ITEM 7.01 REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

In a press release dated April 20, 2009, Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (the "Company") reported ending assets and asset flow information for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press Release dated April 20, 2009 titled "Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. Announces March 31, 2009 Assets Under Management" (furnished and not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and not deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended).

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