# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001543577
**File Stem:** 0001193125-26-013347
**Filing Date:** 2026-1
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-26-013347.hdr.sgml**: 20260114

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-26-013347

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: SCHEDULE 13D/A

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 1

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260114

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260114

**SUBJECT COMPANY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** StepStone Group Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001796022
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 843868757
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 005-91686
- **FILM NUMBER:** 26534537

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 277 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 45TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10172
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 1-212-351-6100

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 277 PARK AVENUE
- **STREET 2:** 45TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** NEW YORK
- **STATE:** NY
- **ZIP:** 10172
**FILED BY**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Lim James
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001543577

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** SCHEDULE 13D/A

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 100 PAINTERS MILL ROAD, SUITE 700
- **CITY:** OWINGS MILLS
- **STATE:** MD
- **ZIP:** 21117

### UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
**Washington, D.C. 20549**

## SCHEDULE 13D

### Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

**(Amendment No. 6)**

**StepStone Group Inc.**

*(Name of Issuer)*

**Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share**

*(Title of Class of Securities)*

**85914M107**

*(CUSIP Number)*

**Jennifer Y. Ishiguro**<br>StepStone Group Inc.<br>277 Park Avenue, 45th Floor<br>New York NY 10172<br>(212) 351-6100

*(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)*

**01/13/2026**

*(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)*

| **CUSIP No.** | **85914M107** |

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| | | | |
|:--|:--|:--|:--|
| 1 | Name of reporting person<br>**James Lim** | Name of reporting person<br>**James Lim** | |
| 2 | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | Check the appropriate box if a member of a Group (See Instructions)<br>[x] (a)<br>[ ] (b) | |
| 3 | SEC use only | SEC use only | |
| 4 | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | Source of funds (See Instructions)<br>**OO** | |
| 5 | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | Check if disclosure of legal proceedings is required pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e)<br>[ ] | |
| 6 | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X1** | Citizenship or place of organization<br>**X1** | |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 7 | Sole Voting Power<br>**3204451.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 8 | Shared Voting Power<br>**0.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 9 | Sole Dispositive Power<br>**3204451.00** |
| Number of Shares<br>Beneficially Owned by<br>Each Reporting Person With: | 10 | Shared Dispositive Power<br>**0.00** |
| 11 | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**3204451.00** | Aggregate amount beneficially owned by each reporting person<br>**3204451.00** | |
| 12 | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | Check if the aggregate amount in Row (11) excludes certain shares (See Instructions)<br>[ ] | |
| 13 | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**4.0%** | Percent of class represented by amount in Row (11)<br>**4.0%** | |
| 14 | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**IN** | Type of Reporting Person (See Instructions)<br>**IN** | |

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**Item 1. Security and Issuer**

**(a) Title of Class of Securities:**
Class A Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 Per Share

**(b) Name of Issuer:**
StepStone Group Inc.

**(c) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices:**
277 Park Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, NY, 10172

This statement on Schedule 13D (this "Statement") relates to the Reporting Person's (as defined in Item 2 below) beneficial ownership interest in the Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the "Class A Common Stock"), of StepStone Group Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Issuer"). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 277 Park Avenue, 45th Floor, New York, NY 10172.

This amendment (the "Amendment") amends the prior statement on Schedule 13D filed by the Reporting Persons with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 20, 2021, as amended on July 3, 2023, February 21, 2024, August 14, 2024, November 1, 2024 and September 18, 2025 (the "Original Filing" and, as amended by this Amendment, the "Schedule 13D"). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Original Filing.

**Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer**

**(a)**
(a) and (b) Items 5(a) and 5(b) of Schedule 13D are amended to reflect the following:

The following table sets forth the aggregate number and percentage of the Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person. The aggregate number and percentage of the Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by the Reporting Person is calculated in accordance with Rule 13d-3.

                                                                                                                       Percentage of

                                                                Number of                                          Class

                                                                   Shares                                         A Common

                                                                Beneficially                                         Stock

Reporting Person                                       Owned                                        Outstanding(1)

James Lim                                                 3,204,451                                      4.0%

(1) Based on 80,135,346 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding as of January 5, 2026, and assuming that the Reporting Person exchanges all the Class C Units that are beneficially owned by him and currently available to be exchanged for Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis.

**(b)**
—

**(c)**
Item 5(c) of Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:

Other than the transactions described below and disclosed in the Original Filing, the Reporting Person has not effected any transactions involving the beneficial ownership of Class A Common Stock during the sixty (60) days prior to the date of this statement. With respect to the sale transactions reported below, each day's sales comprised open market transactions made on that day, and the price per share reported is the weighted average sale price. The Reporting Person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the Issuer, or a security holder of the Issuer full information regarding the number of shares of Class A Common Stock and prices at which the trades were effected.

The Reporting Person sold: 76,692 shares of Class A Common Stock at $69.30 per share on January 5, 2026; 123,308 shares of Class A Common Stock at $70.00 per share on January 6, 2026; 72,391 shares of Class A Common Stock at $69.14 per share on January 7, 2026; 227,609 shares of Class A Common Stock at $70.10 per share on January 8, 2026; 200,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at $71.56 on January 9, 2026; 250,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at $72.45 on January 13, 2026; and 50,000 shares of Class A Common Stock at $72.78 on January 14, 2026.

### SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

**Reporting Person:** James Lim

**Signature:** /s/ Jennifer Ishiguro, Attorney-in-Fact

**Name/Title:** James Lim

**Date:** 01/14/2026