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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December&nbsp;10, 2010</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-</B><U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Form&nbsp;S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Registration Statement<BR>
Under the Securities Act of 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)</B></DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Ohio</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Ste 200</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>65-0190407</B></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(State of incorporation)</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>Columbus, Ohio 43215</B>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)</B></TD>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>(Address, including zip code, of Registrant&#146;s principal executive offices)</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>2005 EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN<BR>
(Full title of the Plan)</B>

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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>R. H. Dillon<BR>
Chief Executive Officer<BR>
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.<BR>
325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Suite&nbsp;200<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43215<BR>
(614)&nbsp;255-3333<BR>
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">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&nbsp;12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
(Check one):
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Large accelerated filer <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></FONT>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE

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    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3"><B>Proposed Maximum</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title of Securities</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>to be Registered</B></TD>
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                    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Stock, no par value issuable under the
2005 Employee and Director Equity Incentive
Plan</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100,000</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">71.67</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,167,000.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">511.01</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="1%" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:30px; text-indent:-15px">TOTAL</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">100,000 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>(3)</B></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">71.67</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">$</TD>
    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">7,167,000.00</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="right" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">000.00 </TD>
    <TD nowrap style="border-top: 1px solid #000000"><B>(4)</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the Registrant&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

<TR style="font-size: 3pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the filing fee
on the basis of $71.67 per share, which represents the average of the high and the low prices
of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December&nbsp;3, 2010.</DIV></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Consists of additional shares authorized under the evergreen provision of the 2005 Employee
and Director Equity Incentive Plan (the &#147;Plan&#148;). Pursuant to such provision, on the last day
of the Fiscal Year beginning in 2005, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan is automatically increased by a number equal to the lesser of: (A)&nbsp;100,000 Shares, (B)&nbsp;5%
of the Company&#146;s total outstanding Shares on such date, or (C)&nbsp;a lesser amount determined by
the Board of Directors of the Company.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">(4)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">On August&nbsp;12, 2005, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-127473) (the &#147;First Registration Statement&#148;) registering 500,000 shares of its Common
Stock, no par value, for issuance under its Plan. On May&nbsp;12, 2006, the Registrant filed
Post-Effective Amendment No.&nbsp;1 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement registering 87,795
additional shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under the Plan (the &#147;S-8 POS
1&#148;). A filing fee of $396.62 was paid in connection with $3,706,705 of Common Stock that was
not sold under the S-8 POS 1. On February&nbsp;13, 2007, the Registrant filed Post-Effective
Amendment No 2 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement registering 91,921 additional shares
of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under the Plan (the &#147;S-8 POS 2&#148;). A filing
fee of $1,094.20 was paid in connection with $10,226,211 of Common Stock that was not sold
under the S-8 POS 2. On December&nbsp;19, 2008, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (file number 333-156331) (the &#147;Second Registration Statement&#148;) registering 279,716
shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under its Plan. On January&nbsp;21, 2009,
the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file number 333-156829) (the &#147;Third
Registration Statement&#148;) registering 100,000 shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for
issuance under its Plan. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the $1490.82
aggregate filing fees for such unsold Common Stock under S-8 POS 1 and S-8 POS 2 is entitled
to be used to offset future filing fees. The entire amount of the $657.92 and $221.77 filing
fees due in connection with the Second Registration Statement and Third Registration
Statement, respectively, were paid through offset against the $1490.82, leaving a balance of
$611.13 remaining to offset future registration fees in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(p). The
entire amount of the $511.01 filing fee due in connection with this Registration Statement is
being paid through offset against the $611.13. The unused $100.12 remaining after the filing
of this Registration Statement may be used to offset future registration fees in accordance
with Rule&nbsp;457(p).</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional
100,000 shares of Common Stock of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. (&#147;the Company&#148; or
&#147;Registrant&#148;) authorized for issuance under its 2005 Employee and Director Equity Incentive Plan
(the &#147;Plan&#148;). These additional shares have become authorized for issuance as a result of the
operation of the &#147;evergreen&#148; provision contained in the Plan. This provision provides for annual
increases in the shares authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to a specified formula.
Following the registration of these additional shares, the Company will have registered an
aggregate of 979,716 shares to be issued upon exercise of all outstanding options to purchase
Common Stock granted under the Plan.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>PART II</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No.&nbsp;333-127473) filed
with the Commission on August&nbsp;12, 2005, as amended.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No.&nbsp;333-156331) filed
with the Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2008.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">The Company&#146;s Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No.&nbsp;333-156829) filed
with the Commission on January&nbsp;21, 2009.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(d)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the &#147;Act&#148;), except for information furnished under
Current Reports on Form 8-K, which is not deemed filed and not incorporated herein by
reference.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">In addition, any document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections&nbsp;13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof, but prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all shares of the
Company&#146;s Common Stock registered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all such shares of
Common Stock then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a
document, all or a portion of which is 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 herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>Item&nbsp;8. </B><U><B>Exhibits</B></U><B>.</B>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 2005 Employee and Director
Equity Incentive Plan*</DIV></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.</DIV></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">23.2</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1).</DIV></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD align="right" valign="top">24.1</TD>
    <TD nowrap valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).</DIV></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><DIV style="text-align: justify">Previously filed and incorporated by reference from the Company&#146;s First Registration Statement
filed August&nbsp;12, 2005 (File No.&nbsp;333-127473), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on December&nbsp;10, 2010.
</DIV>
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    <TD colspan="3" valign="top" align="left"><B>DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">By:
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ R. H. Dillon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
<FONT style="white-space: nowrap">R. H. Dillon, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Executive Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ James F. Laird, Jr.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James F. Laird, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of R. H. Dillon
and James F. Laird, Jr., his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits hereto, and other documents in connection herewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 10pt; text-indent: 4%">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on December&nbsp;10, 2010 in the capacities indicated:
</DIV>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ R. H. Dillon
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(R. H. Dillon)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Director, President and Chief Executive Officer</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Lawrence E. Baumgartner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Lawrence E. Baumgartner)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David P. Lauer
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(David P. Lauer)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Diane D. Reynolds
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Diane D. Reynolds)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1px">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ David R. Meuse
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(David R. Meuse)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/ Donald B. Shackelford
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Donald B. Shackelford)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">/s/
Frances A. Skinner
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
(Frances A. Skinner)
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Director</TD>
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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 10, 2010
Registration No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form S-8
Registration Statement
Under the Securities Act of 1933
DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Ohio
325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Ste 200
65-0190407
(State of incorporation)
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
(Address, including zip code, of Registrant's principal executive offices)
2005 EMPLOYEE AND DIRECTOR EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN
(Full title of the Plan)
R. H. Dillon
Chief Executive Officer
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.
325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Suite 200
Columbus, Ohio 43215
(614) 255-3333
(Name, address and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
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.
(Check one):
Large accelerated filer
o
Accelerated filer
þ
Non-accelerated filer
o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
Smaller reporting company
o
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Proposed Maximum
Proposed Maximum
Amount of
Title of Securities
Amount to be
Offering Price
Aggregate Offering
Registration
to be Registered
Registered(1)
Per Share(2)
Price
Fee
Common Stock, no par value issuable under the
2005 Employee and Director Equity Incentive
Plan
100,000
$
71.67
$
7,167,000.00
$
511.01
TOTAL
100,000
(3)
$
71.67
$
7,167,000.00
$
000.00
(4)
(1)
This Registration Statement shall also cover any additional shares of Common Stock which
become issuable under the Plan being registered pursuant to this Registration Statement by
reason of any stock dividend, stock split, recapitalization or any other similar transaction
effected without the receipt of consideration which results in an increase in the number of
the Registrant's outstanding shares of Common Stock.
(2)
Estimated in accordance with Rule 457(h) solely for the purpose of calculating the filing fee
on the basis of $71.67 per share, which represents the average of the high and the low prices
of the Registrant's Common Stock reported on the NASDAQ Global Market on December 3, 2010.
(3)
Consists of additional shares authorized under the evergreen provision of the 2005 Employee
and Director Equity Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). Pursuant to such provision, on the last day
of the Fiscal Year beginning in 2005, the number of shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan is automatically increased by a number equal to the lesser of: (A) 100,000 Shares, (B) 5%
of the Company's total outstanding Shares on such date, or (C) a lesser amount determined by
the Board of Directors of the Company.
(4)
On August 12, 2005, the Registrant filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No.
333-127473) (the "First Registration Statement") registering 500,000 shares of its Common
Stock, no par value, for issuance under its Plan. On May 12, 2006, the Registrant filed
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant's Registration Statement registering 87,795
additional shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under the Plan (the "S-8 POS
1"). A filing fee of $396.62 was paid in connection with $3,706,705 of Common Stock that was
not sold under the S-8 POS 1. On February 13, 2007, the Registrant filed Post-Effective
Amendment No 2 to the Registrant's Registration Statement registering 91,921 additional shares
of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under the Plan (the "S-8 POS 2"). A filing
fee of $1,094.20 was paid in connection with $10,226,211 of Common Stock that was not sold
under the S-8 POS 2. On December 19, 2008, the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on
Form S-8 (file number 333-156331) (the "Second Registration Statement") registering 279,716
shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for issuance under its Plan. On January 21, 2009,
the Registrant filed a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file number 333-156829) (the "Third
Registration Statement") registering 100,000 shares of its Common Stock, no par value, for
issuance under its Plan. Pursuant to Rule 457(p) under the Securities Act, the $1490.82
aggregate filing fees for such unsold Common Stock under S-8 POS 1 and S-8 POS 2 is entitled
to be used to offset future filing fees. The entire amount of the $657.92 and $221.77 filing
fees due in connection with the Second Registration Statement and Third Registration
Statement, respectively, were paid through offset against the $1490.82, leaving a balance of
$611.13 remaining to offset future registration fees in accordance with Rule 457(p). The
entire amount of the $511.01 filing fee due in connection with this Registration Statement is
being paid through offset against the $611.13. The unused $100.12 remaining after the filing
of this Registration Statement may be used to offset future registration fees in accordance
with Rule 457(p).
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement is being filed for the purpose of registering an additional
100,000 shares of Common Stock of Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. ("the Company" or
"Registrant") authorized for issuance under its 2005 Employee and Director Equity Incentive Plan
(the "Plan"). These additional shares have become authorized for issuance as a result of the
operation of the "evergreen" provision contained in the Plan. This provision provides for annual
increases in the shares authorized for issuance under the Plan pursuant to a specified formula.
Following the registration of these additional shares, the Company will have registered an
aggregate of 979,716 shares to be issued upon exercise of all outstanding options to purchase
Common Stock granted under the Plan.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents By Reference
The following documents filed by the Company with the Commission are incorporated by reference
into this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No. 333-127473) filed
with the Commission on August 12, 2005, as amended.
(b)
The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No. 333-156331) filed
with the Commission on December 19, 2008.
(c)
The Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 (file No. 333-156829) filed
with the Commission on January 21, 2009.
(d)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, (the "Act"), except for information furnished under
Current Reports on Form 8-K, which is not deemed filed and not incorporated herein by
reference.
In addition, any document filed by the Company with the Commission pursuant to Sections 13(a),
13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act subsequent to the date hereof, but prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement which indicates that all shares of the
Company's Common Stock registered hereunder have been sold or that deregisters all such shares of
Common Stock then remaining unsold, will be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein and to be
a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. Any statement contained herein or in a
document, all or a portion of which is 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 herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any
such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to
constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
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Item 8.
Exhibits
.
Exhibit
Number
Description
4.1
Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 2005 Employee and Director
Equity Incentive Plan*
5.1
Opinion of Counsel as to legality of securities being registered.
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1).
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page hereto).
*
Previously filed and incorporated by reference from the Company's First Registration Statement
filed August 12, 2005 (File No. 333-127473), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, 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 Columbus, State of Ohio, on December 10, 2010.
DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.
By:
/s/ R. H. Dillon
R. H. Dillon, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
By:
/s/ James F. Laird, Jr.
James F. Laird, Jr., Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and appoints each of R. H. Dillon
and James F. Laird, Jr., his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with full power of
substitution and resubstitution, for such person and in his or her name, place and stead, in any
and all capacities, in connection with this Registration Statement, including to sign and file in
the name and on behalf of the undersigned as director or officer of the Registrant this
Registration Statement, with all exhibits hereto, and other documents in connection herewith, with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and any applicable securities exchange or securities
self-regulatory body, granting unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to do
and perform each and every act and things requisite or necessary to be done in and about the
premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact and agent, or his or her substitute or
substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed by the following persons on December 10, 2010 in the capacities indicated:
Signature
Title
/s/ R. H. Dillon
(R. H. Dillon)
Director, President and Chief Executive Officer
/s/
Lawrence E. Baumgartner
(Lawrence E. Baumgartner)
Director
/s/ David P. Lauer
(David P. Lauer)
Director
/s/ Diane D. Reynolds
(Diane D. Reynolds)
Director
/s/ David R. Meuse
(David R. Meuse)
Director
/s/ Donald B. Shackelford
(Donald B. Shackelford)
Director
/s/
Frances A. Skinner
(Frances A. Skinner)
Director
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