BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. (Form: F-10, Received: 09/02/2022 09:09:53)

AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

REGISTRATION NO. 333-

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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)
	EP 100, Brookfield Place, 181 Bay Street P.O. Box 762 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3 (416) 363-9491
(Address and telephone number of Registrants’ principal executive offices)

Form F-3

Brookfield Capital Finance LLC Brookfield Finance II LLC	Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd	Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc
(Exact name of each Registrant as specified in its charter)	(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)	(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	Australia	England and Wales
(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)	(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

Not Applicable	Not Applicable	Not Applicable
(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number, if applicable)

Brookfield Place 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor New York, New York 10281-1023 (212) 417-7000	Level 22, 135 King Street, Sydney, NSW, Australia 2000-1023 +61-2-9158-5100	Level 25, One Canada Square London, United Kingdom, E14 5AA +44-20-7659-3500
(Address and telephone number of Registrants’ principal executive offices)	(Address and telephone number of Registrant’s principal executive offices)	(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):

A.	¨	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).

B.	x	At some future date (check appropriate box below).

1.	¨	Pursuant to Rule 467(b) on at (designate a time not sooner than seven calendar days after filing).

2.	¨	Pursuant to Rule 467(b) on at (designate a time seven calendar days or sooner after filing) because the securities regulatory authority in the review jurisdiction has issued a receipt or notification of clearance on .

3.	¨	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.

4.	x	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

A copy of this preliminary short form base shelf prospectus has been filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each of the provinces of Canada but has not yet become final for the purpose of the sale of securities. Information contained in this preliminary short form base shelf prospectus may not be complete and may have to be amended. The securities may not be sold until a receipt for the short form prospectus is obtained from the securities regulatory authorities.

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 2, 2022

PRELIMINARY SHORT FORM BASE SHELF PROSPECTUS

US$3,500,000,000

	BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC. Debt Securities Class A Preference Shares Class A Limited Voting Shares

BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC. Debt Securities	BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC. Debt Securities	BROOKFIELD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC Debt Securities

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). 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

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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE	i
AVAILABLE INFORMATION	iii
CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION	iii
SUMMARY	1
The Company	1
BFI	1
The US LLC Issuer	1
BFI II	1
The AUS Issuer	1
The UK Issuer	1
The US Pref Issuer	1
The Offering	2
Recent Developments	2
RISK FACTORS	2
SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION	2
USE OF PROCEEDS	4
DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STRUCTURE OF THE ISSUERS	4
DESCRIPTION OF THE BAM PREFERENCE SHARES	5
DESCRIPTION OF THE CLASS A SHARES	5
DESCRIPTION OF THE US PREF ISSUER PREFERRED SHARES	6
DESCRIPTION OF DEBT SECURITIES	7
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION	17
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS	18
EXEMPTIVE RELIEF	20
LEGAL MATTERS	20
EXPERTS	20
EXPENSES	20
DOCUMENTS FILED AS PART OF THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT	21

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:

(a)

the Company’s annual information form for the financial year ended December 31, 2021, filed on SEDAR on March 30, 2022 (the “AIF”);

(b)

the Company’s audited comparative consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, together with the accompanying auditor’s report thereon;

(c)

the management’s discussion and analysis for the audited comparative consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (b) above (the “MD&A”);

(d)

the Company’s unaudited comparative interim consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2021;

(e)

the management’s discussion and analysis for the unaudited comparative interim consolidated financial statements referred to in paragraph (d) above (the “Interim MD&A”); and

(f)

the Company’s management information circular filed on SEDAR on May 9, 2022.

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.

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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 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 August 31, 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; 1,641,675,095 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 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 Securities.

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.

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.

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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)

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)

5.1		Consent of Deloitte LLP

5.2		Consent of Torys LLP

6.1		Powers of Attorney (BAM) (included on the signature pages of this Form F-10)

6.2		Powers of Attorney (BFI) (included on the signature pages of this Form F-10)

6.3		Powers of Attorney (BFI II) (included on the signature pages of this Form F-10)

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)

107		Filing Fee Table

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FORM F-10

PART III
UNDERTAKING AND CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS

Item 1.

UNDERTAKING.

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 filing of this Registration Statement on Form F-10, each F-10 Registrant will file with the Commission a written irrevocable consent and power of attorney on Form F-X.

Concurrently with the 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), will file 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.

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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 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 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

By:	/s/ Nick Goodman
	Name:	Nick Goodman
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of J. Bruce Flatt and Nicholas Goodman his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ J. Bruce Flatt		Director and Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
J. Bruce Flatt

/s/ Nicholas Goodman		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Nicholas Goodman

/s/ M. Elyse Allan		Director
M. Elyse Allan

/s/ Jeffrey M. Blidner		Director and Vice Chairman
Jeffrey M. Blidner

/s/ Angela F. Braly		Director
Angela F. Braly

/s/ Jack L. Cockwell		Director
Jack L. Cockwell

/s/ Marcel R. Coutu		Director
Marcel R. Coutu

/s/ Janice Fukakusa		Director
Janice Fukakusa

/s/ Hutham S. Olayan		Director
Hutham S. Olayan

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Signature		Title

/s/ Maureen V. Kempston Darkes		Director
Maureen V. Kempston Darkes

/s/ Brian D. Lawson		Director and Vice Chairman
Brian D. Lawson

/s/ Howard S. Marks		Director
Howard S. Marks

/s/ Frank J. McKenna		Chairman of the Board of Directors
Frank J. McKenna

/s/ Rafael Miranda		Director
Rafael Miranda

/s/ Lord Augustine Thomas O’Donnell		Director
Lord Augustine Thomas O’Donnell

/s/ Ngee Huat Seek		Director
Ngee Huat Seek

/s/ Diana L. Taylor		Director
Diana L. Taylor

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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 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 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD FINANCE INC.

By:	/s/ Thomas Corbett
	Name:	Thomas Corbett
	Title:	Vice President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Thomas Corbett and Nicholas Goodman his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Thomas Corbett		Vice President signing in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Thomas Corbett

/s/ Nicholas Goodman		Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Nicholas Goodman

/s/ Marcel R. Coutu		Director
Marcel R. Coutu

/s/ Philip Lind		Director
Philip Lind

/s/ David W. Kerr		Director
David W. Kerr

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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 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 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD FINANCE II INC.

By:	/s/ Thomas Corbett
	Name:	Thomas Corbett
	Title:	Vice President

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Thomas Corbett and Nicholas Goodman as his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Thomas Corbett		Vice President signing in the capacity of Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Thomas Corbett

/s/ Nicholas Goodman		Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Nicholas Goodman

/s/ Marcel R. Coutu		Director
Marcel R. Coutu

/s/ Philip Lind		Director
Philip Lind

/s/ David W. Kerr		Director
David W. Kerr

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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 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 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

By:	/s/ Kathy Sarpash
	Name:	Kathy Sarpash
	Title:	Secretary

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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.

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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.

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The following provisions of the Companies Act provide as follows:

“232 Provisions protecting directors from liability

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.

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).

This section applies to any provision, whether contained in a company’s articles or in any contract with the company or otherwise.

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

Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying third party indemnity provision.

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.

The provision must not provide any indemnity against —

(a)

any liability of the director to pay —

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(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.

The references in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction, judgment or refusal of relief are to the final decision in the proceedings.

For this purpose —

(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.

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

Section 232(2) (voidness of provisions for indemnifying directors) does not apply to qualifying pension scheme indemnity provision.

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.

The provision must not provide any indemnity against —

(a)

any liability of the director to pay —

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(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.

The reference in subsection (3)(b) to a conviction is to the final decision in the proceedings.

For this purpose —

(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.

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

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.

The decision of the company to ratify such conduct must be made by resolution of the members of the company.

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.

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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.

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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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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.

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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.

Item 9.

EXHIBITS

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)

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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 (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.3 to this Form F-3)

23.3		Consent of Herbert Smith Freehills LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.4 to this Form F-3)

23.4		Consent of King & Wood Mallesons (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.5 to this Form F-3)

24.1		Power of Attorney (US LLC Issuer) (included in the signature page to this Form F-3)

24.2		Power of Attorney (US Pref Issuer) (included in the signature page to this Form F-3)

24.3		Power of Attorney (the AUS Issuer) (included in the signature page to this Form F-3)

24.4		Power of Attorney (the UK Issuer) (included in the signature page to this Form F-3)

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.

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Item 10.

UNDERTAKINGS

(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

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(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.

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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 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 2, 2022.

Brookfield CAPITAL Finance LLC

By:	/s/ Peter Geraigiry
	Name:	Peter Geraigiry
	Title:	Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mark Srulowitz, Peter Geraigiry, Kunal Dusad and Sara Verkest, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Mark Srulowitz		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

/s/ Kunal Dusad		Manager
Kunal Dusad

/s/ Sara Verkest		Manager
Sara Verkest

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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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in Sydney, Australia on September 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD FINANCE (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD

By:	/s/ Stewart Upson
	Name:	Stewart Upson
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer and Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Stewart Upson, Shane Ross and Nick Britten-Jones, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Stewart Upson		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Stewart Upson

/s/ Shane Ross		Managing Director signing in the capacity of Chief Financial and Accounting Officer, Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Shane Ross

/s/ Nick Britten-Jones		Managing Director
Nick Britten-Jones

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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 Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd in the United States, on September 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

By:	/s/ Kathy Sarpash
	Name:	Kathy Sarpash
	Title:	Secretary

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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 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in London, United Kingdom, on September 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD FINANCE I (UK) PLC

By:	/s/ Philippa Elder
	Name:	Philippa Elder
	Title:	Director

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Danelle Campbell, Ralf Rank, Connor Teskey and Philippa Elder, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Connor Teskey		Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal Executive Officer)
Connor Teskey

/s/ Danelle Campbell		Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
Danelle Campbell

/s/ Ralf Rank		Director
Ralf Rank

/s/ Philippa Elder		Director
Philippa Elder

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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 Registration Statement, solely in the capacity of the duly authorized representative of Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc in the United States, on September 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC

By:	/s/ Kathy Sarpash
	Name:	Kathy Sarpash
	Title:	Secretary

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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 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 2, 2022.

BROOKFIELD FINANCE II LLC

By:	/s/ Peter Geraigiry
	Name:	Peter Geraigiry
	Title:	Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

POWER OF ATTORNEY

Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints each of Mark Srulowitz, Peter Geraigiry, Kunal Dusad, and Sara Verkest, his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any or all amendments (including amendments to be declared effective in accordance with Rule 462(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons in the following capacities on September 2, 2022.

Signature		Title

/s/ Mark Srulowitz		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

/s/ Kunal Dusad		Manager
Kunal Dusad

/s/ Sara Verkest		Manager
Sara Verkest

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Exhibit 5.1 to Form F-10

Exhibit 23.1 to Form F-3

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form F-10/F-3 of our reports dated March 30, 2022 relating to the financial statements of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Company”) and the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 40-F of the Company for the year ended December 31, 2021. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading “Experts” in such Registration Statement.

/s/ Deloitte LLP

Chartered Professional Accountants

Licensed Public Accountants

Toronto, Canada

September 2, 2022

Exhibit 5.2

		Suite 3000 79 Wellington St. W. Box 270, TD Centre Toronto, Ontario M5K 1N2 Canada Tel 416.865.0040 Fax 416.865.7380

		www.torys.com

September 2, 2022
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Brookfield Finance Inc.
Brookfield Finance II Inc.
EP 100, Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street
P.O. Box 762
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3
Canada

Ladies and Gentlemen:

RE: REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM F-10

We hereby consent to the references to our firm name in the prospectus filed as part of this registration statement on Form F-10 of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Brookfield Finance Inc. and Brookfield Finance II Inc. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category of persons whose consent is required by the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

/s/ Torys LLP

Exhibit 7.6 to Form F-10

Exhibit 4.4 to Form F-3

BROOKFIELD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC

AND

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

AND

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA

AND

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A.

INDENTURE

Dated as of [ ], 20[ ]

Reconciliation and tie between Trust Indenture Act of 1939 and Indenture, dated as of [ ], 20[ ]

Trust Indenture
Act Section		Indenture Section


§310(a)		7.12
(b)		7.11
§311		7.16
§312		8.1
§313		8.2
§314(a)		8.3; 11.6
(c)(1) and (2)		1.2
(e)		1.2
§315(a)		7.5
(b)		7.4
(c) and (d)		7.5
(e)		6.14
§316(a)(last sentence)		1.1 (Definition of “Outstanding”
(a)(1)(A)		6.12
(a)(1)(B)		6.13
(b)		6.8
(c)		1.4
§317(a)		6.4
(b)		11.3
§318		1.7

Note: This reconciliation and tie shall not, for any purpose, be deemed to be a part of the Indenture.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Article 1 DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION			2

	1.1	Definitions	2
	1.2	Compliance Certificates and Opinions	9
	1.3	Form of Documents Delivered to Trustees	10
	1.4	Acts of Holders; Record Dates	11
	1.5	Notices, Etc., to Trustees, Issuer and Company	12
	1.6	Notice to Holders; Waiver	13
	1.7	Trust Indenture Laws Control	14
	1.8	Access to the Securityholder Lists	14
	1.9	Effect of Headings and Table of Contents	14
	1.10	Successors and Assigns	14
	1.11	Separability Clause	15
	1.12	Benefits of Indenture	15
	1.13	Governing Law	15
	1.14	Legal Holidays	15
	1.15	Counterparts	15
	1.16	Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities; Waiver of Jury Trial	16
	1.17	Currency Equivalent	16
	1.18	Language Clause	17
	1.19	Shareholders, Officers and Directors Exempt from Individual Liability	17
	1.20	Securities in a Foreign Country	17

Article 2 SECURITY FORMS			18

	2.1	Forms Generally	18
	2.2	Form of Trustees’ Certificate of Authentication	18

Article 3 THE SECURITIES			19

	3.1	Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series	19
	3.2	Denominations	21
	3.3	Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating	22
	3.4	Temporary Securities	23
	3.5	Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange	23
	3.6	Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities	25
	3.7	Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved	26
	3.8	Persons Deemed Owners	27
	3.9	Cancellation	27
	3.10	Computation of Interest	27
	3.11	Affiliate Purchase on Maturity	28

Article 4 SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE			28

	4.1	Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture	28
	4.2	Application of Trust Money	30

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Article 5 guarantee of the company			30

	5.1	Guarantee	30
	5.2	Demand	30
	5.3	Trustee Statement	31
	5.4	Liability of Company Absolute	31
	5.5	Dealings by Trustees	32

Article 6 remedies			33

	6.1	Events of Default	33
	6.2	Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment	34
	6.3	Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustees	35
	6.4	Trustees May File Proofs of Claim	36
	6.5	Trustees May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities	36
	6.6	Application of Money Collected	37
	6.7	Limitation on Suits	37
	6.8	Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest	38
	6.9	Restoration of Rights and Remedies	38
	6.10	Rights and Remedies Cumulative	38
	6.11	Delay or Omission Not Waiver	38
	6.12	Control by Holders	38
	6.13	Waiver of Past Defaults	39
	6.14	Undertaking for Costs	39
	6.15	Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws	39

Article 7 THE TRUSTEES			40

	7.1	Certain Duties and Responsibilities	40
	7.2	Compliance With Anti-Money Laundering and Suppression of Terrorism Legislation	41
	7.3	Compliance with Privacy Laws	41
	7.4	Notice of Defaults	42
	7.5	Certain Rights of Trustees	42
	7.6	Indemnification of the Trustees	43
	7.7	Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities	44
	7.8	May Hold Securities	44
	7.9	Money Held in Trust	44
	7.10	Compensation and Reimbursement	44
	7.11	Conflicting Interests	45
	7.12	Required Trustee Eligibility	45
	7.13	Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor	46
	7.14	Acceptance of Appointment by Successor	48

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	7.15	Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business	49
	7.16	Certain Trustee Restrictions	49
	7.17	Appointment of Authenticating Agent	49

Article 8 HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER			51

	8.1	Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders	51
	8.2	Reports by Trustees	51
	8.3	Reports by Issuer	52

Article 9 CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE			52

	9.1	Issuer and Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms	52
	9.2	Successor Substituted	53

Article 10 SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES			53

	10.1	Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders	53
	10.2	Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders	55
	10.3	Execution of Supplemental Indentures	56
	10.4	Effect of Supplemental Indentures	56
	10.5	Conformity with Trust Indenture Laws	56
	10.6	Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures	56

Article 11 COVENANTS			56

	11.1	Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest	56
	11.2	Maintenance of Office or Agency	57
	11.3	Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust	57
	11.4	Statements by Officers	58
	11.5	Existence	59
	11.6	Waiver of Certain Covenants	59

Article 12 REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES			60

	12.1	Applicability of Article	60
	12.2	Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustees	60
	12.3	Selection by Trustees of Securities to Be Redeemed	60
	12.4	Notice of Redemption	61
	12.5	Deposit of Redemption Price	61
	12.6	Securities Payable on Redemption Date	62
	12.7	Securities Redeemed in Part	62

Article 13 SINKING FUNDS			62
	13.1	Applicability of Article	62
	13.2	Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities	63
	13.3	Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund	63

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Article 14 DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE			63

	14.1	Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	63
	14.2	Defeasance and Discharge	64
	14.3	Covenant Defeasance	64
	14.4	Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance	65
	14.5	Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions	67
	14.6	Reinstatement	67

Article 15 MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES			68

	15.1	Call, Notice and Place of Meetings	68
	15.2	Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings	68
	15.3	Quorum; Action	69
	15.4	Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings	70
	15.5	Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings	71
	15.6	Instruments in Writing	71

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INDENTURE

Dated as of [                 ], 20[  ],

BETWEEN

Brookfield capital finance llc, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware,

(herein called the “Issuer”)

and

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of Ontario, Canada,

(herein called the “Company”)

and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, a trust company organized under the laws of Canada,

(herein called the “Canadian Trustee”)

and

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association company existing under the laws of the United States,

(herein called the “U.S. Trustee” and together with the Canadian Trustee, the “Trustees”).

RECITALS OF THE ISSUER AND THE COMPANY

The Issuer and the Company have duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance by the Issuer from time to time of unsecured debentures, notes or other evidences of indebtedness in one or more series (herein called the “Securities”), each of which is unconditionally guaranteed by the Company as provided herein.

All things necessary to make this Indenture a valid agreement of the Issuer and the Company, in accordance with its terms, have been done.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH:

For and in consideration of the premises and the purchase of the Securities by the Holders thereof, it is mutually agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Holders of the Securities or of series thereof, as follows:

Article 1
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF GENERAL APPLICATION

1.1

Definitions.

For all purposes of this Indenture, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

(a)

the terms defined in this Article have the meanings assigned to them in this Article and include the plural as well as the singular;

(b)

all other terms used herein which are defined in the Trust Indenture Laws, either directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them therein;

(c)

all accounting terms not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”), as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, and, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, the terms “generally accepted accounting principles” with respect to any determination required or permitted hereunder shall mean such accounting principles as are in accordance with IFRS at the date of such determination;

(d)

unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to an “Article” or a “Section” refers to an Article or a Section, as the case may be, of this Indenture;

(e)

the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Indenture as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision; and

(f)

any reference to any Person shall include such Person’s successors and assigns.

“Act”, when used with respect to any Holder, has the meaning specified in Section 1.4.

“Additional Amounts” if applicable in respect of the Securities of any series, will have the meaning attributed to such term in the supplemental indenture pursuant to which such series of Securities were created.

“Additional Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.

“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.

“Agent” means any of the Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, transfer agent and/or Security Registrar, as applicable.

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“Authenticating Agent” means any Person authorized by the Trustees pursuant to Section 7.17 to act on behalf of the Trustees to authenticate Securities of one or more series.

“Board of Directors” means the board of directors (or equivalent) of the Issuer or any duly authorized committee of that board.

“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution that is certified by any director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustees.

“Business Day”, when used with respect to any Place of Payment, means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday which is not a day on which banking institutions in that Place of Payment are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

“Canadian Trustee” means the Person named as the “Canadian Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Canadian Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Canadian Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Canadian Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “Canadian Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the Canadian Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“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, units, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock or other equity participations, including partnership interests, whether general or limited, of such Person.

“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, as from time to time constituted, created under the Exchange Act, or, if at any time after the execution of this instrument such Commission is not existing and performing the duties now assigned to it under the Trust Indenture Act, then the body performing such duties at such time.

“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.

“Company” means the Person named as the “Company” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Company” shall mean such successor Person.

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“Co-Obligor” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1(b).

“Corporate Trust Office” means, in the case of the Canadian Trustee, the principal office of the Canadian Trustee in Toronto, Ontario at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Canada M5J 2Y1, and in the case of the U.S. Trustee, the principal office of the U.S. Trustee in the United States at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 6200 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Attention: Corporate Trust.

“corporation” means a corporation, association, company, joint-stock company or business trust.

“Covenant Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 14.3.

“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 of such Person the payment of which 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 for which such Person is responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, as obligor, Guarantor or otherwise.

“Defaulted Interest” has the meaning specified in Section 3.7.

“Defeasance” has the meaning specified in Section 14.2.

“Depositary” means, with respect to Securities of any series issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities, a clearing agency that is designated to act as Depositary for such Securities as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Dollars” and “$” means lawful money of the United States, and “Canadian Dollars” and “CDN$” means lawful money of Canada.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1.

“Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

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“Foreign Currency” means a currency issued by the government of a country other than the United States.

“Global Security” means a Security that evidences all or part of the Securities of any series, registered in the name of the Depositary (or nominee thereof) designated for such Global Security.

“Government Obligation” has the meaning specified in Section 14.4.

“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 Security Register.

“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed and as it may from time to time be supplemented or amended by one or more indentures supplemental hereto entered into pursuant to the applicable provisions hereof, including, for all purposes of this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, the provisions of the Trust Indenture Laws that are deemed to be a part of and govern this instrument and any such supplemental indenture, respectively. The term “Indenture” shall also include the terms of particular series of Securities established as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“interest”, when used with respect to an Original Issue Discount Security which by its terms bears interest only after Maturity, means interest payable after Maturity.

“Interest Payment Date”, when used with respect to any Security, means the Stated Maturity of an instalment of interest on such Security.

“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).

“Investment Company Act” means the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

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“Issuer” means the Person named as the “Issuer” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor Person shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Issuer” shall mean such successor Person.

“Issuer Request” or “Issuer Order” means a written request or order signed in the name of the Issuer by any director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustees.

“Lien” means, with respect to any property or assets, any mortgage, charge, hypothecation, pledge, encumbrance on, or other security interest in, such property or assets.

“Market Exchange Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 1.20.

“Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security, means the date on which the principal of such Security or an instalment of principal becomes due and payable as therein or herein provided, whether at the Stated Maturity or by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise.

“Notice of Default” means a written notice of the kind specified in Section 6.1(e).

“Obligations” means, with respect to the Securities of any series, the principal of, premium and Additional Amounts, if any, and interest on all Securities of such series issued by the Issuer under this Indenture when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at maturity, upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise, and all other obligations and liabilities, including without limitation, all indemnities, owing by the Issuer and any Co-Obligor to the Trustees under this Indenture in respect of such series, whether present or future, absolute or contingent, liquidated or unliquidated, as principal or as surety, alone or with others, of whatsoever nature or kind, in any currency, under or in respect of this Indenture.

“Officer’s Certificate” means a certificate signed by any director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustees. The person signing an Officer’s Certificate given pursuant to Section 11.4 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Issuer (or person(s) performing equivalent functions).

“Opinion of Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be counsel for the Issuer and/or the Company, and who shall be acceptable to the Trustees, and which opinion may be subject to customary assumptions and qualifications.

“Original Issue Discount Security” means any Security which provides for an amount less than the principal amount thereof to be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2.

“Original Securities” has the meaning specified in Section 3.3.

“Outstanding”, when used with respect to Securities, means, as of the date of determination, all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered under this Indenture, except:

(a)

Securities theretofore cancelled by the Trustees or delivered to the Trustees for cancellation;

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(b)

Securities or portions thereof for whose payment or redemption money in the necessary amount has been theretofore deposited with a Trustee or any Paying Agent (other than the Issuer) in trust or set aside and segregated in trust by the Issuer (if the Issuer shall act as its own Paying Agent) for the Holders of such Securities; provided that, if such Securities are to be redeemed, notice of such redemption has been duly given pursuant to this Indenture or provision therefor satisfactory to the Trustees has been made;

(c)

Securities as to which Defeasance has been effected pursuant to Section 14.2; and

(d)

Securities which have been cancelled pursuant to Section 3.6 or in exchange for or in lieu of which other Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to this Indenture, other than any such Securities in respect of which there shall have been presented to the Trustees proof satisfactory to them that such Securities are held by a protected purchaser in whose hands such Securities are valid obligations of the Issuer;

provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite principal amount of the Outstanding Securities have given, made or taken any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action hereunder as of any date, (A) the principal amount of an Original Issue Discount Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount of the principal thereof which would be due and payable as of such date upon acceleration of the Maturity thereof to such date pursuant to Section 6.2, (B) if, as of such date, the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of a Security is not determinable, the principal amount of such Security which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the amount as specified or determined as contemplated by Section 3.1, (C) the principal amount of a Security denominated in one or more foreign currencies or currency units which shall be deemed to be Outstanding shall be the U.S. dollar equivalent, determined as of such date in the manner provided as contemplated by Section 1.17 or 3.1, of the principal amount of such Security (or, in the case of a Security described in clause (A) or (B) above, of the amount determined as provided in such clause), and (D) Securities owned by the Issuer, the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer, the Company or of such other obligor shall be disregarded and deemed not to be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether the Trustees shall be protected in relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action, only Securities which the Trustees know to be so owned shall be so disregarded. Securities so owned which have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the satisfaction of the Trustees the pledgee’s right so to act with respect to such Securities and that the pledgee is not the Issuer, the Company or any other obligor upon the Securities or any Affiliate of the Issuer, the Company or of such other obligor.

“Paying Agent” means any Person authorized by the Issuer to pay the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities on behalf of the Issuer in accordance with Section 11.3.

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“Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association, company, trust, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.

“Place of Payment”, when used with respect to the Securities of any series, means the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series are payable as specified as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Predecessor Security” of any particular Security means every previous Security evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Security; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Security authenticated and delivered under Section 3.6 in exchange for or in lieu of a mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Security.

“Proceeding” means any receivership, insolvency, proposal, bankruptcy, compromise, arrangement, winding-up, dissolution or other similar judicial proceeding.

“Redemption Date”, when used with respect to any Securities to be redeemed, means the date fixed for such redemption by or pursuant to this Indenture.

“Redemption Price”, when used with respect to any Securities to be redeemed, means the price at which it is to be redeemed pursuant to this Indenture.

“Regular Record Date” for the interest payable on any Interest Payment Date on the Securities of any series means the date specified for that purpose as contemplated by Section 3.1.

“Responsible Officer” means, with respect to any Trustee, any officer assigned to the corporate trust office of such Trustee customarily performing functions similar to those performed by such officer and having direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture, and also, with respect to a particular matter, any other officer, to whom such matter is referred because of such officer's knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject.

“Securities” has the meaning stated in the first recital of this Indenture and more particularly means any Securities authenticated and delivered under this Indenture.

“Securities Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and any statute successor thereto, in each case as amended from time to time.

“Security Register” and “Security Registrar” have the respective meanings specified in Section 3.5.

“Special Record Date” for the payment of any Defaulted Interest means a date fixed by the Trustees pursuant to Section 3.7.

“Stated Maturity”, when used with respect to any Security or any instalment of principal thereof or interest thereon, means the date specified in such Security as the fixed date on which the principal of such Security or such instalment of principal or interest is due and payable.

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“Subsidiary” of any Person means (i) a corporation 50% or more of the combined voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by such Person or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries thereof or (ii) any other Person (other than a corporation) in which such Person, or one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person or such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries thereof, directly or indirectly, has at least a majority ownership and power to direct the policies, management and affairs thereof.

“Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as in force at the date as of which this instrument was executed; provided, however, that in the event the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, “Trust Indenture Act” or “TIA” means, to the extent required by any such amendment, the U.S. Trust Indenture Act of 1939 as so amended.

“Trust Indenture Laws” means, as to the Canadian Trustee, the Trust Indenture Legislation, and as to the U.S. Trustee, the Trust Indenture Act and regulations thereunder.

“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 Trust Indenture Act and regulations thereunder, 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 to the extent that such provisions are at such time in force and applicable to this Indenture.

“Trustee” and “Trustees” means, as the context requires, either or both of the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee, and if at any time it is not necessary to have both a Canadian Trustee and a U.S. Trustee, and either such Trustee is removed pursuant to Section 7.12.1, references to “Trustees” shall mean only the remaining Trustee after such removal.

“U.S. Trustee” means the Person named as the “U.S. Trustee” in the first paragraph of this instrument until a successor U.S. Trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “U.S. Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a U.S. Trustee hereunder, and if at any time there is more than one such Person, “U.S. Trustee” as used with respect to the Securities of any series shall mean the U.S. Trustee with respect to Securities of that series.

“Voting Stock” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person which ordinarily has voting power for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, whether at all times or only so long as no senior class of securities has such voting power by reason of any contingency.

1.2

Compliance Certificates and Opinions.

Upon any application or request by the Issuer to the Trustees to take any action under any provision of this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish to the Trustees such certificates and opinions as may be required under the Trust Indenture Laws, including, without limitation, whether all conditions precedent to such action have been satisfied and any other statement as required pursuant to the terms of this Indenture. Each such certificate or opinion shall be given in the form of an Officer’s Certificate, if to be given by an officer of the Issuer, or an Opinion of Counsel, if to be given by counsel, and shall comply with the requirements of the Trust Indenture Laws and any other requirements set forth in this Indenture.

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Every certificate or opinion with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Indenture shall include:

(a)

a statement that each individual signing such certificate or opinion has read such covenant or condition and the definitions herein relating thereto;

(b)

a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in such certificate or opinion are based;

(c)

a statement that, in the opinion of each such individual, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

(d)

a statement as to whether, in the opinion of each such individual, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

1.3

Form of Documents Delivered to Trustees.

In any case where several matters are required to be certified by, or covered by an opinion of, any specified Person, it is not necessary that all such matters be certified by, or covered by the opinion of, only one such Person, or that they be so certified or covered by only one document, but one such Person may certify or give an opinion with respect to some matters and one or more other such Persons as to other matters, and any such Person may certify or give an opinion as to such matters in one or several documents.

Any certificate or opinion of an officer of the Issuer or the Company may be based, insofar as it relates to legal matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, counsel, unless such officer knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to the matters upon which his or her certificate or opinion is based are erroneous. Any such certificate or opinion of counsel may be based, insofar as it relates to factual matters, upon a certificate or opinion of, or representations by, an officer or officers of the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) stating that the information with respect to such factual matters is in its possession, unless such counsel knows, or in the exercise of reasonable care should know, that the certificate or opinion or representations with respect to such matters are erroneous.

Where any Person is required to make, give or execute two or more applications, requests, consents, certificates, statements, opinions or other instruments under this Indenture, they may, but need not, be consolidated and form one instrument.

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1.4

Acts of Holders; Record Dates.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders may be embodied in and evidenced by one or more instruments of substantially similar tenor signed by such Holders in person or by an agent duly appointed in writing; and, except as herein otherwise expressly provided, such action shall become effective when such instrument is or instruments are delivered to the Trustees and, where it is hereby expressly required, to the Issuer and the Company. Such instrument or instruments (and the action embodied therein and evidenced thereby) are herein sometimes referred to as the “Act” of the Holders signing such instrument or instruments. Proof of execution of any such instrument or of a writing appointing any such agent shall be sufficient for any purpose of this Indenture and conclusive in favor of the Trustees, the Issuer and the Company, if made in the manner provided in this Section.

The fact and date of the execution by any Person of any such instrument or writing may be proved by the affidavit of a witness of such execution or by a certificate of a notary public or other officer authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, certifying that the individual signing such instrument or writing acknowledged to him or her the execution thereof. Where such execution is by a signer acting in a capacity other than his or her individual capacity, such certificate or affidavit shall also constitute sufficient proof of his or her authority. The fact and date of the execution of any such instrument or writing, or the authority of the Person executing the same, may also be proved in any other manner which the Trustees deem sufficient.

The ownership of Securities shall be proved by the Security Register.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other Act of the Holder of any Security shall bind every future Holder of the same Security and the Holder of every Security issued upon the registration of transfer thereof or in exchange therefor or in lieu thereof in respect of anything done, omitted or suffered to be done by the Trustees or the Issuer in reliance thereon, whether or not notation of such action is made upon such Security.

The Issuer may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to give, make or take any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided or permitted by this Indenture to be given, made or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, which may be not less than five nor more than 60 days prior to the first solicitation of any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action; provided that the Issuer may not set a record date for, and the provisions of this paragraph shall not apply with respect to, the giving or making of any notice, declaration, request or direction referred to in the next paragraph. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to take the relevant action, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Issuer from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph, provided that it is not less than five nor more than 60 days prior to such reset (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Issuer, at its own expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Trustees in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

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The Trustees may set any day as a record date for the purpose of determining the Holders of Outstanding Securities of any series entitled to join in the giving or making of (i) any Notice of Default, (ii) any declaration of acceleration referred to in Section 6.2, or (iii) any request to institute proceedings referred to in Section 6.7(b), in each case with respect to Securities of such series. If any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Holders of Outstanding Securities of such series on such record date, and no other Holders, shall be entitled to join in such notice, declaration, request or direction, whether or not such Holders remain Holders after such record date. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent the Trustees from setting a new record date for any action for which a record date has previously been set pursuant to this paragraph (whereupon the record date previously set shall automatically and with no action by any Person be cancelled and of no effect), and nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to render ineffective any action taken by Holders of the requisite principal amount of Outstanding Securities of the relevant series on the date such action is taken. Promptly after any record date is set pursuant to this paragraph, the Trustees, at the Issuer’s expense, shall cause notice of such record date, the proposed action by Holders and the applicable Expiration Date to be given to the Issuer in writing and to each Holder of Securities of the relevant series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6.

Without limiting the foregoing, a Holder entitled hereunder to take any action hereunder with regard to any particular Security may do so with regard to all or any part of the principal amount of such Security or by one or more duly appointed agents each of which may do so pursuant to such appointment with regard to all or any part of such principal amount.

1.5

Notices, Etc., to Trustees, Issuer and Company.

Any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or Act of Holders or other documents, or any payment or deposit of monies or Securities, in each case as provided or permitted by this Indenture to be made upon, given or furnished to, or filed with:

(a)

the Trustee(s) by any Holder or by the Issuer shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if delivered to either (i) an officer of the Canadian Trustee at 100 University Avenue, 8th Floor, Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Yl, Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust Services, or if sent by facsimile transmission, e-mail or other electronic communication (with receipt confirmed) to (416) 981-9777 or corporatetrust.toronto@computershare.com, Attention: Manager, Corporate Trust Services, or (ii) an officer of the U.S. Trustee at 6200 South Quebec Street, Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111, Attention: Corporate Trust, or if sent by facsimile transmission, e-mail or other electronic communication to (303) 262-0608 or corporate.trust@computershare.com, Attention: Corporate Trust, with a copy to Computershare, 480 Washington Boulevard, Jersey City, New Jersey 07310, Attention: General Counsel, and in either case shall be deemed to be validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 4:00 p.m. (New York time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. The Trustees may from time to time notify the Issuer of a change in address, facsimile number or email address which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address, facsimile number or e-mail address of the Trustees for the purposes of this Indenture; or

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(b)

the Issuer or the Company by the Trustees or by any Holder shall be sufficient for every purpose hereunder if delivered to the Issuer or the Company at Brookfield Place, 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1023, Attention: Finance & Treasury Group, or, if sent by e-mail, at kathy.sarpash@brookfield.com (or pursuant to such other delivery instructions as may be provided to the Trustees in writing hereinafter) shall be deemed to be validly given at the time of delivery or transmission if it is received prior to 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on a Business Day, failing which it shall be deemed to have been given on the next Business Day. The Issuer or the Company may from time to time notify the Trustees of a change in address or facsimile number which thereafter, until changed by like notice, shall be the address or facsimile number of the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) for the purposes of this Indenture. Copies of any notices that are sent to the Issuer or the Company by any Holder will be sent by such Holder to the Trustees.

1.6

Notice to Holders; Waiver.

Where this Indenture provides for notice to Holders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Holder affected by such event, at his, her or its address as it appears in the Security Register, not later than the latest date (if any), and not earlier than the earliest date (if any), prescribed for the giving of such notice. In any case where notice to Holders is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Holder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Holders. Where this Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by the Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice. Waivers of notice by Holders shall be filed with the Trustees, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver. Any notice mailed to a Holder in the manner herein prescribed shall be conclusively deemed to have been received by such Holder, whether or not such Holder actually receives such notice.

In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustees shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

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1.7

Trust Indenture Laws Control.

The Issuer and each of the Trustees agrees to comply with all provisions of the Trust Indenture Laws applicable to or binding upon it in connection with this Indenture and any action to be taken hereunder. If and to the extent that any provision of this Indenture limits, qualifies or conflicts with any mandatory requirement of Trust Indenture Laws, such mandatory requirements shall prevail.

1.8

Access to the Securityholder Lists.

(a)

A Holder may, upon payment to the Trustees of a reasonable fee, require the Trustees to furnish within 10 days after receiving the affidavit or statutory declaration referred to below, a list setting out (i) the name and address of every holder of Securities, (ii) the aggregate stated amount at maturity of Securities owned by each such Holder, and (iii) the aggregate stated amount at maturity of the Securities then outstanding, each as shown on the records of the Trustees on the day that the affidavit or statutory declaration is delivered to the Trustees. The affidavit or statutory declaration, as the case may be, shall contain (i) the name and address of the Holder, (ii) where the applicant is a corporation, its name and address for service, and (iii) a statement that the list will not be used except in connection with an effort to influence the voting of the Holders of Securities, an offer to acquire Securities, or any other matter relating to the Securities or the affairs of the Issuer. Where the Holder is a corporation, the affidavit or statutory declaration shall be made by a director or officer of the corporation. Notwithstanding anything in this subsection to the contrary, Holders shall have the right to communicate with other Holders as described in Section 8.1 hereof.

(b)

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustees that none of the Issuer, the Company nor the Trustees nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such list of the names and addresses of Holders of Securities, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Trustees shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material to any Person pursuant to any request made under Trust Indenture Laws.

1.9

Effect of Headings and Table of Contents.

The Article and Section headings herein and the Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.

1.10

Successors and Assigns.

All covenants and agreements in this Indenture by the Issuer and the Company shall bind their successors and assigns, whether so expressed or not.

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1.11

Separability Clause.

In case any provision in this Indenture or in the Securities shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

1.12

Benefits of Indenture.

Nothing in this Indenture or in the Securities, express or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Holders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.

1.13

Governing Law.

This Indenture and the Securities shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence of this Section, the exercise, performance or discharge by the Canadian Trustee of any of its rights, powers, duties or responsibilities hereunder shall be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable thereto.

1.14

Legal Holidays.

In any case where any Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity of any Security shall not be a Business Day at any Place of Payment, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture or of the Securities (other than a provision of any Security which specifically states that such provision shall apply in lieu of this Section)) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any) need not be made at such Place of Payment on such date, but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day at such Place of Payment with the same force and effect as if made on the Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or at the Stated Maturity, as the case may be; provided that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Interest Payment Date, Redemption Date or Stated Maturity to the date of that payment on the next succeeding Business Day, as the case may be, on the account of such delay.

1.15

Counterparts.

This instrument may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. This instrument may be executed and delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission (in .pdf or another acceptable format) of a counterpart hereof bearing a manual, facsimile or other electronic signature. Signatures of the parties hereto transmitted by facsimile or such electronic format shall be deemed to be their original signatures for all purposes.

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1.16

Agent for Service; Submission to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities; Waiver of Jury Trial.

By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each of the Issuer and the Company (i) acknowledges that the Company has, by separate written instrument, irrevocably designated and appointed Brookfield Asset Management LLC, Brookfield Place, 250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor, New York, New York 10281-1023 as its authorized agent upon which process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Securities or this Indenture that may be instituted in any U.S. Federal or State court in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York or brought under U.S. Federal or State securities laws or brought by either Trustee (whether in its individual capacity or in its capacity as a trustee hereunder), and acknowledges that Brookfield Asset Management LLC has accepted, irrevocably and unconditionally, such designation, (ii) submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (iii) agrees that service of process upon Brookfield Asset Management LLC and written notice of said service to the Company (mailed or delivered to its Secretary at its principal office at the address specified in the first paragraph of this instrument or at any other address previously furnished in writing to the Trustees) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon the Company in any such suit or proceeding. The Company further agrees to take any and all action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of Brookfield Asset Management LLC in full force and effect so long as this Indenture shall be in full force and effect and so long as any of the Securities shall be outstanding.

To the extent that the Company has or hereafter may acquire any immunity from jurisdiction of any court or from any legal process (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution, execution or otherwise) with respect to itself or its property, it hereby irrevocably waives such immunity in respect of its respective obligations under this Indenture and the Securities to the extent permitted by law.

EACH PARTY HERETO, AND EACH HOLDER OF A SECURITY BY ITS ACCEPTANCE THEREOF, HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS INDENTURE.

1.17

Currency Equivalent.

For purposes of the construction of the terms of this Indenture or of the Securities, in the event that any amount is stated herein in the currency of one nation (the “First Currency”), as of any date such amount shall also be deemed to represent the amount in the currency of any other relevant nation (the “Other Currency”) which is required to purchase such amount in the First Currency at the average daily rate of exchange for Canadian interbank transactions applied in converting the Other Currency into the First Currency published by the Bank of Canada for the date of determination. If such exchange rate shall not be available for any reason with respect to such First Currency or Other Currency, the Trustees shall use, at the direction of the Issuer and without liability on the part of the Trustees, such quotation by a comparable financial publication in general circulation as of the most recent available date, or quotations or rates of exchange from one or more major banks in Toronto, Canada or in the country of issue of the First Currency or Other Currency in question, or such other quotations or rates of exchange as the Issuer shall direct.

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1.18

Language Clause.

Les parties aux présentes ont exigé que la présente convention ainsi que tous les documents et avis qui s’y rattachent et/ou qui en découleront soient rédigés en langue anglaise. The parties hereto have required that this Indenture and all documents and notices related thereto be drawn up in English.

1.19

Shareholders, Officers and Directors Exempt from Individual Liability.

No recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture, or in any Security, or because of any indebtedness evidenced thereby, shall be had against any past, present or future shareholder, officer or director (or equivalent), as such, of the Issuer, the Company or any of their successors, either directly or through the Issuer, the Company or any successor, under any rule of law, statute or constitutional provision or by the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable proceeding or otherwise, all such liability being expressly waived and released by the acceptance of the Securities by the Holders thereof and as part of the consideration for the issue of the Securities.

1.20

Securities in a Foreign Country.

Unless otherwise specified in or pursuant to a Board Resolution, a supplemental indenture or an Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 3.1 with respect to a particular series of Securities, whenever for purposes of this Indenture any action may be taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of one or more series at the time Outstanding and, at such time, there are Outstanding Securities of any such affected series which are denominated in a Foreign Currency, then the principal amount of the Securities of such series which shall be deemed to be Outstanding for the purpose of taking such action shall be the amount of Dollars which could be obtained for such principal amount at the Market Exchange Rate on the applicable record date established pursuant to Section 1.4 or, if no such record date shall have been established, on the date that the taking of such action shall be authorized by Act of the Holders of the Securities of all such affected series. For the purposes of this Section, “Market Exchange Rate” shall mean the average daily rate of exchange for the Foreign Currency in Dollars quoted by the Bank of Canada. If such Market Exchange Rate shall not be available for any reason with respect to such Foreign Currency, the Trustees shall use, at the direction of the Issuer and without liability on the part of the Trustees, such quotation by a comparable financial publication in general circulation as of the most recent available date, or quotations or rates of exchange from one or more major banks in Toronto, Canada or in the country of issue of the Foreign Currency in question, or such other quotations or rates of exchange as the Issuer shall direct. The provisions of this paragraph shall also apply in connection with any other action taken by the Holders pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, including without limitation any action under Section 6.2.

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All decisions and determinations of the Trustees regarding the Market Exchange Rate or any alternative determination provided for in the preceding paragraph shall be in its sole discretion and shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive to the extent permitted by law for all purposes and irrevocably binding upon the Issuer, the Company and all Holders.

Article 2
SECURITY FORMS

2.1

Forms Generally.

The Securities of each series shall be in substantially the form established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution or in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in each case with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted by this Indenture, and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or Depositary therefor or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution thereof. If the form of Securities of any series is established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by a director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustees at or prior to the delivery of the Issuer Order contemplated by Section 3.3 for the authentication and delivery of such Securities.

The definitive Securities shall be printed, lithographed or engraved on steel engraved borders or may be produced in any other manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Securities, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

2.2

Form of Trustees’ Certificate of Authentication.

The Trustees’ certificates of authentication shall be authenticated by one or both of the Trustees, acting as Authenticating Agent as appointed in an indenture supplemental hereto (subject to compliance with applicable Trust Indenture Laws), or by any Authenticating Agent appointed pursuant to Section 7.17, and shall be in substantially the following form:

“This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	As [Trustee] [Authenticating Agent]
	By
	Authorized Officer
	Dated:		”

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Article 3
THE SECURITIES

3.1

Amount Unlimited; Issuable in Series.

The aggregate principal amount of Securities which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is unlimited. The Securities may be issued in one or more series. There shall be established in or pursuant to a Board Resolution of the Issuer and consented to in writing by the Company, subject to Section 3.3, set forth or determined in the manner provided in an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer, or established in one or more indentures supplemental hereto, prior to the issuance of Securities of any series:

(a)

the title of the Securities of the series (which shall distinguish the Securities of the series from Securities of any other series);

(b)

any limit upon the aggregate principal amount of the Securities of the series which may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture (except for Securities authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of, other Securities of the series pursuant to Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 10.6 or 12.7 and except for any Securities which, pursuant to Section 3.3, are deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder);

(c)

the Person to whom any interest on a Security of the series shall be payable, if other than the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest;

(d)

the date or dates on which the principal of any Securities of the series is payable;

(e)

the rate or rates at which any Securities of the series shall bear interest, if any, the date or dates from which any such interest shall accrue, the Interest Payment Dates on which any such interest shall be payable and the Regular Record Date for any such interest payable on any Interest Payment Date;

(f)

the place or places where the principal of and any premium and interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable;

(g)

the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at the option of the Issuer and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer to redeem the Securities shall be evidenced;

(h)

the obligation, if any, of the Issuer to redeem or purchase any Securities of the series pursuant to any sinking fund or analogous provisions or at the option of the Holder thereof and the period or periods within which, the price or prices at which and the terms and conditions upon which any Securities of the series shall be redeemed or purchased, in whole or in part, pursuant to such obligation;

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(i)

if other than denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof, the denominations in which any Securities of the series shall be issuable;

(j)

if the amount of principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series may be determined with reference to an index or pursuant to a formula, the manner in which such amounts shall be determined;

(k)

if other than the currency of the United States of America, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series shall be payable and the manner of determining the equivalent thereof in the currency of the United States of America for any purpose, including for purposes of the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.1;

(l)

if the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of the series is to be payable, at the election of the Issuer or the Holder thereof, in one or more currencies or currency units other than that or those in which such Securities are stated to be payable, the currency, currencies or currency units in which the principal of or any premium or interest on such Securities as to which such election is made shall be payable, the periods within which and the terms and conditions upon which such election is to be made and the amount so payable (or the manner in which such amount shall be determined);

(m)

if other than the entire principal amount thereof, the portion of the principal amount of any Securities of the series which shall be payable upon declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2;

(n)

if the principal amount payable at the Stated Maturity of any Securities of the series will not be determinable as of any one or more dates prior to the Stated Maturity, the amount which shall be deemed to be the principal amount of such Securities as of any such date for any purpose thereunder or hereunder, including the principal amount thereof which shall be due and payable upon any Maturity other than the Stated Maturity or which shall be deemed to be Outstanding as of any date prior to the Stated Maturity (or, in any such case, the manner in which such amount deemed to be the principal amount shall be determined);

(o)

if applicable, that the Securities of the series, in whole or any specified part, shall be defeasible pursuant to Section 14.2 or Section 14.3 or both such Sections and, if other than by a Board Resolution, the manner in which any election by the Issuer to defease such Securities shall be evidenced;

(p)

if applicable, that any Securities of the series shall be issuable in whole or in part in the form of one or more Global Securities and, in such case, the respective Depositaries for such Global Securities, the form of any legend or legends which shall be borne by any such Global Securities and any circumstances in addition to or in lieu of those set forth in Section 3.5.2 in which any such Global Securities may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and any transfer of such Global Securities in whole or in part may be registered, in the name or names of Persons other than the Depositary for such Global Securities or a nominee thereof;

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(q)

any addition to or change in the Events of Default which applies to any Securities of the series;

(r)

any addition to or change in the covenants set forth in Article 11 (subject to compliance with Trust Indenture Laws) which applies to Securities of the series;

(s)

whether the Securities of such series are subject to subordination and the terms of such subordination and any related provision;

(t)

if the Securities of the series are to be convertible or exchangeable for any securities of any Person, the terms and conditions upon which such Securities shall be convertible or exchangeable, and any additions or changes, if any, to permit or facilitate such conversion or exchange;

(u)

any applicable terms or conditions related to the addition of any Co-Obligor or additional Guarantor in respect of Securities of the series; and

(v)

any other terms of the series (which terms shall not be inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture).

All Securities of any one series shall be substantially identical except as to denomination and except as may otherwise be provided in or pursuant to the Board Resolution referred to above and (subject to Section 3.3) set forth, or determined in the manner provided, in the Officer’s Certificate referred to above or in any such indenture supplemental hereto. All Securities of any series need not be issued at the same time and may be issued from time to time, consistent with the terms of this Indenture, if so provided by or pursuant to such Board Resolution, Officer’s Certificate or supplemental indenture.

If any of the terms of the series are established by action taken pursuant to a Board Resolution, a copy of an appropriate record of such action shall be certified by a director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer and delivered to the Trustees at or prior to the delivery of the Officer’s Certificate setting forth the terms of the series.

3.2

Denominations.

Unless otherwise provided in accordance with Section 3.1, the Securities of each series shall be issuable only in registered form without coupons and only in such denominations as shall be specified as contemplated by Section 3.1. In the absence of any such specified denomination with respect to the Securities of any series, the Securities of such series shall be issuable in denominations of $1,000 and any integral multiple thereof.

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3.3

Execution, Authentication, Delivery and Dating.

The Securities shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by any director or officer (or equivalent) of the Issuer. The signature of any of these officers on the Securities may be manual or by facsimile, e-mail or other electronic means.

Securities bearing the manual, facsimile or electronic signatures of individuals who were at any time the proper officers of the Issuer shall bind the Issuer, notwithstanding that such individuals or any of them have ceased to hold such offices prior to the authentication and delivery of such Securities or did not hold such offices at the date of such Securities.

At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Issuer may deliver Securities of any series executed by the Issuer to one or both Trustees for authentication, together with an Issuer Order for the authentication and delivery of such Securities, and the Trustees in accordance with the Issuer Order shall authenticate and deliver such Securities. If the form or terms of the Securities of the series have been established by or pursuant to one or more Board Resolutions as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1, in authenticating such Securities, and accepting the additional responsibilities under this Indenture in relation to such Securities, the Trustees shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon (in addition to the compliance certificate(s) and opinion(s) provided for in Section 1.2), an Opinion of Counsel stating:

(a)

if the form of such Securities has been established by or pursuant to a Board Resolution as permitted by Section 2.1, that such form has been established in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture; and

(b)

that such Securities, when authenticated and delivered by the Trustees and issued by the Issuer in the manner and subject to any conditions specified in such Opinion of Counsel, will constitute valid and legally binding obligations of the Issuer enforceable in accordance with their terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws of general applicability relating to or affecting creditors’ rights and to general equity principles.

Such Opinion of Counsel may be combined with any Opinion of Counsel required to be delivered in connection with Section 1.2.

If such form or terms have been so established, the Trustees shall not be required to authenticate such Securities if the issue of such Securities pursuant to this Indenture will affect the Trustees’ own rights, duties or immunities under the Securities and this Indenture or otherwise in a manner which is not reasonably acceptable to the Trustees.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.1 and of the preceding paragraph, if all Securities of a series are not to be originally issued at one time, it shall not be necessary to deliver the Officer’s Certificate otherwise required pursuant to Section 3.1 or the Issuer Order and Opinion of Counsel otherwise required pursuant to such preceding paragraph at or prior to the authentication of each Security of such series if such documents are delivered at or prior to the authentication upon original issuance of the first Security of such series to be issued.

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Each Security shall be dated the date of its authentication or, in the case of the original issuance of the Securities of a series, the date of original issuance of such Securities, as the case may be. If any additional Securities of a series (“Additional Securities”) issued after the date of original issuance of Securities of such series (“Original Securities”) are not fungible with such Original Securities for U.S. federal income tax purposes, then such Additional Securities shall be issued with a separate CUSIP or ISIN number so that they are distinguishable from the Original Securities.

No Security shall be entitled to any benefit under this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there appears on such Security a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein executed by a Trustee or both Trustees by manual signature, and such certificate upon any Security shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that such Security has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Security shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by the Issuer, and the Issuer shall deliver such Security to the Trustees for cancellation as provided in Section 3.9, for all purposes of this Indenture such Security shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall never be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.

3.4

Temporary Securities.

Pending the preparation of definitive Securities of any series, the Issuer may execute, and upon receipt of the Issuer Order the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver, temporary Securities which are printed, lithographed, typewritten, mimeographed or otherwise produced, in any authorized denomination, substantially of the tenor of the definitive Securities in lieu of which they are issued and with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as the officers executing such Securities may determine, as evidenced by their execution of such Securities.

If temporary Securities of any series are issued, the Issuer will cause definitive Securities of that series to be prepared without unreasonable delay. After the preparation of definitive Securities of such series, the temporary Securities of such series shall be exchangeable for definitive Securities of such series upon surrender of the temporary Securities of such series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, without charge to the Holder. Upon surrender for cancellation of any one or more temporary Securities of any series, the Issuer shall execute and the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver in exchange therefor one or more definitive Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount. Until so exchanged, the temporary Securities of any series shall in all respects be entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as definitive Securities of such series and tenor.

3.5

Registration, Registration of Transfer and Exchange.

The Issuer shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office of a Trustee a register, as provided in an indenture supplemental hereto (the register maintained in such office and in any other office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment being herein sometimes collectively referred to as the “Security Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Issuer shall provide for the registration of Securities and of transfers of Securities. The Issuer may appoint one or more “Security Registrars” for the purpose of registering Securities and transfers of Securities as herein provided.

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Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Security of a series at the office or agency of the Issuer in a Place of Payment for that series, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount.

At the option of the Holder, Securities of any series may be exchanged for other Securities of the same series, of any authorized denominations and of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Securities to be exchanged at such office or agency. Whenever any Securities are so surrendered for exchange, the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver, the Securities which the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

All Securities issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities shall be the valid obligations of the Issuer, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture, as the Securities surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

Every Security presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Trustees) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Security Registrar duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing.

No service charge shall be made for any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, but the Issuer may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange of Securities, other than exchanges pursuant to Section 3.4, 10.6 or 12.7 not involving any transfer.

If the Securities of any series (or of any series and specified tenor) are to be redeemed in part, the Issuer shall not be required (A) to issue, register the transfer of or exchange any Securities of that series (or of that series and specified tenor, as the case may be) during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of the mailing of a notice of redemption of any such Securities selected for redemption under Section 12.3 and ending at the close of business on the day of such mailing, or (B) to register the transfer of or exchange any Security so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Security being redeemed in part.

The provisions of Sections 3.5.1, 3.5.2, 3.5.3 and 3.5.4 below shall apply only to Global Securities:

3.5.1            Each Global Security authenticated under this Indenture shall be registered in the name of the Depositary designated for such Global Security or a nominee thereof and delivered to such Depositary or a nominee thereof or custodian therefor, and each such Global Security shall constitute a single Security for all purposes of this Indenture.

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3.5.2            Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, no Global Security may be exchanged in whole or in part for Securities registered, and no transfer of a Global Security in whole or in part may be registered, in the name of any Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof unless (A) such Depositary (i) has notified the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to continue as Depositary for such 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 Global Security, (C) the Issuer determines, in its sole discretion, that the Securities of such series shall no longer be represented by such Global Security and executes and delivers to the Trustees an Issuer Order that such 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 by Section 3.1.

3.5.3            Subject to Section 3.5.2 above, any exchange of a Global Security for other Securities may be made in whole or in part, and all Securities issued in exchange for a Global Security or any portion thereof shall be registered in such names as the Depositary for such Global Security shall direct.

3.5.4            Every Security authenticated and delivered upon registration of transfer of, or in exchange for or in lieu of, a Global Security or any portion thereof, whether pursuant to this Section, Section 3.4, 3.6, 10.6 or 12.7 or otherwise, shall be authenticated and delivered in the form of, and shall be, a Global Security, unless such Security is registered in the name of a Person other than the Depositary for such Global Security or a nominee thereof.

3.6

Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Securities.

If any Security issued and certified hereunder becomes mutilated or is lost, destroyed or stolen, the Issuer, in its discretion, may issue, and thereupon the Trustees shall certify and deliver, a replacement Security of like date and tenor as the one mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen in exchange for and in place of and upon cancellation of such mutilated Security or in lieu of and in substitution for such lost, destroyed or stolen Security. The substituted Security shall be substantially in a form reasonably approved by the Issuer and the Trustees and shall be entitled to the benefit hereof and rank equally in accordance with its terms with all other Securities. The applicant for a replacement Security shall bear the cost of the issue thereof and in case of loss, destruction or theft shall, as a condition precedent to the issue thereof, furnish to the Issuer and the Trustees such evidence of ownership and of the loss, destruction or theft of the Security so lost, destroyed or stolen as shall be satisfactory to each of the Issuer and the Trustees in their discretion, and such applicant shall also furnish an indemnity and surety bond, in amount and form satisfactory to each of the Issuer and the Trustees in their discretion, and shall pay the reasonable charges and expenses of the Issuer and the Trustees in connection therewith. Any instructions by the Issuer to the Trustees under this section shall include such indemnity for the protection of the Trustees as the Trustees may reasonably require.

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Upon the issuance of any new Security under this Section, the Issuer may require the payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustees) in connection therewith.

The provisions of this Section are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities.

3.7

Payment of Interest; Interest Rights Preserved.

Unless otherwise provided in accordance with Section 3.1 for the Securities of any series, payments of principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on any Security will be made at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustees and the office or agency of the Issuer maintained for that purpose in New York, New York or Toronto, Ontario, except that at the option of the Issuer payment of interest may be made by (a) check mailed to the address of the Person entitled thereto as such address shall appear on the Security Register or (b) wire transfer to an account maintained by the Person entitled thereto as specified in the Security Register.

Except as otherwise provided as contemplated by Section 3.1 with respect to any series of Securities, interest on any Security which is payable, and is punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date shall be paid to the Person in whose name that Security (or one or more Predecessor Securities) is registered at the close of business on the Regular Record Date for such interest.

Any interest on any Security of any series which is payable, but is not punctually paid or duly provided for, on any Interest Payment Date (herein called “Defaulted Interest”) shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant Regular Record Date by virtue of having been such Holder, and such Defaulted Interest may be paid by the Issuer, at its election in each case, as provided in Section 3.7.1 or 3.7.2 below:

3.7.1            The Issuer may elect to make payment of any Defaulted Interest to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Issuer shall notify the Trustees in writing of the amount of Defaulted Interest proposed to be paid on each Security of such series and the date of the proposed payment, and at the same time the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustees an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount proposed to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Interest or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustees for such deposit prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Interest as is provided for in this clause. Thereupon the Trustees shall fix a Special Record Date for the payment of such Defaulted Interest which shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustees of the notice of the proposed payment. The Trustees shall promptly notify the Issuer of such Special Record Date and, in the name and at the expense of the Issuer, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor to be given to each Holder of Securities of such series in the manner set forth in Section 1.6, not less than 10 days prior to such Special Record Date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Interest and the Special Record Date therefor having been so mailed, such Defaulted Interest shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Securities of such series (or their respective Predecessor Securities) are registered at the close of business on such Special Record Date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following Section 3.7.2.

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3.7.2       The Issuer may make payment of any Defaulted Interest on the Securities of any series in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange on which such Securities may be listed, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange, if, after notice given by the Issuer to the Trustees of the proposed payment pursuant to this Section, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustees.

Subject to the foregoing provisions of this Section, each Security delivered under this Indenture upon registration of transfer of or in exchange for or in lieu of any other Security shall carry the rights to interest accrued and unpaid, and to accrue, which were carried by such other Security.

3.8

Persons Deemed Owners.

Prior to due presentment of a Security for registration of transfer, the Issuer, the Trustees and any agent of the Issuer or the Trustees may treat the Person in whose name such Security is registered as the owner of such Security for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) any interest on such Security and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Security be overdue, and neither the Issuer, the Trustees nor any agent of the Issuer or the Trustees shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

3.9

Cancellation.

All Securities surrendered for payment, redemption, registration of transfer or exchange or for credit against any sinking fund payment shall, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustees, be delivered to the Trustees and shall be promptly cancelled by them. The Issuer may at any time deliver to the Trustees for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which the Issuer may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and may deliver to the Trustees (or to any other Person for delivery to the Trustees) for cancellation any Securities previously authenticated hereunder which the Issuer has not issued and sold, and all Securities so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustees. No Securities shall be authenticated in lieu of or in exchange for any Securities cancelled as provided in this Section, except as expressly permitted by this Indenture. All cancelled Securities held by the Trustees shall be disposed of as directed by an Issuer Order.

3.10

Computation of Interest.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of any series, interest on the Securities of each series shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year of twelve 30-day months. The yearly rate of interest for any period of less than one year to which interest at a stated rate computed on the basis of a year of 360 days consisting of twelve 30-day months is equivalent is the stated rate multiplied by a fraction of which (a) the numerator is the product of (i) the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the first day of the relevant period falls and (ii) the sum of (A) the product of (x) 30 and (y) the number of complete months elapsed in the relevant period and (B) the actual number of days elapsed in any incomplete month in the relevant period, and (b) the denominator is the product of (i) 360 and (ii) the actual number of days in the relevant period.

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3.11

Affiliate Purchase on Maturity.

Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Indenture, the Issuer may, by providing notice to the Trustees at least two Business Days prior to the Maturity of any Securities, elect to have one or more Affiliates of the Issuer or the Company purchase all, but not less than all, of the Securities so to be redeemed or repaid at a price equal to the Redemption Price (excluding accrued and unpaid interest), in the case of Securities called for redemption, or at a price equal to the principal amount, in the case of Securities coming due at the Stated Maturity (in each case, the “Repayment Price”); provided that any accrued and unpaid interest thereon will be paid by the Issuer. Upon payment therefor of an amount equal to the Repayment Price, and payment by the Issuer of accrued interest and premium, if any, such Securities shall be cancelled by the Trustees and a new certificate in the name of such Affiliate will be issued by the Trustees upon receipt by the Trustees of an Issuer Order, provided however, that such cancellation and reissuance of certificates shall be deemed not to represent a novation of the debt represented by such Securities, but rather such Securities shall be deemed transferred to such Affiliate and such debt shall continue to remain outstanding on the same terms subject to such modifications, if any, as may be agreed by the Issuer and such Affiliate in writing. Such Affiliate shall not be permitted to vote such Securities in connection with any matter put before Holders for approval, unless 100% of the Securities of each series entitled to be voted in respect of such matter are held by the Issuer, the Company or their respective Affiliates. Should such Affiliate and the Issuer, if applicable, fail to make full payment of the Repayment Price and accrued interest and premium, if any, on Maturity, then such Securities shall become due and payable as otherwise provided for but for this Section 3.11. The Trustees may request, and the Issuer and its counsel shall provide upon such request, any additional supporting documentation in connection with this Section 3.11, including but not limited to an Opinion of Counsel addressed to the Trustees in support of the Affiliate purchase herein described.

Article 4
SATISFACTION AND DISCHARGE

4.1

Satisfaction and Discharge of Indenture.

This Indenture (including the Issuer and the Company’s obligations hereunder) shall upon Issuer Request cease to be of further effect, and the Trustees, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, when:

(a)

either

(i)

all Securities theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than (i) Securities which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced or paid as provided in Section 3.6 and (ii) Securities for whose payment money has theretofore been deposited in trust or segregated and held in trust by the Issuer and thereafter repaid to the Issuer or discharged from such trust, as provided in Section 11.3) have been delivered to the Trustees for cancellation; or

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(ii)

all such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustees for cancellation

(A)

have become due and payable, or

(B)

will become due and payable at their Stated Maturity within one year, or

(C)

are to be called for redemption within one year under arrangements satisfactory to the Trustees for the giving of notice of redemption by the Trustees in the name, and at the expense, of the Issuer,

and the Issuer, in the case of (A), (B) or (C) above, has deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustees as trust funds in trust for the purpose money in an amount sufficient to pay and discharge the entire indebtedness on such Securities not theretofore delivered to the Trustees for cancellation, for principal and any premium and interest to the date of such deposit (in the case of Securities which have become due and payable) or to the Stated Maturity or Redemption Date, as the case may be;

(b)

the Issuer has paid or caused to be paid all other sums payable hereunder by the Issuer; and

(c)

the Issuer has delivered to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with.

Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the issuance of temporary Securities provided for in Section 3.4, the rights of registration of transfer or exchange of Securities provided for in Section 3.5, the provisions of Section 3.6, the indemnity provided in the last paragraph of Section 7.5, the obligations of the Issuer to the Trustees under Section 7.10, the obligations of the Trustees to any Authenticating Agent under Section 7.17 and, if money shall have been deposited with the Trustees pursuant to subclause (ii) of section (a) above, the obligations of the Trustees under Section 4.2 and the last paragraph of Section 11.3 shall survive.

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4.2

Application of Trust Money.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.3, all money deposited with the Trustees pursuant to Section 4.1 shall be held in trust and applied by it, in accordance with the provisions of the Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustees may determine, to the Persons entitled thereto, of the principal and any premium and interest for whose payment such money has been deposited with the Trustees.

Article 5
guarantee of the company

5.1

Guarantee.

The Company hereby fully and unconditionally guarantees in favor of the Holders of a series of Securities the due and prompt payment of all Obligations related to such Securities when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, according to the terms of such Securities and this Indenture. In case of the failure of the Issuer (which, for all purposes of this Article 5, shall include any Co-Obligor) punctually to pay any such Obligation when due, the Company hereby agrees to cause any such payment to be made promptly when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the Stated Maturity, by declaration of acceleration, call for redemption or otherwise, and as if such payment were made by the Issuer. The Company agrees that its obligations hereunder shall be as if it were principal debtor and not merely as surety, and shall be absolute and unconditional, irrespective of, and shall be unaffected by, any invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability of any Security of any series or this Indenture, or any waiver, modification or indulgence granted to the Issuer with respect thereto by the Holder of any Security of any series or the Trustees, or any other reason set out in Section 5.4, or otherwise any other circumstance which may otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor (except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, which for the avoidance of doubt, is limited to the payment in full of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of a series or pursuant to Article 14). The Company’s guarantee shall be a continuing guarantee of the payment of all such Obligations and shall apply to and secure any ultimate balance thereof due or remaining unpaid. This guarantee herein shall not be considered as wholly or partially satisfied by the intermediate payment or satisfaction at any time of all or any part of such Obligations.

5.2

Demand.

The Company shall, on demand by the Trustees, forthwith pay to the Trustees all Obligations related to such Securities for which such demand was made. The Trustees shall not be bound to make any demand on or to seek or exhaust its recourse against the Issuer or any other Person before being entitled to demand payment from the Company with respect to such Obligations and enforce its rights under this Indenture against the Company. The Company hereby renounces all benefits of discussion and division and waives diligence, presentment, filing of claims with a court in the event of merger or bankruptcy of the Issuer, any right to require a proceeding first against the Issuer, protest or notice with respect to any Security or the indebtedness evidenced thereby or with respect to any sinking fund payment required pursuant to the terms of a Security issued under this Indenture and all demands whatsoever, and covenants that its guarantee will not be discharged with respect to any Security except by payment in full of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on such Security or pursuant to Article 14. This guarantee constitutes a guarantee of payment and not of collection.

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5.3

Trustee Statement.

The statement in writing of the Trustees as to the amount payable by the Company with respect to the Securities of any series shall be binding upon the Company, conclusive against it in the absence of manifest error.

5.4

Liability of Company Absolute.

The liability of the Company hereunder in respect of any Obligations shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be discharged, diminished or in any way affected by:

(a)

any sale, transfer or assignment by any Holder of any Securities or any right, title, benefit or interest of a Holder therein or thereto;

(b)

any amalgamation, merger, consolidation or reorganization of the Issuer, the Company or the Trustees, or any continuation of the Issuer, the Company or the Trustees from the statute under which it now or hereafter exists to another statute, whether under the laws of the same jurisdiction or another jurisdiction;

(c)

any change in the name, business, objects, capital structure, ownership, constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of any of the Issuer, the Company or Trustees, including without limitation any transaction (whether by way of transfer, sale or otherwise) whereby all or any part of the undertaking, property and assets of the Issuer, the Company or Trustees becomes the property of any other Person;

(d)

any Proceedings of or affecting the Issuer, the Company, the Trustees or any other Person, and any court order made or action taken by any of the Issuer, the Company, the Trustees or any other Person under or in connection with any Proceeding, whether or not the Proceeding, order or action results in any of the matters described in Section 5.5 occurring with or without the consent of the Trustees;

(e)

any partial payment by the Issuer, or any release or waiver, by operation of law or otherwise, of the performance or observance by the Issuer of any express or implied agreement, covenant, term or condition relating to any Securities to be performed or observed by the Issuer;

(f)

the extension of time for the payment by the Issuer of all or any portion of the Obligations or the extension of time for the performance of any other obligation under, arising out of, or in connection with any Securities or this Indenture;

(g)

any failure, omission, delay or lack of diligence on the part of the Trustees or any Holder to enforce, assert or exercise any right, privilege, power or remedy conferred on such Person by this Indenture or pursuant to the terms of any Securities, or any action on the part of the Issuer granting indulgence or extension of any kind;

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(h)

any defense, counterclaim or right of set-off available to the Issuer; and

(i)

any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute in whole or in part a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company, the Issuer or any other Person in respect of the Obligations or the liability of the Company in respect of any series of Securities (except as expressly set forth in this Indenture, which for the avoidance of doubt, is limited to the payment in full of the principal of (and premium, if any) and interest on the Securities of a series or pursuant to Article 14).

5.5

Dealings by Trustees.

The Trustees may from time to time in their absolute discretion, and shall when directed by the requisite number or percentage of Holders, in each case in accordance with and subject to the limitations set out in this Indenture, without discharging, diminishing or in any way affecting the liability of the Company hereunder:

(a)

enforce or take action under or abstain from enforcing or taking action under this Indenture or any other agreement;

(b)

renew all or any part of any Obligations or grant extensions of time or any other indulgences to the Issuer or to any other guarantor or other Person liable directly or as surety for all or any part of any Obligations;

(c)

accept or make any compromises or arrangements with or release, discharge or otherwise deal with or abstain from dealing with the Issuer or any other guarantor or other Person liable directly or as surety for all or any part of any Obligations;

(d)

apply all money at any time received from the Issuer in respect of the Obligations upon such part of the Obligations as the Trustees may see fit or change any such application in whole or in part from time to time as they may see fit;

(e)

in whole or in part prove or abstain from proving a claim in any Proceedings of or affecting the Issuer or any other Person; and

(f)

agree with the Issuer, any other guarantor or any other Person to do anything described in Sections 5.5(a) to 5.5(e),

whether or not any of the matters described above occur alone or in connection with one or more other such matters.

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Article 6
remedies

6.1

Events of Default.

“Event of Default”, wherever used herein with respect to Securities of any series, means any one of the following events (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body) unless otherwise provided with respect to a series of Securities pursuant to Section 3.1:

(a)

default in the payment of any interest (including any Additional Amounts) upon any Security of that series when it becomes due and payable, and continuance of such default for a period of 30 days; or

(b)

default in the payment of the principal (including any Additional Amounts) of or any premium on any Security of that series when due; or

(c)

default in the deposit of any sinking fund payment, when and as due by the terms of a Security of that series; or

(d)

default in the performance, or breach, of any covenant or warranty of the Issuer or the Company in this Indenture (other than a covenant or warranty a default in whose performance or whose breach is elsewhere in this Section specifically dealt with or which has expressly been included in this Indenture solely for the benefit of a series of Securities other than that series), and continuance of such default or breach for a period of 60 days after there has been given, by registered or certified mail, to the Issuer and the Company by the Trustees or to the Issuer, the Company and the Trustees by the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series a written notice specifying such default or breach and requiring it to be remedied and stating that such notice is a “Notice of Default” hereunder; or

(e)

the Company’s guarantee of the due payment of all Obligations related to that series of Securities shall, for any reason, cease to be, or the Company shall assert in writing to the Trustees or the Holders that such guarantee is not, in full force and effect and enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms; or

(f)

the entry by a court having jurisdiction in the premises of (A) a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. Federal or State, Canadian federal or provincial, or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or (B) a decree or order adjudging the Issuer or the Company a bankrupt or insolvent, or approving as properly filed a petition seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Issuer or the Company under any applicable U.S. Federal or State, Canadian federal or provincial, or other applicable law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the Company or of any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the Company, and the continuance of any such decree or order for relief or any such other decree or order unstayed and in effect for a period of 60 consecutive days; or

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(g)

the commencement by the Issuer or the Company of a voluntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. Federal or State, or Canadian federal or provincial, or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or of any other case or proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent, or the consent by the Issuer or the Company to the entry of a decree or order for relief in respect of the Issuer or the Company in an involuntary case or proceeding under any applicable U.S. Federal or State, Canadian federal or provincial, or other applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar law or to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency case or proceeding against the Issuer or the Company, or the filing by the Issuer or the Company of a petition or answer or consent seeking reorganization or relief under any applicable U.S. Federal or State, Canadian federal or provincial, or other applicable law, or the consent by the Issuer or the Company to the filing of such petition or to the appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator or similar official of the Issuer or the Company or of any substantial part of the property of the Issuer or the Company, or the making by the Issuer or the Company of an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission by the Issuer or the Company in writing of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or the taking of corporate action by the Issuer or the Company in furtherance of any such action; or

(h)

any other Event of Default provided with respect to Securities of that series.

6.2

Acceleration of Maturity; Rescission and Annulment.

If an Event of Default (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(f) or 6.1(g)) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs and is continuing (and only in such circumstance), then in every such case the Trustees or the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series may declare the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) to be due and payable immediately, by a notice in writing to the Issuer and the Company (and to a Responsible Officer of each Trustee if given by Holders), and upon any such declaration such principal amount (or specified amount) shall become immediately due and payable. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.1(f) or 6.1(g) with respect to Securities of any series at the time Outstanding occurs, the principal amount of all the Securities of that series (or, if any Securities of that series are Original Issue Discount Securities, such portion of the principal amount of such Securities as may be specified by the terms thereof) shall automatically, and without any declaration or other action on the part of the Trustees or any Holder, become immediately due and payable.

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At any time after such a declaration of acceleration with respect to Securities of any series has been made and before a judgment or decree for payment of the money due has been obtained by the Trustees as hereinafter in this Article provided, the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series, by written notice to the Issuer or the Company and the Trustees, may rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences if:

(a)

the Issuer or the Company has paid or deposited with the Trustees a sum sufficient to pay:

(i)

all overdue interest on all Securities of that series;

(ii)

the principal of (and premium, if any, on) any Securities of that series which have become due otherwise than by such declaration of acceleration and any interest thereon at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities;

(iii)

to the extent that payment of such interest is lawful, interest upon overdue interest at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities; and

(iv)

all sums paid or advanced by the Trustees hereunder and the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel;

and

(b)

all Events of Default with respect to Securities of that series, other than the non-payment of the principal of Securities of that series which have become due solely by such declaration of acceleration, have been cured or waived as provided in Section 6.13.

No such rescission shall affect any subsequent default or impair any right consequent thereon.

6.3

Collection of Indebtedness and Suits for Enforcement by Trustees.

The Issuer and the Company covenant that if:

(a)

default is made in the payment of any interest on any Security when such interest becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of 30 days; or

(b)

default is made in the payment of the principal of (or premium, if any, on) any Security at the Maturity thereof,

they will, upon demand of the Trustees, pay to the Trustees, for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, the whole amount then due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest and, to the extent that payment of such interest shall be legally enforceable, interest on any overdue principal and premium and on any overdue interest, at the rate or rates prescribed therefor in such Securities, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel.

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If an Event of Default with respect to Securities of any series occurs and is continuing, the Trustees may in their discretion proceed to protect and enforce their rights and the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series by such appropriate judicial proceedings as the Trustees shall deem most effectual to protect and enforce any such rights, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted herein, or to enforce any other proper remedy.

6.4

Trustees May File Proofs of Claim.

In the case of a default under Section 6.1(a) or 6.1(b), the Trustees may recover judgment in their own names and as trustees of an express trust against the Issuer and/or the Company for the whole amount then due and payable. In case of any judicial proceeding relative to the Issuer or the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities), its property or its creditors, the Trustees shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise, to take any and all actions authorized under the Trust Indenture Laws in order to have claims of the Holders and the Trustees allowed in any such proceeding. In particular, the Trustees shall be authorized to collect and receive any moneys or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same; and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Holder to make such payments to the Trustees and, in the event that the Trustees shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustees any amount due it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Trustees under Section 7.10.

No provision of this Indenture shall be deemed to authorize the Trustees to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization. arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Securities or the rights of any Holder thereof or to authorize the Trustees to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding; provided, however, that the Trustees may, on behalf of the Holders, vote for the election of a trustee in bankruptcy or similar official and be a member of a creditors’ or other similar committee.

6.5

Trustees May Enforce Claims Without Possession of Securities.

All rights of action and claims under this Indenture or the Securities may be prosecuted and enforced by the Trustees without the possession of any of the Securities or the production thereof in any proceeding relating thereto, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustees shall be brought in their own names as trustees of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustees, their agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Securities in respect of which such judgment has been recovered.

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6.6

Application of Money Collected.

Any money collected by the Trustees pursuant to this Article shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustees and, in case of the distribution of such money on account of principal or any premium or interest, upon presentation of the Securities and the notation thereon of the payment if only partially paid and upon surrender thereof if fully paid:

FIRST: To the payment of all amounts due the Trustees under Section 7.10; and

SECOND: To the payment of the amounts then due and unpaid for principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities in respect of which or for the benefit of which such money has been collected, ratably, without preference or priority of any kind, according to the amounts due and payable on such Securities for principal and any premium and interest, respectively.

6.7

Limitation on Suits.

No Holder of any Security of any series shall have any right to institute any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver or trustee, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:

(a)

such Holder has previously given written notice to the Trustees of a continuing Event of Default with respect to the Securities of that series;

(b)

the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series shall have made written request to the Trustees to institute proceedings in respect of such Event of Default in its own name as Trustees hereunder;

(c)

such Holder or Holders have offered to the Trustees indemnity reasonably satisfactory to each Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities to be incurred in compliance with such request;

(d)

the Trustees for 60 days after their receipt of such notice, request and offer of indemnity have failed to institute any such proceeding; and

(e)

no direction inconsistent with such written request has been given to the Trustees during such 60-day period by the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of that series;

it being understood and intended that no one or more of such Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of, or by availing of, any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other of such Holders, or to obtain or to seek to obtain priority or preference over any other of such Holders or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal and ratable benefit of all of such Holders.

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6.8

Unconditional Right of Holders to Receive Principal, Premium and Interest.

Notwithstanding any other provision in this Indenture, the Holder of any Security shall have the right, which is absolute and unconditional, to receive payment of the principal of and any premium and (subject to Section 3.7) interest on such Security on the respective Stated Maturities expressed in such Security (or, in the case of redemption, on the Redemption Date) and to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment, and such rights shall not be impaired without the consent of such Holder.

6.9

Restoration of Rights and Remedies.

If either Trustee or any Holder has instituted any proceeding to enforce any right or remedy under this Indenture and such proceeding has been discontinued or abandoned for any reason, or has been determined adversely to such Trustee or to such Holder, then and in every such case, subject to any determination in such proceeding, the Issuer, the Company, the Trustees and the Holders shall be restored severally and respectively to their former positions hereunder and thereafter all rights and remedies of the Trustees and the Holders shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.

6.10

Rights and Remedies Cumulative.

Except as otherwise provided with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Securities in the last paragraph of Section 3.6, no right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustees or to the Holders is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right and remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. The assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

6.11

Delay or Omission Not Waiver.

No delay or omission of the Trustees or of any Holder of any Securities to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Event of Default shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Event of Default or an acquiescence therein. Every right and remedy given by this Article or by law to the Trustees or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustees or by the Holders, as the case may be.

6.12

Control by Holders.

The Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustees, or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustees, with respect to the Securities of such series, provided that:

(a)

such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and

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(b)

the Trustees may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustees which is not inconsistent with such direction.

6.13

Waiver of Past Defaults.

The Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series may by Act on behalf of the Holders of all the Securities of such series waive any past default hereunder with respect to such series and its consequences, except a default:

(a)

in the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of such series, or

(b)

in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security of such series affected.

Upon any such waiver, such default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured, for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other default or impair any right consequent thereon.

6.14

Undertaking for Costs.

In any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustees for any action taken, suffered or omitted by them as Trustees, a court may require any party litigant in such suit to file an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit, and may assess costs against any such party litigant, in the manner and to the extent provided in the Trust Indenture Laws; provided that neither this Section nor the Trust Indenture Laws shall be deemed to authorize any court to require such an undertaking or to make such an assessment in any suit instituted by the Issuer or the Company, and provided further that this Section does not apply to a suit instituted by the Trustees, a suit instituted by a Holder pursuant to Section 6.8 or a suit by instituted Holders of more than 10% in aggregate principal amount of the Securities of a series on or after the Stated Maturity for such Securities.

6.15

Waiver of Usury, Stay or Extension Laws.

Each of the Issuer and the Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any usury, stay or extension law wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, which may affect its covenants or the performance of its obligations under this Indenture; and each of the Issuer and the Company (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law and covenants that it will not hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustees pursuant to this Indenture, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.

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Article 7
THE TRUSTEES

7.1

Certain Duties and Responsibilities.

(a)            Each Trustee hereby accepts the duties and obligations imposed upon it by this Indenture and covenants and agrees to perform the same as herein expressed. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Indenture shall require the Trustees to expend or risk their own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of their duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of their rights or powers. Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustees shall be subject to the provisions of this Section.

(b)            With respect to the Canadian Trustee, in the exercise of powers and discharge of the duties prescribed or conferred by the terms of this Indenture, the Canadian Trustee shall exercise the care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent person, and shall act honestly and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner and with a view to and in the best interests of the Holders of the Securities. No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Canadian Trustee from its duties, except, that to the extent permitted by Trust Indenture Legislation.

(c)            With respect to the U.S. Trustee, if the U.S. Trustee has knowledge or notice of an Event of Default (subject to clause (d) of this Section 7.1), the U.S. Trustee shall exercise the care, diligence and skill of a reasonably prudent person, and shall act honestly and in good faith and in a commercially reasonable manner and with a view to and in the best interests of the Holders of the Securities. Except during the continuance of an Event of Default:

(i)            the U.S. Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the U.S. Trustee;

(ii)            in the absence of negligence or willful misconduct on its part, the U.S. Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the U.S. Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but in the case of any such certificates or opinions specifically required by any provision hereof to be provided to it, the U.S. Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture, but not to verify the contents thereof or any conclusions therein; and

(iii)            no provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the U.S. Trustee from their duties, except to the extent permitted by the Trust Indenture Act.

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(d)            Except in the case of an Event of Default under Section 6.1(f) or 6.1(g) hereof of which a Responsible Officer of the U.S. Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustees shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of an Event of Default in respect of a series of Securities unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustees shall have received written notice from the Issuer, any other obligor of the Securities of such series or any Holder in respect of such series, which written notice shall describe such Event of Default and state that the notice is a notice of an Event of Default.

7.2

Compliance With Anti-Money Laundering and Suppression of Terrorism Legislation.

The Issuer represents to the Trustees that it is entering into this Indenture on its own behalf and not as agent for any third party.

Each of the Trustees shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, such Trustee, in its sole judgment, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should either Trustee, in its sole judgment, determine at any time that its acting under this Indenture has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then such Trustee shall have the right to resign on 10 days’ written notice to all parties provided (i) that such Trustee’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to such Trustee’s satisfaction within such 10 day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

7.3

Compliance with Privacy Laws.

The parties and the Holders acknowledge that U.S. and Canadian federal and/or state or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”) applies to certain obligations and activities under this Indenture. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture, no party shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the other to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The parties shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Trustees, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. The Trustees shall use commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that their services hereunder comply with Privacy Laws. Specifically, each of the Trustees agrees: (a) to have a designated chief privacy officer; (b) to maintain policies and procedures to protect personal information and to receive and respond to any privacy complaint or inquiry; (c) to use personal information solely for the purposes of providing its services under or ancillary to the Indenture and to comply with applicable laws and not to use it for any other purpose except with the consent of or direction from the Issuer and the Company or the individual involved or as permitted by Privacy Laws; (d) not to sell or otherwise improperly disclose personal information to any third party; and (e) to employ administrative, physical and technological safeguards to reasonably secure and protect personal information against loss, theft, or unauthorized access, use or modification.

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7.4

Notice of Defaults.

If a default occurs hereunder with respect to Securities of any series, the Trustees shall give the Holders of Securities of such series notice of such default, within 90 days of the occurrence thereof in the manner and to the extent provided in TIA § 313(c). Except in the case of a default in the payment of principal of or interest on any Securities, the Trustees may withhold the notice if and so long as a Responsible Officer of each Trustee in good faith determine that withholding the notice is not opposed to the interests of Holders. For the purpose of this Section, the term “default” means any event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to Securities of such series.

7.5

Certain Rights of Trustees.

Subject to the provisions of Sections 7.1 and 7.4:

(a)

the Trustees may rely and shall be protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document believed by them to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties;

(b)

any request or direction of the Issuer mentioned herein shall be sufficiently evidenced by an Issuer Request or Issuer Order, and any resolution of the Board of Directors shall be sufficiently evidenced by a Board Resolution;

(c)

whenever in the administration of this Indenture the Trustees shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustees may, in the absence of bad faith on their part, rely upon an Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel delivered pursuant to Section 1.2;

(d)

the Trustees may employ such agents, counsel, accountants, appraisers or other advisors as they may reasonably require for the proper discharge and determination of their rights and duties hereunder, and may pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for them in the discharge of the trusts hereof and thereof (including the reasonable disbursements and expenses of any such agents, counsel, accountants, appraisers or other advisors), and the Trustees may act and shall be protected in acting in good faith on the opinion or advice or on information obtained from any such parties and shall not be responsible for any willful misconduct or negligence on the part of any of them. The reasonable costs of such services shall be added to and be part of the Trustees’ fee hereunder;

(e)

the Trustees may act on the opinion or advice of or on information obtained from any notary, valuer, surveyor, engineer, broker, auctioneer, accountant or other expert, whether obtained by the Trustees or by the Issuer or the Company or otherwise;

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(f)

the Trustees shall not be liable for any action taken, suffered or omitted by either of them in good faith in accordance with the direction of the required number of Holders relating to the exercise by the Trustees of the rights or powers conferred upon them by this Indenture; provided, however, that the conduct of the Trustees does not constitute willful misconduct or negligence;

(g)

the Trustees shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in them by this Indenture or to commence or continue any act, action or proceeding for the purpose of enforcing any rights of the Trustees or the Holders hereunder unless such Holders shall have furnished, when required by notice in writing by the Trustees, sufficient funds to commence or continue such exercise, act, action or proceeding and an indemnity satisfactory to the Trustees to protect and hold harmless the Trustees against the costs, expenses, liabilities, losses and damages which might be incurred or suffered by the Trustees in compliance with such request or direction;

(h)

the Trustees shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, note, other evidence of indebtedness or other paper or document, but the Trustees, in their discretion, may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as they may see fit and, if the Trustees shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, they shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Issuer and the Company, personally or by agent or attorney;

(i)

anything in this Indenture or any document related hereto to the contrary notwithstanding, in no event shall the Trustees be liable for special, indirect, punitive, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if such Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action; and

(j)

the rights, protections, immunities and indemnities afforded to the Trustees under this Indenture shall also be afforded to the Trustees in any other capacity hereunder, including, without limitation, as an Agent; provided that in and during an Event of Default, only the Trustees, and not any Agent, shall be subject to the prudent person standard.

7.6

Indemnification of the Trustees.

The Issuer and the Company jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustees, their directors, officers, agents, representatives, attorneys, and employees (each, an “Indemnitee”) from and against any and all losses, liability, damage, claim (whether asserted by the Company, the Issuer, a Holder or any other person) or expense (including reasonable compensation and expenses and disbursements of each of the Trustees’ counsel), including any such amounts incurred in connection with enforcing the Issuer’s obligations, including its obligation to indemnify the Trustees hereunder (collectively, “Losses”) in connection with or arising out of the administration of this Indenture by the Trustees or the exercise or performance of the Trustees’ rights, duties or powers hereunder, or in connection with the enforcement of any rights of Holders hereunder, in each case, done or made in good faith by the Trustees and in accordance with the standards applicable to the Trustees under this Article 7, and except to the extent such Losses were incurred due to the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnitee. This provision shall survive the resignation or removal of either or both of the Trustees and the termination or discharge of this Indenture.

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7.7

Not Responsible for Recitals or Issuance of Securities.

The recitals contained herein and in the Securities, except the Trustees’ certificates of authentication, shall be taken as the statements of the Issuer and the Company, and neither the Trustees nor any Authenticating Agent assumes any responsibility for their correctness. The Trustees make no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Securities. Neither the Trustees nor any Authenticating Agent shall be accountable for the use or application by the Issuer of Securities or the proceeds thereof. The Trustees shall not be bound to give any notice of the execution hereof.

7.8

May Hold Securities.

Subject to Sections 7.11 and 7.16, either Trustee, any Authenticating Agent, any Paying Agent, any Security Registrar or any other agent of the Issuer, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Securities and may otherwise deal with the Issuer with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee, Authenticating Agent, Paying Agent, Security Registrar or such other agent.

7.9

Money Held in Trust.

Money held by a Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. Such Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money received by it hereunder except as otherwise agreed with the Issuer.

7.10

Compensation and Reimbursement.

The Issuer agrees:

(a)

to pay to the Trustees from time to time reasonable compensation for all services rendered by them hereunder (including in their capacity as Security Registrar, Authenticating Agent and/or Paying Agent, as applicable), as agreed upon with the Company and the Issuer (which compensation shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust); and

(b)

except as otherwise expressly provided herein, to reimburse the Trustees upon their request for all reasonable expenses, disbursements and advances incurred or made by the Trustees in accordance with any provision of this Indenture (including the reasonable compensation and the expenses and disbursements of their agents and counsel, and including any costs of collection), except any such expense, disbursement or advance as may be attributable to its negligence or willful misconduct.

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Any amount due under this Section that remains unpaid for thirty days after request for such payment is made shall bear interest from the expiration of such thirty days at a rate per annum equal to the then current rate charged by the Trustees from time to time, payable on demand. After default, all amounts so payable and the interest thereon shall be payable out of any funds coming into the possession of the Trustees or its successors in the trusts hereunder in priority to any payment of the principal of or interest or premium on the Securities.

7.11

Conflicting Interests.

7.11.1      Each Trustee represents to the Issuer that, to the best of its knowledge and belief, at the date of execution and delivery by it of this Indenture, there exists no material conflict of interest between its role as Trustee hereunder and its role in any other capacity. Each Trustee shall, within 90 days after ascertaining that a material conflict of interest (including, solely with respect to the U.S. Trustee, any “conflicting interest” within the meaning of TIA § 310(b)) exists, either eliminate such conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.13.

7.11.2      If, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7.11.1, a Trustee has such a material conflict of interest, the validity and enforceability of this Indenture and of the Securities issued hereunder shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of such material conflict of interest.

7.11.3      If at any time either Trustee fails to comply with the provisions of Section 7.11.1, such Trustee shall within 10 days after the expiration of the 90-day period referred to therein, transmit notice of such failure to the Holders of Securities as required by TIA § 313(c).

7.12

Required Trustee Eligibility.

7.12.1      There shall at all times be a Canadian Trustee and a U.S. Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of each series, which may be the Canadian Trustee and the U.S. Trustee hereunder for Securities of one or more other series; provided that if it is no longer necessary or advisable under the Trust Indenture Laws to have both a Canadian Trustee and a U.S. Trustee in connection with this Indenture or one or more series of Securities hereunder, then the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove either such Trustee that is then no longer so necessary or advisable with respect to the Indenture or one or more series of Securities. The Issuer shall give notice of such removal of a Trustee with respect to the Indenture or one or more series of Securities to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. For the avoidance of doubt, all other requirements of Section 7.13 with respect to the removal of such Trustee do not apply to such removal under this Section.

7.12.2      Each Trustee shall be a Person that is eligible pursuant to applicable Trust Indenture Laws to act as such and has a corporate trust office in New York, New York (in the case of the U.S. Trustee) or Toronto, Ontario (in the case of the Canadian Trustee).

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7.12.3      The U.S. Trustee shall at all times satisfy the requirements of TIA § 310(a)(1) and (2), and in accordance with TIA § 310(a)(5), neither the Company nor the Issuer (or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with either of them) shall serve as U.S. Trustee.

7.12.4      For so long as required by Trust Indenture Legislation, the Canadian Trustee shall at all times be organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof and authorized under the law of Ontario to carry on trust business therein and qualified to act as a trustee for the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with applicable Trust Indenture Legislation, and the U.S. trustee shall be qualified to act as a trustee for the Securities and the Indenture in accordance with the Trust Indenture Act. If at any times either Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with this Section, it shall immediately notify the Issuer.

7.12.5      The rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustees shall be conferred or imposed upon such Trustees jointly, except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, either Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations shall be exercised and performed by the other Trustee that is competent or qualified to perform such act or acts.

7.12.6      If at any time a Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.12, it shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.

7.13

Resignation and Removal; Appointment of Successor.

No resignation or removal of a Trustee (other than a removal pursuant to Section 7.12.1) and no appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to this Article shall become effective until the acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.14.

A Trustee may resign at any time with respect to the Securities of one or more series by giving thirty (30) days’ advance written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Company. If the instrument of acceptance by a successor Trustee required by Section 7.14 shall not have been delivered to the Trustee within thirty (30) days after the giving of such notice of resignation, the resigning Trustee may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

A Trustee may be removed at any time with respect to the Securities of any series by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series, delivered to the Trustees and to the Issuer.

If at any time:

(a)

a Trustee shall fail to comply with Section 7.11 after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months; or

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(b)

a Trustee shall otherwise cease to be eligible under Section 7.12 (other than pursuant to Section 7.12.1) and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Issuer or by any such Holder; or

(c)

a Trustee shall become incapable of acting or shall be adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver of a Trustee or of its property shall be appointed or any public officer shall take charge or control of a Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,

then, in any such case, (A) the Issuer by a Board Resolution may remove such Trustee with respect to all Securities, or (B) subject to Section 6.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security for at least six months may, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of such Trustee with respect to all Securities and the appointment of a successor Trustee or Trustees. For avoidance of doubt, a Trustee may be removed pursuant to Section 7.12.1 in accordance with the provisions of that Section.

If a Trustee shall resign, be removed (other than pursuant to Section 7.12.1) or become incapable of acting, or if a vacancy shall occur in the office of a Trustee for any cause, with respect to the Securities of one or more series, the Issuer, by a Board Resolution, shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee or Trustees with respect to the Securities of that or those series (it being understood that any such successor Trustee may be appointed with respect to the Securities of one or more or all of such series), provided that such successor Trustee or Trustees comply with the eligibility requirements of Section 7.12 and the applicable requirements of Section 7.14. If, within one year after such resignation, removal or incapability, or the occurrence of such vacancy, a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall be appointed by Act of the Holders of a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series delivered to the Issuer and the retiring Trustee, the successor Trustee so appointed shall, forthwith upon its acceptance of such appointment in accordance with the applicable requirements of Section 7.14, become the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and to that extent supersede the successor Trustee appointed by the Issuer. If no successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series shall have been so appointed by the Issuer or the Holders and accepted appointment in the manner required by Section 7.14, any Holder who has been a bona fide Holder of a Security of such series for at least six months may, on behalf of himself, herself or itself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series.

The Issuer shall give notice of each resignation and each removal of a Trustee under this Section 7.13 with respect to the Securities of any series and each appointment of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of any series to all Holders of Securities of such series in the manner provided in Section 1.6. Each notice shall include the name of the successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of such series and the address of its Corporate Trust Office.

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7.14

Acceptance of Appointment by Successor.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to all Securities, every such successor Trustee so appointed shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Issuer, the Company and the retiring Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee; but, on the request of the Issuer or the successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall, upon payment of its charges, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights, powers and trusts of the retiring Trustee and shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder.

In case of the appointment hereunder of a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more (but not all) series, the Issuer, the Company, the retiring Trustee and each successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series shall execute and deliver an indenture supplemental hereto wherein each successor Trustee shall accept such appointment and which (1) shall contain such provisions as shall be necessary or desirable to transfer and confirm to, and to vest in, each successor Trustee all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates, (2) if the retiring Trustee is not retiring with respect to all Securities, shall contain such provisions as shall be deemed necessary or desirable to confirm that all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series as to which the retiring Trustee is not retiring shall continue to be vested in the retiring Trustee, and (3) shall add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, it being understood that nothing herein or in such supplemental indenture shall constitute such Trustees co-trustees of the same trust and that each such Trustee shall be trustee of a trust or trusts hereunder separate and apart from any trust or trusts hereunder administered by any other such Trustee; and upon the execution and delivery of such supplemental indenture the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective to the extent provided therein and each such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, trusts and duties of the retiring Trustee with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates; but, on request of the Issuer or any successor Trustee, such retiring Trustee shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to such successor Trustee all property and money held by such retiring Trustee hereunder with respect to the Securities of that or those series to which the appointment of such successor Trustee relates.

Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Issuer and the Company shall execute any and all instruments for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights, powers and trusts referred to in the first or second preceding paragraph, as the case may be.

No successor Trustee shall accept its appointment unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be qualified and eligible under this Article, including without limitation, the eligibility requirements of Section 7.12.

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7.15

Merger, Conversion, Consolidation or Succession to Business.

Any Person into which a Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which a Trustee shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to all or substantially all the corporate trust business of a Trustee, shall be the successor of such Trustee hereunder, provided such Person shall be otherwise qualified and eligible under this Article, including without limitation, the eligibility requirements of Section 7.12, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto. In case any Securities shall have been authenticated, but not delivered, by the Trustee then in office, any successor by merger, conversion or consolidation to such authenticating Trustee may adopt such authentication and deliver the Securities so authenticated with the same effect as if such successor Trustee had itself authenticated such Securities.

7.16

Certain Trustee Restrictions.

7.16.1      Neither Trustee nor any Affiliate or related person, as defined in the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), to a Trustee shall be appointed a receiver or receiver and manager or liquidator of all or any part of the assets or undertaking of the Issuer or the Company.

7.16.2      The U.S. Trustee shall comply with the requirements of TIA § 311 regarding preferential collection of claims against the Company and the Issuer.

7.17

Appointment of Authenticating Agent.

The Trustees may appoint an Authenticating Agent or Agents with respect to one or more series of Securities which shall be authorized to act on behalf of the Trustees to authenticate Securities of such series issued upon original issue and upon exchange, registration of transfer or partial redemption thereof or pursuant to Section 3.6, and Securities so authenticated shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture and shall be valid and obligatory for all purposes as if authenticated by the Trustees hereunder. Wherever reference is made in this Indenture to the authentication and delivery of Securities by the Trustees or the Trustees’ certificate of authentication, such reference shall be deemed to include authentication and delivery on behalf of the Trustees by an Authenticating Agent and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustees by an Authenticating Agent. Each Authenticating Agent shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall at all times be either (i) organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, authorized under such laws to act as Authenticating Agent and subject to supervision or examination by U.S. Federal or State authority, or (ii) be a Person organized and doing business under the laws of Canada or any province thereof authorized under such law to act as Authenticating Agent and subject to supervision or examination by governmental authority of its jurisdiction of formation. If such Authenticating Agent publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of said supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section, the combined capital and surplus of such Authenticating Agent shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. Notwithstanding the foregoing, each of the Trustees shall be deemed to be in compliance with the two preceding sentences and shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Issuer to act as Authenticating Agent. If at any time an Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, such Authenticating Agent shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in this Section.

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Any Person into which an Authenticating Agent may be merged or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger, conversion or consolidation to which such Authenticating Agent shall be a party, or any Person succeeding to the corporate agency or corporate trust business of an Authenticating Agent, shall continue to be an Authenticating Agent, provided such Person shall be otherwise eligible under this Section, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the Trustees or the Authenticating Agent.

An Authenticating Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Trustees and to the Issuer. The Trustees may at any time terminate the agency of an Authenticating Agent by giving written notice thereof to such Authenticating Agent and to the Issuer. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time such Authenticating Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section, the Trustees may appoint a successor Authenticating Agent which shall be acceptable to the Issuer and shall give notice of such appointment in the manner provided in Section 1.6 to all Holders of Securities of the series with respect to which such Authenticating Agent will serve. Any successor Authenticating Agent upon acceptance of its appointment hereunder shall become vested with all the rights, powers and duties of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as an Authenticating Agent. No successor Authenticating Agent shall be appointed unless eligible under the provisions of this Section.

The Issuer agrees to pay to each Authenticating Agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services under this Section, as agreed upon by the Issuer, the Company and such Authenticating Agent.

If an appointment with respect to one or more series is made pursuant to this Section, the Securities of such series may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustees’ certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:

“This is one of the Securities of the series designated therein referred to in the within-mentioned Indenture.

	As Authenticating Agent

	By
	Authorized Officer

	Dated:

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7.18

Force Majeure.

The Trustees shall not be held liable, or held in breach of this Indenture, if prevented, hindered, or delayed in the performance or observance of any provision contained herein by reason of nuclear or natural catastrophes, act of God, riots, terrorism, acts of war, earthquakes, future epidemic or pandemic that would substantially interfere with the business of the Trustees, disease, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, interruptions, loss of malfunctions or utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services, or any other similar causes reasonably beyond its control; it being understood that the Trustees shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

Article 8
HOLDERS’ LISTS AND REPORTS BY TRUSTEE AND ISSUER

8.1

Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders.

The Trustees shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, the names and addresses of Holders received by the Security Registrar(s). The Company and the Issuer shall comply with any obligations under TIA § 312(a) in connection with furnishing any such information to the Security Registrar.

The Trustees shall provide to any Holder such information with respect to other Holders as is required under any applicable Trust Indenture Laws.

The rights of Holders to communicate with other Holders with respect to their rights under this Indenture or under the Securities, and the corresponding rights and privileges of the Trustees, shall be as provided by applicable Trust Indenture Laws, including without limitation in the case of the U.S. Trustee, TIA § 312(b), and with the full protections of TIA § 312(c).

Every Holder of Securities, by receiving and holding the same, agrees with the Issuer and the Trustees that none of the Issuer, the Company nor the Trustees nor any agent of any of them shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of such list of the names and addresses of the Holders, regardless of the source from which such information was derived, and that the Issuer, the Company and the Trustees shall not be held accountable by reason of mailing any material pursuant to a request made under the Trust Indenture Act or pursuant to or in compliance with any Trust Indenture Legislation.

8.2

Reports by Trustees.

The Canadian Trustee shall transmit to Holders such reports concerning the Canadian Trustee and its actions under this Indenture as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Legislation at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto. The U.S. Trustee shall transmit all such reports required pursuant to TIA § 313(a) and (b) to all Persons required to receive such reports pursuant to TIA § 313(c).

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A copy of each such report shall, at the time of such transmission to Holders, be filed by the Trustees with each stock exchange upon which any Securities are listed, with the Commission and with the Issuer. The Issuer will notify the Trustees when any Securities are listed on any stock exchange.

8.3

Reports by Issuer.

The Issuer shall file with the Trustees and the Commission, and transmit to Holders, such information, documents and other reports, and such summaries thereof, as may be required pursuant to the Trust Indenture Laws at the times and in the manner provided pursuant thereto; provided that any such information, documents or reports required to be filed with the Commission shall be filed with the Trustees within 15 days after the same is so required to be filed with the Commission. Delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustees shall be for informational purposes only and the Trustees’ receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustees are entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates). The Trustees shall not be obligated to monitor or confirm, on a continuing basis or otherwise, our compliance with the covenants or with respect to any reports or other documents filed with the Commission or any other governmental authority or website under this Indenture, or participate in any conference calls.

Article 9
CONSOLIDATION, MERGER, CONVEYANCE, TRANSFER OR LEASE

9.1

Issuer and Company May Consolidate, Etc., Only on Certain Terms.

Neither the Issuer nor the Company (in each case, herein called 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, herein called a “Successor”) unless:

(a)

prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction the Predecessor and the Successor shall have executed 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 this Indenture in respect of the Securities of every series and, in the case of the Company, its guarantee of such Securities; and

(ii)

the Securities of every series will be valid and binding obligations of the Successor entitling the Holders thereof, as against the Successor, to all the rights of Holders of Securities under this Indenture in respect of the Predecessor; and

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(b)

such transaction shall be on such terms and shall be carried out at such times and otherwise in such manner as shall be not prejudicial to the interests of the Holders of Securities or to the rights and powers of the Trustees hereunder; and

(c)

the Issuer has delivered to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such transaction and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with this Article and that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to such transaction have been complied with,

provided, however, that the provisions of this Section 9.1 shall not be applicable to any sale or transfer by the Issuer or the Company to any one or more of their Subsidiaries.

9.2

Successor Substituted.

Upon any reorganization, reconstitution, consolidation or amalgamation of the Issuer or the Company with, or merger of the Issuer or the Company with or into, any other Person or any conveyance or transfer of the properties and assets of the Issuer or the Company substantially as an entirety in accordance with Section 9.1, the successor Person formed by such reorganization, reconstitution, consolidation or amalgamation or into which the Issuer or the Company is merged or to which such conveyance or transfer is made shall succeed to, and be substituted for, and may exercise every right and power of, the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) under this Indenture with the same effect as if such successor Person had been named as the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) herein, and thereafter, the predecessor Person shall be relieved of all obligations and covenants under this Indenture and the Securities.

Article 10
SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES

10.1

Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders.

Without the consent of any Holders, the Issuer, when authorized by a Board Resolution or Officer’s Certificate, the Company and the Trustees, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more indentures supplemental hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustees, for any of the following purposes:

(a)

to evidence the succession of another Person to the Issuer or the Company and the assumption by any such successor of the covenants of the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) herein and in the Securities; or

(b)

to evidence the addition of a co-obligor (each, a “Co-Obligor”) or additional Guarantor in respect of any or all series of Securities, as may be permitted in accordance with the terms of such Securities; or

(c)

to add to the covenants of the Issuer or the Company for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all series of 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 any obligation, except any obligation concomitant to such right or power) herein conferred upon the Issuer or the Company; or

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(d)

to add any additional Events of Default for the benefit of the Holders of all or any series of Securities (and if such additional Events of Default are to be for the benefit of less than all series of Securities, stating that such additional Events of Default are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such series); or

(e)

to add to, change or eliminate any of the provisions of this Indenture in respect of one or more series of Securities, provided that any such addition, change or elimination (A) shall neither (i) apply to any Security of any series created prior to the execution of such supplemental indenture and entitled to the benefit of such provision nor (ii) modify the rights of the Holder of any such Security with respect to such provision or (B) shall become effective only when there is no such Security Outstanding; or

(f)

to secure the Securities pursuant to the requirements of any provision of this Indenture or any indenture supplemental hereto or otherwise; or

(g)

to establish the form or terms of Securities of any series as permitted by Sections 2.1 and 3.1 and, if required, to provide for the appointment of a co-trustee and/or other agents; or

(h)

to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Securities of one or more series and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee, pursuant to the requirements of Section 7.14, and/or by additional agents; or

(i)

to add to or change any of the provisions of this Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of 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 Securities in uncertificated form; or

(j)

to comply with any requirements of the Trust Indenture Legislation, including without limitation in connection with qualifying, or maintaining the qualification of, this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act; or

(k)

to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Indenture, provided that such action pursuant to this Clause (k) shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Holders of Securities of any series.

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10.2

Supplemental Indentures With Consent of Holders.

With the consent of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of each series affected by such supplemental indenture, by Act of said Holders delivered to the Issuer and the Trustees, the Issuer, when authorized by a Board Resolution, the Company and the Trustees may enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series under this Indenture; provided, however, that no such supplemental indenture shall, 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 principal of or interest on, any Security, or reduce the principal amount thereof or the rate of interest thereon or any premium payable upon the redemption thereof, or change the dates or times on which the Securities of a series may be redeemed or repurchased, or reduce the amount of the principal of an Original Issue Discount Security or any other Security which would be due and payable upon a declaration of acceleration of the Maturity thereof pursuant to Section 6.2, or the coin or currency in which any Security or any premium or interest thereon is payable, or impair the right to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment on or after the Stated Maturity thereof (or, in the case of redemption, on or after the Redemption Date); or

(b)

reduce the percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, the consent of whose Holders is required for any such supplemental indenture, or the consent of whose Holders is required for any waiver (of compliance with certain provisions of this Indenture or certain defaults hereunder and their consequences) provided for in this Indenture; or

(c)

modify any of the provisions of this Section 10.2, Section 6.13 or Section 11.6, except to increase any percentage in such provisions or to provide that certain other provisions of this Indenture cannot be modified or waived without the consent of the Holder of each Outstanding Security affected thereby; provided, however, that this clause shall not be deemed to require the consent of any Holder with respect to changes in the references to “the Trustees” and concomitant changes in this Section and Section 11.6, or the deletion of this proviso, in accordance with the requirements of Sections 7.14 and 10.1(h); or

(d)

release the Company from its Guarantee under this Indenture.

A supplemental indenture which changes or eliminates any covenant or other provision of this Indenture which has expressly been included solely for the benefit of one or more particular series of Securities, or which modifies the rights of the Holders of Securities of such series with respect to such covenant or other provision, shall be deemed not to affect the rights under this Indenture of the Holders of Securities of any other series.

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It shall not be necessary for any Act of Holders under this Section to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture, but it shall be sufficient if such Act shall approve the substance thereof.

10.3

Execution of Supplemental Indentures.

In executing, or accepting the additional trusts created by, any supplemental indenture permitted by this Article or the modifications thereby of the trusts created by this Indenture, the Trustees shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to Section 7.1) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that the execution of such supplemental indenture is authorized or permitted by this Indenture. The Trustees may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into any such supplemental indenture which affects the Trustees’ own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise.

10.4

Effect of Supplemental Indentures.

Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture under this Article, this Indenture shall be modified in accordance therewith, and such supplemental indenture shall form a part of this Indenture for all purposes; and Holders of all or the affected Securities theretofore or thereafter authenticated and delivered hereunder, as applicable, shall be bound thereby.

10.5

Conformity with Trust Indenture Laws.

Every supplemental indenture executed pursuant to this Article shall conform to the requirements of the Trust Indenture Laws.

10.6

Reference in Securities to Supplemental Indentures.

Securities of any series authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to this Article may, and shall if required by the Trustees, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustees as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Issuer shall so determine, new Securities of any series so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustees, relying upon the opinion or advice of counsel, and the Issuer, to any such supplemental indenture may be prepared and executed by the Issuer and the Company and authenticated and delivered by the Trustees in exchange for Outstanding Securities of such series.

Article 11
COVENANTS

11.1

Payment of Principal, Premium and Interest.

The Issuer covenants and agrees for the benefit of each series of Securities that it will duly and punctually pay the principal of and any premium and interest on the Securities of that series in accordance with the terms of the Securities and this Indenture.

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11.2

Maintenance of Office or Agency.

The Issuer will maintain in each Place of Payment for any series of Securities an office or agency where Securities of that series may be presented or surrendered for payment, where Securities of that series may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange and where notices and demands to or upon the Issuer in respect of the Securities of that series and this Indenture may be served. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Issuer shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustees with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustees, and the Issuer hereby appoints each Trustee as its agent to receive all such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands.

The Issuer may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Securities of one or more series may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided, however, that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Issuer of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in each Place of Payment for Securities of any series for such purposes. The Issuer will give prompt written notice to the Trustees of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

11.3

Money for Securities Payments to Be Held in Trust.

If the Issuer shall at any time act as its own Paying Agent with respect to any series of Securities, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any of the Securities of that series, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto a sum sufficient to pay the principal and any premium and interest so becoming due until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and will promptly notify the Trustees of its action or failure so to act.

Whenever the Issuer shall have one or more Paying Agents for any series of Securities, it will, prior to each due date of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Securities of that series, deposit with a Paying Agent a sum sufficient to pay such amount, such sum to be held as provided by the Trust Indenture Laws, and (unless such Paying Agent is a Trustee) the Issuer will promptly notify the Trustees of its action or failure so to act.

The Issuer will cause each Paying Agent for any series of Securities (unless such Paying Agent is a Trustee as appointed in an indenture supplemental hereto) to execute and deliver to the Trustees an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustees, subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent will (1) comply with the provisions of the Trust Indenture Laws applicable to it as a Paying Agent and (2) during the continuance of any default by the Issuer or the Company (or any other obligor upon the Securities of that series) in the making of any payment in respect of the Securities of that series, the Paying Agent shall give the Trustees notice of such default, and upon the written request of the Trustees, forthwith pay to the Trustees all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent for payment in respect of the Securities of that series.

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The Issuer may at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture or for any other purpose, pay, or by Issuer Order direct any Paying Agent to pay, to the Trustees all sums held in trust by the Issuer or such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustees upon the same trusts as those upon which such sums were held by the Issuer or such Paying Agent; and, upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustees, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

Any money deposited with the Trustees or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Issuer, in trust for the payment of the principal of or any premium or interest on any Security of any series and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal, premium or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Issuer on Issuer Request, or (if then held by the Issuer) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Security shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to the Issuer for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustees or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money, and all liability of the Issuer as trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease; provided, however, that the Trustees or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, may at the expense of the Issuer cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York, New York, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to the Issuer.

11.4

Statements by Officers.

(a)

The Issuer will deliver to the Trustees, within 90 days after the end of each fiscal year, and within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter (other than the fourth fiscal quarter) of the Issuer ending after the date hereof, an Officer’s Certificate, stating whether or not to the best knowledge of the signers thereof the Issuer or the Company is in default in the performance and observance of any of the terms, provisions and conditions of this Indenture (without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided hereunder) and, if the Issuer or the Company shall be in default, specifying all such defaults and the nature and status thereof of which they may have knowledge.

(b)

The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustees, as soon as possible and in any event within 10 days after the Issuer becomes aware of the occurrence of an Event of Default or an event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or default, and the action which the Issuer or the Company (as applicable) proposes to take with respect thereto.

(c)

The Issuer shall deliver to the Trustees within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year a written statement by the Company’s independent public accountants stating (A) that their audit examination has included a review of the terms of this Indenture, all indentures supplemental hereto and the Securities as they relate to accounting matters, and (B) whether, in connection with their audit examination, any event which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default has come to their attention and, if such a default has come to their attention, specifying the nature and period of the existence thereof.

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(d)

The Issuer and the Company shall deliver to the Trustees, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Issuer and the Company, a brief certificate from each of its principal executive, financial or accounting officer as to his or her knowledge of the compliance of the Issuer and the Company with all conditions and covenants under this Indenture (such compliance to be determined without regard to any period of grace or requirement of notice provided under this Indenture) which certificate shall comply with the requirements of TIA § 314(a)(4).

The certificates described in this Section, if and to the extent they are due to the Trustees within the same timeframe, may be combined into a single certificate, provided that such certificate includes and complies with all of the requirements of such certificates that are then due. Subject to applicable Trust Indenture Laws, the delivery of such reports, information and documents to the Trustees shall be for informational purposes only and any Trustee’s receipt of such reports, information and documents shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustees are entitled to rely exclusively on an Officer’s Certificate).

11.5

Existence.

Subject to Article 9, each of the Issuer and the Company will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence.

11.6

Waiver of Certain Covenants.

Except as otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for Securities of such series, the Issuer may, with respect to the Securities of any series, omit in any particular instance to comply with any term, provision or condition set forth in any covenant established pursuant to Section 3.1(r), 10.1(c) or 10.1(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such series or in any of Sections 11.4(a) to (c), inclusive, and Section 11.5, if before the time for such compliance the Holders of at least a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall, by Act of such Holders, either waive such compliance in such instance or generally waive compliance with such term, provision or condition, but no such waiver shall extend to or affect such term, provision or condition except to the extent so expressly waived, and, until such waiver shall become effective, the obligations of the Issuer and the duties of the Trustees in respect of any such term, provision or condition shall remain in full force and effect.

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Article 12
REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES

12.1

Applicability of Article.

Securities of any series which are redeemable at the election of the Issuer before their Stated Maturity shall be redeemable in accordance with their terms (as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities) and in accordance with this Article.

12.2

Election to Redeem; Notice to Trustees.

The election of the Issuer to redeem any Securities shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities. In case of any redemption at the election of the Issuer of less than all the Securities of any series (including any such redemption affecting only a single Global Security), the Issuer shall, at least 60 days prior to the Redemption Date fixed by the Issuer (unless a shorter notice shall be satisfactory to the Trustees), notify the Trustees of such Redemption Date, of the principal amount of Securities of such series to be redeemed and, if applicable, of the tenor of the Securities to be redeemed. In the case of any redemption of Securities prior to the expiration of any restriction on such redemption provided in the terms of such Securities or elsewhere in this Indenture, the Issuer shall furnish the Trustees with an Officer’s Certificate evidencing compliance with such restriction. The Issuer shall provide written notice of any election of redemption to the Trustee no later than three (3) Business Days prior to when notice is due to Holders.

12.3

Selection by Trustees of Securities to Be Redeemed.

If less than all the Securities of any series are to be redeemed (unless all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed or unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustees, from the Outstanding Securities of such series not previously called for redemption, by such method as the Trustees shall deem fair and appropriate and which may provide for the selection for redemption of a portion of the principal amount of any Security of such series, provided that the unredeemed portion of the principal amount of any Security shall be in an authorized denomination (which shall not be less than the minimum authorized denomination) for such Security. If less than all the Securities of such series and of a specified tenor are to be redeemed (unless such redemption affects only a single Security), the particular Securities to be redeemed shall be selected not more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date by the Trustees, from the Outstanding Securities of such series and specified tenor not previously called for redemption in accordance with the preceding sentence.

The Trustees shall promptly notify the Issuer in writing of the Securities selected for redemption as aforesaid and, in case of any Securities selected for partial redemption as aforesaid, the principal amount thereof to be redeemed.

For all purposes of this Indenture, unless the context otherwise requires, all provisions relating to the redemption of Securities shall relate, in the case of any Securities redeemed or to be redeemed only in part, to the portion of the principal amount of such Securities which has been or is to be redeemed.

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12.4

Notice of Redemption.

Notice of redemption shall be given by first-class mail, postage prepaid, mailed not less than 15 nor more than 60 days prior to the Redemption Date, to each Holder of Securities to be redeemed, at his, her or its address appearing in the Security Register.

All notices of redemption shall state:

(a)

the Redemption Date;

(b)

the Redemption Price;

(c)

if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of more than a single Security are to be redeemed, the identification (and, in the case of partial redemption of any such Securities, the principal amounts) of the particular Securities to be redeemed and, if less than all the Outstanding Securities of any series consisting of a single Security are to be redeemed, the principal amount of the particular Security to be redeemed;

(d)

that on the Redemption Date the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each such Security to be redeemed and, if applicable, that interest thereon will cease to accrue on and after said date;

(e)

the place or places where each such Security is to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;

(f)

that the redemption is for a sinking fund, if such is the case; and

(g)

any conditions precedent for completion of such redemption.

Notice of redemption of Securities to be redeemed at the election of the Issuer shall be given by the Issuer or, at the Issuer’s request, by the Trustees in the name and at the expense of the Issuer and shall be irrevocable.

12.5

Deposit of Redemption Price.

Prior to any Redemption Date, the Issuer shall deposit with the Trustees or with a Paying Agent (or, if the Issuer is acting as its own Paying Agent, segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 11.3) an amount of money sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of, and (except if the Redemption Date shall be an Interest Payment Date) accrued interest on, all the Securities which are to be redeemed on that date.

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12.6

Securities Payable on Redemption Date.

Notice of redemption having been given as aforesaid, the Securities so to be redeemed shall, on the Redemption Date, become due and payable at the Redemption Price therein specified, and from and after such date (unless the Issuer shall default in the payment of the Redemption Price and accrued interest) such Securities shall cease to bear interest. Upon surrender of any such Security for redemption in accordance with said notice, such Security shall be paid by the Issuer at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the Redemption Date; provided, however, that, unless otherwise specified as contemplated by Section 3.1, installments of interest whose Stated Maturity is on or prior to the Redemption Date will be payable to the Holders of such Securities, or one or more Predecessor Securities, registered as such at the close of business on the Regular Record Dates according to their terms (or, in the case of Defaulted Interest, on the Special Record Date(s)) in accordance with the provisions of Section 3.7.

If any Security called for redemption shall not be so paid upon surrender thereof for redemption, the principal and any premium shall, until paid, bear interest from the Redemption Date at the rate prescribed therefor in the Security.

12.7

Securities Redeemed in Part.

Any Security which is to be redeemed only in part shall be surrendered at a Place of Payment therefor (with, if the Issuer or the Trustees so require, due endorsement by, or a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the Trustees duly executed by, the Holder thereof or his, her or its attorney duly authorized in writing), and the Issuer shall execute, and the Trustees shall authenticate and deliver to the Holder of such Security without service charge, a new Security or Securities of the same series and of like tenor, of any authorized denomination as requested by such Holder, in aggregate principal amount equal to and in exchange for the unredeemed portion of the principal of the Security so surrendered.

Article 13
SINKING FUNDS

13.1

Applicability of Article.

The provisions of this Article shall be applicable to any sinking fund for the retirement of Securities of any series in accordance with the terms established as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.

The minimum amount of any sinking fund payment provided for by the terms of any Securities is herein referred to as a “mandatory sinking fund payment”, and any payment in excess of such minimum amount provided for by the terms of such Securities is herein referred to as an “optional sinking fund payment”. If provided for by the terms of any Securities, the cash amount of any sinking fund payment may be subject to reduction as provided in Section 13.2. Each sinking fund payment shall be applied to the redemption of Securities as provided for by the terms of such Securities.

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13.2

Satisfaction of Sinking Fund Payments with Securities.

The Issuer (1) may deliver Outstanding Securities of a series (other than any previously called for redemption) and (2) may apply as a credit Securities of a series which have been redeemed either at the election of the Issuer pursuant to the terms of such Securities or through the application of permitted optional sinking fund payments pursuant to the terms of such Securities, in each case in satisfaction of all or any part of any sinking fund payment with respect to any Securities of such series required to be made pursuant to the terms of such Securities as and to the extent provided for by the terms of such Securities; provided that the Securities to be so credited have not been previously so credited. The Securities to be so credited shall be received and credited for such purpose by the Trustees at the Redemption Price, as specified in the Securities so to be redeemed, for redemption through operation of the sinking fund and the amount of such sinking fund payment shall be reduced accordingly.

13.3

Redemption of Securities for Sinking Fund.

Not less than 60 days prior to each sinking fund payment date for any Securities, the Issuer will deliver to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate specifying the amount of the next ensuing sinking fund payment for such Securities pursuant to the terms of such Securities, the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by payment of cash and the portion thereof, if any, which is to be satisfied by delivering and crediting Securities pursuant to Section 13.2 and will also deliver to the Trustees any Securities to be so delivered. Not less than 60 days prior to each such sinking fund payment date, the Trustees shall select the Securities to be redeemed upon such sinking fund payment date in the manner specified in Section 12.3 and cause notice of the redemption thereof to be given in the name of and at the expense of the Issuer in the manner provided in Section 12.4. Such notice having been duly given, the redemption of such Securities shall be made upon the terms and in the manner stated in Sections 12.6 and 12.7.

Article 14
DEFEASANCE AND COVENANT DEFEASANCE

14.1

Issuer’s Option to Effect Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The Issuer may elect, at its option at any time, to have Section 14.2 or Section 14.3 applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, designated pursuant to Section 3.1 as being defeasible pursuant to such Section 14.2 or 14.3, in accordance with any applicable requirements provided pursuant to Section 3.1 and upon compliance with the conditions set forth below in this Article. Any such election shall be evidenced by a Board Resolution or in another manner specified as contemplated by Section 3.1 for such Securities.

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14.2

Defeasance and Discharge.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Issuer shall be deemed to have been discharged from its obligations, with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Defeasance means that the Issuer shall be deemed to have paid and discharged the entire indebtedness represented by such Securities and to have satisfied all its other obligations under such Securities and this Indenture insofar as such Securities are concerned (and the Trustees, at the expense of the Issuer, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging the same), subject to the following which shall survive until otherwise terminated or discharged hereunder: (1) the rights of Holders of such Securities to receive, solely from the trust fund described in Section 14.4 and as more fully set forth in such Section, payments in respect of the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities when payments are due, (2) the Issuer’s obligations with respect to such Securities under Sections 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 11.2 and 11.3, (3) the rights, powers, trusts, duties and immunities of the Trustees hereunder, and (4) this Article 14. Subject to compliance with this Article 14, the Issuer may exercise its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities notwithstanding the prior exercise of its option (if any) to have Section 14.3 applied to such Securities. Upon the completion of any Defeasance in respect of any Securities, the Company shall be deemed to have been unconditionally and irrevocably released from all obligations under this Indenture in respect of such Securities, without the need for any notice, document or action.

14.3

Covenant Defeasance.

Upon the Issuer’s exercise of its option (if any) to have this Section applied to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, (1) the Issuer shall be released from its obligations under Sections 9.1(b), 9.1(c), 11.4(a) to (c), inclusive, and any covenants provided pursuant to Section  3.1(r), 10.1(c) or 10.1(g) for the benefit of the Holders of such Securities, (2) the Company shall be released from all of its obligations under this Indenture, including pursuant to Article 5, and (3) the occurrence of any event specified in Sections 6.1(d) (with respect to any of Article 5, Sections 9.1(b) and 9.1(c), 11.4(a) to (c), inclusive, and any such covenants provided pursuant to Section 3.1(r), 10.1(c) or 10.1(g)), 6.1(e), 6.1(f), 6.1(g) and 6.1(h) shall be deemed not to be or result in an Event of Default, in each case with respect to such Securities as provided in this Section on and after the date the conditions set forth in Section 14.4 are satisfied (hereinafter called “Covenant Defeasance”). For this purpose, such Covenant Defeasance means that, with respect to such Securities, the Issuer and the Company may omit to comply with and shall have no liability in respect of any term, condition or limitation set forth in any such specified Section (to the extent so specified in the case of Section 6.1(d)), whether directly or indirectly by reason of any reference elsewhere herein to any such Section or by reason of any reference in any such Section to any other provision herein or in any other document, but the remainder of this Indenture and such Securities shall be unaffected thereby.

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14.4

Conditions to Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance.

The following shall be the conditions to the application of Section 14.2 or Section 14.3 to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be:

(a)

The Issuer shall irrevocably have deposited or caused to be deposited with the Trustees (or another trustee which satisfies the requirements contemplated by Section 7.12 and agrees to comply with the provisions of this Article applicable to it) as trust funds in trust for the purpose of making the following payments, specifically pledged as security for, and dedicated solely to, the benefits of the Holders of such Securities, (A) money (in the currency in which the Securities of a particular series are denominated) in an amount, or (B) Government Obligations which through the scheduled payments of principal and interest in respect thereof in accordance with their terms will provide, not later than one day before the due date of any payment, money (in the currency in which the Securities of a particular series are denominated) in an amount, or (C) a combination thereof, in each case sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustees, to pay and discharge, and which shall be applied by the Trustees (or any such other qualifying trustee) to pay and discharge, the principal of and any premium and interest on such Securities on the respective Stated Maturities, in accordance with the terms of this Indenture and such Securities. As used herein, “Government Obligation” means (x) any security which is (i) a direct obligation of the government which issued, or of the Government of Canada denominated in, the currency in which the 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, or, if such obligations are denominated in the currency in which the Securities of a particular series are issued, by the Government of Canada, which, in either case (i) or (ii), 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 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.

(b)

In the event of an election to have Section 14.2 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustees an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States stating that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit, Defeasance and discharge to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit, Defeasance and discharge were not to occur.

(c)

In the event of an election to have Section 14.3 apply to any Securities or any series of Securities, as the case may be, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustees an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States to the effect that the Holders of such Securities will not recognize gain or loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes as a result of the deposit and Covenant Defeasance to be effected with respect to such Securities and will be subject to U.S. Federal income tax on the same amount, in the same manner and at the same times as would be the case if such deposit and Covenant Defeasance were not to occur.

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(d)

The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustees an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in Canada or a ruling from Canada Revenue Agency to the effect that the Holders of Outstanding Securities will not recognize income, gain or loss for Canadian federal, provincial or territorial income tax or other tax purposes as a result of such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as applicable, and will be subject to Canadian federal, provincial or territorial income tax and other tax on the same amounts, in the same manner and at the same times as would have been the case had such defeasance or covenant defeasance, as the case may be, not occurred (and for the purposes of such opinion, such Canadian counsel shall assume that Holders of the Securities include Holders who are not resident in Canada).

(e)

The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate to the effect that neither such Securities nor any other Securities of the same series, if then listed on any securities exchange, will be delisted as a result of such deposit.

(f)

The Issuer shall have delivered an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States to the effect that such deposit shall not cause the Trustees or the trust so created to be subject to the Investment Company Act.

(g)

No event which is, or after notice or lapse of time or both would become, an Event of Default with respect to such Securities or any other Securities shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such deposit or, with regard to any such event specified in Section 6.1(f) or 6.1(g), at any time on or prior to the 90th day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until after such 90th day).

(h)

The Issuer is not an “insolvent person” within the meaning of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) on the date of such deposit or at any time during the period ending on the 91st day after the date of such deposit (it being understood that this condition shall not be deemed satisfied until the expiration of such period).

(i)

The Issuer shall have delivered an Opinion of Counsel qualified to practice law in the United States to the effect that such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not cause the Trustees to have a conflicting interest within the meaning of the Trust Indenture Laws (assuming all Securities are in default within the meaning of such Trust Indenture Laws).

(j)

Such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance shall not result in a breach or violation of, or constitute a default under, any other agreement or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which it is bound.

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(k)

The Issuer shall have delivered to the Trustees an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent with respect to such Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance have been complied with.

14.5

Deposited Money and Government Obligations to Be Held in Trust; Miscellaneous Provisions.

Subject to the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.3, all money and Government Obligations (including the proceeds thereof) deposited with the Trustees or other qualifying trustee (solely for purposes of this Section and Section 14.6, the Trustees and any such other trustee are referred to collectively as the “Trustee”) pursuant to Section 14.4 in respect of any Securities shall be held in trust and applied by the Trustee, in accordance with the provisions of such Securities and this Indenture, to the payment, either directly or through any such Paying Agent (including the Issuer acting as its own Paying Agent) as the Trustee may determine, to the Holders of such Securities, of all sums due and to become due thereon in respect of principal and any premium and interest, but money so held in trust need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law.

The Issuer shall pay and indemnify the Trustee against any tax, fee or other charge imposed on or assessed against the Government Obligations deposited pursuant to Section 14.4 or the principal and interest received in respect thereof other than any such tax, fee or other charge which by law is for the account of the Holders of Outstanding Securities.

Anything in this Article to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trustee shall deliver or pay to the Issuer from time to time upon Issuer Request any money or Government Obligations held by it as provided in Section 14.4 with respect to any Securities which, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, are in excess of the amount thereof which would then be required to be deposited to effect the Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance, as the case may be, with respect to such Securities.

The Issuer may exercise the Defeasance option notwithstanding its prior exercise of Covenant Defeasance if the Issuer meets the conditions required set forth in Section 14.4.

14.6

Reinstatement.

If the Trustees or the Paying Agent is unable to apply any money in accordance with this Article with respect to any Securities by reason of any order or judgment of any court or governmental authority enjoining, restraining or otherwise prohibiting such application, then the obligations under this Indenture and such Securities from which the Issuer and the Company have been discharged or released pursuant to Section 14.2 or 14.3 shall be revived and reinstated as though no deposit had occurred pursuant to this Article with respect to such Securities, until such time as the Trustees or Paying Agent is permitted to apply all money held in trust pursuant to Section 14.5 with respect to such Securities in accordance with this Article 14; provided, however, that if the Issuer makes any payment of principal of or any premium or interest on any such Security following such reinstatement of its obligations, the Issuer shall be subrogated to the rights (if any) of the Holders of such Securities to receive such payments from the money so held in trust.

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Article 15
MEETINGS OF HOLDERS OF NOTES

15.1

Call, Notice and Place of Meetings.

15.1.1      The Trustees may at any time call a meeting of Holders of Securities of all or any one or more series, and the Trustees shall convene a meeting upon receipt of a request of the Issuer or upon receipt of a request in writing to the Trustees by the Holders of not less than 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series, for the purpose of making, giving or taking any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action provided by this Indenture to be made, given or taken by Holders of Securities of such series, to be held at such time and at such place in Toronto, Ontario or City of New York, New York or as the Trustees shall determine. Notice of every meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting, shall be given, in the manner provided for in Section 1.6, not less than 21 nor more than 60 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting. The Holders calling a meeting shall (i) reimburse the Trustees for all of their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to the calling and holding of such meeting, and (ii) indemnify and hold harmless the Trustees against any loss, liability or expense that they may incur arising out of or in connection with such meeting, including the costs and expenses of defending the Trustees against any claim or liability in connection with such meeting.

15.1.2       In case at any time the Issuer, pursuant to a Board Resolution, or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of any series shall have requested the Trustees to call a meeting of the Holders of Securities of such series for any purpose specified in Section 15.1.1, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting (which notice need not include the terms of any resolution to be proposed), and the Trustees shall not have made the first publication of the notice of such meeting within 21 days after receipt of such request or shall not thereafter proceed to cause the meeting to be held as provided herein, then the Issuer or the Holders of Securities of such series in the amount above specified, as the case may be, may determine the time and the place in The City of New York, New York or Toronto, Ontario for such meeting and may call such meeting for such purposes by giving notice thereof as provided in Section 15.1.1.

15.2

Persons Entitled to Vote at Meetings.

To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series, a Person must be (1) a Holder of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series, or (2) a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy for a Holder or Holders of one or more Outstanding Securities of such series by such Holder of Holders. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel, any representatives of the Trustees and the Trustees’ counsel and any representatives of the Issuer, the Company and their counsel.

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15.3

Quorum; Action.

15.3.1      The Persons entitled to vote 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of the applicable series shall constitute a quorum for a meeting of Holders of Securities of such series; provided, however, that, if any action is to be taken at such meeting with respect to a consent or waiver which this Indenture expressly provides may be given by the Holders of not less than a specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, the Persons entitled to vote such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series shall constitute a quorum. In the absence of a quorum within 30 minutes of the time appointed for any such meeting, the meeting shall, if convened at the request of Holders of Securities of such series, be dissolved. In any other case the meeting may be adjourned for a period of not less than 10 days as determined by the chair of the meeting prior to the adjournment of such meeting. At the reconvening of any adjourned meeting, the Holders of the Outstanding Securities entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum and shall transact the business for which the meeting was originally convened, notwithstanding that they may not represent at least 25% in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities.

15.3.2      Except as limited by Sections 10.2 and 11.6, any resolution presented to a meeting or adjourned meeting duly reconvened at which a quorum is present as aforesaid may be adopted by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series as are entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by Sections 10.2 and 11.6, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series, may be adopted at a meeting or an adjourned meeting duly reconvened and at which a quorum is present as aforesaid by the affirmative vote of the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series present at such meeting.

15.3.3       Any resolution passed or decision taken at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly held in accordance with this Section shall be binding on all the Holders of Securities of such series and the related coupons, if any, whether or not present or represented at the meeting.

15.3.4       Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 15.3, if any action is to be taken at a meeting of Holders of Securities of any series with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action that this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage in principal amount of all Outstanding Securities affected thereby, or of the Holders of such series and one or more additional series:

(a)

there shall be no minimum quorum requirement for such meeting; and

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(b)

the principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series that vote in favor of such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action shall be taken into account in determining whether such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action has been made, given or taken under this Indenture.

15.4

Determination of Voting Rights; Conduct and Adjournment of Meetings.

15.4.1      Notwithstanding any provisions of this Indenture, the Trustees may make such reasonable regulations as the Trustees may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders of Securities of a series in regard to proof of the holding of Securities of such series and of the appointment of proxies and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall deem appropriate. Except as otherwise permitted or required by any such regulations, the holding of Securities shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4 and the appointment of any proxy shall be proved in the manner specified in Section 1.4. Such regulations may provide that written instruments appointing proxies, regular on their face, may be presumed valid and genuine without the proof specified in Section 1.4 or other proof.

15.4.2      The Trustees shall, by an instrument in writing appoint a temporary chair of the meeting, which need not be a Holder of Securities, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Issuer or by Holders of Securities as provided in Section 15.1.2, in which case the Issuer or the Holders of Securities of the series calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chair. A permanent chair and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Persons entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting.

15.4.3      At any meeting each Holder of a Security of such series or proxy shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by him, her or it (determined as specified in the definition of “Outstanding” in Section 1.1); provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Security challenged as not Outstanding and ruled by the chair of the meeting to be not Outstanding. The chair of the meeting shall have no right to vote, except as a Holder of a Security of such series or proxy.

15.4.4      Any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series duly called pursuant to Section 15.1 at which a quorum is present may be adjourned from time to time by the Chair with consent of the Holders entitled to vote a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series represented at the meeting and voting thereon; and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.

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15.5

Counting Votes and Recording Action of Meetings.

The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be by written ballots on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders of Securities of such series or of their representatives by proxy and the principal amounts and serial numbers of the Outstanding Securities of such series held or represented by them. The chair of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record, at least in duplicate, of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders of Securities of any series shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was given as provided in Section 15.1 and, if applicable, Section 15.3. Each copy shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the chair and secretary of the meeting and one such copy shall be delivered to the Issuer, and another to the Trustees to be preserved by the Trustees, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting. Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.

15.6

Instruments in Writing.

All actions that may be taken and all powers that may be exercised by the Holders at any meeting of Holders of Securities of any series may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by Holders representing not less than a majority in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series as are entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that, except as limited by Sections 10.2 and 11.6, any resolution with respect to any request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent, waiver or other action which this Indenture expressly provides may be made, given or taken by the Holders of a specified percentage, which is less than a majority, in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of a series may also be taken and exercised by an instrument in writing signed in one or more counterparts by the Holders of not less than such specified percentage in principal amount of the Outstanding Securities of such series as are entitled to vote at such meeting.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

BROOKFIELD CAPITAL FINANCE LLC

By:
	Name:
	Title:	Chief Financial Officer

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.

By:
	Name:
	Title:

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as Canadian Trustee

By:
	Name:
	Title:	Corporate Trust Officer

By:
	Name:
	Title:	Associate Trust Officer

COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as U.S. Trustee

By:
	Name:
	Title:	Corporate Trust Officer

Exhibit 107

EX-FILING FEES

Calculation of Filing Fee Tables

Form F-10	Form F-3
(Form Type)	(Form Type)

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Brookfield Finance Inc. Brookfield Finance II Inc.	Brookfield Capital Finance LLC Brookfield Finance II LLC Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)	(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Table 1: Newly Registered Securities

	Security Type	Security Class Title	Fee Calculation or Carry Forward Rule	Amount Registered	Proposed Maximum Offering Price Per Unit	Maximum Aggregate Offering Price		Fee Rate		Amount of Registration Fee			Carry Forward Form Type	Carry Forward File Number	Carry Forward Initial effective date	Filing Fee Previously Paid In Connection with Unsold Securities to be Carried Forward
Newly Registered Securities
Fees to Be paid	Unallocated (Universal) Shelf	Unallocated (Universal) Shelf	457(o)	(1)	(1)	$	3,500,000,000		0.0000927	$	324,450	(2)
	Total Offering Amounts					$	3,500,000,000			$	324,450
	Total Fees Previously Paid										N/A
	Total Fee Offsets									$	93,456
	Net Fee Due									$	230,994

(1)

There are being registered under this registration statement on Forms F-10 and F-3 (this “Registration Statement”) such indeterminate number of (i) debt securities of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“BAM”), Brookfield Finance Inc. (“BFI”), Brookfield Finance II Inc. (“BFI II”), Brookfield Capital Finance LLC (“BCF”), Brookfield Finance (Australia) Pty Ltd (“BAM Australia”) and Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc (“BAM UK”); (ii) guarantees by BAM of the debt securities issued by BFI, BFI II, BCF, BAM Australia and BAM UK; (iii) Class A Preference Shares issuable by BAM (“BAM Preference Shares”) and Class A Limited Voting Shares (“BAM Class A Shares”) issuable by BAM or to be resold by selling securityholders; (iv) preferred shares representing limited liability company interests (the “US Preferred Shares”) in Brookfield Finance II LLC (“BFL II”); and (v) guarantees by BAM of the US Preferred Shares issued by BFL II, in each case, in offerings from time to time at indeterminate prices, with the maximum aggregate public offering price not to exceed $3,500,000,000 (in U.S. dollars or the equivalent thereof in non-U.S. currencies). Any securities registered by this Registration Statement may be sold separately or as units with other securities registered under this Registration Statement. The proposed maximum initial offering price per security will be determined, from time to time, by the applicable registrant(s) and/or the selling securityholders in connection with the sale of such securities. In addition, pursuant to Rule 416 under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the BAM Class A Shares being registered hereunder include such indeterminate number of such securities as may be issuable with respect to the BAM Class A Shares as a result of stock splits, stock dividends, or similar transactions.

(2)

The guarantees being registered hereon are being sold without separate consideration. Pursuant to Rule 457(n) under the Securities Act, no separate registration fee for the guarantees is payable.

Table 2: Fee Offset Claims and Sources

Registrant or
Filer Name

Form or
Filing Type

File
Number

Initial
Filing Date

Filing Date

Fee Offset
Claimed

Security Type
Associated with
Fee Offset Claimed

Security Title
Associated with
Fee Offset Claimed

Unsold
Securities
Associated with
Fee Offset Claimed

Unsold Aggregate
Offering Amount
Associated with
Fee Offset Claimed

Fee Paid with
Fee Offset Source

Rule 457(p)

Fee Offset Claims

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and the Co-Registrants

F-10

333-249132

September 29, 2020

93,456

Unallocated (Universal) Shelf

(1)

720,000,000

Fee Offset Sources

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. and the Co-Registrants

F-10

333-249132

September 29, 2020

93,456

(1)

BAM, together with BFI, BFI II, BCF, BAM Australia, BAM UK and BFL II (such additional registrants, other than BAM, the “Co-Registrants”) previously filed a registration statement on Form F-10/Form F-3 (File No. 333-249132), initially filed on September 29, 2020, as amended on October 6, 2020 and declared effective on October 7, 2020 (the “October 2020 Registration Statement”), which registered an indeterminate number of securities to be sold by the registrants and had an aggregate initial offering price not to exceed US$3,500,000,000. The October 2020 Registration Statement was not fully used, resulting in $720,000,000 as the unsold aggregate offering amount. This unused amount represents approximately 20.6% of the $454,300 of the registration fees on the October 2020 Registration Statement and results in a fee offset of $93,456. The registrants have terminated or completed any offerings that included the unsold securities under the October 2020 Registration Statement.