AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC. — Capital/Financing Update 2011

Oct 24, 2011

*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) October 18, 2011

*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)

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 October 18, 2011, the Board of Directors of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) authorized an additional share repurchase program pursuant to which the Company may repurchase up to two million of its issued and outstanding shares of common stock. Purchases may be made from time to time, at management’s discretion, in the open market or in privately negotiated transactions, including through the use of derivative instruments. With this additional authorization, the Company may repurchase, in aggregate, approximately three million shares under its share repurchase programs.

*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.

/s/ John Kingston, III
Name:	John Kingston, III
Title:	Vice Chairman,
	General Counsel and Secretary

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