Brookfield Completes Acquisition of GrafTech

INDEPENDENCE, OHIO–(Marketwired – Aug. 17, 2015) – GrafTech International Ltd. (NYSE:GTI) and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE:BAM)(TSX:BAM.A)(EURONEXT:BAMA) (Brookfield) today announced that GrafTech has become wholly owned by an affiliate of Brookfield as a result of the completion of the merger of one of its affiliates with and into GrafTech, with GrafTech being the surviving corporation of the merger. Effective as of the open of trading today, August 17, 2015, GrafTech common shares will cease trading on the NYSE.