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FORM 20-F/A Brookfield Property Partners L.P. - Brookfield Asset ...

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DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENTThe following is a description of the material terms of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnershipagreement, which will be entered into in connection with the consummation of the spin-off, and is qualified in itsentirety by reference to all of the provisions of such agreement. You will not be a limited partner of the <strong>Property</strong><strong>Partners</strong>hip and will not have any rights under its limited partnership agreement. However, pursuant to theVoting Agreement, our company, through the BPY General Partner, will have a number of voting rights ,including the right to direct all eligible votes in the election of the directors of the <strong>Property</strong> General Partner.We have included a summary of what we believe are the most important provisions of the <strong>Property</strong><strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnership agreement because we intend to conduct our operations through the <strong>Property</strong><strong>Partners</strong>hip and the Holding Entities and our rights with respect to our equity holding in the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hipwill be governed by the terms of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnership agreement. Because thisdescription is only a summary of the terms of the agreement, it does not contain all of the information that youmay find useful. For more complete information, you should read the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnershipagreement, the form of which will be filed as an exhibit to this Form <strong>20</strong>-F. The agreement will be availableelectronically on the website of the SEC at www.sec.gov and on our SEDAR profile at www.sedar.com and willbe made available to our unitholders as described under Item 10.C. “Additional Information — MaterialContracts” and Item 10.H. “Documents on Display”.Formation and DurationThe <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip is a Bermuda exempted limited partnership registered under the BermudaLimited <strong>Partners</strong>hip Act 1883 and the Bermuda Exempted <strong>Partners</strong>hips Act 1992. The <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip has aperpetual existence and will continue as a limited liability partnership unless the partnership is terminated ordissolved in accordance with its limited partnership agreement.ManagementAs required by law, the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnership agreement provides for themanagement and control of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip by a general partner, the <strong>Property</strong> GP LP.Nature and PurposeUnder its limited partnership agreement, the purpose of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip is to: acquire and holdinterests in the Holding Entities and, subject to the approval of the <strong>Property</strong> GP LP, any other entity; engage inany activity related to the capitalization and financing of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s interests in such entities; andengage in any other activity that is incidental to or in furtherance of the foregoing and that is approved by the<strong>Property</strong> GP LP and that lawfully may be conducted by a limited partnership organized under the BermudaLimited <strong>Partners</strong>hip Act 1883, the Bermuda Exempted <strong>Partners</strong>hips Act 1992 and our limited partnershipagreement.UnitsThe <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip has two classes of units: class A non-voting limited partnership interests in the<strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip, or the Class A Units, and the Redemption-Exchange Units. Holders of either class of <strong>Property</strong><strong>Partners</strong>hip units are not entitled to the withdrawal or return of capital contributions in respect of their units, exceptto the extent, if any, that distributions are made to such holders pursuant to the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limitedpartnership agreement or upon the dissolution of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip as described below under“— Dissolution” or as otherwise required by applicable law. Holders of the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s units are notentitled to vote on matters relating to the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip except as described below under “— No Managementor Control; No Voting”. Except to the extent expressly provided in the <strong>Property</strong> <strong>Partners</strong>hip’s limited partnership148

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