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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 3, 2017
Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware
001-35826
45-0969585
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(Commission file number)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
 
 
 
 
875 E. Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 800
Milwaukee, WI 53202
 
 
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
 

(414) 390-6100
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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:
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Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition
On February 6, 2017, Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing the availability of certain consolidated financial and operating results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2016. Copies of the press release and the full earnings release are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.
The information furnished in this Item 2.02, including the exhibits incorporated herein by reference, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date hereof, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.




Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers
The Company’s board of directors appointed Jason A. Gottlieb as Executive Vice President, effective February 3, 2017. Mr. Gottlieb, 47, is currently a managing director of Artisan Partners Holdings and Chief Operating Officer of Investments. Prior to joining the firm in October 2016, Mr. Gottlieb was a partner and managing director at Goldman Sachs where, since 2005, he was a leader in Goldman Sachs’ Alternative Investment & Manager Selection Group. He also served as a portfolio manager on the Goldman Sachs Multi-Manager Alternatives Fund from the fund’s inception in April 2013 until he left the firm in August 2016.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit Number
 
Description of Exhibit
99.1
 
Press Release of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. dated February 6, 2017
99.2
 
Earnings Release of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. dated February 6, 2017





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.

Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
Date: February 6, 2017
By:
 
/s/ Charles J. Daley, Jr.
Name:
 
Charles J. Daley, Jr.
Title:
 
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer