Press Release

DBRS Rates Brookfield Asset Management’s Planned $215 Million Issue Pfd-2 (low), Stable Trend

Industrials
January 19, 2011

DBRS has today assigned a rating of Pfd-2 (low) to the $215 million 4.60% cumulative rate-reset preference shares, Series 28 (the Series 28 Preferred Shares), issued by Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (Brookfield). The trend is Stable.

The Series 28 Preferred Shares rank on parity with every other series of Brookfield’s preferred shares.

The proceeds from this issue will be used for general corporate purposes,

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is General Rating Methodology for Non-Financial Companies, which can be found on our website under Methodologies.