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