Sellers Samuel Bentson 4
4 · Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. · Filed Mar 2, 2026
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Artisan Partners (APAM) EVP Samuel Bentson Receives Stock Award
What Happened Samuel Bentson, Executive Vice President of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (APAM), received stock awards on March 2, 2026. The filing shows grants of 13,375 shares of Class A common stock (priced at $0.00) and 2,275 Class B common units of Artisan Partners Holdings LP together with 2,275 shares of Class B common stock (the awards show $0.00 / N/A as no cash was paid). This transaction is an award/grant (Form 4 code A), not an open-market purchase or sale.
Key Details
- Transaction date: March 2, 2026; transaction type: Award/Grant (code A).
- Granted: 13,375 Class A common shares (acquired at $0.00) and 2,275 Class B common units plus 2,275 Class B common shares (units show derivative entry).
- Class A shares may not be transferred until they vest (per footnote).
- Class B common shares do not have economic rights; the accompanying Class B units vested on grant.
- Each Class B common unit is exchangeable for one Class A share after the first anniversary of the grant; upon exchange the corresponding Class B common share is cancelled. Class B units have no expiration date.
- Filing date: March 2, 2026 (same day as the grant); the filing appears timely. The Form 4 did not list total shares owned by Mr. Bentson after the grant.
Context
- These awards are compensation grants rather than purchases or sales and do not represent immediate cash proceeds. The Class B units are derivative interests that vest immediately but cannot be converted to Class A shares until at least one year after grant; conversion would cancel the related Class B common shares and result in Class A shares with economic rights.
Insider Transaction Report
Form 4
Sellers Samuel Bentson
Executive Vice President
Transactions
- Award
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
[F1]2026-03-02+13,375→ 51,272 total - Award
Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
[F1]2026-03-02+2,275→ 2,275 total - Award
Class B Common Units of Artisan Partners Holdings LP
[F2]2026-03-02+2,275→ 2,275 total→ Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (2,275 underlying)
Footnotes (2)
- [F1]On March 2, 2026, Mr. Sellers was granted 13,375 shares of Class A common stock of Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. (the "Company") and 2,275 Class B common units of Artisan Partners Holdings LP ("Holdings") (together with an equal number of shares of Class B common stock of the Company) pursuant to the Artisan Partners Asset Management Inc. 2023 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan. The shares of Class A common stock may not be transferred until they have vested. Shares of Class B common stock do not have economic rights.
- [F2]Each Class B common unit of Holdings vested upon grant and is exchangeable for one share of Class A common stock of the Company, after the first anniversary of the grant date, pursuant to an Exchange Agreement among the Company and each holder of limited partnership units of Holdings. Upon any such exchange for shares of Class A common stock of the Company, the corresponding shares of Class B common stock then owned by such holder will be cancelled. The Class B common units of Holdings have no expiration date.
Signature
/s/ Lisa A. Moran, attorney-in-fact for Mr. Sellers|2026-03-02