners Value Fund Inc. |
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Canada |
Timothy R. Price, Director |
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c/o 51 Yonge Street, Suite 400 Toronto, Ontario M5E 1J1, Canada |
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Chairman, Brookfield Funds |
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Canada |
Samuel J.B. Pollock, Director |
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Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 181 Bay |
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Senior Managing Partner |
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Canada |
Tony E. Rubin, Treasurer |
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51 Yonge Street, Suite 400, Toronto, ON M5E 1J1, Canada |
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Accountant |
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Canada |
Loretta Corso, Secretary |
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Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 181 Bay |
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Corporate Secretarial Administrator |
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Canada |
Derek Gorgi, Assistant Secretary |
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Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., 181 Bay |
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Senior Vice President |
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Canada |