[SCHEDULE 13D/A] Brookfield Business Corp SEC Filing
Brookfield Business Corporation reporting persons amended their Schedule 13D to disclose related-party financing that moved 24,289,723 Class A exchangeable subordinate voting shares to paired-entity subsidiaries in exchange for $400,000,000 in cash. The transfers occurred on September 26 and September 29, 2025, and the transferring Brookfield subsidiaries have an obligation to repurchase the transferred shares on June 22, 2026 and June 25, 2026 (or earlier if the arrangements terminate) at the transfer value plus a return at a rate of SOFR+1.40% per annum. While the BNT-party subsidiaries hold the Subject Securities, the BN parties retain the right to direct all voting decisions for those shares unless an event of default occurs. The combined beneficial ownership reported for the Brookfield reporting persons is 47,244,876 Class A Shares, representing 67.5% of outstanding Class A shares based on 69,996,738 total as of September 26, 2025.
- $400,000,000 cash raised through the Subject Securities Transfer providing liquidity to BN parties
- Voting control preserved by BN parties who retain the right to direct voting of the transferred shares unless default occurs
- Material ownership disclosed: 47,244,876 Class A Shares reported, representing 67.5% of outstanding Class A shares
- None.
Insights
TL;DR: Brookfield raised $400M via intra-group financing using 24.29M Class A shares as collateral while preserving voting control.
This amendment discloses a structured financing where BN subsidiaries transferred 24,289,723 Class A shares to paired-entity BNT subsidiaries for $400,000,000 in cash with a contractual repurchase obligation at the transfer value plus SOFR+1.40% interest. From an investor perspective this provides liquidity to BN-affiliated entities without relinquishing voting influence, since voting rights remain with BN unless a default occurs. The filing also reconfirms that Brookfield-related parties beneficially own 47,244,876 Class A shares (67.5%). This transaction is material to capital structure and ownership transparency.
TL;DR: The financing preserves de facto control while altering economic exposure among related Brookfield entities.
The amendment reveals that economic title to 24.29M Class A shares moved between affiliated entities but BN retains voting direction of those shares absent default. For governance analysis, this maintains centralized voting control by Brookfield reporting persons and keeps the public disclosure of beneficial ownership intact at 67.5% of Class A shares. The arrangement raises governance questions about separation of economic and voting rights, but the filing documents both the transfer mechanics and the voting arrangement explicitly.