8-K

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Form 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 19, 2012

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Commission File Number: 001-10932

Delaware	13-3487784
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

380 Madison Avenue

21st Floor

New York, NY 10017

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(212) 801-2080

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On December 19, 2012, WisdomTree Investments, Inc. issued a press release announcing the exercise of the underwriters option to purchase additional shares of our common stock in connection with its previously announced sale by certain existing stockholders of our common stock. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto, and the statements contained therein are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated December 19, 2012.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	WisdomTree Investments, Inc.
Date: December 19, 2012
	By:	/s/ Peter M. Ziemba
	Peter M. Ziemba
	Executive Vice President—Business and Legal Affairs, Chief Legal officer

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.	Description
99.1	Press Release, dated December 19, 2012.

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

December 19, 2012

WisdomTree Announces Underwriters Exercise Option to Purchase Additional Securities in Connection With Previously Announced Secondary Offering

NEW YORK, Dec. 19, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — WisdomTree Investments, Inc. (Nasdaq:WETF), an exchange-traded fund sponsor and asset manager, today announced that the underwriters for the public offering of 26,000,000 shares of WisdomTree common stock by certain of its existing stockholders exercised their option to purchase an additional 1,795,630 shares of its common stock. WisdomTree will not receive any proceeds from the offering, and is not issuing any new shares; therefore, its total number of shares outstanding will not change as a result of the offering.

BofA Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Goldman, Sachs & Co. are acting as book-running managers and Piper Jaffray and Sterne Agee are acting as co-managers for the offering.

The offering was made pursuant to our effective registration statement on Form S-3 (Registration Statement No. 333-184505) previously filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and a prospectus supplement thereunder. A copy of the registration statement and prospectus supplement may be obtained from: BofA Merrill Lynch, Attn: Prospectus Department, 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Email: dg.prospectus_requests@baml.com; Barclays, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Email: Barclaysprospectus@broadridge.com, Phone: (888) 603-5847; and Citigroup, c/o Broadridge Financial Solutions, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, NY 11717, Phone: (800) 831-9146.

This news release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

About WisdomTree

WisdomTree Investments, Inc. is a New York-based exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) sponsor and asset manager. WisdomTree currently offers 46 ETFs across Equities, Currency Income, Fixed Income and Alternatives asset classes. WisdomTree also licenses its indexes to third parties for proprietary products and promotes the use of WisdomTree ETFs in 401(k) plans. WisdomTree currently has approximately $17.6 billion in ETF assets under management.

WisdomTree® is the marketing name for WisdomTree Investments, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. and WisdomTree Retirement Services, Inc.

WisdomTree Asset Management, Inc. is a registered investment advisor and is the investment advisor to the WisdomTree Trust and the WisdomTree ETFs. The WisdomTree Trust is a registered open-end investment company. Each WisdomTree ETF is a series of the WisdomTree Trust. WisdomTree Retirement Services, Inc. supports the use of the WisdomTree ETFs in retirement plans by financial professionals.

Media Contacts:

WisdomTree Investments, Inc.

Stuart Bell / Jessica Zaloom

+1.917.267.3702 / +1.917.267.3735

sbell@wisdomtree.com / jzaloom@wisdomtree.com