COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Diamond Hill Financial Trends Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: DHFT) held its Annual Meeting of Shareholders today. There were 3,968,124 shares of common stock entitled to be voted. 3,643,214 shares were voted in person or by proxy. The final voting results for the proposals were as follows:


                          Vote Results % Votes For      For           Against         Abstain
                          ------------ -----------      ---           -------         -------
    Directors
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       Franklin
       C.
       Golden              Re-elected             77.8%     2,834,670         808,544           N/A
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       Russell
       J.
       Page                Re-elected             77.9%     2,837,246         805,968           N/A
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      Fred
       G.
       Steingraber         Re-elected             78.0%     2,841,488         801,726           N/A
      ------------         ----------             ----      ---------         -------           ---
      Donald
       R.
       Tomlin              Re-elected             78.3%     2,852,019         791,195           N/A
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    Independent Auditor
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       Ratification
       of                   Approved              97.8%     3,554,747          81,693         6,774
      independent auditor
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About the Fund:
Diamond Hill Financial Trends Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end fund. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by typically investing between 80% and 115% of its assets long and sell short between 0% and 25% of its assets in stocks of U.S. financial services companies of any size.

SOURCE Diamond Hill Financial Trends Fund, Inc.