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Issuer:     Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (BAM)
CIK:        0001937926
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-10-14T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-25-099051
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Brookfield to acquire remaining 26% of Oaktree for ~$3B; close expected Q1 2026
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- Total consideration ~$3B: BAM funds ~$1.6B, BN funds ~$1.4B; Oaktree holders elect cash, BAM or BN shares with 2- and 5-year lock-ups.
- Howard Marks and Bruce Karsh to remain in senior roles; Karsh to join BAM Board; O'Leary and Panossian become Co-CEOs of Brookfield's credit business.
- BAM to gain incremental 26% interest in Oaktree's fee-related earnings, carried interest (net of BN's 33% royalty), and partner manager stakes in 17Capital and DoubleLine.
- Transaction expected to be accretive to BAM and BN, with no material changes to operations or strategic plans.
- BAM generated ~$2.8B fee-related earnings over trailing twelve months inclusive of 100% Oaktree.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937926/000110465925099051/0001104659-25-099051-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1937926/000110465925099051/tm2528649d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-25-099051

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