EX-99.1 2 d539033dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

Brookfield Asset Management Inc.

REPORT ON VOTING RESULTS

Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders

May 9, 2013

 

   

National Instrument 51-102 – Section 11.3 (Canada)

 

    

 

Form 6-K (U.S.A.)

 

  

 

The Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders of Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (the “Corporation”) was held on Thursday, May 9, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at The Auditorium, 300 Madison Avenue, New York, New York. At this meeting, there were 502 shareholders represented in person or by proxy holding 378,536,135 Class A Limited Voting Shares (“Class A Shares”), representing 60.5% of the Corporation’s 625,791,138 issued and outstanding Class A Shares, and one shareholder holding 85,120 Class B Limited Voting Shares (“Class B Shares”), representing 100% of the Corporation’s 85,120 issued and outstanding Class B Shares.

The following is a summary of the votes cast by holders of the Class A Shares and Class B Shares represented at this meeting.

Election of Directors

All of the 16 nominees proposed by management for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation were nominated and elected at the meeting by acclamation. As indicated below, each director elected at the meeting also received a majority of the proxy votes cast for and withheld from voting for the individual director.

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

 

Class    Director    Votes For      Proxy %      Votes
Withheld
     Proxy %  

Class A

Shareholders

  

Marcel R. Coutu

     323,928,368         89.9         36,379,943         10.1   
  

Maureen Kempston Darkes

     358,629,508         99.5         1,678,803         0.5   
  

Lance Liebman

     358,645,588         99.5         1,662,723         0.5   
  

Frank J. McKenna

     359,667,641         99.8         640,670         0.2   
  

Youssef A. Nasr

     359,798,954         99.9         509,357         0.1   
  

James A. Pattison

     359,136,344         99.7         1,171,967         0.3   
  

Seek Ngee Huat

     359,717,753         99.8         590,558         0.2   
    

Diana L. Taylor

     359,245,304         99.7         1,063,007         0.3   

Management received a proxy from the holder of Class B Shares to vote all of the 85,120 Class B Shares represented by this proxy for each of the eight directors nominated for election by this class of shareholder: namely Jeffrey M. Blidner, Jack L. Cockwell, J. Bruce Flatt, Robert J. Harding, David W. Kerr, Philip P. Lind, Lord O’Donnell and George S. Taylor.


 

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Appointment of Auditors

The resolution to reappoint Deloitte LLP, Chartered Accountants, as the external auditor of the Corporation to hold office until the next Annual Meeting of Shareholders and to authorize the directors to fix the remuneration to be paid to the external auditor was approved by the required majority of both the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares.

Management received the following proxies from the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares on this resolution:

 

Class    Outcome    Votes For      Proxy %      Votes Withheld      Proxy %  

Class A Shares

  

Carried

     368,421,223         97.4         9,979,060         2.6   

Class B Shares

  

Carried

     85,120         100.0         Nil         Nil   

Passing an Advisory Resolution on the Corporation’s Approach to Executive Compensation

The resolution passing an advisory resolution on the Corporation’s Approach to Executive Compensation, as set out in the 2013 Management Information Circular, was approved by the required majority of both the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares.

Management received the following proxies from the holders of Class A Shares and Class B Shares on this resolution:

 

Class    Outcome    Votes For      Proxy %      Votes Against      Proxy %  

Class A Shares

  

Carried

     342,247,063         95.1         17,801,920         4.9   

Class B Shares

  

Carried

     85,120         100.0         Nil         Nil   


 

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Other Business

There were no other matters coming before the meeting that required a vote by either the holders of Class A Shares or Class B Shares.

 

BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
/s/ A.J. Silber

A.J. Silber

Corporate Secretary

Date: May 14, 2013