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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 entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting, you will also receive a proxy card.

Why did I receive a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials instead of a full set of materials?

Under rules adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), we are furnishing Proxy Materials to many of our stockholders on the internet, rather than mailing printed copies. If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail, you will not receive printed copies of the Proxy Materials unless you request them. Instead, the notice will instruct you how to access and review the Proxy Materials on the internet. If you would like printed copies of the Proxy Materials, please follow the instructions in the notice.

#### Who may vote at the meeting?
Holders of our Class A common stock and holders of our Class B common stock as of the close of business on July 24, 2025 (the “Record Date”) may vote at the Annual Meeting. Pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement by and among the Company, each HL Holder and the Trustees named therein, dated August 18, 2015, as amended (as so amended, the “HL Voting Trust Agreement”), each HL Holder agreed that the Trustees of the HL Voting Trust have full authority to vote their shares on all matters. Because all outstanding shares of Class B common stock are held in the HL 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. For ten days prior to the meeting, a complete list of stockholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting will be available for examination by any stockholder, for any purpose relating to the meeting, during ordinary business hours at our principal executive offices located at 10250 Constellation Blvd., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

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#### How many votes do I have?
Holders of our Class A common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held as of the Record Date. Holders of our Class B common stock are entitled to ten votes for each share held as of the Record Date. Holders of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock will vote as a single class on all matters at the Annual Meeting. Pursuant to the Voting Trust Agreement, each HL Holder has agreed that the Trustees of the HL Voting Trust have full authority to vote their shares on all matters. Because all outstanding shares of Class B common stock are held by the HL