8-K

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):

January 24, 2026

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

Delaware

001-37537

95-2770395

(State or Other Jurisdiction
of Incorporation)

(Commission

File Number)

(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

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)

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


Title of Each Class	Trading Symbol(s)	Name of each exchange on which registered
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001	HLI	New York Stock Exchange

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 ☐

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Item 5.02

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) On January 24, 2026, director Robert A. Schriesheim, who has served as a director of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (the “Company”) since July 2015, informed the Company that he does not intend to stand for reelection when his term expires at the Company’s 2027 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.

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.


HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.

By:		/s/ J. Lindsey Alley
Name:		J. Lindsey Alley
Title:		Chief Financial Officer

Date: January 29, 2026

SEC Form 8-K filed by Houlihan Lokey Inc.