DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC

Regulatory Filings • Sep 8, 2005

144 1 d144.htm FORM 144 - NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES Form 144 - Notice of Proposed Sale of Securities

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| NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF
SECURITIES PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 | | SEC USE ONLY | |
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| ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form
concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale directly with a market maker. | | CUSIP NUMBER | |
| | | WORK LOCATION | |
| 1 (a) NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print) Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. | (b) IRS IDENT. NO. 65-0190407 | (c) S.E.C. FILE NO. 909108 | |

(d) ADDRESS OF ISSUER	STATE	ZIP CODE	(e) TELEPHONE NO.
Columbus	OH	43215	AREA CODE	NUMBER
375 N. Front St. Suite 300			614	255 3333

2 (a) NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD	(b) IRS IDENT. NO.	(c) RELATIONSHIP TO ISSUER	(d) ADDRESS	CITY	STATE	ZIP CODE
Roderick H.
Dillon	###-##-####	President & Director	655 City Park	Columbus	OH	43206

INSTRUCTION: The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.

3 (a)	(b)	SEC USE ONLY	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)	(g)
Title of the Class of Securities To Be Sold	Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities	Broker-Dealer File Number	Number of Shares or Other Units To Be
Sold (See Instr. 3(c))	Aggregate Market Value (See Instr.
3(d))	Number of Shares or Other Units Outstandin g (See Instr. 3(e))	Approximat e Date of Sale (See Instr.
3(f)) (MO. DAY YR.)	Name of Each Securities Exchange (See Instr. 3(g))
Class A Common	Mesirow Financial Chicago, IL		11,500	$310,500	1,675,800	9-8-05	NASDAQ

INSTRUCTIONS:

1.	(a)	Name of issuer
	(b)	Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
	(c)	Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
	(d) (e)	Issuer’s address, including zip code Issuer’s
telephone number, including area code
2.	(a)	Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
	(b)	Such person’s I.R.S. identification number, if such person is an entity
	(c)	Such person’s relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
	(d)	Such person’s address, including zip code
3.	(a)	Title of the class of securities to be sold
	(b)	Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
	(c)	Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
	(d)	Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
	(e)	Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most
recent report or statement published by the issuer Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
	(f)
	(g)	Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold

TABLE I—SECURITIES TO BE SOLD

Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold

and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of the Class	Date you Acquired	Nature of Acquisition Transaction	Name of Person from Whom Acquired (If gift, also give date donor acquired)	Amount of Securities Acquired	Date of Payment	Nature of Payment
Class A Common	7-22-03	Private Placement	Issuer	$51,750	7-22-03	Cash

INSTRUCTIONS: If the securities were purchased and full payment therefor was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given. If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.

TABLE II—SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. — Name and Address of Seller
None

REMARKS:

| INSTRUCTIONS: See the definition of
“person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144. Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition. In addition, information shall be
given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice. | ATTENTION: The person for whose account the
securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold
which has not been publicly disclosed. |
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| 9-8-05 DATE OF NOTICE | /s/ R.H. Dillon (SIGNATURE) |

The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold. At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed.

Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.

ATTENTION: Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)