EX-99.1 2 t16964exv99w1.htm EXHIBIT 99.1 exv99w1
 

(BRASCAN LOGO)

REPORT ON VOTING RESULTS

Annual Meeting of Shareholders
April 29, 2005

     

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

   

The Annual Meeting of Shareholders of Brascan Corporation (the “Corporation”) was held on Friday April 29, 2005 at 10:30 a.m. in Toronto, Canada at the Design Exchange, 234 Bay Street. At this meeting, there were shareholders represented in person or by proxy holding 134,353,895 Class A Limited Voting Shares (“Class A Shares”), representing 51.8% of the Corporation’s 259,307,766 issued and outstanding Class A Shares, and holding 85,120 Class B Limited Voting Shares (“Class B Shares”), representing 100% of the Corporation’s 85,120 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 16 to 14 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     133,916,872       99.9 %     129,019       0.1%  
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 seven directors nominated for election by the Class A shareholders as follows:

                                         
Class   Director   Votes For   Proxy %   Votes Withheld   Proxy %
Class A Shareholders
  William A. Dimma
    133,556,137       99.6 %     530,138       0.4%  
 
  Lance M. Liebman
    133,530,339       99.6 %     555,936       0.4%  
 
  Philip P. Lind
    133,558,209       99.6 %     528,066       0.4%  
 
  Roy MacLaren
    133,556,137       99.6 %     530,138       0.4%  
 
  G. Wallace F. McCain
    131,525,476       98.1 %     2,560,799       1.9%  
 
  Jack M. Mintz
    133,554,772       99.6 %     531,503       0.4%  
 
  George S. Taylor
    133,556,137       99.6 %     530,138       0.4%  

 


 

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Management received proxies from the Class B shareholders to vote all of the shares represented by these proxies for each of the seven directors nominated for election by the Class B shareholders, namely James J. Blanchard, Jack L. Cockwell, J. Trevor Eyton, J. Bruce Flatt, James K. Gray, Robert J. Harding and David W. Kerr.

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 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     133,385,699       99.5 %     616,294       0.5%  
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: May 26, 2005