EXHIBIT 4
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
BCE Place, Suite 300
000 Xxx Xxxxxx, X.X. Xxx 000
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxx X0X 0X0
March 12, 2007
Longview Fibre Company
000 Xxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to the Confidentiality Agreement,
dated September 20, 2006 (the "Confidentiality Agreement"), between Longview
Fibre Company and Brookfield Asset Management Inc., the terms of which are
incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
have the meanings given to them in the Confidentiality Agreement.
We hereby request that the Confidentiality Agreement be
amended to add to the end of paragraph 7 thereof the following sentence:
Notwithstanding clause (i) of the first sentence of this
paragraph 7, you may acquire direct or indirect beneficial
ownership of up to (but no more than) 9.9% of the issued and
outstanding shares of the Company's common stock.
All other provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement remain
in full force and effect.
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Longview Fibre Company
March 12, 2007
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Please indicate your agreement to the amendment of the
Confidentiality Agreement as described above by signing and returning to the
undersigned a copy of this letter.
Very truly yours,
BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
By: /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxx Xxxxxxx
Title: Managing Partner
CONFIRMED AND AGREED as of the date first above written:
LONGVIEW FIBRE COMPANY
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President, Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Board
LONGVIEW FIBRE PAPER AND PACKAGING, INC.
By: /s/ X.X. Xxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title:
