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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM S-8 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION
STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:24pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WESTWOOD
HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>75-2969997</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dallas, Texas</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Brian O. Casey </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Executive Officer </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200 </B></P>
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and address of agent for service) </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(214) 756-6900 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copies to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Head
of Corporate Section </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2200 Ross Avenue, Suite&nbsp;3600 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Dallas, Texas 75201 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Telephone: (214)&nbsp;855-8000 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Facsimile: (214)&nbsp;855-8200 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer&#148; and &#147;smaller reporting
company&#148; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be registered</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>to be</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>registered(1)(2)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proposed</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>maximum<BR>offering&nbsp;price</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>per share(3)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"><B>Amount of<BR>registration&nbsp;fee(3)</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">500,000&nbsp;shares</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$61.35</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$30,675,000</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">$3,564</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The securities to be registered include an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.&#146;s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), reserved for issuance under the
Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). The Plan has recently been amended to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. The additional shares of
Common Stock issuable under the Plan are being registered by this Registration Statement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">If, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, the number of securities purported to be registered on this Registration Statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this
Registration Statement, and this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities resulting from the split of, or dividend on, the securities covered by this Registration Statement. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
April&nbsp;22, 2015 (which is within five business days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement), which was $61.35 per share. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on this form relating to an employee benefit plan is effective. This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), of
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the &#147;Plan&#148;). This registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock will
increase the number of shares registered for issuance under the Plan to an aggregate of 4,398,100 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registering 948,100 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, filed on August&nbsp;28, 2002 (Registration Statement 333-98841); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 1,000,000 shares of the
Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, filed on May&nbsp;10, 2006 (Registration Statement 333-133963); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 700,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, filed on July&nbsp;1, 2009
(Registration Statement 333-160377); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 750,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, filed on July&nbsp;21, 2011 (Registration Statement 333-175696); and the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 500,000 shares of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, filed on April&nbsp;18, 2013 (Registration Statement 333-188002) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as amended
hereby. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, all information that has been incorporated by reference from the original registration statement is not repeated in this Registration Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents, previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;Exchange Act&#148;), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;26, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March&nbsp;31, 2015, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;29, 2015; </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">Current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;16, 2015,&nbsp;February&nbsp;4, 2015,&nbsp;April&nbsp;1, 2015,&nbsp;April&nbsp;2, 2015 and April&nbsp;29, 2015; and </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">The description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;), contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement on Form 10 (Amendment No.&nbsp;5) filed with the
Commission on June&nbsp;6, 2002. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nothing in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us but not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form S-K. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of
Texas, on April&nbsp;29, 2015. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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<TD VALIGN="top">WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brian O. Casey</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Brian O. Casey</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">President and Chief Executive Officer</TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Brian O. Casey and Tiffany B.
Kice, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Brian O. Casey</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">President, Chief Executive Officer and Director</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Executive Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">April 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Tiffany B. Kice</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tiffany B. Kice</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Susan M. Byrne</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Chairman of the Board of Directors</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Richard M. Frank</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2">April 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Richard M. Frank</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Ellen H. Masterson</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U></U>Ellen H. Masterson</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">April 29, 2015</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Robert D. McTeer</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">April&nbsp;29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">April 29, 2015</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Geoffrey R. Norman</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">April 29, 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Martin J. Weiland</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Raymond E. Wooldridge</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">Director</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">April 29, 2015</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top">Raymond E. Wooldridge</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30,
2002)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;7, 2008)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amended and Restated Bylaws of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;25, 2012)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.3</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Form of Certificate Evidencing Common Stock (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;30, 2002)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">&#151;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;1, 2009)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on October&nbsp;21, 2010)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Amendment 2011-1 to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2011)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Second Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;18, 2013)</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP</TD></TR>
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Form S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 29, 2015
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
WESTWOOD
HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
75-2969997
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
Dallas, Texas
75201
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC. STOCK INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the plan)
Brian O. Casey
Chief
Executive Officer
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.
200 Crescent Court, Suite 1200
Dallas, Texas 75201
(Name
and address of agent for service)
(214) 756-6900
(Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies to:
Head
of Corporate Section
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600
Dallas, Texas 75201
Telephone: (214) 855-8000
Facsimile: (214) 855-8200
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting
company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
x
Non-accelerated filer
¨
(Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
¨
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities
to be registered
Amount
to be
registered(1)(2)
Proposed
maximum
offering price
per share(3)
Proposed
maximum
aggregate
offering price(3)
Amount of
registration fee(3)
Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share
500,000 shares
$61.35
$30,675,000
$3,564
(1)
The securities to be registered include an aggregate of 500,000 shares of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc.'s common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), reserved for issuance under the
Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). The Plan has recently been amended to increase the number of shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan. The additional shares of
Common Stock issuable under the Plan are being registered by this Registration Statement.
(2)
If, as a result of stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions, the number of securities purported to be registered on this Registration Statement changes, the provisions of Rule 416 shall apply to this
Registration Statement, and this Registration Statement shall be deemed to cover the additional securities resulting from the split of, or dividend on, the securities covered by this Registration Statement.
(3)
Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(h) under the Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low prices reported on the New York Stock Exchange on
April 22, 2015 (which is within five business days prior to the filing of the Registration Statement), which was $61.35 per share.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement relates solely to the registration of additional securities of the same class as other securities for which a
registration statement on this form relating to an employee benefit plan is effective. This Registration Statement is filed for the purpose of registering an additional 500,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value ("Common Stock"), of
Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (the "Registrant") pursuant to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan, as amended (the "Plan"). This registration of 500,000 shares of Common Stock will
increase the number of shares registered for issuance under the Plan to an aggregate of 4,398,100 shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in the Plan. Pursuant to General Instruction E to Form S-8, the contents of the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registering 948,100 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed on August 28, 2002 (Registration Statement 333-98841); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 1,000,000 shares of the
Registrant's Common Stock, filed on May 10, 2006 (Registration Statement 333-133963); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 700,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed on July 1, 2009
(Registration Statement 333-160377); the Registration Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 750,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed on July 21, 2011 (Registration Statement 333-175696); and the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 registering an additional 500,000 shares of the Registrant's Common Stock, filed on April 18, 2013 (Registration Statement 333-188002) are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement, except as amended
hereby. Pursuant to General Instruction E of Form S-8, all information that has been incorporated by reference from the original registration statement is not repeated in this Registration Statement.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents, previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") pursuant
to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
1.
Annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Commission on February 26, 2015;
2.
Quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2015, filed with the Commission on April 29, 2015;
3.
Current reports on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on January 16, 2015, February 4, 2015, April 1, 2015, April 2, 2015 and April 29, 2015; and
4.
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock"), contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement on Form 10 (Amendment No. 5) filed with the
Commission on June 6, 2002.
All documents subsequently filed by the Registrant pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14
and 15(d) of the Exchange Act prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities registered have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference
in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Any statement contained in a document
incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which
also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement modifies or supersedes such statement.
Nothing in
this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished by us but not filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Items 2.02, 7.01 or 9.01 of Form S-K.
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Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Description of
Exhibit
4.1
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002)
4.1.1
—
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2008)
4.2
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 25, 2012)
4.3
—
Form of Certificate Evidencing Common Stock (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002)
4.4
—
Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 1, 2009)
4.4.1
—
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on October 21, 2010)
4.4.2
—
Amendment 2011-1 to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 21, 2011)
4.4.3
—
Second Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 18, 2013)
4.4.4*
—
Third Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan.
5.1*
—
Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
23.1*
—
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2*
—
Consent of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
—
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), the registrant certifies that it has
reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Dallas, State of
Texas, on April 29, 2015.
WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ Brian O. Casey
Brian O. Casey
President and Chief Executive Officer
POWER OF ATTORNEY
KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints, Brian O. Casey and Tiffany B.
Kice, and each of them, his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all
amendments, including post-effective amendments, to this Registration Statement, and any registration statement relating to the offering covered by this Registration Statement and filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file
the same, with exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite
and necessary to be done, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-fact and agents or their substitute may lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
in the capacities and on the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Brian O. Casey
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
April 29, 2015
Brian O. Casey
/s/ Tiffany B. Kice
Tiffany B. Kice
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
April 29, 2015
/s/ Susan M. Byrne
Chairman of the Board of Directors
April 29, 2015
Susan M. Byrne
/s/ Richard M. Frank
Director
April 29, 2015
Richard M. Frank
/s/ Ellen H. Masterson
Ellen H. Masterson
Director
April 29, 2015
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Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Robert D. McTeer
Director
April 29, 2015
Robert D. McTeer
/s/ Geoffrey R. Norman
Director
April 29, 2015
Geoffrey R. Norman
/s/ Martin J. Weiland
Director
April 29, 2015
Martin J. Weiland
/s/ Raymond E. Wooldridge
Director
April 29, 2015
Raymond E. Wooldridge
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
4.1
—
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April 30,
2002)
4.1.1
—
First Amendment to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., as amended (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 7, 2008)
4.2
—
Amended and Restated Bylaws of Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. (incorporated by reference from the Form 8-K filed with the Commission on April 25, 2012)
4.3
—
Form of Certificate Evidencing Common Stock (incorporated by reference from Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form 10/A filed with the Commission on April 30, 2002)
4.4
—
Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 1, 2009)
4.4.1
—
Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form 10-Q filed with the Commission on October 21, 2010)
4.4.2
—
Amendment 2011-1 to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on July 21, 2011)
4.4.3
—
Second Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan (incorporated by reference from the Form S-8 filed with the Commission on April 18, 2013)
4.4.4*
—
Third Amendment to the Third Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan
5.1*
—
Opinion of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
23.1*
—
Consent of Grant Thornton LLP
23.2*
—
Consent of Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP (included in the opinion filed as Exhibit 5.1 hereto)
24.1*
—
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page to this Registration Statement)
*
Filed herewith.
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