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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 with its evaluation of potential nominees, so long as the nomination meets the requirements of our amended and restated bylaws, as summarized below. The notice of nomination should include the following information:

• all information related to the nominee required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to and in accordance with Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act;

• the nominee's written consent to be named in our proxy statement and accompanying proxy card as a nominee and serve as a director if elected for a full term until the next meeting at which such nominee would face reelection;

• a description of any material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among the stockholder and the and the nominee (and his or her associates), as more particularly set forth in our amended and restated bylaws; and

• a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as set forth in our amended and restated bylaws.

This notice must be updated, if necessary, so that the information is true and correct as of the record date for the meeting. Stockholder nominees should be submitted to the Company’s General Counsel and Secretary at the Company’s principal executive offices located at 10250 Constellation Blvd., 5th Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90067. Stockholder nominations may be made at any time. However, in order for a candidate to be included in the slate of director nominees for approval by stockholders in connection with a meeting of stockholders and for information about the candidate to be included in the Company’s proxy materials for such a meeting, the stockholder must submit the information required by our amended and restated bylaws and other information reasonably requested by the Company within the time frame required by such bylaws. The deadline any such for nominations for our 2026 annual meeting of stockholders is set forth in ‘Procedures for Submitting Stockholder Proposals’.

When the Company or the board of directors is required by contractual obligation to nominate candidates designated by any person or entity, the selection and nomination of these directors is not subject to the above process.

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The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for identifying and evaluating potential candidates and recommending such candidates to the board for nomination at the annual meeting. In evaluating director candidates, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the board may consider the following criteria, as well as any other factors that they deem to be relevant: (i) the candidate’s executive and director