UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
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                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):

                               April 25, 2012

                       Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.
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             (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

                                      Ohio
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                 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

             000-24498                              65-0190407
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      (Commission File Number)         (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

      325 John H. McConnell Blvd, Suite 200, Columbus, Ohio         43215
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      (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)

Registrant's Telephone Number, Including Area Code:   (614) 255-3333

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          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 5.02 Departure of Directors and Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
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(d) On April 25, 2012, the Board of Directors of Diamond Hill Investment Group,
Inc., an Ohio corporation ("the Company"), appointed Mr. Bradley C. Shoup to
serve as a director.  The Company's Board of Directors appointed Mr. Shoup, who
is considered an independent director, upon the recommendation of its
Nominating and Governance Committee.  Mr. Shoup's term of office will continue
until the next annual meeting of shareholders and until his successor is
elected and duly qualified.  Mr. Shoup has been appointed to the Company's
Audit Committee.

Mr. Shoup, age 53, is Managing Director of Cox Partners Inc., a private
investment partnership in a family office.  From 2007-2011, he was Chief
Investment Officer of Armstrong Equity Partners LP, a private investment
partnership in the same family office.  Prior to joining Armstrong, Mr. Shoup
was President of BCS Capital Inc, an investment advisory firm from 2003-2006.
Prior to BCS Capital, he was a founding member of Relational Investors LLC, an
institutional investment management firm.  Mr. Shoup has over 20 years
experience in the investment management industry.

Mr. Shoup received a M.S. degree from the Sloan School of Management at
Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in Civil Engineering with
Distinction from The University of Kansas.

There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Shoup and any other
person pursuant to which Mr. Shoup was appointed as a director.  There are no
transactions in which Mr. Shoup has an interest requiring disclosure under Item
404(a) of Regulation S-K.

Mr. Shoup will be compensated in a manner consistent with the Company's current
directors.

                                    SIGNATURE
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     Pursuant to the requirements  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC.



Date: April 27, 2012                        By: /s/ James F. Laird
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                                            James F. Laird, Chief Financial
                                            Officer and Secretary