# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001302215
**File Stem:** 0001193125-25-209055
**Filing Date:** 2025-9
**Character Count:** 5938
**Document Hash:** e838baf5e9086b425539866c1ae34a85
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001193125-25-209055.hdr.sgml**: 20250919

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001193125-25-209055

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 12

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20250917

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20250919

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20250919

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001302215
- **STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:** INVESTMENT ADVICE [6282]
- **ORGANIZATION NAME:** 02 Finance
- **EIN:** 952770395
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 0331

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 001-37537
- **FILM NUMBER:** 251326800

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD., 5TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** LOS ANGELES
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 90067
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 310.553.8871

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.
- **STREET 2:** 10250 CONSTELLATION BLVD., 5TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** LOS ANGELES
- **STATE:** CA
- **ZIP:** 90067

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** HOULIHAN LOKEY HOWARD & ZUKIN INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 20040902

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### UNITED STATES

### SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

#### WASHINGTON, DC 20549

### FORM 8-K

#### CURRENT REPORT

#### PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

#### OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

#### Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2025

## Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

#### (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

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| **Delaware** | **001-37537** | **95-2770395** |
| **(State or Other Jurisdiction<br>of Incorporation)** | **(Commission**<br> **File Number)** | **(IRS Employer<br>Identification No.)** |

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#### 10250 Constellation Blvd.

#### 5th Floor

#### Los Angeles, California 90067

#### (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

#### 310-553-8871

#### Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

#### N/A

#### (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (*see* General Instruction A.2. below):

☐ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

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☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

☐ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

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| **Title of Each Class** | **Name of each exchange<br>on which registered** |
| Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 HLI | New York Stock Exchange |

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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#### Item 5.07. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
On September 17, 2025, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (the "Company") held its annual meeting of stockholders (the "Annual Meeting"). At the Annual Meeting, stockholders voted on the following proposals, each of which is described in greater detail in the Company's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A (the "Proxy"), which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 2025: (1) to elect three Class I directors to the Company's board of directors, each to serve until the Company's 2028 annual meeting of stockholders, and until a successor has been duly elected and qualified; (2) to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of the Company's named executive officers as disclosed in the Proxy; and (3) to ratify the appointment of KPMG LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. Following is the final tabulation of votes cast at the meeting:

#### Proposal 1: Election of Class I Directors

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| **Nominee** | **Votes For** | **Votes For** | **Votes Withheld** | **Votes Withheld** | **Broker Non-Votes** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
|  Scott L. Beiser |  | 190098660 |  | 19652037 |  | 2100021 |
|  Todd J. Carter |  | 190572180 |  | 19178517 |  | 2100021 |
|  Paul A. Zuber |  | 184094657 |  | 25656040 |  | 2100021 |

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#### Proposal 2: Approval of Non-Binding, Advisory Vote on Executive Compensation

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 201286055 | 8431930 | 32712 | 2100021 |

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#### Proposal 3: Ratification of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

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|:---|:---|:---|:---|
| **Votes For** | **Votes Against** | **Abstentions** | **Broker Non-Votes** |
| 210493516 | 1332861 | 24341 | 0 |

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#### SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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| Date: September 19, 2025 | Houlihan Lokey, Inc. | Houlihan Lokey, Inc. |
|  | By: | /s/ Christopher M. Crain |
|  |  | Name: Christopher M. Crain |
|  |  | Position: General Counsel and Secretary |

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