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) April 15, 2014

 

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

P.O. Box 1000
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)

 

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):

 

o               Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o               Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o               Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o               Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 1.01                                  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

 

On April 15, 2014, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into a $250 million five-year senior unsecured term loan facility with Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, and several additional lenders. The loans under the facility may be used for general corporate purposes, additional investments in new or existing Affiliates, and to refinance indebtedness under the Company’s existing revolving credit facility. Subject to certain conditions, the Company may borrow up to an additional $100 million under the facility.

 

The term loan facility contains financial covenants with respect to leverage and interest coverage, as well as customary affirmative and negative covenants, including limitations on priority indebtedness, liens, cash dividends, asset dispositions, and fundamental corporate changes, and certain customary events of default.

 

This description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the facility, which is attached to this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 10.1.

 

ITEM 2.03                                  Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 relating to the creation of a direct financial obligation is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

ITEM 9.01                                  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d)                                 Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Term Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014, among Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

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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: April 18, 2014

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Kingston, III

 

 

 

Name:

John Kingston, III

 

 

 

Title:

Vice Chairman,
General Counsel and Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Term Credit Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2014, among Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time party thereto as lenders, and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and the exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

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