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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-26-006063
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8 POS
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20260422
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20260422
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20260422

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000909108
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	02 Finance
		EIN:				650190407
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			OH
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8 POS
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-265582
		FILM NUMBER:		26884779

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		325 JOHN H MCCONNELL BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6142553333

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		325 JOHN H MCCONNELL BLVD
		STREET 2:		SUITE 200
		CITY:			COLUMBUS
		STATE:			OH
		ZIP:			43215

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BANC STOCK GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19971016

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEARTLAND GROUP OF COMPANIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940301

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	HEARTLAND FINANCIAL GROUP INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19930714
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on April 22, 2026</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-197064</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-256035</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-265582</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No. 333-286818</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>&nbsp;</P>



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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-)</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1 (No. 333-)</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>TO</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER</B>&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Ohio</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 44%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 27%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>65-0190407</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(State or Other Jurisdiction of <BR>
Incorporation or Organization)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer <BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>325 John H. McConnell Blvd., Suite 200<BR>
Columbus, Ohio 43215</B>&nbsp;</P></TD>
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    <TD COLSPAN="3" STYLE="font-size: 10pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B></B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 2014
Equity and Cash Incentive Plan</B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. Employee
Stock Purchase Plan </B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 2022
Equity and Cash Incentive Plan</B>&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc. 2025 Equity
    and Cash Incentive Plan<BR>
    </B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Full Title of the Plan)</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>David P. O'Connor</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>General Counsel and Secretary</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>1345 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY
    10105</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>(212) 698-3173</B><BR>
    (Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent For Service)</P>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 23%; font-size: 10pt; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated
filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of
&ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer, &rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo; and &ldquo;emerging growth
company&rdquo; in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. </B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 62%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Large accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 38%"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9746;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Non-accelerated filer </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Smaller reporting company </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt"><B>Emerging Growth Company </B></FONT>&#9744;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act. </FONT>&#9744;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">These Post-Effective Amendments (the &ldquo;Post-Effective
Amendments&rdquo;), filed by Diamond Hill Investment Group, Inc., an Ohio corporation (the &ldquo;Registrant&rdquo;) with the Securities
and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;SEC&rdquo;), relate to the following Registration Statements on Form S-8 (collectively, as each amended
as of immediately prior to the filing of these Post-Effective Amendments, the &ldquo;S-8 Registration Statements&rdquo;) of the Registrant:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 2.25pt"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 18pt">1.</TD><TD>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-197064), filed with the SEC on June 27, 2014;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">2.</TD><TD>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-256035), filed with the SEC on May 12, 2021;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">3.</TD><TD>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-265582), filed with the SEC on June 14, 2022; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.25in">4.</TD><TD>Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-286818), filed with the SEC on April 29, 2025.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">On December 10, 2025, the Registrant, First Eagle
Investment Management, LLC (&ldquo;First Eagle&rdquo;) and Soar Christopher Holdings, Inc., a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of First
Eagle (the &ldquo;Merger Sub&rdquo;), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger that provides for the acquisition of the Registrant
by First Eagle (such agreement, as it may be amended from time to time, referred to as the &ldquo;Merger Agreement&rdquo;). On April 22,
2026, pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into the Registrant (the &ldquo;Merger&rdquo;), with the
Registrant surviving the Merger as a wholly owned subsidiary of First Eagle.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">In connection with the Merger, the Registrant
has terminated any and all offerings of the Registrant&rsquo;s securities pursuant to existing registration statements, including the
S-8 Registration Statements. In accordance with the undertakings made by the Registrant in each of the S-8 Registration Statements to
remove from registration, by means of a post-effective amendment, any of the Registrant&rsquo;s securities that remain unsold at the termination
of each such offering, the Registrant hereby removes from registration, by means of these Post-Effective Amendments, any and all securities
registered under the S-8 Registration Statements that remain unsold as of the effectiveness of the Merger on April 22, 2026 and terminates
the effectiveness of each of the S-8 Registration Statements.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: bold 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">SIGNATURES</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for
filing on Form S-8 and has duly caused these Post-Effective Amendments to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in New York, New York on April 22, 2026.</P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>DIAMOND HILL INVESTMENT GROUP, INC. </B></P>
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    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font-size: 10pt">/s/ David P. O&rsquo;Connor</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 4%; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 6%; font-size: 10pt">Name:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; font-size: 10pt">David P. O&rsquo;Connor</TD></TR>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Title:</TD>
    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 3.65pt; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -3.65pt">General Counsel and Secretary</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.25in">No other person is required to sign these Post-Effective
Amendments in reliance upon Rule 478 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.</P>

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