GOTTLIEB JASON A 4

What Happened

• Jason A. Gottlieb, reported as a 10% owner of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM), was awarded 36,880 shares of Class A common stock on March 2, 2026. The shares were granted at $0.00 (award), so no purchase price was paid and the immediate transaction value is $0.
• This was an equity award (compensation), not an open-market purchase or sale; the shares may not be transferred until they vest.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-03-02; filing date: 2026-03-02 (timely).
• Transaction type/code: Award/Grant (A).
• Shares granted: 36,880 Class A shares at $0.00 — total cash consideration reported: $0.
• Shares owned after transaction: Not specified in the filing.
• Footnote: The award was made under the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan; shares are nontransferable until vested.
• No indication of a 10b5-1 plan, cashless exercise, tax-withholding sale, or late filing in this report.

Context

• Equity awards are commonly used for executive/owner compensation and are subject to vesting; they do not represent an immediate buy or sell in the open market. Because these shares are restricted until vesting, they have limited short-term market impact.
• For retail investors, granted awards are informative about compensation structure but less directly indicative of insider conviction than open-market purchases.