Brookfield Business Partners (NYSE: BBU, BBUC; TSX: BBU.UN, BBUC)
today announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”) has
accepted a notice filed by Brookfield Business Partners L.P. of its
intention to renew its normal course issuer bid for its limited
partnership units (“Units”) and a notice filed by Brookfield
Business Corporation of its intention to renew its normal course
issuer bid for its class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares
(“Exchangeable Shares”). Brookfield Business Partners believes that
the Units or the Exchangeable Shares, respectively, may from time
to time trade in a price range that does not fully reflect their
value and that, in such circumstances, the acquisition of Units or
Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, may represent an attractive use
of available funds.
Brookfield Business Partners is authorized to
purchase up to 3,714,088 Units and 3,647,722 Exchangeable Shares,
representing up to 5% of the issued and outstanding Units and
Exchangeable Shares, respectively. At the close of business on
August 8, 2024, there were 74,281,766 Units and 72,954,447
Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding. Under Brookfield
Business Partners’ normal course issuer bids, it may purchase up to
10,340 Units and up to 5,184 Exchangeable Shares on the TSX during
any trading day, which represents 25% of the average daily trading
volume of 41,360 Units and 20,738 Exchangeable Shares on the TSX
for the six months ended July 31, 2024.
Purchases under each normal course issuer bid
are authorized to commence on August 19, 2024 and will terminate on
August 18, 2025, or earlier should Brookfield Business Partners
L.P. or Brookfield Business Corporation complete purchases under
each respective normal course issuer bid prior to such date.
Under Brookfield Business Partners L.P.’s normal
course issuer bid that commenced on August 17, 2023 and will expire
on August 16, 2024, Brookfield Business Partners L.P. previously
sought and received approval from the TSX to purchase up to
3,730,658 Units. As of August 8, 2024, Brookfield Business Partners
and its affiliates purchased a total of 647,754 Units under
Brookfield Business Partners L.P.’s previous normal course issuer
bid through the facilities of the TSX, the New York Stock Exchange
and/or alternative trading systems in Canada and the United States
at a weighted average price paid per Unit of US$16.73.
Under Brookfield Business Corporation’s normal
course issuer bid that commenced on August 17, 2023 and will expire
on August 16, 2024, Brookfield Business Corporation previously
sought and received approval from the TSX to repurchase up to
3,647,745 Exchangeable Shares. No Exchangeable Shares were
purchased under Brookfield Business Corporation’s previous normal
course issuer bid.
Purchases of Units and Exchangeable Shares will
be made through the facilities of the TSX, the New York Stock
Exchange and/or alternative trading systems. All Units and
Exchangeable Shares purchased by Brookfield Business Partners L.P.
and Brookfield Business Corporation under the applicable normal
course issuer bids will be cancelled. Purchases will be subject to
compliance with applicable United States federal securities laws,
including Rule 10b-18 under the United States Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended, as well as applicable Canadian securities
laws.
Brookfield Business Partners has entered into
automatic repurchase plans, which have been pre-cleared by the TSX,
to allow for the purchase of Units or Exchangeable Shares, as
applicable, subject to certain trading parameters, at times when
Brookfield Business Partners would ordinarily not be active in the
market due to its own internal trading black-out periods, insider
trading rules or otherwise. Outside of these periods, Units and
Exchangeable Shares will be purchased in accordance with
management’s discretion and in compliance with applicable law. The
actual number of Units and Exchangeable Shares purchased under the
automatic plans, the timing of such purchases and the price at
which Units and Exchangeable Shares are purchased will depend upon
future market conditions.
Brookfield Business Partners is
a global business services and industrials company focused on
owning and operating high-quality businesses that provide essential
products and services and benefit from a strong competitive
position. Investors have flexibility to invest in our company
either through Brookfield Business Partners L.P. (NYSE: BBU; TSX:
BBU.UN), a limited partnership, or Brookfield Business Corporation
(NYSE, TSX: BBUC), a corporation. For more information, please
visit https://bbu.brookfield.com.
Brookfield Business Partners is the flagship
listed vehicle of Brookfield Asset Management’s Private Equity
Group. Brookfield Asset Management is a leading global alternative
asset manager with approximately $1 trillion of assets under
management.
For more information, please
contact:
Media:Marie FullerTel: +44 207 408 8375Email:
marie.fuller@brookfield.com |
Investors:Alan FlemingTel: +1 (416) 645-2736Email:
alan.fleming@brookfield.com |
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Forward-Looking Statements and Information
Note: This news release contains
“forward-looking information” within the meaning of Canadian
provincial securities laws and “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of applicable Canadian and U.S. securities laws,
including the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that are
predictive in nature, depend upon or refer to future events or
conditions, include statements regarding the operations, business,
financial condition, expected financial results, performance,
prospects, opportunities, priorities, targets, goals, ongoing
objectives, strategies and outlook of Brookfield Business Partners,
as well as regarding recently completed and proposed acquisitions,
dispositions, and other transactions, and the outlook for North
American and international economies for the current fiscal year
and subsequent periods, and include words such as “expects”,
“anticipates”, “plans”, “believes”, “estimates”, “seeks”,
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similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “may”,
“will”, “should”, “would” and “could”.
Although we believe that our anticipated future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements and information are based upon
reasonable assumptions and expectations, investors and other
readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking
statements and information because they involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which are beyond
our control, which may cause the actual results, performance or
achievements of Brookfield Business Partners to differ materially
from anticipated future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements and
information.
Factors that could cause actual results to
differ materially from those contemplated or implied by
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: general
economic conditions and risks relating to the economy, including
unfavorable changes in interest rates, foreign exchange rates,
inflation and volatility in the financial markets; global equity
and capital markets and the availability of equity and debt
financing and refinancing within these markets; strategic actions
including our ability to complete dispositions and achieve the
anticipated benefits therefrom; the ability to complete and
effectively integrate acquisitions into existing operations and the
ability to attain expected benefits; changes in accounting policies
and methods used to report financial condition (including
uncertainties associated with critical accounting assumptions and
estimates); the ability to appropriately manage human capital; the
effect of applying future accounting changes; business competition;
operational and reputational risks; technological change; changes
in government regulation and legislation within the countries in
which we operate; governmental investigations; litigation; changes
in tax laws; ability to collect amounts owed; catastrophic events,
such as earthquakes, hurricanes and pandemics/epidemics;
cybersecurity incidents; the possible impact of international
conflicts, wars and related developments including terrorist acts
and cyber terrorism; and other risks and factors detailed from time
to time in our documents filed with the securities regulators in
Canada and the United States including those set forth in the “Risk
Factors” section in our most recently filed Form 20-F.
We caution that the foregoing list of important
factors that may affect future results is not exhaustive. When
relying on our forward-looking statements and information,
investors and others should carefully consider the foregoing
factors and other uncertainties and potential events. Except as
required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or
revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether
written or oral, that may be as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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