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The Toronto Venture Exchange has announced:

BPO PROPERTIES LTD. (“BPP.PR.G”)(“BPP.PR.J”)(“BPP.PR.M”)
BULLETIN TYPE: Amalgamation, Delist
BULLETIN DATE: May 1, 2013
TSX Venture Tier 1 Company

The TSX Venture Exchange has accepted for filing documentation pursuant to a court approved plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”). Pursuant to the Arrangement, the Series G, J and M Preferred Shares of BPO Properties Ltd. will be exchanged for Class AAA Preference Shares of Brookfield Office Properties Inc.

Effective at the close of business, Wednesday, May 1, 2013, the Preferred Shares (BPP.PR.G, BPP.PR.J and BPP.PR.M) of the Company will be delisted from TSX Venture Exchange. At the open on May 2, 2013 on the Toronto Stock Exchange, Brookfield Office Properties Inc. will list Series V, W and Y Class AAA Preference Shares. For further information please refer to the Company’s information circular dated March 28, 2013 and the Company’s news release dated March 22, 2013.

Accordingly, DBRS has discontinued the rating:

DBRS has today discontinued the Issuer Rating and Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Shares rating of BPO Properties Ltd. (BPO or the Company). This action follows the successful completion of the previously announced transaction involving the exchange of the Company’s preferred shares for new Class AAA preference shares of Brookfield Office Properties Inc. As such, BPO no longer has any outstanding public securities.

And on May 2 they started trading as advertised. As previously reported:

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