Company: HLI
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001302215-25-000084
Chunk: 20

Company: HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-07-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 20
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ial experience; (ii) the candidate’s professional and academic experience relevant to the company’s industry; (iii) the strength of the candidate’s leadership skills; (iv) the candidate’s experience in finance and accounting and/or executive compensation practices; and (v) the candidate’s time availability. Generally, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the board will consider candidates who have a high level of personal and professional integrity, strong ethics, and the ability to make mature business judgments. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the board monitor the mix of specific experience, qualifications and skills of its directors in order to assure that the board, as a whole, has the necessary tools to perform its oversight function effectively in light of the company’s business and structure.

#### Board Leadership Structure
Effective June 10, 2024, Scott Adelson became the Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Scott Beiser, our prior Chief Executive Officer, remains an executive officer of the Company as Co-Chairman of the Company and as a member of our board of directors. Eric Siegert became Co-Chairman of the Company on June 10, 2024, and was elected as a member of our board directors at our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Mr. Beiser and Mr. Siegert serve as Co-Chairmen of the Company with Irwin Gold, who also serves as the Chairman of our board of directors. David Preiser, who served as our Co-President until June 10, 2024 and as a member of our board of directors until our 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, now serves as Vice Chairman of the Company and is no longer an executive officer or a member of our board of directors.

We separate the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the board of directors in recognition of the differences between the roles. The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for setting the strategic direction for the Company and the day-to-day leadership and performance of the Company, while the Chairman of the board of directors provides guidance to the Chief Executive Officer, sets the agenda for board meetings and presides over meetings of the full board. Mr. Schriesheim, our Lead Independent Director, presides over executive sessions of the independent directors. This separation of the roles of Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of the board of directors and Lead Independent Director allow for greater oversight of the Company by the board of directors. Our board of directors has determined that our board leadership structure is the most appropriate at this time, given the