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BPO Properties Limited has announced:

that its preferred shareholders have approved the previously announced proposal to exchange its existing preferred shares for new class AAA preference shares of Brookfield Office Properties Inc. (“Brookfield Office Properties”) with substantially the same terms and conditions. Preferred shareholders voted in favour of the proposal at a meeting today at Brookfield Place in Toronto by a margin of 99.04%. BPO Properties will now seek final court approval from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. It is anticipated that the transaction will close on Monday, April 29.

On closing of the transaction, holders of preferred shares of BPO Properties will receive one class AAA preference share of Brookfield Office Properties for each preferred share of BPO Properties held. The class AAA preference shares of Brookfield Office Properties will have substantially the same terms and conditions as the preferred shares of BPO Properties that are exchanged. In particular, dividend rates will remain unchanged.

Currently, the series G, J and M preferred shares of BPO Properties are listed on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”). The class AAA preference shares, series V, W and Y of Brookfield Office Properties will replace the series G, J and M preferred shares and will begin trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the stock symbols “BPO.PR.X”, “BPO.PR.W” and “BPO.PR.Y”, respectively, on or about Wednesday, May 1. In the interim, from market open to market close on April 30, the series G, J and M preferred shares of BPO Properties will continue to trade on the TSXV under the symbols “BPP.PR.G”, “BPP.PR.J” and “BPP.PR.M”, respectively, as proxy shares – representing an entitlement to the series V, W and Y shares of Brookfield Office Properties, respectively.

The proposal to exchange these issues was reported on PrefBlog. All the issues have been, or will be, tracked by HIMIPref™ but relegated to the Scraps index on credit concerns.

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