{"url_path":"/sec/mgre/8-k/2026-02-26/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-02-26","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004434/0001193125-26-076911-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-076911","cik":"0001004434","ticker":"AMG","issuer_name":"AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1004434/0001193125-26-076911-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001004434","primary_entity_name":"AFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP, INC."},"word_count":428,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"ITEM 5.02\n\nDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nOn February 26, 2026, Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (the “Company”) announced the appointment of G. Staley Cates to its Board of Directors (the “Board”), as an independent director, effective April 1, 2026.\n\nMr. Cates served as the Vice Chairman of Southeastern Asset Management, Inc. (“Southeastern”), an independent global investment management firm, from 2015 through 2024, having served as President from 1989 through 2015 after joining Southeastern in 1986. Mr. Cates is a Co-Founder of the New Hope Christian Academy, was a founding board member of the Soulsville Foundation, and was the Founding Chairman of the Memphis Grizzlies Charitable Foundation and of the Board of Crosstown Concourse. He serves as the Chairman of the Poplar Foundation, which supports various educational initiatives in Memphis, and was the Governor’s appointee to the Transition Planning Commission for the consolidation of Memphis City and Shelby County schools between 2011 and 2012. Mr. Cates received a B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.\n\nMr. Cates will participate in the Company’s customary director compensation program, as described in the Company’s proxy statement for its most recent annual meeting of stockholders and in the Company’s periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, Mr. Cates and the Company will enter into the Company’s standard indemnification agreement for directors and executive officers, a form of which has been previously filed by the Company with the SEC. There is no arrangement or understanding between Mr. Cates or any other person pursuant to which he was elected as a director of the Company, and there are no familial relationships between him and any of the Company’s directors or executive officers. Mr. Cates, including his immediate family members, is not a party, directly or indirectly, to any related person transaction required to be reported pursuant to Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.\n\nSeparately, on February 22, 2026, Karen L. Alvingham notified the Company of her decision to retire from the Board, effective April 1, 2026.\n\nOn February 26, 2026, the Company also announced the re-appointment of Jay C. Horgen as President of the Company, effective April 1, 2026. Mr. Horgen will also continue to serve as Chief Executive Officer.\n\nInformation about Mr. Horgen required under Item 401(b), (d) and (e), and Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K is incorporated by reference from the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A for its 2025 annual meeting of stockholders, filed on April 11, 2025."}