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Brookfield Asset Management Inc. – ‘6-K’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 8/14/20, at 7:54am ET · For: 6/30/20 · Accession #: 1001085-20-18 · File #: 33-97038

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 8/14/20  Brookfield Asset Management Inc.  6-K         6/30/20   96:26M

Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign Issuer — Form 6-K — SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 6-K         Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign    HTML     37K 
                Issuer                                                           
 2: EX-99.1     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML   1.63M 
 3: EX-99.2     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     33K 
 4: EX-99.3     Miscellaneous Exhibit                               HTML     33K 
11: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     46K 
12: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML     89K 
13: R3          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     74K 
14: R4          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML    123K 
15: R5          Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity        HTML    128K 
16: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    134K 
17: R7          Corporate Information                               HTML     29K 
18: R8          Significant Accounting Policies                     HTML     34K 
19: R9          Segmented Information                               HTML    413K 
20: R10         Acquisitions of Consolidated Entities               HTML     30K 
21: R11         Current and Non-Current Portion of Account          HTML     71K 
                Balances                                                         
22: R12         Held for Sale                                       HTML    117K 
23: R13         Equity Accounted Investments                        HTML     36K 
24: R14         Investment Properties                               HTML    104K 
25: R15         Property, Plant and Equipment                       HTML     71K 
26: R16         Subsidiary Public Issuers and Finance Subsidiary    HTML    133K 
27: R17         Equity                                              HTML    113K 
28: R18         Revenues                                            HTML    354K 
29: R19         Fair Value Changes                                  HTML    240K 
30: R20         Fair Value Changes Fair Value Changes of Financial  HTML    240K 
                Instruments (Notes)                                              
31: R21         Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)          HTML     35K 
32: R22         Segmented Information (Tables)                      HTML    391K 
33: R23         Acquisitions of Consolidated Entities (Tables)      HTML     29K 
34: R24         Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)        HTML    534K 
35: R25         Held for Sale (Tables)                              HTML     85K 
36: R26         Equity Accounted Investments (Tables)               HTML     36K 
37: R27         Investment Properties (Tables)                      HTML    134K 
38: R28         Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)              HTML    148K 
39: R29         Subsidiary Public Issuers and Finance Subsidiary    HTML    124K 
                (Tables)                                                         
40: R30         Equity (Tables)                                     HTML    109K 
41: R31         Revenues (Tables)                                   HTML    246K 
42: R32         Fair Value Changes (Tables)                         HTML     51K 
43: R33         SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Impact of New     HTML     74K 
                Accounting Standard (Details)                                    
44: R34         SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES - Narrative         HTML     41K 
                (Details)                                                        
45: R35         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Narrative (Details)         HTML     64K 
46: R36         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Financial Information by    HTML    151K 
                Segment (Details)                                                
47: R37         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Reconciliation of FFO to    HTML     34K 
                Equity Accounted Investments (Details)                           
48: R38         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Schedule of components of   HTML     35K 
                income tax expense (Details)                                     
49: R39         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Reconciliation of FFO to    HTML     49K 
                Net Income (Details)                                             
50: R40         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Revenue Allocation          HTML     53K 
                (Details)                                                        
51: R41         SEGMENTED INFORMATION - Asset Allocation (Details)  HTML     61K 
52: R42         ACQUISITIONS OF CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES - Schedule    HTML     37K 
                of Balance Sheet Impact On Business Combinations                 
                (Details)                                                        
53: R43         ACQUISITIONS OF CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES - Narrative   HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R44         ACQUISITIONS OF CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES - Schedule    HTML     36K 
                of Balance Sheet Impact on Significant Business                  
                Combinations (Details)                                           
55: R45         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Financial     HTML     67K 
                Instrument Classification (Details)                              
56: R46         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Narrative     HTML     28K 
                (Details)                                                        
57: R47         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Carrying and  HTML     77K 
                Fair Values of Financial Instruments (Details)                   
58: R48         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Other         HTML     32K 
                Financial Assets (Details)                                       
59: R49         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Fair Value    HTML     74K 
                Hierarchy Levels (Details)                                       
60: R50         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Valuation     HTML     76K 
                Techniques on Fair Value Measurements (Details)                  
61: R51         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Change in     HTML     55K 
                Balance of Fair Value Assets and Liabilities                     
                (Details)                                                        
62: R52         FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS - Amortized     HTML     30K 
                Cost for which Fair Value is Disclosed (Details)                 
63: R53         Current and Non-Current Portion of Account          HTML     65K 
                Balances (Details)                                               
64: R54         HELD FOR SALE - Schedule Of Assets And Liabilities  HTML     77K 
                Classified As Held-For-Sale (Details)                            
65: R55         HELD FOR SALE - Narrative (Details)                 HTML     41K 
66: R56         EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS - Schedule Of          HTML     42K 
                Investments in Associates and Joint Ventures                     
                (Details)                                                        
67: R57         EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS - Schedule Of Changes  HTML     46K 
                In Balance Of Investments (Details)                              
68: R58         EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS - Schedule Of Fair     HTML     30K 
                Value Of Equity Accounted Investments (Details)                  
69: R59         EQUITY ACCOUNTED INVESTMENTS EQUITY ACCOUNTED       HTML     30K 
                INVESTMENTS - Narrative (Details)                                
70: R60         INVESTMENT PROPERTIES - Schedule of Changes in      HTML     42K 
                Fair Value of Investment Properties (Details)                    
71: R61         INVESTMENT PROPERTIES - Narrative (Details)         HTML     33K 
72: R62         INVESTMENT PROPERTIES - Schedule of Investment      HTML     84K 
                Properties Measured at Fair Value (Details)                      
73: R63         INVESTMENT PROPERTIES - Schedule of Significant     HTML     76K 
                Unobservable Inputs (Details)                                    
74: R64         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Schedule of         HTML     71K 
                Property, Plant and Equipment by Operating                       
                Segments (Details)                                               
75: R65         PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - Narrative           HTML     39K 
                (Details)                                                        
76: R66         SUBSIDIARY PUBLIC ISSUERS AND FINANCE SUBSIDIARY -  HTML     76K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
77: R67         SUBSIDIARY PUBLIC ISSUERS AND FINANCE SUBSIDIARY -  HTML     66K 
                Schedule Of Summarized Financial Information And                 
                Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries (Details)                             
78: R68         EQUITY - Schedule Of Equity (Details)               HTML     43K 
79: R69         EQUITY - Schedule Of Preferred Equity (Details)     HTML     34K 
80: R70         EQUITY - Schedule Of Series Of Preferred Shares     HTML     34K 
                (Details)                                                        
81: R71         EQUITY - Narrative (Details)                        HTML     68K 
82: R72         EQUITY - Schedule Of Non-Controlling Interests      HTML     33K 
                (Details)                                                        
83: R73         EQUITY - Schedule Of Common Equity (Details)        HTML     45K 
84: R74         EQUITY - Schedule Of Number Of Issued And           HTML     42K 
                Outstanding Common Shares And Unexercised Options                
                (Details)                                                        
85: R75         EQUITY - Schedule Of Authorized Share Capital       HTML     42K 
                (Details)                                                        
86: R76         EQUITY - Schedule Of Basic And Diluted Earnings     HTML     43K 
                Per Share (Details)                                              
87: R77         EQUITY - Schedule Of Options (Details)              HTML     31K 
88: R78         EQUITY - Schedule Using Black-Scholes Module        HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
89: R79         EQUITY - Schedule Of Options to Purchase Class A    HTML     46K 
                Shares (Details)                                                 
90: R80         Revenues - by Type (Details)                        HTML     84K 
91: R81         Revenues - by Timing of Recognition of Revenue      HTML     72K 
                From Contracts With Customers (Details)                          
92: R82         REVENUES - Narrative (Details)                      HTML     35K 
93: R83         Fair Value Changes (Details)                        HTML     41K 
95: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    179K 
94: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX    134K 
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 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- bam-20200630_cal                XML    299K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- bam-20200630_def                 XML   2.00M 
 9: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- bam-20200630_lab                      XML   3.09M 
10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- bam-20200630_pre               XML   2.36M 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- bam-20200630                          XSD    391K 
96: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001001085-20-000018-xbrl      Zip    446K

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — bam-20200630_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

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18 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 7/23/21  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL       7/23/21    1:966K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/23/21  Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc     424B5                  1:974K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/21/21  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL       7/21/21    1:955K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 7/21/21  Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc     424B3                  1:954K                                   Toppan Merrill/FA
 4/09/21  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL       4/09/21    1:608K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 4/07/21  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL       4/07/21    1:599K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
11/19/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL      11/19/20    1:742K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
11/19/20  Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc     424B5                  1:742K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
11/17/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL      11/17/20    1:738K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
11/17/20  Brookfield Finance I (UK) plc     424B3                  1:738K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
10/13/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL      10/13/20    1:713K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
10/08/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               SUPPL      10/08/20    1:701K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
10/06/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               F-10/A                12:2.8M                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
10/06/20  Brookfield Finance LLC            F-3/A                  7:866K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 9/29/20  Brookfield Corp./ON               F-10                   5:589K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 9/29/20  Brookfield Finance LLC            F-3                    5:588K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 9/24/20  Brookfield Finance Inc.           SUPPL       9/24/20    1:526K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA
 9/23/20  Brookfield Finance Inc.           SUPPL       9/23/20    1:525K                                   Toppan Merrill-FA

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Filing Submission 0001001085-20-000018 – Alternative Formats (Word / Rich Text, HTML, Plain Text, et al.)

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. – ‘6-K’ for 6/30/20 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On: Friday, 8/14/20, at 7:54am ET · For: 6/30/20 · Accession #: 1001085-20-18 · File #: 33-97038

Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign Issuer — Form 6-K — SEA’34Filing Table of Contents

‘EX-101.DEF’ — XBRL Definitions — bam-20200630_def

This Exhibit is an XBRL XML File.

18 Subsequent Filings that Reference this Filing

Current, Quarterly or Annual Report by a Foreign Issuer — Form 6-K — SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents