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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March 22, 2021
WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in
its charter)
Delaware
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001-13913
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51-0261715
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(State or Other
Jurisdiction of
Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
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6300 Lamar Avenue
Overland Park, Kansas 66202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
(913) 236-2000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including
area code)
(Registrant’s Name or Former Address,
if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing
is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General
Instruction A.2. below):
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Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
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Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of
the Act:
Title of each class
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Trading Symbol(s)
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Name of each exchange on which registered
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Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value
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WDR
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New York Stock Exchange
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging
growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging
growth company ¨
If an emerging
growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with
any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
As previously disclosed, on December 2, 2020,
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the
“merger agreement”) with Macquarie Management Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Macquarie”), Merry Merger
Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie (the “Merger Sub”), and (solely for limited purposes)
Macquarie Financial Holdings Pty Ltd, an Australian proprietary company formed under the laws of the Commonwealth of Australia, providing
for, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of certain conditions, the acquisition of the Company by Macquarie. Subject to the terms and
conditions of the merger agreement, Merger Sub will be merged with and into the Company (the “merger”), with the Company surviving
the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Macquarie.
On January 28, 2021, the Company and Macquarie
jointly filed a final joint voluntary notice for review by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the Unites States (“CFIUS”),
which CFIUS accepted for review by letter dated February 4, 2021. In that letter, CFIUS confirmed that February 4, 2021 is the first day
of the initial 45-day review period and that this initial review period will conclude no later than March 22, 2021. On March 22, 2021,
CFIUS notified the parties that CFIUS has determined that there are no unresolved national security concerns with respect to the merger
and its review with respect to the merger is concluded.
Receipt of the CFIUS clearance satisfies a certain
condition to the closing of the merger. The closing of the merger remains subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the remaining conditions
to the merger set forth in the merger agreement.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned
hereunto duly authorized.
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WADDELL & REED FINANCIAL, INC.
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Date: March 24, 2021
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By:
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/s/ Mark P. Buyle
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Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer, General Counsel and Secretary
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