UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-A

 

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12 (b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A. (c), please check the following box.  x

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A. (d), please check the following box.  o

 

Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-168627 (if applicable)

 

Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12 (g) of the Act:

 

None

(Title of Class)

 

 

(Title of Class)

 

 

 

Item 1.  Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered.

 

In August 2012, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Registrant”) sold $200.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.375% Senior Notes due 2042 pursuant to an underwriting agreement with three major financial institutions. This registration statement on Form 8-A registers the class of such securities pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The material set forth in (i) the section captioned “Description of Debt Securities” in the Prospectus included in the Registrant’s registration statement on Form S-3 (File No. 333-168627), dated August 6, 2010, and (ii) the section captioned “Description of Notes” in the Prospectus Supplement, dated August 1, 2012 to the registrant’s Prospectus, are each incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2. Exhibits.

 

No.		Description
1		Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-34679), filed August 29, 1997, as amended.
2		Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-129748), filed November 16, 2005.
3		Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, incorporated by reference to the Company’s Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (No. 001-13459), filed April 28, 2006.
4		Amended and Restated By-laws, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 as filed with the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K (No. 001-13459), filed July 31, 2012.
5		Specimen certificate for shares of common stock of the Registrant, incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-34679), filed August 29, 1997, as amended.
6		Indenture, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 as filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (No. 001-13459), filed August 8, 2012.
7		First Supplemental Indenture related to the 6.375% Senior Notes due 2042, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and between Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including a form of the global note), incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 as filed with the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (No. 001-13459), filed August 8, 2012.

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

 

	AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.
Date:      August 8, 2012	By:	/s/ John Kingston, III
		Name:	John Kingston, III
		Title:	Vice Chairman, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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