144: Filer Information

Filer CIK

0001668247

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

Chersi Robert J

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

Spouse

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

Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
245 Summer Street
Boston � MA � 02110

28753

1474741.37

35709120

02/11/2026

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

05/18/2018

Stock Award

Issuer

3000

05/18/2018

Compensation

Common

02/15/2018

Stock Award

Issuer

2204

02/15/2018

Compensation

Common

01/23/2021

Stock Award

Issuer

10215

01/23/2021

Compensation

Common

06/07/2022

Stock Award

Issuer

4193

06/07/2022

Compensation

Common

06/07/2023

Stock Award

Issuer

4762

06/08/2023

Compensation

Common

06/07/2024

Stock Award

Issuer

4379

06/07/2024

Compensation

* 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

shares sold out of the ROBERT J CHERSI 2012 FAMILY TRUST by wifes name Rosemary Chersi

Date of Notice

02/11/2026

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

/s/ Daniel Gardea as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Chersi Robert J.

144: Filer Information

Submission Contact Information

144: Issuer Information

144: Securities Information

144: Securities To Be Sold

144: Securities Sold During The Past 3 Months

144: Remarks and Signature

ATTENTION:

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)

SEC Form 144 filed by Acadian Asset Management Inc.