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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CURRENT REPORT</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Date of Report (Date of earliest event
reported):</I></B> October 25, 2012</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 24pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Artio Global Investors Inc.</B></P>

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in its charter)</I></B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">Delaware</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">1-34457</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">13-6174048</TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Identification No.)</I></B></P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">330 Madison Ave.<BR> New York, NY</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; font-weight: bold; text-align: center">10017</TD></TR>
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including area code)</I></B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>(Former name or former address, if
changed since last report)</I></B></P>

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to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 96%">Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 30, 2012, Artio Global Investors Inc. (the &ldquo;Company&rdquo;)
announced a realignment of staff that is expected to result in a cash and non-cash charge totaling approximately $4 to $4.5 million
during the fourth quarter of 2012. The charge is primarily comprised of severance benefits relating to organizational changes.
Further, management expects this action to result in an annual savings of approximately $6.5 million. These estimates are subject
to change and further details of these actions will be provided in future filings.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October&nbsp;30, 2012, the Company announced that Richard
Pell resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the &ldquo;Board&rdquo;) and Chief Executive Officer (&ldquo;CEO&rdquo;) of
the Company, effective November 1, 2012.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with Mr. Pell&rsquo;s resignation as CEO, on October
25, 2012, the Board appointed Anthony Williams as the Company&rsquo;s CEO and as a director, effective November 1, 2012. As a director,
Mr. Williams will serve as a member of the class whose term expires at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Mr. Williams, age 48, has served as the Company&rsquo;s Chief
Operating Officer since December 2007 and as its President since October 2011. Further, he served as a member of its Board from
2004 through September 2009, prior to the Company&rsquo;s initial public offering. He joined as Chief Operating Officer of Artio
Global Management LLC in 2003 and, in 2004, became the Head of Asset Management Americas for Artio Global Management LLC. Prior
to that, Mr. Williams acted as Head of Cross Border Strategies at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management and Chief Operating Officer
at Fleming Asset Management in New York. Previously, Mr. Williams was Client Services Director at Fleming Asset Management, UK.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">The details of Mr. Williams&rsquo; compensation are described
in the Company&rsquo;s proxy statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 19, 2012. However, in connection with his appointment to CEO, effective as of November 1, 2012, his base salary will increase
to $500,000 annually from $300,000 annually.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">In connection with Mr. Pell&rsquo;s resignation as Chairman
of the Board, the Board appointed Francis Ledwidge as its Chairman, effective as of November 1, 2012. Mr. Ledwidge, age 62, became
a director of the Company in September 2009, at the time of its initial public offering. Since 1997 he has been a Managing Partner
of Eddystone, LLC and the Chief Investment Officer of Eddystone Capital, LLC. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Ledwidge served as the Chief
Investment Officer of Bankers Trust&rsquo;s international private banking division in the United States and Switzerland and was
later responsible for much of Bankers Trust&rsquo;s institutional international and global asset management businesses. Prior to
that, he worked at Robert Fleming from 1976 to 1989, first as a portfolio manager and director of Robert Fleming Investment Management
in London and then as a sell-side research director at Eberstadt Fleming in New York. Before joining Flemings, he worked as a buy-side
analyst at British Electric Traction.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">A copy of the Company&rsquo;s press release announcing the appointments
of Messrs.&nbsp;Williams and Ledwidge, the and the resignation of Mr. Pell, has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year. </B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">On October 25, 2012, the Board approved amendments to the Company&rsquo;s
Amended and Restated Bylaws (&ldquo;Bylaws&rdquo;) for the purpose of updating the required principals officers of the Company.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">This summary does not purport to be complete and this description
of the amendments to the Bylaws and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit
3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top">Exhibit 3.1</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Amended and Restated Bylaws</TD></TR>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: top">Exhibit 99.1</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">News Release issued October 30, 2012</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">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.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Artio Global Investors Inc.</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">Date:&nbsp; October 30, 2012</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 5%">By:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: windowtext 1pt solid; width: 42%">/s/ Francis Harte</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Francis Harte</TD></TR>
<TR>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom">Chief Financial Officer</TD></TR>
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 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):
October 25, 2012
Artio Global Investors Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified
in its charter)
Delaware
1-34457
13-6174048
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
330 Madison Ave.
New York, NY
10017
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)
(212) 297-3600
(Registrant's telephone number,
including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former 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):
¨
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
¨
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
¨
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
Item 2.05. Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities.
On October 30, 2012, Artio Global Investors Inc. (the "Company")
announced a realignment of staff that is expected to result in a cash and non-cash charge totaling approximately $4 to $4.5 million
during the fourth quarter of 2012. The charge is primarily comprised of severance benefits relating to organizational changes.
Further, management expects this action to result in an annual savings of approximately $6.5 million. These estimates are subject
to change and further details of these actions will be provided in future filings.
Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election
of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
On October 30, 2012, the Company announced that Richard
Pell resigned as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the "Board") and Chief Executive Officer ("CEO") of
the Company, effective November 1, 2012.
In connection with Mr. Pell's resignation as CEO, on October
25, 2012, the Board appointed Anthony Williams as the Company's CEO and as a director, effective November 1, 2012. As a director,
Mr. Williams will serve as a member of the class whose term expires at the 2015 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
Mr. Williams, age 48, has served as the Company's Chief
Operating Officer since December 2007 and as its President since October 2011. Further, he served as a member of its Board from
2004 through September 2009, prior to the Company's initial public offering. He joined as Chief Operating Officer of Artio
Global Management LLC in 2003 and, in 2004, became the Head of Asset Management Americas for Artio Global Management LLC. Prior
to that, Mr. Williams acted as Head of Cross Border Strategies at JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management and Chief Operating Officer
at Fleming Asset Management in New York. Previously, Mr. Williams was Client Services Director at Fleming Asset Management, UK.
The details of Mr. Williams' compensation are described
in the Company's proxy statement for its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on March 19, 2012. However, in connection with his appointment to CEO, effective as of November 1, 2012, his base salary will increase
to $500,000 annually from $300,000 annually.
In connection with Mr. Pell's resignation as Chairman
of the Board, the Board appointed Francis Ledwidge as its Chairman, effective as of November 1, 2012. Mr. Ledwidge, age 62, became
a director of the Company in September 2009, at the time of its initial public offering. Since 1997 he has been a Managing Partner
of Eddystone, LLC and the Chief Investment Officer of Eddystone Capital, LLC. From 1989 to 1995, Mr. Ledwidge served as the Chief
Investment Officer of Bankers Trust's international private banking division in the United States and Switzerland and was
later responsible for much of Bankers Trust's institutional international and global asset management businesses. Prior to
that, he worked at Robert Fleming from 1976 to 1989, first as a portfolio manager and director of Robert Fleming Investment Management
in London and then as a sell-side research director at Eberstadt Fleming in New York. Before joining Flemings, he worked as a buy-side
analyst at British Electric Traction.
A copy of the Company's press release announcing the appointments
of Messrs. Williams and Ledwidge, the and the resignation of Mr. Pell, has been filed as Exhibit 99.1 to this report and is
incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws;
Change in Fiscal Year.
On October 25, 2012, the Board approved amendments to the Company's
Amended and Restated Bylaws ("Bylaws") for the purpose of updating the required principals officers of the Company.
This summary does not purport to be complete and this description
of the amendments to the Bylaws and is qualified in its entirety by reference to a copy of the Bylaws, which is filed as Exhibit
3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)
Exhibits.
Exhibit No.
Description
Exhibit 3.1
Amended and Restated Bylaws
Exhibit 99.1
News Release issued October 30, 2012
SIGNATURE
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.
Artio Global Investors Inc.
Date:  October 30, 2012
By:
/s/ Francis Harte
Name:
Francis Harte
Title:
Chief Financial Officer