secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC (WHG)
CIK:        0001165002
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-21T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-22-120547
Event type: m_and_a
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 2.01, 7.01, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Westwood acquires Salient asset management business for $35M; AUM rises to $16.3B
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- Upfront cash payment of $35M, plus up to $25M earn-out based on revenue retention and growth targets.
- AUM increases 33% to $16.3B; adds Energy Infrastructure ($2.1B), Tactical Equity ($1.3B), Real Estate ($242M), Private Investments ($367M).
- Expected ~100% accretion to economic EPS in 2023, first full year post-close.
- Westwood acquires 47% stake in Broadmark Asset Management; restricted stock grants of $5M to six Energy Infrastructure team members.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000110465922120547/0001104659-22-120547-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000110465922120547/tm2230949d1_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-22-120547

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