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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In determining that Messrs. Beiser, Carter, and Zuber should be nominated for re-election, our board of directors considered their service, business experience, prior directorships, and the qualifications, attributes and skills described in the biography set forth below under “Corporate Governance - Executive Officers and Directors.”

Our Board of Directors recommends that you vote “FOR” each of Messrs. Beiser, Carter, and Zuber as the Class I Directors in this Proposal 1.

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### CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

#### Executive Officers and Directors
Below is a list of the names and ages, as of July 24, 2025, of our directors and executive officers, and a description of the business experience of each of them.

| Name                   |     | Age |     | Position                                         |
| Scott J. Adelson       |     |  64 |     | Chief Executive Officer and Director             |
| Scott L. Beiser        |     |  65 |     | Co-Chairman and Director                         |
| Irwin N. Gold          |     |  68 |     | Co-Chairman, Director, and Chairman of the Board |
| P. Eric Siegert        |     |  60 |     | Co-Chairman                                      |
| J. Lindsey Alley       |     |  58 |     | Chief Financial Officer                          |
| Christopher M. Crain   |     |  64 |     | General Counsel and Secretary                    |
| Robert A. Schriesheim  |     |  65 |     | Director                                         |
| Jacqueline B. Kosecoff |     |  76 |     | Director                                         |
| Paul A. Zuber          |     |  65 |     | Director                                         |
| Gillian B. Zucker      |     |  56 |     | Director                                         |
| Ekpedeme M. Bassey     |     |  52 |     | Director                                         |
| Cyrus D. Walker        |     |  57 |     | Director                                         |
| Todd J. Carter         |     |  61 |     | Director                                         |

Scott J. Adelson has served as our Chief Executive Officer since June 2024. He has served on our board of directors since January 2015. Prior to service as our Chief Executive Officer, he previously served as our Co-President since 2013. As Co-President, Mr. Adelson was one of Houlihan Lokey’s