Company: HLI
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001302215-25-000084
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Company: HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 Voting Trust and voted by the Trustees of the HL Voting Trust, individual HL Holders of Class B common stock will not receive proxy cards and are not eligible to cast votes at the Annual Meeting.

What items will be voted on at the Annual Meeting and how does the board of directors recommend that I vote?

There are three proposals to be voted on at the Annual Meeting:

1. to elect three Class I directors to our board of directors;

2. to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our named executive officers as disclosed in the accompanying Proxy Statement; and

3. to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026.

Our board of directors recommends a vote FOR each director nominee and FOR proposals 2 and 3. Our amended and restated bylaws require that we receive advance notice of any proposals to be brought before the Annual Meeting by our stockholders. We have not received any such proposals. We do not anticipate any other matters will come before the Annual Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the Annual Meeting, the proxy holders appointed by our board of directors will have discretion to vote the shares subject to such proxies on those matters.

How many shares may be voted at the Annual Meeting?

Only stockholders of record as of the close of busi ness on the Record Date will be entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. As of the close of business on the Record Date, there were 54,351,483 shares of Class A common stock and 15,983,668 shares of Class B common stock entitled to vote. Holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held as of the Record Date, and holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes fo r each share held as of the Record Date.

#### What vote is required for each proposal?
For the election of the directors, each director must be elected by a plurality of the votes cast. This means that the three nominees receiving the largest number of “for” votes will be elected as directors. We do not have cumulative voting.

The approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our named executive officers, and the ratification of the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026, will be determined by the majority of the votes cast.

We expect the HL Voting Trust to vote in favor of the three nominees for Class I directors. As of the