Brookfield Asset Management Annual Meeting and 2009 Q1 Results Conference Call Notice

ANNUAL MEETING AND 2009 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS
CONFERENCE CALL AND WEBCAST FOR INVESTORS AND ANALYSTS

Webcast of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
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Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Location: 300 Madison Avenue, Main Auditorium, New York
Time: 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

2009 First Quarter Conference Call
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Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

You are invited to participate in the live Webcast presentation of Brookfield Asset Management's Annual Meeting of Shareholders at http://services.choruscall.com/links/bamagm090505.html on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time). This presentation will be archived for future reference. If you wish to attend in person, the Annual Meeting of Shareholders will be held at 9:00 a.m. in the Main Auditorium at 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York.

You are also invited to participate in Brookfield Asset Management's 2009 First Quarter Conference Call & Webcast on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss with members of senior management our results and current business initiatives.

These results will be released on May 5th at approximately 8:00 a.m. and will be available following the release on our website at www.brookfield.com under "Press Releases". The Conference Call will also be Webcast live on our web site, where it will be archived for future reference.

To participate in the Conference Call, please dial 1-800... toll free in North America, or for overseas calls please dial 604-... at approximately 10:50 a.m. The Conference Call will also be Webcast live at http://services.choruscall.com/links/bam090505.html. For those unable to participate in the Conference Call, the webcast will be archived and available until midnight June 5, 2009. To access this rebroadcast, please call 1-800-3... or 604-638-9010 (password: 2811).

If you have any questions about the Conference Call, please contact Linda Northwood, Director, Investor Relations at 416... or by email at enquiries@brookfield.com.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a global asset manager focused on property, power and other infrastructure assets and with approximately $80 billion of assets under management. The company's shares are listed on the New York and Toronto stock exchanges under the symbols BAM and BAM.A, respectively, and on Euronext under the symbol BAMA. For more information, please visit Brookfield's website at www.brookfield.com.

Contacts:
Brookfield Asset Management Inc.
Linda Northwood
Director, Investor Relations
416-359-8647
enquiries@brookfield.com
www.brookfield.com