0000909567-05-000688 Sample Contracts

ASSET PURCHASE AGREEMENT Entered into on February 17, 2005 between COASTAL ACQUISITION LTD. as Buyer - and - WEYERHAEUSER COMPANY LIMITED as Seller

Asset Purchase Agreement • March 30th, 2005 • Brascan Corp/ • Metal mining • British Columbia

• Contract Type
  Asset Purchase Agreement
• Filed
  March 30th, 2005
• Company
  Brascan Corp/
• Industry
  Metal mining
• Jurisdiction
  British Columbia

WITNESSES THAT WHEREAS the Seller has agreed to sell and the Buyer has agreed to purchase certain assets and properties of the Seller relating to the Purchased Business (as defined herein) upon and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement;

RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT THIS RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT made as of August 1, 1997.

Restated Trust Agreement • March 30th, 2005 • Brascan Corp/ • Metal mining • Ontario

• Contract Type
  Restated Trust Agreement
• Filed
  March 30th, 2005
• Company
  Brascan Corp/
• Industry
  Metal mining
• Jurisdiction
  Ontario

WHEREAS as of January 1, 1997, The Edper Group Limited (“Old Edper”) and Hees International Bancorp Inc. amalgamated under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) to continue as Edper Group (“New Edper”);

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT BY AND BETWEEN ORION POWER HOLDINGS, INC., AS SELLER, RELIANT ENERGY, INC. AS SELLER GUARANTOR, GREAT LAKES POWER INC., AS BUYER AND BRASCAN CORPORATION, AS BUYER GUARANTOR DATED AS OF MAY 18, 2004

Purchase and Sale Agreement • March 30th, 2005 • Brascan Corp/ • Metal mining • New York

• Contract Type
  Purchase and Sale Agreement
• Filed
  March 30th, 2005
• Company
  Brascan Corp/
• Industry
  Metal mining
• Jurisdiction
  New York

This Purchase and Sale Agreement (this “AGREEMENT”) dated as of May 18, 2004 (the “EXECUTION DATE” ) is made and entered into by and between Orion Power Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SELLER”), Reliant Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“SELLER GUARANTOR”), Great Lakes Power Inc., an Ontario corporation (“BUYER”), and Brascan Corporation, an Ontario corporation (“BUYER GUARANTOR”).

AMENDING AGREEMENT

Amending Agreement • March 30th, 2005 • Brascan Corp/ • Metal mining • Ontario

• Contract Type
  Amending Agreement
• Filed
  March 30th, 2005
• Company
  Brascan Corp/
• Industry
  Metal mining
• Jurisdiction
  Ontario

This Amending Agreement (the “Agreement”) dated as of March 22, 2005 between Noranda Inc., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (the “Corporation”), Brascan Corporation, a corporation subsisting under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (“Brascan”) and Brascade Corporation, a corporation subsisting under the laws of Canada (“Brascade”). Brascan and Brascade are together referred to as the “Sellers”.