Artisan Partners Prices 4.8M share Offering at $56.00/Share

Artisan Partners Asset Management APAM announced today the pricing of a public offering of 4,800,000 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the public of $56.00 per share. The Company has granted the underwriters an option to purchase up to 720,000 additional shares at the public offering price less underwriting discounts and commissions. The offering is expected to close on November 6, 2013, subject to customary closing conditions. The Company intends to use all of the net proceeds of this offering to purchase shares of the Company's convertible preferred stock and preferred units of the Company's subsidiary, Artisan Partners Holdings LP, from private equity funds controlled by Hellman & Friedman LLC. See full press release