Brookfield Asset Management Announces Proposed Debt Offering

BROOKFIELD NEWS, Sept. 23, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”) (TSX: BAM.A, NYSE: BAM) today announced that it is commencing a public debt offering, subject to market and other conditions, of notes due 2051 (the “notes”).

The notes will be issued by Brookfield Finance Inc., an indirect 100% owned subsidiary of Brookfield, and will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Brookfield. The net proceeds from the sale of the notes will be used for general corporate purposes.

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., BofA Securities, Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC are acting as joint book-running managers for the offering.

The notes will be offered under Brookfield Finance Inc.’s existing base shelf prospectus filed in the United States and Canada. In the United States, the notes are being offered pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on January 31, 2020, as amended on February 11, 2020. Brookfield Finance Inc. has filed a preliminary prospectus supplement relating to the offering of the notes. You may obtain these documents for free on EDGAR at www.sec.gov or on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Before you invest, you should read these documents and other public filings by Brookfield for more complete information about Brookfield and this offering.

Alternatively, copies can be obtained from:

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. 60 Wall Street New York, New York 10005-2836 Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

BofA Securities, Inc. NC1-004-03-43 200 North College Street, 3rd floor, Charlotte NC 28255-0001 Attn: Prospectus Department Telephone: [phone] Email: [e-mail]

This news release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the notes described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such jurisdiction. The notes being offered have not been approved or disapproved by any regulatory authority, nor has any such authority passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of the base shelf prospectus or the preliminary prospectus supplement.