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( Mark One ) ý UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31 , 2020 OR TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 ( d ) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition period from Commission file number 1-31234 Delaware ( State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) 200 Crescent Court , Suite 1200 Dallas , Texas ( Address of principal executive offices ) Non - accelerated filer Title of each class : Common Stock , par value $ 0.01 per share Form 10 - K WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP , INC . ( Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter ) to Registrant's telephone number , including area code : ( 214 ) 756-6900 SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 ( b ) OF THE ACT : Trading Symbol : Name of each exchange on which registered : New York Stock Exchange ý WHG 75-2969997 ( I.R.S. Employer Identification No. ) " 75201 ( Zip Code ) SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 ( g ) OF THE ACT : None Yes No ý Indicate by check mark if registrant is a well - known seasoned issuer , as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act . Yes No ý Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) , and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes ý No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files ) . Yes ý No Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer , an accelerated filer , a non - accelerated filer , a smaller reporting company , or emerging growth company . See the definitions of " large accelerated filer " , " accelerated filer " , " smaller reporting company " , and " emerging growth company " in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act . Large accelerated filer Accelerated filer Smaller reporting company Emerging growth company If an emerging growth company , indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) of the Exchange Act . Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed a report on and attestation to its management's assessment of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting under Section 404 ( b ) of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act ( 15 U.S.C. 7262 ( b ) ) by the registered public accounting firm that prepared or issued its audit report . Yes No ý Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company ( as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act ) . Yes The aggregate market value on June 30 , 2020 of the voting and non - voting common equity held by non - affiliates of the registrant was $ 103,293,902 . For purposes of this calculation , the registrant has assumed that stockholders that are not officers or directors of the registrant are not affiliates of the registrant . The number of shares of registrant's Common Stock , par value $ 0.01 per share , outstanding as of February 25 , 2021 : 8,431,167 . DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE Selected portions of the registrant's definitive Proxy Statement for the 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders , which will be filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission within 120 days after the end of the fiscal year to which this report relates , are incorporated by reference into Part III hereof .