As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 28, 2018

Registration Statement No. 333-

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM S-8

REGISTRATION STATEMENT

UNDER

THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

 

 

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

(f/k/a GGP Inc .)

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   27-2963337

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

250 Vesey St., 15th Floor

New York, NY 10281

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)

Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan

(Full title of the plan)

Michelle Campbell

Secretary

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

Brookfield Place

250 Vesey Street, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10281

(Name and address of agent for service)

(212 417-7000)

(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer      Accelerated filer  
Non-accelerated filer   ☐ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    Smaller reporting company  
    

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, 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.  ☐

 

 

CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

 

 

Title of securities to be registered  

Amount

to be

registered(1)

 

Proposed

maximum

offering price

per share(2)

 

Proposed

maximum
aggregate

offering price(2)

  Amount of
registration fee(2)

Class A Stock, par value $0.01 per share

  7,243,249 shares   $20.79   $150,587,146.70   $18,748.10

 

 

(1)

Pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), the number of shares registered includes an indeterminate number of additional shares of Brookfield Property REIT Inc. Class A Stock that may be offered or issued to prevent dilution in the event of a stock split, stock dividend or similar transaction.

(2)

Pursuant to Rule 457(c) and Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act, the proposed maximum offering price per share, the proposed maximum aggregate offering price and the amount of registration fee have been computed based on the average of the high and low prices per share of Class A Stock reported on the Nasdaq Global Select Market on August 28, 2018.

 

 

 


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(Not Part of the Prospectus)

On August 28, 2018, pursuant to that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 26, 2018 (as amended by the Amendment to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated June 25, 2018, the “Merger Agreement”), among Brookfield Property Partners L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership (“BPY”), Goldfinch Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of BPY (“Acquisition Sub”), and GGP Inc. (“GGP” or “Predecessor”), Acquisition Sub merged with and into GGP (the “Merger”), with GGP surviving the Merger as an indirect subsidiary of BPY and renamed Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (the “Company”). At the effective time of the Merger, each issued and outstanding share of the Predecessor, par value $0.01 per share (“Predecessor Common Stock”)(other than (a) shares of Predecessor Common Stock owned by BPY, Acquisition Sub or the Predecessor, in each case immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger, which were cancelled and extinguished without any conversion thereof or consideration paid therefor, (b) shares of Predecessor Common Stock that were owned immediately prior to the effective time of the Merger by stockholders who had perfected and not withdrawn a demand for appraisal rights with respect to such shares, and (c) shares of Predecessor restricted stock (“Predecessor Restricted Stock”), which were cancelled or converted as described in the Merger Agreement), was cancelled and extinguished and automatically converted into the right to receive cash from BPY in an amount, without interest, equal to $0.312 per share.

The issuance of the Class A Stock and 6.375% series A cumulative redeemable preferred stock of the Company (“Series A Preferred Stock”) was registered under the Securities Act, pursuant to GGP’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (File No. 333-224593), as amended, initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on May 2, 2018 and declared effective by the Commission on June 26, 2018. The Class A Stock and Series A Preferred Stock were listed for trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market effective August 28, 2018.

The Predecessor maintained the General Growth Properties, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (“Predecessor Plan”) under which the Predecessor granted equity awards, including awards of certain partnership interests in GGP Operating Partnership, L.P., an operating partnership of the Predecessor (“FV LTIP Units”), which could be redeemed for Predecessor Common Stock and Predecessor Restricted Stock. In connection with the Merger, the Predecessor Plan was amended and restated, and approved by the Company’s Board of Directors on August 28, 2018, as the Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”). The Company may grant equity awards under the Plan, including FV LTIP Units which can be redeemed for Class A Stock of the Company and shares of restricted Class A Stock of the Company. This Registration Statement on Form S-8 is filed by the Company for the purpose of registering 7,243,249 shares of Class A Stock that may be offered and sold pursuant to the Plan.

PART I

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS

The information specified in Items 1 and 2 of Part I of Form S-8 is omitted from this filing in accordance with the provisions of Rule 428 under the Securities Act and the introductory note to Part I of Form S-8. The documents containing the information specified in Part I will be delivered to the participants in the Plan as required by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. Such documents are not required to be, and are not, filed with the Commission either as part of this Registration Statement or as a prospectus or prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act. These documents, together with the documents incorporated by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II of this Registration Statement, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section 10(a) of the Securities Act.

PART II

INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT

 

Item 3.

Incorporation of Documents by Reference.

The following documents, which have been previously filed with the Commission, are hereby incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement as of their respective dates (only to the extent “filed” and not “furnished” in accordance with Commission rules):

 

  1.

The Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017, filed by the Predecessor with the Commission on February 22, 2018;

 


  2.

All other reports filed by the Predecessor with the Commission pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) since the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017 through August 28, 2018;

 

  3.

The Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on August 28, 2018; and

 

  4.

The description of the Company’s Class A Stock contained in the Registration Statement on Form S-4 initially filed by the Predecessor with the Commission on May 2, 2018, as amended, as incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed by the Company with the Commission on August 27, 2018.

All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (other than information furnished pursuant to Item 2.02 or Item 7.01, and any exhibits thereto, of any Form 8-K, unless expressly stated otherwise therein), after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all such securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.

Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.

 

Item 4.

Description of Securities.

Not applicable.

 

Item 5.

Interests of Named Experts and Counsel.

Certain legal matters with respect to the offering of the shares of Class A Stock registered hereby have been passed upon by Goodwin Procter LLP.

 

Item 6.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the statutes referred to below, along with the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Certification of Incorporation (the “Certificate”) and the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”). The Company is a Delaware corporation.

Article VII of the Certificate provides for the Company’s indemnification of directors and officers to the fullest extent permitted by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as it exists now or may be amended (the “DGCL”). Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation to indemnify any person who is or was a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the corporation (or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise), against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such action, suit or proceeding, provided that such person acted in good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, provided further that such person has no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. In the case of an action brought by or in the right of the corporation, Section 145 of the DGCL authorizes a corporation to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person acted in any of the capacities set forth above, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit, provided that such person acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the corporation, except that no indemnification may be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been


adjudged to be liable to the corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all of the circumstances of the case, such director of officer is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

As permitted by Section 102(b)(7) of the DGCL, the Certificate provides that a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of a fiduciary duty as a director, except for such liability as is expressly not subject to limitation under the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended to further limit or eliminate such liability.

 

Item 7.

Exemption from Registration Claimed.

Not applicable.

 

Item 8.

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibits

4.1    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GGP Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to GGP Inc.’s Registration Statement on the Form 8-A12B, filed on August 27, 2018)
4.2    Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to GGP Inc.’s Registration Statement on the Form 8-A12B, filed on August 27, 2018)
4.3    Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.*
5.1    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP, regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP to Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (formerly GGP Inc.)*
23.2    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).*

 

*

Exhibit filed herewith.

 

Item 9.

Undertakings.

 

(a)

The undersigned 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 the 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 the Registration Statement; and

 

  (iii)

To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement;

Provided, however, that:

(A) paragraphs (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii) 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 the Registrant pursuant to section 13 or section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the 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.

 

(b)

That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s 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) that is incorporated by reference in the 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 the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the 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 the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the 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, the 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.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 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, New York on this 28th day of August, 2018.

 

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

By:

 

/s/ Michelle Campbell

 

Michelle Campbell

 

Secretary

 


POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each individual whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints Bryan Davis and Brian Kingston, and each of them singly (with full power to each of them to act alone), his or her true and lawful agent, proxy, and attorney-in-fact, with full power of substitution and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite or necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them, or his or 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 capacities indicated on August 28, 2018.

 

Signature

  

Title

/s/ Brian Kingston

Brian Kingston

   Chief Executive Officer and President of Brookfield Property Group LLC, a manager of the registrant (Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ Bryan Davis

Bryan Davis

   Chief Financial Officer of Brookfield Property Group LLC, a manager of the registrant (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ Richard B. Clark

Richard B. Clark

   Director (Chairman)

/s/ Jeffrey Blidner

Jeffrey Blidner

   Director

/s/ Soon Young Chang

Soon Young Chang

   Director

/s/ Omar Carneiro da Cunha

Omar Carneiro da Cunha

   Director

/s/ Stephen DeNardo

Stephen DeNardo

   Director

/s/ Louis Joseph Maroun

Louis Joseph Maroun

   Director

/s/ Lars Rodert

Lars Rodert

   Director

 


INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

  

Description of Exhibits

  4.1    Third Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of GGP Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to GGP Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed on August 27, 2018)
  4.2    Fifth Amended and Restated Bylaws of Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to GGP Inc.’s Registration Statement on Form 8-A12B, filed on August 27, 2018)
  4.3    Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.*
  5.1    Opinion of Goodwin Procter LLP, regarding the legality of the securities being registered.*
23.1    Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP to Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (formerly GGP Inc.)*
23.2    Consent of Goodwin Procter LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).*
24.1    Power of Attorney (included on the signature page to this Registration Statement).*

 

*

Exhibit filed herewith.

Exhibit 4.3

 

 

Amended and Restated

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

2010 Equity Incentive Plan


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

Article 1.

 

Establishment & Purpose

     1  

1.1

 

Establishment

     1  

1.2

 

Purpose of the Plan

     1  

Article 2.

 

Definitions

     1  

Article 3.

 

Administration

     5  

3.1

 

Authority of the Committee

     5  

3.2

 

Delegation

     5  

Article 4.

 

Eligibility and Participation

     5  

4.1

 

Eligibility

     5  

4.2

 

Type of Awards

     5  

Article 5.

 

Shares Subject to the Plan and Maximum Awards

     6  

5.1

 

General

     6  

5.2

 

Annual Award Limits

     6  

5.3

 

Additional Shares

     6  

Article 6.

 

Stock Options

     6  

6.1

 

Grant of Options

     6  

6.2

 

Terms of Option Grant

     7  

6.3

 

Option Term

     7  

6.4

 

Method of Exercise

     7  

6.5

 

Limitations on Incentive Stock Options

     7  

6.6

 

Performance Goals

     8  

Article 7.

 

Stock Appreciation Rights

     8  

7.1

 

Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

     8  

7.2

 

Terms of Stock Appreciation Right

     8  

7.3

 

Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights and Options

     8  

Article 8.

 

Restricted Stock

     8  

8.1

 

Grant of Restricted Stock

     8  

8.2

 

Terms of Restricted Stock Awards

     8  

8.3

 

Voting and Dividend Rights

     9  

8.4

 

Performance Goals

     9  

8.5

 

Section 83(b) Election

     9  

Article 9.

 

Other Stock-Based Awards

     9  

Article 10.

 

Performance-Based Compensation

     10  

10.1

 

Grant of Performance-Based Compensation

     10  

10.2  

 

Performance Measures

     10  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

10.3

 

Establishment of Performance Goals for Covered Employees

     10  

10.4

 

Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation

     10  

10.5

 

Certification of Performance

     10  

10.6

 

Interpretation

     11  

Article 11.

 

Compliance with Section 409A of the Code and Section 457A of the Code

     11  

11.1

 

General

     11  

11.2

 

Payments to Specified Employees

     11  

11.3

 

Separation from Service

     11  

11.4

 

Section 457A

     12  

Article 12.

 

Adjustments

     12  

12.1

 

Adjustments in Authorized Shares

     12  

12.2

 

Change of Control

     12  

Article 13.

 

Duration, Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination

     13  

13.1

 

Duration of the Plan

     13  

13.2

 

Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination of Plan

     13  

Article 14.

 

General Provisions

     13  

14.1

 

No Right to Service

     13  

14.2

 

Settlement of Awards; Fractional Shares

     14  

14.3

 

Tax Withholding

     14  

14.4

 

No Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment

     14  

14.5

 

Non-Transferability of Awards

     14  

14.6

 

Conditions and Restrictions on Shares

     14  

14.7

 

Compliance with Law

     15  

14.8

 

Rights as a Shareholder

     15  

14.9

 

Severability

     15  

14.10

 

Unfunded Plan

     15  

14.11

 

No Constraint on Corporate Action

     16  

14.12

 

Successors

     16  

14.13

 

Governing Law

     16  

14.14  

 

Data Protection

     16  

 

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Amended and Restated

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

2010 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Article 1.

Establishment & Purpose

1.1            Establishment . GGP Inc. a Delaware corporation established the General Growth Properties, Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “ Original Plan ”). In connection with the transactions (the “ Transactions ”) contemplated by that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March 26, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, and including the disclosure letters and exhibits thereto), by and among Brookfield Property Partners L.P., a Bermuda exempted limited partnership, Goldfinch Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation, and GGP Inc., Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (the “ Company ”), a Delaware corporation, amended and restated the Original Plan as of August 28, 2018 (the “ Amendment and Restatement Effective Date ”) to incorporate prior amendments and effectuate adjustments in connection with the Transactions and renamed and adopted the Original Plan, and all amendments thereto, as the Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

1.2             Purpose of the Plan . The purpose of this Plan is to attract, retain and motivate officers, employees, and non-employee directors providing services to the Company, any of its Subsidiaries, or Affiliates and to promote the success of the Company’s business by providing the participants of the Plan with appropriate incentives.

 

Article 2.

Definitions

Whenever capitalized in the Plan, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below.

2.1             Affiliate means any entity that the Company, either directly or indirectly, is in common control with, is controlled by or controls, or any entity in which the Company has a substantial equity interest, direct or indirect; provided , however , to the extent that Awards must cover “service recipient stock” in order to comply with Section 409A of the Code, “Affiliate” shall be limited to those entities which could qualify as an “eligible issuer” under Section 409A of the Code.

2.2             Annual Award Limit shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.

2.3             Award means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Restricted Stock, Other Stock-Based Award, or Performance-Based Compensation Award that is granted under the Plan, which may be delivered electronically using the Company’s equity management system.

2.4             Award Agreement means a written agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Plan.


2.5             Beneficial Owner or Beneficial Ownership shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Rule 13d-3 of the General Rules and Regulations under the Exchange Act.

2.6             Board means the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.7             Change of Control unless otherwise specified in the Award Agreement, means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

  (a)

any consolidation, amalgamation, or merger of the Company with or into any other Person, or any other corporate reorganization, business combination, transaction or transfer of securities of the Company by its stockholders, or a series of transactions (including the acquisition of capital stock of the Company), whether or not the Company is a party thereto, in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger, reorganization, business combination or transaction, collectively have Beneficial Ownership, directly or indirectly, of capital stock representing directly, or indirectly through one or more entities, less than fifty percent (50%) of the equity (measured by economic value or voting power (by contract, share ownership or otherwise) of the Company or other surviving entity immediately after such consolidation, merger, reorganization, business combination or transaction;

 

  (b)

the sale or disposition, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company to any Person;

 

  (c)

except with the prior approval of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., during any period of twelve consecutive months commencing on or after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, individuals who as of the beginning of such period constituted the entire Board (together with any new directors whose election by such Board or nomination for election by the Company’s shareholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors of the Company, then still in office, who were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved) cease for any reason to constitute a majority thereof; or

 

  (d)

approval by the shareholders of the Company of a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

2.8             Code means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

2.9             Committee means the Board or any other committee designated by the Board or its designee pursuant to Section 3.2 of the Plan to administer this Plan.

2.10             Company means Brookfield Property REIT Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.

 

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2.11             Covered Employee means for any Plan Year, a Participant designated by the Company as a potential “covered employee” as such term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Code.

2.12             Director means a member of the Board who is not an Employee.

2.13             Effective Date means October 27, 2010.

2.14             Employee means an officer or other employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate, including (i) a member of the Board who is an employee of the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate and (ii) individuals who have entered into employment agreements or have accepted a written offer of employment with the Company, a Subsidiary or Affiliate.

2.15             Exchange Act means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

2.16             Fair Market Value means, as of any date, the per Share value determined as follows, in accordance with applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Code:

 

  (a)

The closing price of a Share on a recognized national exchange or any established over-the-counter trading system on which dealings take place, or if no trades were made on any such day, the immediately preceding day on which trades were made; or

 

  (b)

In the absence of an established market for the Shares of the type described in (a) above, the per Share Fair Market Value thereof shall be determined by the Committee in good faith and in accordance with applicable provisions of Section 409A of the Code.

2.17             Incentive Stock Option means an Option intended to meet the requirements of an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code and designated as an Incentive Stock Option.

2.18             Non-Employee Director means a person defined in Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act, or any successor definition adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

2.19             Nonqualified Stock Option means an Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

2.20             Other Stock-Based Award means any right granted under Article 9 of the Plan.

2.21             Option means any stock option granted under Article 6 of the Plan.

2.22             Option Price means the purchase price per Share subject to an Option, as determined pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Plan.

 

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2.23             Outside Director means a member of the Board who is an “outside director” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

2.24             Participant means any eligible person as set forth in Section 4.1 to whom an Award is granted.

2.25             Performance-Based Compensation means compensation under an Award that is intended to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of the regulations promulgated under Section 162(m) of Code or any successor provision.

2.26             Performance Measures means measures as described in Section 10.2 on which the performance goals are based in order to qualify Awards as Performance-Based Compensation.

2.27             Performance Period means the period of time during which the performance goals must be met in order to determine the degree of payout and/or vesting with respect to an Award.

2.28             Person shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in Section 3(a)(9) of the Exchange Act and used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) thereof, including a “group” as defined in Section 13(d) thereof.

2.29             Plan means the Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan.

2.30             Plan Year means the applicable fiscal year of the Company.

2.31             Restricted Stock means any Award granted under Article 8 of the Plan.

2.32             Restriction Period means the period during which Restricted Stock awarded under Article 8 of the Plan is subject to forfeiture.

2.33             Service means service as an Employee or Director.

2.34             Share means a share of Class A stock of the Company, par value $0.01 per share, or such other class or kind of shares or other securities resulting from the application of Article 12 hereof.

2.35             Stock Appreciation Right means any right granted under Article 7 of the Plan.

2.36             Subsidiary means any corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other legal entity of which the Company, directly or indirectly, owns stock or other equity interests possessing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock or other equity interests (as determined in a manner consistent with Section 409A of the Code).

2.37             Ten Percent Shareholder means a person who on any given date owns, either directly or indirectly (taking into account the attribution rules contained in Section 424(d) of the Code), stock possessing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or a Subsidiary or Affiliate.

 

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2.38             Operating Partnership means BRP OP, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

2.39             Unit means a unit of limited partnership interest in the Operating Partnership, including, without limitation, Series K Preferred Units of the Operating Partnership.

 

Article 3.

Administration

3.1             Authority of the Committee . The Plan shall be administered by the Committee, which shall have full power to interpret and administer the Plan and Award Agreements and full authority to select the Employees and Directors to whom Awards will be granted, and to determine the type and amount of Awards to be granted to each such Employee or Director, and the terms and conditions of Awards and Award Agreements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Committee may, in its sole discretion but subject to the limitations in Article 13, clarify, construe or resolve any ambiguity in any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement, extend the term or period of exercisability of any Awards, or waive any terms or conditions applicable to any Award. Awards may, in the discretion of the Committee, be made under the Plan in assumption of, or in substitution for, outstanding awards previously granted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates or a company acquired by the Company or with which the Company combines. The Committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary power to adopt rules, forms, instruments, and guidelines for administering the Plan as the Committee deems necessary or proper. All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Committee or by the Board (or any other committee or sub-committee thereof), as applicable, shall be final and binding upon the Participants, the Company, and all other interested individuals.

3.2             Delegation . The Committee may delegate to one or more of its members or one or more executive officers of its service providers under its Master Services Agreement such administrative duties or powers as it may deem advisable; provided that no delegation shall be permitted under the Plan that is prohibited by applicable law.

 

Article 4.

Eligibility and Participation

4.1             Eligibility . Participants will consist of such Employees and Directors as the Committee in its sole discretion determines and whom the Committee may designate from time to time to receive Awards. Designation of a Participant in any year shall not require the Committee to designate such person to receive an Award in any other year or, once designated, to receive the same type or amount of Award as granted to the Participant in any other year.

4.2             Type of Awards . Awards under the Plan may be granted in any one or a combination of: (a) Options, (b) Stock Appreciation Rights, (c) Restricted Stock, (d) Other Stock-Based Awards, and (e) Performance-Based Compensation Awards. The Plan sets forth the types of performance goals and sets forth procedural requirements to permit the Company to design Awards that qualify as Performance-Based Compensation, as described in Article 10 hereof. Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements (which need not be identical) that provide additional terms and conditions associated with such Awards, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion; provided , however , that in the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Plan and any such Award Agreement, the provisions of the Plan shall prevail.

 

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Article 5.

Shares Subject to the Plan and Maximum Awards

5.1             General . Subject to adjustment as provided in Article 12 hereof, the maximum number of Shares available for issuance to Participants pursuant to Awards under the Plan shall be equal to 7,243,249 (which includes Shares subject to existing Awards of Restricted Stock that remain unvested and Shares potentially issuable in exchange for outstanding Units issued as Other Stock-Based Awards, but, for avoidance of doubt, does not include vested Shares previously issued pursuant to the Plan). The number of Shares available for granting Incentive Stock Options under the Plan shall not exceed 7,243,249, subject to Article 12 hereof and the provisions of Sections 422 or 424 of the Code and any successor provisions. The Shares available for issuance under the Plan may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares or treasury Shares.

5.2             Annual Award Limits . The maximum number of Shares with respect to Awards denominated in Shares that may be granted to any Participant in any Plan Year shall be 4,000,000 Shares (or the equivalent dollar value), subject to adjustments made in accordance with Article 12 hereof (the “ Annual Award Limit ”).

5.3             Additional Shares . In the event that any outstanding Award expires, is forfeited, cancelled or otherwise terminated without the issuance of Shares or is otherwise settled for cash, the Shares subject to such Award, to the extent of any such forfeiture, cancellation, expiration, termination or settlement for cash, shall again be available for Awards. If the Committee authorizes the assumption under this Plan, in connection with any merger, consolidation, acquisition of property or stock, or reorganization, of awards granted under another plan, such assumption shall not (i) reduce the maximum number of Shares available for issuance under this Plan or (ii) be subject to or counted against a Participant’s Annual Award Limit.

 

Article 6.

Stock Options

6.1             Grant of Options . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Options to Participants. Each Option shall permit a Participant to purchase from the Company a stated number of Shares at an Option Price established by the Committee, subject to the terms and conditions described in this Article 6 and to such additional terms and conditions, as established by the Committee, in its sole discretion, that are consistent with the provisions of the Plan. Options shall be designated as either Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options, provided that Options granted to Directors shall be Nonqualified Stock Options. An Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option shall, to the extent it fails to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. Neither the Committee, the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, nor any of their employees and representatives shall be liable to any Participant or to any other Person if it is determined that an Option intended to be an Incentive Stock Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Each option shall be evidenced by Award Agreements which shall state the number of Shares covered by such Option. Such agreements shall conform to the requirements of the Plan, and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

 

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6.2             Terms of Option Grant . The Option Price shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant, but shall not be less than one-hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant. In the case of any Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, the Option Price shall not be less than one-hundred-ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.

6.3             Option Term . The term of each Option shall be determined by the Committee at the time of grant and shall be stated in the Award Agreement, but in no event shall such term be greater than ten (10) years (or, in the case on an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Ten Percent Shareholder, five (5) years).

6.4             Method of Exercise . Except as otherwise provided in the Plan or in an Award Agreement, an Option may be exercised for all, or from time to time any part, of the Shares for which it is then exercisable. For purposes of this Article 6, the exercise date of an Option shall be the later of the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company and, if applicable, the date payment is received by the Company pursuant to clauses (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv) of the following sentence (including the applicable tax withholding pursuant to Section 14.3 of the Plan). The aggregate Option Price for the Shares as to which an Option is exercised shall be paid to the Company in full at the time of exercise at the election of the Participant (i) in cash or its equivalent (e.g., by cashier’s check), (ii) to the extent permitted by the Committee, in Shares previously owned by the Participant having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased and satisfying such other requirements as may be imposed by the Committee, (iii) partly in cash and, to the extent permitted by the Committee, partly in such Shares (as described in (ii) above) or (iv) if there is a public market for the Shares at such time, subject to such requirements as may be imposed by the Committee, through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell Shares obtained upon the exercise of the Option and to deliver promptly to the Company an amount out of the proceeds of such sale equal to the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased. The Committee may prescribe any other method of payment that it determines to be consistent with applicable law and the purpose of the Plan.

6.5             Limitations on Incentive Stock Options . Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or of a “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” (as such terms are defined in Section 424 of the Code) at the date of grant. The aggregate Fair Market Value (generally determined as of the time the Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year under all plans of the Company and of any “parent corporation” or “subsidiary corporation” shall not exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), or the Option shall be treated as a Nonqualified Stock Option. For purposes of the preceding sentence, Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account generally in the order in which they are granted. Each provision of the Plan and each Award Agreement relating to an Incentive Stock Option shall be construed so that each Incentive Stock Option shall be an incentive stock option as defined in Section 422 of the Code, and any provisions of the Award Agreement thereof that cannot be so construed shall be disregarded.

 

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6.6             Performance Goals . The Committee may condition the grant of Options or the vesting of Options upon the Participant’s achievement of one or more performance goal(s) (including the Participant’s provision of Services for a designated time period), as specified in the Award Agreement. If the Participant fails to achieve the specified performance goal(s), the Committee shall not grant the Option to such Participant or the Option shall not vest, as applicable.

 

Article 7.

Stock Appreciation Rights

7.1             Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights . The Committee is hereby authorized to grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants, including a grant of Stock Appreciation Rights in tandem with any Option at the same time such Option is granted (a “ Tandem SAR ”). Stock Appreciation Rights shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable. Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, a Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan shall confer on the holder thereof a right to receive, upon exercise thereof, the excess of (a) the Fair Market Value of a specified number of Shares on the date of exercise over (b) the grant price of the right as specified by the Committee on the date of the grant. Such payment may be in the form of cash, Shares, other property or any combination thereof, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

7.2             Terms of Stock Appreciation Right . Subject to the terms of the Plan and any applicable Award Agreement, the grant price (which shall not be less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant), term, methods of exercise, methods of settlement, and any other terms and conditions of any Stock Appreciation Right shall be as determined by the Committee. The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any Stock Appreciation Right as it may deem appropriate. No Stock Appreciation Right shall have a term of more than ten (10) years from the date of grant.

7.3             Tandem Stock Appreciation Rights and Options . A Tandem SAR shall be exercisable only to the extent that the related Option is exercisable and shall expire no later than the expiration of the related Option. Upon the exercise of all or a portion of a Tandem SAR, a Participant shall be required to forfeit the right to purchase an equivalent portion of the related Option (and, when a Share is purchased under the related Option, the Participant shall be required to forfeit an equivalent portion of the Stock Appreciation Right).

 

Article 8.

Restricted Stock

8.1             Grant of Restricted Stock . An Award of Restricted Stock is a grant by the Committee of a specified number of Shares to the Participant, which Shares are subject to forfeiture upon the occurrence of specified events. Restricted Stock shall be evidenced by an Award Agreement, which shall conform to the requirements of the Plan and may contain such other provisions, as the Committee shall deem advisable.

8.2             Terms of Restricted Stock Awards . Each Award Agreement evidencing a Restricted Stock grant shall specify the period(s) of restriction, the number of Shares of Restricted Stock subject to the Award, the performance, employment or other conditions

 

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(including the termination of a Participant’s Service whether due to death, disability or other reason) under which the Restricted Stock may be forfeited to the Company and such other provisions as the Committee shall determine. At the end of the Restriction Period, the restrictions imposed hereunder and under the Award Agreement shall lapse with respect to the number of Shares of Restricted Stock as determined by the Committee, and the legend shall be removed and such number of Shares delivered to the Participant (or, where appropriate, the Participant’s legal representative).

8.3             Voting and Dividend Rights . Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, Participants shall have none of the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to Restricted Stock until the end of the Restricted Period; provided , that, Participants shall have the right to vote and receive dividends on Restricted Stock during the Restriction Period. Dividends shall be paid to Participants at the same time that other shareholders of common stock of the Company receive such dividends.

8.4             Performance Goals . The Committee may condition the grant of Restricted Stock or the expiration of the Restriction Period upon the Participant’s achievement of one or more performance goal(s) (including the Participant’s provision of Services for a designated time period), as specified in the Award Agreement. If the Participant fails to achieve the specified performance goal(s), the Committee shall not grant the Restricted Stock to such Participant or the Participant shall forfeit the Award of Restricted Stock to the Company, as applicable.

8.5             Section 83(b) Election . If a Participant makes an election pursuant to Section 83(b) of the Code concerning Restricted Stock, the Participant shall be required to file promptly a copy of such election with the Company.

 

Article 9.

Other Stock-Based Awards

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Awards of Shares, Units and Awards that are valued, in whole or in part, by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, Shares (the “ Other Stock-Based Awards ”), including without limitation, restricted stock units and other phantom awards. To the extent that any Other Stock-Based Awards involve Units, the Committee shall cause the Operating Partnership to issue Units pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Plan. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive one or more Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) upon the completion of a specified period of Service, the occurrence of an event and/or the attainment of performance objectives. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any other Awards granted under the Plan. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other Stock-Based Awards will be made, the number of Shares or Units to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards, whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares, and all other terms and conditions of such Awards (including, without limitation, the vesting provisions thereof and provisions ensuring that all Shares so awarded and issued shall be fully paid and non-assessable). A Participant who receives a grant of Other Stock-Based Awards in the form of Units shall be entitled to only such rights as are afforded to him under the partnership agreement of the Operating Partnership.

 

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Article 10.

Performance-Based Compensation

10.1             Grant of Performance-Based Compensation . To the extent permitted by Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee is authorized to design any Award so that the amounts or Shares payable or distributed pursuant to such Award are treated as “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and related regulations.

10.2             Performance Measures . The vesting, crediting and/or payment of Performance-Based Compensation shall be based on the achievement of objective performance goals based on one or more of the following Performance Measures: (i) consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization); (ii) net income; (iii) operating income; (iv) earnings per Share; (v) book value per Share; (vi) return on shareholders’ equity; (vii) expense management; (viii) return on investment; (ix) improvements in capital structure; (x) profitability of an identifiable business unit or product; (xi) maintenance or improvement of profit margins; (xii) stock price; (xiii) market share; (xiv) revenues or sales; (xv) costs; (xvi) cash flow; (xvii) working capital; (xviii) return on assets; (xix) store openings or refurbishment plans; (xx) staff training; and (xxi) corporate social responsibility policy implementation.

Any Performance Measure may be (i) used to measure the performance of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates as a whole, any business unit thereof or any combination thereof against any goal including past performance or (ii) compared to the performance of a group of comparable companies, or a published or special index, in each case that the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems appropriate. Subject to Section 162(m) of the Code, the Committee may adjust the performance goals (including to prorate goals and payments for a partial Plan Year) in the event of the following occurrences: (a) non-recurring events, including divestitures, spin-offs, or changes in accounting standards or policies; (b) mergers and acquisitions; and (c) financing transactions, including selling accounts receivable.

10.3             Establishment of Performance Goals for Covered Employees . No later than ninety (90) days after the commencement of a Performance Period (but in no event after twenty-five percent (25%) of such Performance Period has elapsed), the Committee shall establish in writing: (i) the performance goals applicable to the Performance Period; (ii) the Performance Measures to be used to measure the performance goals in terms of an objective formula or standard; (iii) the formula for computing the amount of compensation payable to the Participant if such performance goals are obtained; and (iv) the Participants or class of Participants to which such performance goals apply. The outcome of such performance goals must be substantially uncertain when the Committee establishes the goals.

10.4             Adjustment of Performance-Based Compensation . Awards that are designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation may not be adjusted upward. The Committee shall retain the discretion to adjust such Awards downward, either on a formula or discretionary basis or any combination, as the Committee determines.

10.5             Certification of Performance . Except for Awards that pay compensation attributable solely to an increase in the value of Shares, no Award designed to qualify as Performance-Based Compensation shall be vested, credited or paid, as applicable, with respect to any Participant until the Committee certifies in writing that the performance goals and any other material terms applicable to such Performance Period have been satisfied.

 

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10.6            Interpretation . Each provision of the Plan and each Award Agreement relating to Performance-Based Compensation shall be construed so that each such Award shall be “qualified performance-based compensation” within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code and related regulations, and any provisions of the Award Agreement thereof that cannot be so construed shall be disregarded.

 

Article 11.

Compliance with Section 409A of the Code and Section 457A of the Code

11.1             General . The Company intends that any Awards be structured in compliance with, or to satisfy an exemption from, Section 409A of the Code and all regulations, guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority thereunder (“ Section  409A ”), such that there are no adverse tax consequences, interest, or penalties as a result of the Awards. Notwithstanding the Company’s intention, in the event any Award is subject to Section 409A, the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without a Participant’s prior consent, amend the Plan and/or Awards, adopt policies and procedures, or take any other actions (including amendments, policies, procedures and actions with retroactive effect) as are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Plan and/or any Award from the application of Section 409A, (ii) preserve the intended tax treatment of any such Award, or (iii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A, including without limitation any such regulations guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority that may be issued after the date of grant of an Award. Prior to granting any Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, the Committee shall consider whether such Shares underlying such Awards would qualify as “service recipient stock” under Section 409A, and it is generally expected that, absent changes in applicable law, no Options or Stock Appreciation Rights will be granted on or after August 28, 2018.

11.2             Payments to Specified Employees . Notwithstanding any contrary provision in the Plan or Award Agreement, any payment(s) of nonqualified deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) that are otherwise required to be made under the Plan to a “specified employee” (as defined under Section 409A) as a result of his or her separation from service (other than a payment that is not subject to Section 409A) shall be delayed for the first six (6) months following such separation from service (or, if earlier, the date of death of the specified employee) and shall instead be paid (in a manner set forth in the Award Agreement) on the payment date that immediately follows the end of such six-month period or as soon as administratively practicable within 90 days thereafter, but in no event later than the end of the applicable taxable year.

11.3             Separation from Service . A termination of employment shall not be deemed to have occurred for purposes of any provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement providing for the payment of any amounts or benefits that are considered nonqualified deferred compensation under Section 409A upon or following a termination of employment, unless such termination is also a “separation from service” within the meaning of Section 409A and the payment thereof prior to a “separation from service” would violate Section 409A. For purposes of any such provision of the Plan or any Award Agreement relating to any such payments or benefits, references to a “termination,” “termination of employment” or like terms shall mean “separation from service.”

 

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11.4             Section 457A . In the event any Award is subject to Section 457A of the Code (“ Section  457A ”), the Committee may, in its sole discretion and without a Participant’s prior consent, amend the Plan and/or Awards, adopt policies and procedures, or take any other actions (including amendments, policies, procedures and actions with retroactive effect) as are necessary or appropriate to (i) exempt the Plan and/or any Award from the application of Section 457A, (ii) preserve the intended tax treatment of any such Award, or (iii) comply with the requirements of Section 457A, including without limitation any such regulations, guidance, compliance programs and other interpretative authority that may be issued after the date of the grant.

 

Article 12.

Adjustments

12.1             Adjustments in Authorized Shares . In the event of any corporate event or transaction involving the Company, a Subsidiary and/or an Affiliate (including, but not limited to, a change in the Shares of the Company or the capitalization of the Company) such as a merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, separation, extraordinary stock dividend, stock split, reverse stock split, split up, spin-off, combination of Shares, exchange of Shares, dividend in kind, amalgamation, or other like change in capital structure (other than regular cash or stock dividends to shareholders of the Company), or any similar corporate event or transaction, the Committee, to prevent dilution or enlargement of Participants’ rights under the Plan, shall substitute or adjust, in its sole discretion, the number and kind of Shares or other property that may be issued under the Plan or under particular forms of Awards, the number and kind of Shares or other property subject to outstanding Awards, the Option Price, grant price or purchase price applicable to outstanding Awards, the Annual Award Limits, and/or other value determinations applicable to the Plan or outstanding Awards.

12.2             Change of Control . Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control after the Amendment and Restatement Effective Date, unless otherwise specifically prohibited under applicable laws or by the rules and regulations of any governing governmental agencies or national securities exchanges, or unless the Committee shall determine otherwise in the Award Agreement, the Committee shall make one or more of the following adjustments to the terms and conditions of outstanding Awards: (i) continuation or assumption of such outstanding Awards under the Plan by the Company (if it is the surviving company or corporation) or by the surviving company or corporation or its parent; (ii) substitution by the surviving company or corporation or its parent of awards with substantially the same terms for such outstanding Awards; (iii) accelerated exercisability, vesting and/or lapse of restrictions under outstanding Awards immediately prior to the occurrence of such event; (iv) upon written notice, provide that any outstanding Awards must be exercised, to the extent then exercisable, during a reasonable period of time immediately prior to the scheduled consummation of the event, or such other period as determined by the Committee (contingent upon the consummation of the event), and at the end of such period, such Awards shall terminate to the extent not so exercised within the relevant period; and (v) cancellation of all or any portion of outstanding Awards for fair value (as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee and which may be zero) which, in the case of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights or similar Awards, if the Committee so determines, may equal the excess, if any, of the value of the consideration to be paid in the Change of Control

 

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transaction to holders of the same number of Shares subject to such Awards (or, if no such consideration is paid, Fair Market Value of the Shares subject to such outstanding Awards or portion thereof being canceled) over the aggregate Option Price or grant price, as applicable, with respect to such Awards or portion thereof being canceled (which may be zero).

 

Article 13.

Duration, Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination

13.1             Duration of the Plan . Unless sooner terminated as provided in Section 13.2, the Plan shall terminate on the tenth (10th) anniversary of the Effective Date.

13.2             Amendment, Modification, Suspension and Termination of Plan . The Committee may amend, alter, suspend, discontinue, or terminate (for purposes of this Section 13.2, an “Action”) the Plan or any portion thereof or any Award (or Award Agreement) thereunder at any time; provided that no such Action shall be made, other than as permitted under Article 11 or 12, (i) without shareholder approval (A) if such approval is necessary to comply with any tax or regulatory requirement applicable to the Plan, (B) if such Action increases the number of Shares available under the Plan (other than an increase permitted under Article 5 absent shareholder approval), (C) if such Action results in a material increase in benefits permitted under the Plan (but excluding increases that are immaterial or that are minor and to benefit the administration of the Plan, to take account of any changes in applicable law, or to obtain or maintain favorable tax, exchange, or regulatory treatment for the Company, a Subsidiary, and/or an Affiliate) or a change in eligibility requirements under the Plan, or (D) for any Action that results in a reduction of the Option Price or grant price per Share, as applicable, of any outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights or cancellation of any outstanding Options or Stock Appreciation Rights in exchange for cash, or for other Awards, such as other Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, with an Option Price or grant price per Share, as applicable, that is less than such price of the original Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, and (ii) without the written consent of the affected Participant, if such Action would materially diminish the rights of any Participant under any Award theretofore granted to such Participant under the Plan; provided , further , that the Committee may amend the Plan, any Award or any Award Agreement without such consent of the Participant in such manner as it deems necessary to comply with applicable laws, including without limitation, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.

 

Article 14.

General Provisions

14.1             No Right to Service . The granting of an Award under the Plan shall impose no obligation on the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate to continue the Service of a Participant and shall not lessen or affect any right that the Company, any Subsidiary or any Affiliate may have to terminate the Service of such Participant. No Participant or other Person shall have any claim to be granted any Award, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants, or holders or beneficiaries of Awards. The terms and conditions of Awards and the Committee’s determinations and interpretations with respect thereto need not be the same with respect to each Participant (whether or not such Participants are similarly situated).

 

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14.2             Settlement of Awards; Fractional Shares . Each Award Agreement shall establish the form in which the Award shall be settled. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, other securities or other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be rounded, forfeited or otherwise eliminated.

14.3             Tax Withholding . The Company shall have the power and the right to deduct or withhold automatically from any amount deliverable under the Award or otherwise, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, the minimum statutory amount to satisfy federal, state, and local taxes, domestic or foreign, required by law or regulation to be withheld with respect to any taxable event arising as a result of the Plan. With respect to required withholding, Participants may elect (subject to the Company’s automatic withholding right set out above), subject to the approval of the Committee, to satisfy the withholding requirement, in whole or in part, by having the Company withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value on the date the tax is to be determined equal to the minimum statutory total tax that could be imposed on the transaction.

14.4             No Guarantees Regarding Tax Treatment . Participants (or their beneficiaries) shall be responsible for all taxes with respect to any Awards under the Plan. The Committee and the Company make no guarantees to any Person regarding the tax treatment of Awards or payments made under the Plan. Neither the Committee nor the Company has any obligation to take any action to prevent the assessment of any tax on any Person with respect to any Award under Section 409A of the Code or Section 457A of the Code or otherwise and none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their employees or representatives shall have any liability to a Participant with respect thereto.

14.5             Non-Transferability of Awards . Unless otherwise determined by the Committee, an Award shall not be transferable or assignable by the Participant except in the event of his or her death (subject to the applicable laws of descent and distribution) and any such purported assignment, alienation, pledge, attachment, sale, transfer or encumbrance shall be void and unenforceable against the Company or any Affiliate. No transfer shall be permitted for value or consideration. An award exercisable after the death of a Participant may be exercised by the heirs, legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant. Any permitted transfer of the Awards to heirs, legatees, personal representatives or distributees of the Participant shall not be effective to bind the Company unless the Committee shall have been furnished with written notice thereof and a copy of such evidence as the Committee may deem necessary to establish the validity of the transfer and the acceptance by the transferee or transferees of the terms and conditions hereof.

14.6             Conditions and Restrictions on Shares . The Committee may impose such other conditions or restrictions on any Shares received in connection with an Award as it may deem advisable or desirable. These restrictions may include, but shall not be limited to, a requirement that the Participant hold the Shares received for a specified period of time or a requirement that a Participant represent and warrant in writing that the Participant is acquiring the Shares for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares. The certificates for Shares may include any legend which the Committee deems appropriate to reflect any conditions and restrictions applicable to such Shares.

 

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14.7             Compliance with Law . The granting of Awards and the issuance of Shares under the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, and to such approvals by any governmental agencies, or any stock exchanges on which the Shares are admitted to trading or listed, as may be required. The Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver evidence of title for Shares issued under the Plan prior to:

 

  (a)

Obtaining any approvals from governmental agencies that the Company determines are necessary or advisable; and

 

  (b)

Completion of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any applicable national, state or foreign law or ruling of any governmental body that the Company determines to be necessary or advisable.

The restrictions contained in this Section 14.7 shall be in addition to any conditions or restrictions that the Committee may impose pursuant to Section 14.6. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction, which authority is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, shall relieve the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates, and all of their employees and representatives of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority shall not have been obtained.

14.8             Rights as a Shareholder . Except as otherwise provided herein or in the applicable Award Agreement, a Participant shall have none of the rights of a shareholder with respect to Shares covered by any Award until the Participant becomes the record holder of such Shares.

14.9             Severability . If any provision of the Plan or any Award is or becomes or is deemed to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any Person or Award, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the determination of the Committee, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, Person, or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

14.10             Unfunded Plan . Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other Person. To the extent that any Person acquires a right to receive payments from the Company under the Plan, such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts. The Plan is not subject to the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

 

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14.11             No Constraint on Corporate Action . Nothing in the Plan shall be construed to (i) limit, impair, or otherwise affect the Company’s right or power to make adjustments, reclassifications, reorganizations, or changes of its capital or business structure, or to merge or consolidate, or dissolve, liquidate, sell, or transfer all or any part of its business or assets, or (ii) limit the right or power of the Company to take any action which such entity deems to be necessary or appropriate.

14.12             Successors . All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards granted hereunder shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company.

14.13             Governing Law . The Plan and each Award Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, excluding any conflicts or choice of law rule or principle that might otherwise refer construction or interpretation of the Plan to the substantive law of another jurisdiction.

14.14             Data Protection . By participating in the Plan, the Participant consents to the collection, processing, transmission and storage by the Company in any form whatsoever, of any data of a professional or personal nature which is necessary for the purposes of introducing and administering the Plan. The Company may share such information with any Subsidiary or Affiliate, the trustee of any employee benefit trust, its registrars, trustees, brokers, other third party administrator or any Person who obtains control of the Company or acquires the Company, undertaking or part-undertaking which employs the Participant, wherever situated.

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Exhibit 5.1

 

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Goodwin Procter LLP

100 Northern Avenue

Boston, MA 02210

 

goodwinlaw.com

+1 617 570 1000

August 28, 2018

Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

350 N. Orleans St., Suite 300

Chicago, IL 60654

Re: Securities Being Registered under Registration Statement on Form S-8

Ladies and Gentlemen,

We have acted as counsel to you in connection with your filing of a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (as amended or supplemented, the “ Registration Statement ”) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), on or about the date hereof relating to an aggregate of 7,243,249 shares (the “ Shares ”) of Class A Stock, $0.01 par value per share (“ Class  A Stock ”), of Brookfield Property REIT Inc. (the “ Company ”), that may be issued pursuant to the Amended and Restated Brookfield Property REIT Inc. 2010 Equity Incentive Plan (the “ Plan ”).

We have reviewed such documents and made such examination of law as we have deemed appropriate to give the opinion set forth below. We have relied, without independent verification, on certificates of public officials and, as to matters of fact material to the opinions set forth below, on certificates of officers of the Company.

The opinion set forth below is limited to the Delaware General Corporation Law.

For purposes of the opinion set forth below, we have assumed that no event occurs that causes the number of authorized shares of Class A Stock available for issuance by the Company to be less than the number of then unissued Shares.

Based on the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized and, upon issuance and delivery against payment therefor in accordance with the terms of the Plan, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.


Brookfield Property REIT Inc.

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August 28, 2018

We hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 to the Registration Statement. In giving our consent, we do not admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Goodwin Procter LLP

     Goodwin Procter LLP

 

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Exhibit 23.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form S-8 of our reports relating to the consolidated financial statements of GGP Inc. (now known as Brookfield Property REIT Inc.) and subsidiaries (which report expresses an unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph relating to the adoption of a new accounting standard) and effectiveness of GGP Inc.’s internal control over financial reporting dated February 22, 2018, appearing in the Annual Report on Form 10-K of GGP Inc. for the year ended December 31, 2017.

/s/ DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP

Chicago, Illinois

August 28, 2018