SEC Comment Letter for BROOKFIELD (BN) — Nov 9, 2011
BROOKFIELD Corp /ON/ (BN, BNH, BNJ, BKPA, BAMGF, BAMKF, BKAMF, BKFAF, BKFDF, BKFOF, BKFPF, BRCFF, BRFAF, BRFCF, BROXF) (CIK 0001001085)
Date: Nov. 9, 2011 · CIK: 0001001085 · Accession: 0000000000-11-065212
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November 9, 2011 Via Fax Brian Lawson Senior Managing Partner a nd Chief Financial Officer Brookfield Asset Management Inc Suite 300 Brookfield Place 181 Bay Street P.O. Box 762 Toronto, Ontario Canada M5J2T3 Re: Brookfield Asset Management Inc Form 40-F Filed March 31, 2011 Form 6-K Filed March 24, 2011 File No. 033-97038 Dear Mr. Lawson: We have reviewed your response letter da ted October 7, 2011 and have the following additional comment. In our comment, we may ask you to provide us with information so we may better understand your disclosure. Please respond to this letter within ten business days by amending your filing, by providing the requested information, or by advi sing us when you will provide the requested response. If you do not believe our comments apply to your fact s and circumstances or do not believe an amendment is appropriate, pl ease tell us why in your response. After reviewing any amendment to your filing and the information you provide in response to these comments, we may ha ve additional comments. Brian Lawson Brookfield Asset Management November 9, 2011 Page 2 Form 6-K filed March 24, 2011 2010 Annual Report Form 40-F Five-Year Financial Review, page 13 1. We have considered your response to our pr ior comment one. We continue to believe that your Non-GAAP measure, as currentl y titled, does not comply with Item 10(e)1(ii)(E) of Regulation S-K. Please revise your disclosure in fu ture filings to fully comply with Item 10(e) of Regulation S-K. We urge all persons who are responsible for th e accuracy and adequacy of the disclosure in the filing to be certain that the filing include s the information the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and all applicable Exchange Act rules requir e. Since the company and its management are in possession of all facts relating to a company’s disclosure, they are responsible for the accuracy and adequacy of the disclosures they have made. In responding to our comments, please provi de a written statement from the company acknowledging that: the company is responsible for the adequacy an d accuracy of the disclo sure in the filing; staff comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filing; and the company may not assert staff comments as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federa l securities laws of the United States. You may contact Robert Telewicz, Staff A ccountant at (202)551-3438 or the undersigned at (202)551-3629 if you have questions. Sincerely, /s/ Kevin Woody Kevin Woody Accounting Branch Chief