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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 4, 1999
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
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AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
DELAWARE 04-3218510
(State of incorporation) (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)
TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, 23RD FLOOR
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(617) 747-3300
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of
Registrant's principal executive offices)
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.
AMENDED AND RESTATED
1997 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full Title of the Plan)
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WILLIAM J. NUTT
PRESIDENT, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.
TWO INTERNATIONAL PLACE, 23RD FLOOR
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02110
(617) 747-3300
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
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With copies to:
Martin Carmichael III, P.C.
Elizabeth Shea Fries, Esq.
GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
Exchange Place
53 State Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02109-2881
(617) 570-1000
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CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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TITLE OF SECURITIES BEING AMOUNT TO BE PROPOSED MAXIMUM OFFERING PROPOSED MAXIMUM AGGREGATE AMOUNT OF
REGISTERED REGISTERED PRICE PER SHARE OFFERING PRICE REGISTRATION FEE
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Common Stock, par value $.01 1,500,000 shares (1) $29.09375(2) $43,640,625 $12,133
per share
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(1) Plus such additional number of shares as may be issued pursuant to the
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997 Stock Option
and Incentive Plan in the event of a stock dividend, stock split,
split-up, recapitalization or other similar event.
(2) This estimate is based on the average of the high and low sales prices
on the New York Stock Exchange of the Common Stock of Affiliated
Managers Group, Inc. on July 29, 1999 pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h)
under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, solely for purposes of
determining the registration fee.
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INCORPORATION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION BY REFERENCE
The contents of the Registration Statement on Form S-8 filed by
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. with the Securities and Exchange Commission
(File No. 333-72967) pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, on
February 25, 1999, including the exhibits thereto, are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all
of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this registration
statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Boston, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on August 4,
1999.
AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.
By: /s/ Darrell W. Crate
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Name: Darrell W. Crate
Title: Senior Vice President
and Chief Financial Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that we, the undersigned officers and
directors of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., hereby severally constitute
William J. Nutt, Sean M. Healey and Nathaniel Dalton, and each of them singly,
our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them, and each of them singly,
to sign for us and in our names in the capacities indicated below, the
registration statement filed herewith and any and all amendments to said
registration statement, and generally to do all such things in our names and in
our capacities as officers and directors to enable Affiliated Managers Group,
Inc. to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and all
requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and
confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys, or any of
them, to said registration statement and any and all amendments thereto.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons in the
capacities and on the date indicated.
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SIGNATURE CAPACITY DATE
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/s/ William J. Nutt President, Chief Executive Officer July 30, 1999
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William J. Nutt (Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Darrell W. Crate Senior Vice President and Chief July 30, 1999
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Darrell W. Crate and Principal Accounting Officer)
/s/ Richard E. Floor Director July 30, 1999
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Richard E. Floor
/s/ P. Andrews McLane Director July 30, 1999
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P. Andrews McLane
/s/ John M. B. O'Connor Director July 30, 1999
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John M. B. O'Connor
/s/ William F. Weld Director July 30, 1999
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William F. Weld
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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EXHIBIT NO. DESCRIPTION
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5.1 Opinion of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP as to the legality of the securities being registered
23.1 Consent of Goodwin, Procter & Hoar LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2 Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
24.1 Powers of Attorney (included on page 3 of this registration statement)
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Exhibit 5.1
GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
COUNSELLORS AT LAW
EXCHANGE PLACE
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02109-2881
August 4, 1999
Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
Two International Place, 23rd Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02110
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This opinion is furnished in connection with the registration, pursuant
to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act"), of 1,500,000 shares of
Common Stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Shares"), of Affiliated Managers
Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company").
In connection with rendering this opinion, we have examined the
Certificate of Incorporation and ByLaws of the Company, each as amended to date;
such records of the corporate proceedings of the Company as we deemed material;
a registration statement on Form S-8 under the Act relating to the Shares (the
"Registration Statement") and the prospectus contained therein (the
"Prospectus"); the Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 1997
Stock Option and Incentive Plan; and such other certificates, receipts, records
and documents as we considered necessary for the purposes of this opinion. In
our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal
capacity of natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us
as certified, photostatic or facsimile copies, the authenticity of the originals
of such copies and the authenticity of telephonic confirmations of public
officials and others. As to facts material to our opinion, we have relied upon
certificates or telephonic confirmations of public officials and certificates,
documents, statements and other information of the Company or representatives or
officers thereof.
We are attorneys admitted to practice in The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. We express no opinion concerning the laws of any jurisdictions
other than the laws of the United States of America and The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that when the Shares
have been issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus,
the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common
Stock.
The foregoing assumes that all requisite steps will be taken to comply
with the requirements of the Act and applicable requirements of state laws
regulating the offer and sale of securities.
We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.
Very truly yours
/s/ GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
GOODWIN, PROCTER & HOAR LLP
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Exhibit 23.2
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration
Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333- ) of our reports dated March 22,
1999, on our audit of the consolidated financial statements and financial
statement schedule of Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Boston, Massachusetts
August 4, 1999
