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Topic: Brascan Corporation


  
  Y-File
Attending the breakfast were Brascan and other private-sector executives, the Consul General of Brazil, York University Foundation President and CEO Paul Marcus and members of the foundation's board of directors, and York administrators and faculty.
Brascan has been operating in Brazil for more than a century and built the hydroelectric power and other utility services for the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sâo Paulo.
Today, Brascan is the largest residential condominium developer in these cities, a leading cattle rancher and owner of 40 per cent of Banco Brascan, an investment bank.
www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=1903   (490 words)

  
 OSC: Orders & Rulings 2000 - In the Matter of Brascan Corporation - MRRS Decision - CVMO: Ordonnances et décisions pur ...
Brascan is a reporting issuer or the equivalent in each of the Jurisdictions and is not in default of any requirement of the Legislation.
Brascan's authorized capital consists of an unlimited number of Class A Preference Shares, issuable in series, an unlimited number of Class AA Preference Shares, issuable in series, an unlimited number of Class A Limited Voting Shares and 85,120 Class B Limited Voting Shares.
Brascan intends to acquire the aggregate principal amount of $50,000,000 of Notes, representing approximately 64.7% of the outstanding Notes, pursuant to the Offer.
www.osc.gov.on.ca /Regulation/Orders/2000/ord_20000619_brascancorporation.jsp   (811 words)

  
 Bangor Hydro Electric Company - News & Press Releases
The expansion of the existing transmission line to 126 MW was completed by Brascan and Bangor Hydro within 15 months from the planning stage, which is half the time normally required for a project of this size and scope.
Brascan Corporation is a North American based real estate, power generation and asset management company.
Brascan is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol BNN.A and the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol BNN.
www.bhe.com /about/news_action.cfm?news_id=62   (534 words)

  
 PRESS RELEASE Developers Diversified Realty Announces Sale of Office and Industrial Portfolio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Brascan Real Estate Opportunity Fund was established by Brascan Corporation to invest opportunistically in commercial real estate in North America.
Brascan Corporation is an asset management company, with a focus on property, power and infrastructure assets.
Developers Diversified Realty Corporation considers portions of this information to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21 E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, both as amended, with respect to the Company's expectation for future periods.
www.marketwire.com /mw/release_html_b1?release_id=92440   (629 words)

  
 Brascan Corporate Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As a result of these amalgamations, Brascan Corporation will assume all of the assets and liabilities of Brascan Financial and the existing Class I and II and III preferred shares issued by Brascan Financial will be exchanged for new Class A preferred shares of Brascan Corporation with substantially identical terms and conditions.
Brascan Financial also provides select business services and is active in the capital markets.
Note: This press release and attachments contain “forward-looking statements” concerning the amalgamation of Brascan Corporation and Brascan Financial within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
www.brascancorp.com /NewsRoom/2004/Dec30.html   (656 words)

  
 globeandmail.com : globeinvestor.com : Brascan Corporation: Possible Offer for Canary Wharf Group PLC
Brascan notes the announcement by the Independent Committee of Canary Wharf (the "IBC") of 11 November 2003 and confirms that, on behalf of CWG Acquisition Limited ("CWG Acquisition"), it submitted a proposal concerning an all cash offer of 252 pence per Canary Wharf share to the IBC on 10 November 2003.
Brascan also advised the IBC that it was willing to consider providing shareholders with the option to elect to receive part of this cash offer in the form of equity participation in the future of Canary Wharf and put forward a number of specific proposals in this regard.
Brascan is a real estate, power generation and asset management company whose objective is to earn a superior return on equity by operating businesses which produce consistent and sustainable cash flows.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20031112&archive=ccnm&slug=1112009n   (621 words)

  
 Brascan Power New York's St. Lawrence Region Marks Fifth
Brascan Power New York, a member of the Brascan Power group, owns and operates 72 hydroelectric power plants totaling 682 megawatts of capacity, and one 105-megawatt co-generation facility.
Brascan Power's portfolio includes 117 hydroelectric power-generating stations located on 35 river systems, three co-generation facilities and transmission and distribution assets, principally in the northeast.
Brascan Corporation is an asset management company with a focus on real estate and power generation.
www.poweronline.com /content/news/article.asp?docid={410440A5-D647-45B9-8A42-8FC197A38E40}&VNETCOOKIE=NO   (800 words)

  
 Brascan starts work on local wind farm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Brascan Power's Prince Wind Farm was announced in November 2004 as one of the successful bids in the Ontario government's 300 MW Request for Proposals for new renewable energy supply.
Brascan Power has awarded M.A. Mortenson Company the balance of plant contract for the civil aspects of the project, including road construction, foundations and wind turbine erection.
Brascan Power owns and operates over 130 power generation facilities with a total generating capacity of over 3,300 megawatts.
www.sootoday.com /content/news/full_story.asp?StoryNumber=13406   (379 words)

  
 030320lbrascanttebp
According to Brascan’s attorney, that is exactly what they are trying to do.
Brascan has been talking to GNP attorneys in an attempt to devise a bid that will be acceptable to the court, and “provide value” to the company and the Katahdin area community.
Brascan purchased Great Lakes Hydro America from Great Northern Paper Company in 2001, as GNP CEO Lambert Bedard was selling off assets prior to seeking bankruptcy protection.
magic-city-news.com /mcms/html/030320lbrascanttebp.html   (424 words)

  
 BISA - Rio de Janeiro - Novidades
Founded and operating in Brazil since 1899, up until the 70´s Brascan was the biggest private company in the country active in administering public services, gas, electricity, telephone, agriculture, financial services and other businesses.
In the last 5 years, Brascan was deemed by the Institute Miguel Calmon (IMIC) the biggest Real estate development firm in the state of Rio De Janeiro.
Brascan can look upon the past with pride and into the future with optimism.
www.brascanimobiliaria.com.br /English/empresa.htm   (357 words)

  
 Native Forest Council: News
In the Mid-Vancouver Island area, Brascan has just bought land that is under serious contention in Cathedral Grove, Hamilton Marsh, on the Floodplain of the Little Qualicum River, on the slopes of Mt Arrowsmith including the Judge’s Route.
It is posted at www.brascancorp.com “At Brascan, we pride ourselves on contributing positively to the communities in which we operate.
Brascan goes on to state: “Approximately 13,000 hectares of lands are viewed to have greater value in non-timber use, located on Vancouver Island and the Mainland.
www.forestcouncil.org /tims_picks/view.php?id=1103   (474 words)

  
 Brascan Corporate Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Brascan will pay the market price at the time of acquisition for any Class A Shares purchased through the facilities of the Exchanges.
Brascan maintains an issuer bid because it believes that, from time to time, the market price of its Class A Shares may not fully reflect the underlying value of its business and its future business prospects.
The company believes that, in such circumstances, the outstanding Class A Shares represent an attractive investment for Brascan, since a portion of the company's excess cash generated on an annual basis can be invested for an attractive risk adjusted return on capital through the issuer bid.
www.brookfield.com /NewsRoom/2005/April19.html   (301 words)

  
 Brascan Asset Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
As a result, Brascan has the abilities to pursue several non-traditional timberlands investment opportunities, including Canadian crown land and existing timberlands-rich public and private companies with enterprise values well below the asset value that might be achieved through a restructuring.
Brascan, as sponsor of the Funds, has assembled an experienced and knowledgeable investment team to operate the Funds.
Most recently as Managing Director of Comfloresta, a Brascan subsidiary in southern Brazil, he was responsible for the general management of their extensive plantation pine operations.
www.brascanam.com /Alternative/timber.htm   (545 words)

  
 The Record - Brascan officials detail plans for plant
COHOES - Common Council members were updated Tuesday on the Brascan's Corporation's proposed future plans for the Cohoes Falls power-plant, while the Green Island Power Authority waits in wings to see if federal agencies choose their more ambitious plan for the facility.
Brascan officials laid out their proposed settlement plan and 40-year re-licensure deal with federal and local agencies to an unusually large crowd at the Common Council's monthly workshop.
Brascan officials also would design a way to ensure safe passage over the falls for fish like the Blueback herring and the American Eel, construct trails, a new pedestrian foot bridge across the power plant, as well as other amenities to help the facility fit in with the historic nature around North Mohawk Street.
www.troyrecord.com /site/news.cfm?newsid=13729570&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6   (747 words)

  
 Brascan Strengthens Focus On Asset Management: Proposes to Change Name to Brookfield Asset Management Inc.; Announces ...
A circular will be mailed shortly to shareholders to seek their approval to change the name of Brascan Corporation to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. Following approval of the name change, the company's share symbol will be changed to BAM (NYSE/TSX).
Brascan also announced that it will seek to repurchase approximately $500 million of its common shares at a price of US$41.00 per share by way of an issuer bid offer.
Brascan Corporation (to be renamed Brookfield Asset Management Inc.) is a specialist asset manager.
www.ccnmatthews.com /news/releases/show.jsp?action=showRelease&actionFor=555245   (739 words)

  
 The Proposal - Blue Highlands Citizens Coalition
Brascan Corporation is a Toronto based energy and real estate conglomerate with 2002 revenues in excess of $4.81 billion.
As of December 12th 2005, Brascan announced that they are concentrating on Phase I of the project, 20 to 30 turbines with an installed capacity of 49.5 MW on a strip of Escarpment tablelands adjacent to NEC protected lands in the Town of Blue Mountains.
However, those facts don't mean that a particular corporate strategy of large-scale, commercial development at the lowest-cost sites will necessarily be compatible with the character of a local community, the values of its residents, and the ecosystems and environmental sensitivities present within the community.
www.bhcc.ca /proposal.htm   (1703 words)

  
 Globeinvestor.com: Brascan Power to issue $500 million of unsecured, fixed and floating rate debentures
Brascan Power's operations are strategically focused on hydroelectric power generation primarily in northeast Canada and the United States and include 117 hydroelectric facilities and three co-generation facilities, which generate on average 10,500 GWh of electricity annually.
The net proceeds of the issue will be used to repay US $375 million of Brascan Power Inc.'s corporate term debentures, a portion of which matured in August 2004 with the balance maturing in March 2005.
Brascan Power's portfolio includes 117 hydroelectric power-generating stations located on 35 river systems, 3 co-generation facilities and transmission and distribution assets, principally in the northeast.
www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/ArticleNews/print/CNW/20041210/1212104253   (520 words)

  
 Emera
Brascan Power Inc. comprises the power generating, transmission, distribution and marketing operations of Brascan Corporation.
Brascan Corporation (NYSE/TSX: BNN) is an asset management company.
Reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of the company to differ materially from anticipated future results, performance or achievement expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements.
www.emera.com /mediactr/20050524.shtml   (669 words)

  
 Brookfield Asset Management - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
May 10, 1995: The Pagurian Corporation (PGC) changes its name to The Edper Group Limited (EPR).
April 28, 2000: EdperBrascan Corporation changes its name to Brascan Corporation (BNN).
 This article about a Canadian corporation or company is a stub.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brascan_Corporation   (462 words)

  
 Brascan Asset Management   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Tricap Restructuring Fund (Tricap) was established by Brascan to provide a source of patient, long-term capital and strategic assistance to companies experiencing financial or operational difficulty.
The foundation of the Tricap Restructuring Fund is Brascan’s proven approach to assessing the financial and operational condition of companies in distress and seizing the opportunities for restructuring, refinancing and/or investment.
Drawing on the Brascan’ industry and financial expertise and that of our investment participants, Tricap will evaluate and identify lender priorities, undervalued assets, undisclosed liabilities, excessive costs and opportunities for management enhancement, as a first step in developing a restructuring plan.
www.brascanam.com /Alternative/tricap.htm   (1098 words)

  
 Brookfield Power
Brascan Power Inc. operates 120 power generating stations with a combined generating capacity of 2,622 megawatts.
Brascan Power conducts its power generating operations primarily in Ontario, Quebec, New England and New York, with other power operations in British Columbia, Louisiana and Brazil.
Brascan Power Inc. is not listed on any stock exchange but it is a reporting issuer with publicly held debt.
www.energiebrookfield.com /NewsEvents/news2004-12-03.htm   (397 words)

  
 Brascan Corporate Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Royal LePage is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brascan Corporation.
Brascan Corporation is a North American based company which owns and manages assets which generate sustainable cash flows.
Brascan's publicly traded securities are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges.
www.brascancorp.com /NewsRoom/2003/January13.html   (292 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
Brascade Corporation (BCAPRB), a wholly owned subsidiary of Brascan Corporation (NTSE/TSX:BNN), today announced that it has joined Brascan in supporting a plan by Noranda Inc. ("Noranda") to combine (the "Merger") Noranda and Falconbridge Ltd. ("Falconbridge").
Brascan and Brascade, together hold an aggregate of approximately 122.6 million Noranda common shares, or approximately 41% of the outstanding shares.
As a component of the plan, Brascade and Brascan have agreed to deposit all of their common shares of Noranda to the Issuer Bid.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=26359074   (789 words)

  
 Mellon Financial Corporation | News | Press Releases - 1997
An affiliate of Brascan Brazil, Banco Brascan provides corporate and institutional financial services including brokerage, corporate finance, capital markets, foreign exchange, merger and acquisition financing and advisory, and securities trading and brokerage.
Brascan Brazil Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Edper Brascan Corporation, Toronto, Canada.
Edper Brascan is a diversified company with operations in the natural resources, power generation, real estate and financial services sectors, and employs more than 56,000 people, primarily in Canada, the United States and Brazil.
www.mellon.com /pressreleases/1997/pr103097b.html   (689 words)

  
 Electric Energy Online
Brascan Power New York, a member of the Brascan Power group, owns and operates 72 hydroelectric power plants in New York State totaling 682 megawatts of capacity, and one 105-megawatt co-generation facility.
Brascan Power has developed and successfully operated hydroelectric power facilities, primarily in North America, for almost 100 years.
Brascan Power’s portfolio includes 119 hydroelectric power-generating stations located on 37 river systems, three co-generation facilities and transmission and distribution assets.
www.electricenergyonline.com /IndustryNews.asp?m=1&id=33579   (586 words)

  
 Brascan initiated with "buy" | newratings.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Shares of Brascan Corporation, a Canadian asset management company with interests in the real estate and power generation sectors, are currently trading at $37.38.
According to UBS’ research note published this morning, Brascan’s experienced management and its strategic investments in various businesses remain the company’s strengths and would drive its future performance.
UBS expects Brascan’s stock valuation to rise almost to its NAV over the next one year.The EPS estimates for 2004 and 2005 are $3.22 and $3.08, respectively.
www.newratings.com /analyst_news/article_394355.html   (304 words)

  
 PETER MURDOCH - SENTRY TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION (SKVY): 2005-01-10
The merger was completed at the end of April, and it was assisted by an investment by Brascan Technology Fund in the form of a $2 million convertible debenture so that we could both restructure the company and refinance to grow the business.
The Brascan Technology Fund is a limited partnership created by Brascan Corporation, a multibillion dollar asset management company, specializing in the financial, real estate and hydro electrical power generation businesses.
At one point, Knogo Corporation, which was a predecessor to Sentry, was over $100 million in annual sales prior to the sale of the majority of the business to a competitor.
www.twst.com /ceos/ZAV605.htm   (2673 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
"This acquisition provides Brascan with a unique opportunity to acquire some of the highest quality timberlands in North America, furthering Brascan's strategy of investing in high quality assets that generate long term, sustainable cash flows and increase in value over time", commented Bruce Flatt, President and CEO of Brascan Corporation.
Brascan currently controls 1.4 million acres of timberland in Maine, New Brunswick and Brazil, and has over 30 years of experience operating within the timber sector.
This transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2005, subject to receipt of regulatory approvals.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=26020784   (735 words)

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