Brookfield Asset Management Annual Meeting & 2011 Q1 Results Conf Call & Webcast Notice

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - March 30, 2011) - Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (TSX:BAM.A)(NYSE:BAM)(EURONEXT:BAMA) -

Notice

ANNUAL & SPECIAL MEETING AND 2011 FIRST QUARTER RESULTS

Conference Call and Webcast for Investors and Analysts

Annual & Special Meeting of Shareholders Date:     Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Time:     10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)

2011 First Quarter Conference Call Date:     Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Time:     2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

Annual Meeting

Brookfield Asset Management's Annual & Special Meeting of Shareholders will be held on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) at 300 Madison Avenue, Auditorium, New York, New York. If unable to attend in person, you are invited to participate in the live Webcast presentation at http://services.choruscall.com/links/bamagm110511.html. This presentation will be archived for future reference.

First Quarter Conference Call

You are invited to participate in Brookfield Asset Management's 2011 First Quarter Conference Call & Webcast on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss with members of senior management our results and current business initiatives.

These results will be released on May 11^th at approximately 8:00 a.m. (Eastern Time) 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 website, where it will be archived for future reference.

To participate in the Conference Call, please dial 1-800-319-4610 toll free in North America, or for overseas calls please dial 1-604-638-5340 at approximately 1:50 p.m. The Conference Call will also be Webcast live at http://services.choruscall.com/links/bam110511.html. For those unable to participate in the Conference Call, the telephone replay will be archived and available until midnight June 11^th, 2011. To access this rebroadcast, please call 1-800-319-6413 or 1-604-638-9010 (password: 2811#).

Brookfield Asset Management Inc., focused on property, renewable power and infrastructure assets, has over $100 billion of assets under management and is co-listed on the New York and Toronto Stock Exchanges under the symbol BAM and on NYSE Euronext under the symbol BAMA. For more information, please visit our website at www.brookfield.com.