UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 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):  February 13, 2015

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Delaware

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

 

 

(617) 747-3300

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

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

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

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Item 8.01                             Other Events.

 

On February 13, 2015, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) completed the issuance and sale of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.500% Senior Notes due 2025 (the “Notes”).  The Notes were issued pursuant to an Indenture dated February 11, 2014 between the Company and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) (the “Base Indenture”), as supplemented by the Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2015, between the Company and the Trustee (the “Second Supplemental Indenture,” and together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”).  The Notes were issued through an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) among the Company and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto, dated February 10, 2015.

 

The Notes, which are unsecured obligations of the Company, will mature in 2025 and will bear interest at the rate of 3.500% per year, with interest payable on February 1 and August 1 of each year, beginning on August 1, 2015.  The Company may redeem the Notes at any time, in whole or in part, at a make-whole redemption price plus accrued and unpaid interest.  In addition to customary event of default provisions, the Indenture limits the Company’s ability to consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of its assets.

 

The Notes were registered pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-190402). The Company is filing the Underwriting Agreement, the Second Supplemental Indenture and the opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP relating to the validity of the Notes as exhibits to this filing.

 

Item 9.01                             Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)  Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2015, by and among Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.1		Base Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2014, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 as filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 001-13459), filed February 11, 2014.
4.2		Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2015, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of Global Note attached as Annex A thereto.
5.1		Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP as to the validity of the Notes.
23.1		Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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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: February 13, 2015	By:	/s/ David M. Billings
		Name:	David M. Billings
		Title:	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.		Description
1.1		Underwriting Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2015, by and among Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, as representatives of the several underwriters named in Schedule I thereto.
4.1		Base Indenture, dated as of February 11, 2014, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 as filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 001-13459), filed February 11, 2014.
4.2		Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 13, 2015, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and U.S. Bank National Association, including the form of Global Note attached as Annex A thereto.
5.1		Opinion of Ropes & Gray LLP as to the validity of the Notes.
23.1		Consent of Ropes & Gray LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).

 

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