SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
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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 21, 2010

WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

Delaware

001-31234

75-2969997

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)


200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200

Dallas, Texas 75201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(214) 756-6900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


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ITEM 2.02:       RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

In accordance with Securities and Exchange Commission Release No. 34-47583, the following information, which is being furnished pursuant to the requirements of Item 2.02, “Results of Operations and Financial Condition,” is being reported under Item 7.01, “Regulation FD Disclosure.”

On October 21, 2010, Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. issued a press release entitled “Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results and Declares Quarterly and Special Dividends; Assets Under Management Rise to Record $10.6 Billion; WHG Funds Assets Increase 66% Year-over-year to Record $760 Million”, a copy of which is furnished with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 99.1.  The information in this Current Report on Form 8-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that Section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

ITEM 7.01:       REGULATION FD DISCLOSURE

Westwood also announced today that its Board of Directors has approved the payment of a quarterly cash dividend of $0.33 per common share and a special cash dividend of $0.33 per common share. Both dividends are payable on December 15, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 1, 2010.

ITEM 9.01:       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

(d)       Exhibits:  The following exhibit is furnished with this report:

Exhibit Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release dated October 21, 2010, entitled “Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results and DeclaresQuarterly and Special Dividends; Assets Under Management Rise to Record $10.6 Billion; WHG Funds Assets Increase 66% Year-over-year to Record $760 Million”.


SIGNATURES

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.

Date:

October 21, 2010

 
 

WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.

 
 
By:

/s/ William R. Hardcastle, Jr.

William R. Hardcastle, Jr.,

Chief Financial Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

Description

 

99.1

Press Release dated October 21, 2010, entitled “Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Reports Third Quarter 2010 Results and Declares Quarterly and Special Dividends; Assets Under Management Rise to Record $10.6 Billion; WHG Funds Assets Increase 66% Year-over-year to Record $760 Million”.