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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001517302-23-000055"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "APAM"
cik: "0001517302"
company_name: "Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc."
filed_at: "2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T09:18:53.170748+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Artisan Partners shareholders approve 2023 equity plans adding 7.2M shares

## Summary
- Shareholders approved 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan authorizing 6.4M Class A shares for associates.
- Shareholders approved 2023 Non-Employee Director Plan authorizing 800K Class A shares for outside directors.
- All eight director nominees re-elected; advisory say-on-pay approved with 92% for votes.
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ratified as independent auditor for 2023.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001517302-23-000055
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: APAM
- cik: 0001517302
- company_name: Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc.
- filed_at: 2023-06-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/apam-20230601.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. shareholders approved Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 2. Advisory Vote on Compensation of Named Executive Officers: Approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 64,550,176 5,137,778 125,383 4,820,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. shareholders approved Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 5. Ratification of the Appointment of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for 2023: Ratified. For Against Abstain 72,635,107 1,913,024 86,148
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 3. Approval of the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan: Approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 65,761,292 3,897,536 154,509 4,820,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. shareholders approved Approval of the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Non-Employee Director Plan.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 4. Approval of the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Non-Employee Director Plan: Approved. For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 64,983,409 4,696,728 133,200 4,820,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. shareholders approved Election of Directors.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  source text: 1. Election of Directors: Each of the eight nominees was re-elected. Nominees For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Jennifer A. Barbetta 68,261,991 1,551,346 4,820,942 Matthew R. Barger 68,495,185 1,318,152 4,820,942 Eric R. Colson 68,807,255 1,006,082 4,820,942 Tench Coxe 68,129,941 1,683,396 4,820,942 Stephanie G. DiMarco 68,398,803 1,414,534 4,820,942 Jeffrey A. Joerres 68,215,144 1,598,193 4,820,942 Saloni S. Multani 69,168,991 644,346 4,820,942 Andrew A. Ziegler 68,769,502 1,043,835 4,820,942
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1517302/000151730223000055/0001517302-23-000055-index.htm

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