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)  October 22, 2008

 

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):

 

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 2.02                                      Results of Operations and Financial Conditions.

 

On October 22, 2008, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release setting forth its financial and operating results for the quarter ended September 30, 2008.  A copy of this press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is hereby incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 9.01                                      Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(c)           Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1*		Earnings Press Release issued by the Company on October 22, 2008.

 

*  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: October 22, 2008	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*		Earnings Press Release issued by the Company on October 22, 2008.

 

*  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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