---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001165002-26-000037"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "WHG"
cik: "0001165002"
company_name: "WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC"
filed_at: "2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-14T23:13:50.233519+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.15
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Westwood Holdings shareholders approve 200,000-share increase in stock incentive plan and elect directors

## Summary
- Stockholders approved adding 200,000 shares to the Twelfth Amended and Restated Stock Incentive Plan.
- All six director nominees elected: Brian O. Casey, Ellen H. Masterson, Randy A. Bowman, J. Hale Hoak, Katherine A. Murray, Janice Ryan.
- Ratified BDO USA, P.C. as independent auditor for FY 2026 with 7,648,256 votes for.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation passed with 6,548,027 votes for, 155,657 against.
- Broker non-votes totaled 1,301,955 on all director and incentive plan proposals.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001165002-26-000037
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: WHG
- cik: 0001165002
- company_name: WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC
- filed_at: 2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.15
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/0001165002-26-000037-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/whg-20260430.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  source text: Proposal 1 : The stockholders elected the directors listed below to hold office until the next annual meeting and until their respective successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. The voting results for this Proposal 1 were as follows: Nominee For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote Brian O. Casey 6,612,890 111,913 4,538 1,301,955 Ellen H. Masterson 6,710,435 14,367 4,539 1,301,955 Randy A. Bowman 6,570,522 51,098 107,721 1,301,955 J. Hale Hoak 6,610,793 10,952 107,596 1,301,955 Katherine A. Murray 6,716,891 10,946 1,504 1,301,955 Janice Ryan 6,718,704 9,033 1,604 1,301,955
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/0001165002-26-000037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC shareholders approved Non-binding advisory vote on executive compensation at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  source text: Proposal 4 : The stockholders approved, on a non-binding, advisory basis, the Company's executive compensation. The voting results for this Proposal 4 were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 6,548,027 155,657 25,657 1,301,955
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/0001165002-26-000037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC shareholders approved Ratification of BDO USA, P.C. as independent auditors at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  source text: Proposal 2 : The stockholders ratified BDO USA, P.C. as the Company’s independent auditors for the year ending December 31, 2026. The voting results for this Proposal 2 were as follows: For Against Abstain 7,648,256 37,285 345,755
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/0001165002-26-000037-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC shareholders approved Approval of Twelfth Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan at the 2026-04-30 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2026-04-30
  source text: Proposal 3 : The stockholders approved the Twelfth Amended and Restated Westwood Holdings Group, Inc. Stock Incentive Plan. The voting results for this Proposal 3 were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Vote 5,767,466 943,420 18,455 1,301,955
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1165002/000116500226000037/0001165002-26-000037-index.htm

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