Updated Earnings Release and Conference Call Time -- Brooke Corporation to Report Second Quarter Results on August 18; Conferenc

  Brooke Corporation (NASDAQ: BXXX)
announced it will report its second quarter 2008 earnings and other
financial results following the close of the stock market on Monday, Aug.
18, 2008. A press release will be available online at that time at the
company's Web site, www.brookebanker.com.

Brooke Corporation management will also host a conference call for analysts and investors on Tuesday, Aug. 19 at 11 a.m. CDT. To join the call, please dial [phone] in the United States and Canada, or [phone] if calling internationally. The conference ID number is 93472605. A live web broadcast of the call will be available on the investor relations section of Brooke's Web site at www.brookebanker.com.

The webcast is also being distributed through the ThomsonReuters StreetEvents Network to both institutional and individual investors. Individual investors can access the call at www.earnings.com, ThomsonReuters' individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson's password protected event management site, StreetEvents, at www.streetevents.com.

About Brooke Corporation:

Brooke Corporation is listed on the Nasdaq Global Market under the symbol "BXXX." Brooke Corporation owns 100 percent of Generations Bank, a banker agent thrift institution, 66 percent of Brooke Capital Corporation (AMEX: BCP), an insurance agency, and 62 percent of Aleritas Capital Corp. (OTCBB: BRCR), a finance company specializing in insurance lending.

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