Brookfield Proposes to Acquire Rouse Properties, Inc. for $17.00 Per Share

BROOKFIELD, NEWS--(Marketwired - Jan. 19, 2016) - Brookfield Asset Management Inc. ("Brookfield") (NYSE:BAM)(TSX:BAM.A)(EURONEXT:BAMA), on behalf of a real estate fund managed by Brookfield, today announced that the fund has made a proposal to acquire the common shares of Rouse Properties, Inc. ("Rouse") (NYSE:RSE) for $17.00 in cash per share. As part of the transaction, Brookfield Property Partners L.P. (NYSE:BPY)(TSX:BPY.UN) would retain the Rouse shares that it currently owns.

The proposed price represents a premium of 26% to the closing price of Rouse shares on January 15, 2016, and a 19% premium to the 30-day volume-weighted average trading price of Rouse shares.

"Our offer provides an attractive opportunity for Rouse shareholders to realize a significant premium to recent public market pricing," said Brian Kingston, CEO of Brookfield Property Group.

Brookfield presented its proposal to the Board of Directors of Rouse on January 16^th. Consummation of the transaction would be subject to Brookfield and Rouse executing mutually acceptable definitive agreements. There is no assurance that the Board will approve a transaction with Brookfield or that a transaction will be consummated.

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