Brookfield Security History

The following is a summary of historical corporate events related to the Brookfield Corporation Class A Limited Voting Common Shares (“Class A shares or common shares”):

 

1899Incorporated under Sao Paulo Tramway Light and Power Company Limited
1902Common shares of Sao Paulo Tramway Light and Power Company Limited were listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange
1912Merged into Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company, Limited 
Jul. 1966Name change to Brazilian Light and Power Company Limited 
Jun. 1969Shareholders of Brazilian Light and Power Company Limited approved changing its name to Brascan Limited ("BL") 
Mar. 1986One-for-one common share dividend (original amount of shares x 2 will provide new total share amount)
Aug. 1997Amalgamation of Brascan Limited with The Edper Group to form EdperBrascan – 1 Brascan share was exchanged for 1.5 new EdperBrascan shares
Aug. 2000Name change from EdperBrascan ("EBC") to Brascan Corporation ("BNN")
Dec. 2000Common shares of Brascan Corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange 
Jun. 2004Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)
Nov. 2005Name change from Brascan Corporation to Brookfield Asset Management Inc. ("BAM")
Apr. 2006Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)
Jun. 2007Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)
May. 2015Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)
Apr. 2020Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)
Dec. 2022Name and ticker change from Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“BAM”) to Brookfield Corporation (“BN”) plus distribution of the Asset Manager named Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (“BAM”). For every four shares in BN, shareholders received one new share in BAM.
Oct 2025Three-for-two stock split (original amount of shares x 1.5 will provide new total share amount)

 

Note: For a full summary of corporate events related to all the publicly traded securities issued by Brookfield since its formation by amalgamation in August 1997, as well as selected historical information on Brookfield's predecessor companies, please click Brookfield Security History.