---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000950103-26-006019"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0000909108"
company_name: "DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-15T05:01:25.780270+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 1.0
calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# First Eagle closes $175/sh acquisition of Diamond Hill; shares delisted

## Summary
- Diamond Hill shareholders receive $175.00 per share in cash under terms of Dec 2025 merger agreement.
- Diamond Hill common shares cease trading on Nasdaq as of April 22, 2026; Form 15 to terminate SEC registration.
- Heather Brilliant continues as CEO of Diamond Hill plus becomes COO of First Eagle, overseeing growth initiatives.
- First Eagle's pro forma AUM/A reach $213B as of March 31, 2026, expanding fixed income and equity capabilities.
- Diamond Hill maintains Columbus location; no changes to investment philosophy or process.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000950103-26-006019
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0000909108
- company_name: DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-04-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 1.0
- calibrated_materiality_score: 1.0
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.02, 2.01, 3.01, 3.03, 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909108/000095010326006019/0000950103-26-006019-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909108/000095010326006019/dp245458_8k.htm

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## Source-grounded claims
- claim_id: 6ad1ba120d116757b067c8ee302a79a0d304d7f8
  claim: DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC: Code of regulations replaced with Merger Sub's code of regulations in effect at Effective Time.
  evidence_excerpt: the code of regulations of Merger Sub in effect at the Effective Time became the code of regulations of the Company
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909108/000095010326006019/0000950103-26-006019-index.htm
- claim_id: da75e10936a441895bab21d7d186d452f4959b56
  claim: DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC: Articles of incorporation amended and restated in connection with merger.
  evidence_excerpt: the articles of incorporation of the Company were amended and restated and, as so amended and restated, shall be the articles of incorporation of the Company until further amended
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909108/000095010326006019/0000950103-26-006019-index.htm
- claim_id: 4a980dd0589504a043b6f5dffcae21d2ddf631f2
  claim: DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC terminated Credit Agreement with The Huntington National Bank (effective 2019-03-19).
  evidence_excerpt: Company discharged all obligations and terminated all credit commitments, security interests and other liens outstanding under that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2019 (as amended, amended and restated, modified, supplemented or waived from time to time), by and among the Company, Diamond Hill Capital Management, Inc., an Ohio corporation, and The Huntington National Bank, a national banking association.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/909108/000095010326006019/0000950103-26-006019-index.htm

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