Company: BIP-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001628280-25-014380
Chunk: 397

Company: Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P.
Filing Date: 2025-03-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 7
Chunk 397
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 a Brookfield Account in which we are invested seeks to sell an investment (in whole or in part) to a third party in the normal course, a Brookfield Account or Walled-Off Business Account may offer the third party debt financing to facilitate its bid and potential purchase of the investment.

This type of arrangement will only be offered in situations in which Brookfield believes it is neutral to or provides benefits to Brookfield Infrastructure or the Brookfield Account in which we are invested by supporting third parties in their efforts to successfully bid for and/or acquire our investments. However, acquisition financing arranged and offered by Brookfield Accounts or Walled-Off Business Accounts also creates potential conflicts of interest. In particular, such account’s participation as a potential lender in the sales process could create an incentive to select a third-party bidder that uses financing arranged by a Brookfield Account or Walled-Off Business Account to our potential detriment.

240 Brookfield Infrastructure

In order to mitigate potential conflicts of interest in these situations, Brookfield generally will seek to take one or more of the following actions (as it determines in its sole discretion) in satisfaction of its duties to Brookfield Infrastructure or the Brookfield Account in which we are invested: (i) offer investments for sale in the normal course via competitive and blind bidding processes designed to maximize the sales value for Brookfield Infrastructure or the Brookfield Account in which we are invested, (ii) engage one or more independent advisers, such as sell-side bankers, on behalf of Brookfield Infrastructure or the Brookfield Account in which we are invested to administer and facilitate a commercially fair and equitable sales process, (iii) consult with and/or seek approval of the General Partner’s independent directors or investors in the Brookfield Account in which we are invested (or their advisory committee), as applicable, with respect to a recommended and/or intended course of action; (iv) establish ethical screens or information barriers (which can be temporary and of limited purpose) to separate the Brookfield investment professionals that act on behalf of Brookfield Infrastructure or the Brookfield Account in which we are invested, on the one hand, from the Brookfield investment professionals that act on behalf of the other Brookfield Account or Walled-Off Business Account arranging and offering the acquisition financing, on the other hand, and (v) such other actions that Brookfield deems necessary or appropriate taking into account the relevant facts-and-circumstances. However, there can be no assurance that any particular action will be feasible or effective in any particular situation, or that Brookfield’s