WESTWOOD HOLDINGS GROUP INC

Westwood Holdings Group is a global asset management company based out of Dallas, Texas. The company operates its business through its held subsidiaries, Westwood Management Corp. and Westwood International Advisors, which represents its advisory segment, and Westwood Trust, which represents the company’s trust segment. Westwood Holdings Group was originally established in 1983 by Susan M. Byrne, who continues to be the Vice Chairman of the board today. Westwood Management Corp currently has almost a hundred employees taking care of approximately $19 billion in assets under management spread across 588 accounts, with its clients being high net worth individuals, individuals, pension and profit sharing plans, charities investment companies, pooled investment vehicles, corporations, state or municipal government entities, and insurance companies, in order of decreasing clientele. This segment offers a variety of investment advisory services to these external clients and also to Westwood Trust. Westwood Trust provides trust, custodial services, and common trust funds for institutions and high net worth individuals. Westwood Holdings Group has a total of almost 22 billion in assets under management and manages a diverse range of investment strategies including U.S. equities, Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs), Multi-Asset, Global and Emerging Markets equities and Global Convertible securities portfolios. The company currently has offices located in its original founding location in Dallas, Toronto, and Boston. Westwood Holdings Group became a public company in 2002 and maintains a liquid balance sheet with no debt, maintaining a practice of not employing leverage. The company focuses on quality, locating companies with strong cash flow, low debt, and rising returns; value, found through internal fundamental analysis; and risk management, focusing on the loss of capital rather than relations to indexes. Westwood Holdings Group currently offers a variety of mutual funds including its Income Opportunity Fund, Short Duration High Yield Fund, Dividend Growth Fund, Emerging Markets Fund, SMID Plus Fund, and Global Equity Fund.