Item 1. Security and Issuer.
The class of equity securities to which this statement relates is the class A exchangeable limited voting shares (the “Class A Exchangeable Shares”) of Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd., an exempted company limited by shares incorporated under the Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda, as amended (the “Issuer”), with its principal office at Ideation House, First Floor, 94 Pitts Bay Road, Pembroke HM08, Bermuda.
Item 2. Identity and Background.
(a) This Schedule 13D is being filed by and on behalf of Partners Value Investments Inc., a corporation formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (“PVI Inc.”), and Partners Value Investments LP, a partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario, Canada (“PVI LP”, and collectively with PVI Inc., the “Reporting Persons”).
(b)-(c) PVI Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of PVI LP, whose principal business is that of an investment holding company. The principal business address of the Reporting Persons is:
Brookfield Place
181 Bay Street, Suite 100
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2T3, Canada
(d)-(e) During the last five years, none of the Reporting Persons and, to their respective knowledge, none of the Scheduled Persons, has been: (i) convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors); or (ii) a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction as a result of which, he, she or it was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.
(f) The citizenships of each of the Scheduled Persons are set forth on Schedules I and II hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.
On March 3, 2023, PVI Inc. and the Issuer entered into an exchange agreement, pursuant to which PVI Inc. sold and transferred to the Issuer, and the Issuer purchased and received from PVI Inc., 915,000 Brookfield Class A Shares and all accrued and unpaid dividends thereon, in exchange for the issuance by the Issuer of 915,000 Class A Exchangeable Shares to PVI Inc. on a private placement basis.
The information set forth in Items 2, 4, 5 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 3.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The information set forth in Items 3, 5 and 6 of this Schedule 13D is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 4.
Other than as described below or contemplated above, none of the Reporting Persons and, to their respective knowledge, none of the Scheduled Persons, has any current plans or proposals that relate to or would result in:
| a) | the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the Issuer, or the disposition of securities of the Issuer; |
| b) | an extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the issuer or any of its subsidiaries; |
| c) | a sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Issuer or any of its subsidiaries; |
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