Brookfield, News, July 28, 2016 – Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) notes the announcement today, July 28th (Australian time) by Asciano Limited (“Asciano”) (click here) that the Supreme Court of New South Wales has made orders approving the proposed Scheme of Arrangement which will give effect to the previously announced Asciano transaction. The transaction is now expected to close on August 19th, 2016.
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