UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED): October 19, 2006
Calamos Asset Management, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation) | | 0-51003
(Commission File Number) | | 32-0122554
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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| 2020 Calamos Court | | | | |
| Naperville, Illinois | | | | 60563 |
| (Address of Principal Executive Offices) | | | | (Zip Code) |
REGISTRANT’S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE: (630) 245-7200
Not Applicable
(Former Name and Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On October 24, 2006, Calamos Asset Management, Inc. (“Corporation”) issued a press release reporting results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2006. A copy of the press release issued by the Corporation is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On October 19, 2006, the Corporation approved the repurchase of up to 2 million shares of its outstanding Class A common stock. A copy of the press release announcing the Corporation’s stock repurchase is attached as Exhibit 99.1.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(c) Exhibits
99.1 Press release issued by the Corporation on October 24, 2006.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| | CALAMOS ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC.
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| Date: October 24, 2006 | By: | /s/ James S. Hamman, Jr. | |
| | | James S. Hamman, Jr. | |
| | | Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary | |
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Exhibit Index
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| 99.1 | | Press release dated October 24, 2006 issued by the Corporation reporting results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2006 and announcing the Corporation’s stock repurchase program. |
