UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16
UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of May 2020
Commission File Number: 001-35505
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
73 Front Street, Hamilton, HM 12 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40-F o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): o
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): o
Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2 of this Form 6-K are incorporated by reference into the registrants following registration statements on Form F-3: File Nos. 333-218503, 333-218504, 333-225158 and 333-225163 and on Form S-8: File Nos. 333-196622, 333-203042, 333-227082, 333-229760, and 333-234696.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Date: May 11, 2020 |
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS L.P., |
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by its general partner, Brookfield Property Partners Limited |
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/s/ Jane Sheere |
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Jane Sheere |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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DESCRIPTION |
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99.1 |
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Fifth Amendment, dated April 21, 2020, to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., dated August 8, 2013. |
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Fifth Amendment, dated April 21, 2020, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield Property L.P., dated February 20, 2019. |
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS L.P.
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT (the Amendment) to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (the Partnership), dated as of August 8, 2013, as amended by a First Amendment, dated as of November 5, 2015, as amended by a Second Amendment, dated as of March 21, 2019, as amended by a Third Amendment, dated as of August 20, 2019, as amended by a Fourth Amendment, dated as of February 18, 2020, to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (as amended, the Agreement) is made as of the 21st day of April, 2020, by the undersigned. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
AND WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 14.1 of the Agreement, subject to compliance with the requirements of the Limited Partnership Act and the Exempted Partnerships Act, the General Partner, without the approval of any Limited Partner, may amend any provision of the Agreement to reflect certain changes, including, as provided for in Section 14.1.11 of the Agreement, an amendment that, as determined by the General Partner in its discretion, does not adversely affect the Limited Partners considered as a whole (including any particular class of Partnership Interest as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests) in any material respect;
AND WHEREAS, the General Partner desires to amend the Agreement as set out herein;
NOW THEREFORE,
1. Amendments to Article 1
(a) Section 1.1 is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:
1.1.47.1 Managing General Partner Units has the meaning assigned to such term in the Property Partnership Agreement;
1.1.71.1 Special Income Allocation Amount has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.4.3;
(b) Section 1.1.2 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
Agreement means this Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield Property Partners L.P., as amended by the First Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of November 5, 2015, as amended by the Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of March 21, 2019, as amended by the Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of August 20, 2019, as amended by the Fourth Amendment to the Second
Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of February 18, 2020 and as amended by the Fifth Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of April 21, 2020;
2. Amendments to Article 4
Section 4.4 is hereby amended by adding the following provision after Section 4.4.2:
4.4.3 Notwithstanding Section 4.4.2, if Sections 4.4.3.1, 4.4.3.2, 4.4.3.3 and 4.4.3.4 are all true in a given fiscal year of the Partnership, the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes will be allocated in the manner described below.
4.4.3.1 The Partnership or an Affiliate of the Partnership acquires, buys, buys back or otherwise purchases Equity Units in connection with an offer or program by the Partnership or the Affiliate to acquire, buy, buy back, or otherwise purchase Equity Units (other than by way of a normal course issuer bid or other open market purchase);
4.4.3.2 The money or property that is used by the Partnership or the Affiliate to acquire, buy, buy back or otherwise purchase Equity Units is derived exclusively in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, from money or property that is received by the Partnership from the Property Partnership as consideration for the purchase for cancellation by the Property Partnership of Managing General Partner Units owned by the Partnership;
4.4.3.3 The Partnership has Income for Canadian Tax Purposes (in other words, the Partnership does not have a Loss for Canadian Tax Purposes); and
4.4.3.4 The Income for Canadian Tax Purposes includes positive amounts each of which is an amount that is derived from (A) capital gains (for Canadian Tax Purposes) realized by the Partnership by reason of the purchase for cancellation by the Property Partnership of Managing General Partner Units owned by the Partnership or (B) the allocation of Income for Canadian Tax Purposes (as defined in the Property Partnership Agreement) of the Property Partnership to the Partnership in accordance with Section 4.8.4 of the Property Partnership Agreement in connection with transactions that provide money or property to the Property Partnership that is used exclusively in whole or in part by the Property Partnership to purchase for cancellation Managing General Partner Units owned by the Partnership.
The lesser of (1) the amount of Income for Canadian Tax Purposes and (2) the aggregate of the positive amounts included in Income for Canadian Tax Purposes described in 4.4.3.4 will be allocated exclusively and specially (the Special
Income Allocation Amount) only to the Limited Partners whose Equity Units are acquired, bought, bought back or otherwise purchased by the Partnership or the Affiliate, on the basis that each such Limited Partner shall be allocated the proportion of the Special Income Allocation Amount that the number of Equity Units acquired by the Partnership or the Affiliate from the Limited Partner is of the total number of Equity Units acquired from all such Limited Partners. The balance (if any) of the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes (being the amount remaining after subtracting the Special Income Allocation Amount from the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes) will be allocated to all Partners in accordance with Section 4.4.2.
For greater certainty: (a) the money or property received by a Limited Partner whose Equity Units are acquired, bought, bought back or otherwise purchased by the Partnership or the Affiliate shall not be considered to be a distribution for the purposes of Section 4.4.2; (b) the allocation of income described in this Section 4.4.3 shall not apply to an Affiliate that has acquired Equity Units from Limited Partners pursuant to an offer or program described in Section 4.4.3.1 and such Equity Units are subsequently acquired, bought back or otherwise purchased for cancellation by the Partnership; and (c) the money or property received by the Affiliate on such a subsequent acquisition by the Partnership of the Equity Units acquired by the Affiliate from Limited Partners pursuant to an offer or program described in Section 4.4.3.1 shall not be considered to be a distribution for the purposes of Section 4.4.2.
3. Amendment to Article 12
Section 12.3 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
12.3 Withdrawal of Limited Partners
No Limited Partner shall have any right to withdraw from the Partnership; provided, however, that when a transferee of a Limited Partners Units becomes a Record Holder, such transferring Limited Partner shall, subject to Section 4.4.2 and 4.4.3, cease to be a Limited Partner with respect to the Units so transferred.
4. Effective Date
This Amendment shall be effective as of April 21, 2020.
5. Governing Law
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda.
6. General
(a) Except as modified herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be construed together as one agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the General Partner has executed this Amendment as of the 21st day of April, 2020.
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GENERAL PARTNER:
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS LIMITED |
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/s/ Jane Sheere |
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Name: Jane Sheere |
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Title: Secretary |
BROOKFIELD PROPERTY L.P.
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO THE
FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT (the Amendment) to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Brookfield Property L.P. (the Partnership), dated as of February 20, 2019, as amended by a First Amendment dated as of March 21, 2019, as amended by a Second Amendment dated as of April 28, 2019, as amended by a Third Amendment dated as of August 20, 2019 and as amended by a Fourth Amendment dated as of February 18, 2020 (as amended, the Agreement), is made as of the 21st day of April, 2020, by the undersigned. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 17.1 of the Agreement, subject to compliance with the requirements of the Limited Partnership Act and the Exempted Partnerships Act, the Managing General Partner (pursuant to its powers of attorney from the Limited Partners), without the approval of any Limited Partner, may make any amendment that the Managing General Partner determines in its discretion does not adversely affect the Limited Partners considered as a whole (including any particular class of Partnership Interest as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests) in any material respect;
AND WHEREAS, the Managing General Partner desires to amend the Agreement as set out herein;
NOW THEREFORE,
1. Amendments to Article 1
(a) Section 1.1 is hereby amended by adding the following definitions:
1.1.139.1 Special Income Allocation Amount has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 4.8.4;
(b) Section 1.1.4 is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
(a) Agreement means this Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, as amended by the First Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of March 21, 2019, as amended by the Second Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of April 28, 2019, as amended by the Third Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of August 20, 2019, as amended by the Fourth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of February 18, 2020 and as amended by the Fifth Amendment to the Fourth Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership dated as of April 21, 2020.
2. Amendments to Article 4
Section 4.8 is hereby amended by adding the following provision after Section 4.8.3:
4.8.4 Notwithstanding Sections 4.8.1 and 4.8.2, if Sections 4.8.4.1, 4.8.4.2 and 4.8.4.3 are all true in a given fiscal year of the Partnership, the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes will be allocated in the manner described below.
4.8.4.1 The Partnership acquires, buys back or otherwise purchases for cancellation Managing General Partner Units owned by BPY;
4.8.4.2 The Partnership has Income for Canadian Tax Purposes (in other words, the Partnership does not have a Loss for Canadian Tax Purposes); and
4.8.4.3 The money or property that is used by the Partnership exclusively in whole or in part to buy back such Managing General Partner Units from BPY is derived from transactions or events that give rise to positive amounts included in Income for Canadian Tax Purposes.
The lesser of (1) the amount of Income for Canadian Tax Purposes, and (2) the aggregate of the positive amounts included in Income for Canadian Tax Purposes described in Section 4.8.4.3 will be allocated exclusively and specially (the Special Income Allocation Amount) only to BPY. The balance (if any) of the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes (being the amount remaining after subtracting the Special Income Allocation Amount from the Income for Canadian Tax Purposes) will be allocated to all Partners in accordance with Sections 4.8.1 and 4.8.2. For greater certainty, the money or property received by BPY from the Partnership in connection with the purchase by the Partnership of Managing General Partner Units owned by BPY shall not be considered to be a distribution for the purposes of Sections 4.8.1 and 4.8.2.
3. Effective Date
This Amendment shall be effective as of April 21, 2020.
4. Governing Law
This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of Bermuda.
5. General
(a) Except as modified herein, all terms and conditions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
(b) This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original and all of which shall be construed together as one agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Managing General Partner has executed this Amendment as of the 21st day of April, 2020.
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MANAGING GENERAL PARTNER: BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS L.P., by its general partner, BROOKFIELD PROPERTY PARTNERS LIMITED |
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/s/ Jane Sheere |
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Name: Jane Sheere |
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Title: Secretary |