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): December 20, 2023

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

310-788-5200

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):

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

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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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.  ☐

On December 20, 2023, Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (the “Company”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a prospectus supplement pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, relating to the possible resale of up to 174,335 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class A common stock”), by the former members (the “7MA Sellers”) of 7 Mile Advisors, LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company, that the Company acquired on December 11, 2023 (the “7MA Acquisition”), or their pledgees, donees, transferees, or other successors in interest. The 174,335 shares of Class A common stock consist of (i) 165,834 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of a like number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share (the “Class B common stock”), issued to the 7MA Sellers upon the closing of the acquisition and (ii) up to 8,501 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock issuable upon conversion of a like number of shares of its Class B common stock issuable to the 7MA Sellers upon the attainment of certain post-closing performance targets. The Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of its counsel, Latham & Watkins LLP, regarding certain Delaware law issues concerning the shares of Class A common stock that may be offered and sold pursuant to the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus.

This Current Report shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state.

(d) Exhibits

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.