Barrington Asset Management, Inc.; Gregory David Paris

U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Litigation Release No. 26480 / February 10, 2026

Securities and Exchange Commission v. Barrington Asset Management and Gregory D. Paris, No. 21-cv-3450 (N.D. Ill. filed June 28, 2021)

SEC Dismisses Civil Enforcement Action Against Illinois Investment Adviser and Its Minority Owner and Simultaneously Institutes Settled Administrative Proceeding

On February 10, 2026, the Securities and Exchange Commission filed a joint stipulation with Barrington Asset Management, Inc., an investment adviser located and registered in Illinois, and Gregory David Paris, a minority owner, vice president and chief compliance officer of Barrington, to dismiss, with prejudice, the SEC’s civil enforcement action against Barrington and Paris. Simultaneous with filing the joint stipulation, the SEC instituted a settled administrative proceeding against Barrington and Paris.

The SEC’s investigation and litigation were conducted by Peter Senechalle, Jonathan S. Polish, BeLinda I. Mathie, and Craig L. McShane of the SEC’s Chicago Regional Office, with the assistance of Frank A. Brown, II and Ross Goetz of the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis. The investigation was supervised by Amy Flaherty Hartman of the Chicago Regional Office and Joseph Sansone of the Enforcement Division’s Market Abuse Unit.