UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported)          December 14, 2006

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

001-13459

 

04-3218510

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

600 Hale Street

 

 

Prides Crossing, Massachusetts

 

01965

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

(617) 747-3300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

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ITEM 7.01         Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 22, 2006, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced that it had completed its previously announced acquisition of Chicago Equity Partners, LLC.  A copy of the press release announcing the closing of the transaction is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated by reference.

ITEM 8.01         Other Events.

On December 14, 2006, the Company announced the appointment of Nathaniel Dalton as Chief Operating Officer. A copy of the press release announcing this appointment is furnished as Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated by reference.

ITEM 9.01         Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(c)   Exhibits.

Exhibit No.

 

Description

99.1*

 

Press Release issued by the Company on December 22, 2006.

99.2*

 

Press Release issued by the Company on December 14, 2006.


*                    This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: December 22, 2006

By:

/s/ John Kingston, III

 

 

Name: John Kingston, III

 

 

Title: Executive Vice President, General

 

 

Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

99.1*

 

Press Release issued by the Company on December 22, 2006.

99.2*

 

Press Release issued by the Company on December 14, 2006.

 


*                    This exhibit shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

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