TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/06/15

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (NYSE:BAM)(TSX:BAM.A)(EURONEXT:BAMA) today announced that at the company's annual meeting of shareholders held earlier today in Toronto all eight nominees proposed for election to the board of directors by holders of Class A Limited Voting Shares ("Class A Shares") and all eight nominees proposed for election to the board of directors by the holder of Class B Limited Voting Shares ("Class B Shares") were elected. The nominees were proposed for election to the board in the company's management information circular dated March 24, 2015. Detailed results of the vote for the election of directors are set out below.

Management received the following proxies from holders of Class A Shares in regard to the election of the eight directors nominated by this shareholder class:

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Director Nominee                                    Votes        
                            Votes For       %    Withheld       %
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Angela F. Braly           419,208,562   99.92     329,984    0.08
Marcel R. Coutu           417,493,114   99.51   2,045,432    0.49
Maureen Kempston Darkes   416,431,796   99.26   3,106,750    0.74
Lance Liebman             417,465,056   99.51   2,073,490    0.49
Frank J. McKenna          416,257,971   99.22   3,280,575    0.78
Youssef A. Nasr           418,503,012   99.75   1,035,534    0.25
Seek Ngee Huat            418,111,000   99.66   1,427,546    0.34
George S. Taylor          411,396,329   98.06   8,142,217    1.94
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Management received a proxy from the holder of Class B Shares to vote all 85,120 Class B Shares for each of the eight directors nominated for election by this shareholder class, namely Jeffrey M. Blidner, Jack L. Cockwell, J. Bruce Flatt, Robert J. Harding, David W. Kerr, Philip B. Lind, Lord O'Donnell and Diana L. Taylor.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is a global alternative asset manager with over $200 billion in assets under management. The company has more than a 100-year history of owning and operating assets with a focus on property, renewable energy, infrastructure and private equity. Brookfield offers a range of public and private investment products and services, and is co-listed on the New York, Toronto and Euronext stock exchanges under the symbol BAM, BAM.A and BAMA, respectively.

Contacts:
Brookfield Asset Management - Media:
Andrew Willis
Communications and Media
(416) 369-8236
(416) 363-2856 (FAX)
andrew.willis@brookfield.com

Brookfield Asset Management - Investors:
Linda Northwood
Investor Relations
(416) 359-8647
(416) 363-2856 (FAX)
linda.northwood@brookfield.com
www.brookfield.com