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(BRASCAN)

REPORT ON VOTING RESULTS
Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
April 30, 2004


National Instrument 51-102 — Section 11.3 (Canada)   Form 6-K (U.S.A.)

The Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of Brascan Corporation (the “Corporation”) was held on April 30, 2004 in Toronto, Canada. At this meeting, there were shareholders represented in person or by proxy holding 107,154,149 Class A Limited Voting Shares (“Class A Shares”), representing 62.18% of the issued and outstanding Class A Shares, and holding 85,120 Class B Limited Voting Shares (“Class B Shares”), representing 100% of the issued and outstanding Class B Shares. The following is a summary of the votes cast by the Class A and Class B shareholders represented at this meeting.

Special Resolution to Decrease the Number of Directors

The Special Resolution to amend the Articles of the Corporation to decrease the number of directors from 18 to 16 was approved by a majority of both the Class A and Class B shareholders. Management received proxies to vote on this resolution as follows:

                                         
Class
  Outcome
  Votes For
  Proxy %
  Votes Against
  Proxy %
Class A shareholders
  Carried     101,550,239     Over 99%     104,823     Less than 1%
Class B shareholders
  Carried     85,120       100 %   Nil   Nil

Election of Directors

All of the directors nominated for election at the meeting were elected by acclamation. Management received proxies from the Class A shareholders to vote for the eight directors nominated for election by the Class A shareholders as follows:

                             
Class
  Director
  Votes For
  Proxy %
  Votes Withheld
  Proxy %
Class A Shareholders
  James J. Blanchard     106,428,461     Over 99%     357,378     Less than 1%
  Julia E. Foster     106,646,967     Over 99%     138,872     Less than 1%
  Philip P. Lind     106,650,494     Over 99%     135,345     Less than 1%
  Roy MacLaren     106,644,433     Over 99%     141,406     Less than 1%
  G. Wallace F. McCain     106,657,256     Over 99%     128,583     Less than 1%
  Jack M. Mintz     106,641,847     Over 99%     143,992     Less than 1%
  Saul Shulman     106,639,412     Over 99%     146,427     Less than 1%
  George S. Taylor     106,655,317     Over 99%     130,522     Less than 1%


 

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All of the proxy votes received by Management from the Class B shareholders were voted for each of the eight directors nominated for election by the Class B shareholders, namely Jack L. Cockwell, J. Trevor Eyton, J. Bruce Flatt, James K. Gray, Lynda C. Hamilton, Robert J. Harding, David W. Kerr and George E. Myhal.

Resolution to Amend the Management Share Option Plan

The resolution to amend the Management Share Option Plan (the “Plan”) to increase the number of Class A Shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of options under the Plan by an additional 6,000,000 Class A Shares to a Plan maximum of 12,000,000 Shares was approved by a majority of the Class A shareholders. Management received proxies from the Class A shareholders to vote on this resolution as follows:

                                         
Class
  Outcome
  Votes For
  Proxy %
  Votes Against
  Proxy %
Class A shareholders
  Carried     87,253,391       85.8 %     14,440,179       14.2 %

The Class B shareholders did not vote on the Plan Resolution

Appointment of Auditors

The resolution to reappoint Deloitte & Touche LLP, Chartered Accountants, as auditors of the Corporation to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the auditors was approved by a majority of the both the Class A and Class B shareholders. Management received proxies to vote on this resolution as follows:

                                         
Class
  Outcome
  Votes For
  Proxy %
  Votes Withheld
  Proxy %
Class A shareholders
  Carried     106,664,596     Over 99%     104,593     Less than 1%
Class B shareholders
  Carried     85,120       100 %   Nil   Nil

There were no other matters coming before the meeting that required a vote by either the Class A or Class B shareholders.
         
  BRASCAN CORPORATION

 
 
  /s/  "Alan V. Dean"    
  Alan V. Dean   
  Senior Vice-President and Secretary   
 

Date:  June 4, 2004