144: Filer Information

Filer CIK

0001035674

Filer CCC

XXXXXXXX

Is this a LIVE or TEST Filing?

LIVE

TEST

Submission Contact Information

Name

Phone

E-Mail Address

144: Issuer Information

Name of Issuer

Acadian Asset Management Inc.

SEC File Number

001-38979

Address of Issuer

200 STATE STREET
SUITE 601A
BOSTON
MASSACHUSETTS
02109

Phone

6173697300

Name of Person for Whose Account the Securities are To Be Sold

PAULSON & CO. INC.

See the definition of "person" in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.

Relationship to Issuer

10% Stockholder

Relationship to Issuer

Director

144: Securities Information

Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold

Name and Address of the Broker

Number of Shares or Other Units To Be Sold

Aggregate Market Value

Number of Shares or Other Units Outstanding

Approximate Date of Sale

Name the Securities Exchange

Common Stock

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
1585 Broadway
New York � NY � 10036

1900000

157168000

35628988

06/17/2026

NYSE

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

144: Securities To Be Sold

Title of the Class

Date you Acquired

Nature of Acquisition Transaction

Name of Person from Whom Acquired

Is this a Gift?

Date Donor Acquired

Amount of Securities Acquired

Date of Payment

Nature of Payment *

Common Stock

07/12/2019

Share exchange pursuant to scheme of arrangement under the laws of England and Wales among BrightSphere Investment Group plc and its shareholders consummated on July 12, 2019

Issuer

20000552

07/12/2019

Share Exchange

* If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months

Nothing to Report

144: Remarks and Signature

Remarks

Aggregate Market Value based on closing price as of 6/17/2026

Date of Notice

06/17/2026

ATTENTION:

The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed. If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.

Signature

PAULSON & CO. INC. By: /s/ Stuart L. Merzer Stuart L. Merzer, General Counsel & Chief Compliance Office

SEC Form 144 filed by Acadian Asset Management Inc.