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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): November 12, 2024

 

 

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)

 

 

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)

 

☐

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

☐

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:

 

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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2).

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. ☐

 

 

 

Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On November 12, 2024, 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 5,406 shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, $0.001 par value per share ( “Class A common stock”), issuable upon conversion of an equal number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock, $0.001 par value per share ( “Class B common stock”), issued to the selling stockholders in connection with the Company’s acquisition in October 2024 of Prytania Solutions Limited, a company organized under the laws of England and Wales. 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.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit

 No. 

    Description
 5.1    Opinion of Latham & Watkins LLP.
23.1    Consent of Latham & Watkins LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1).
104    Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document).

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.

 

Date: November 12, 2024   Houlihan Lokey, Inc.
    By:  

/s/ J. Lindsey Alley

    Name:   J. Lindsey Alley
    Position:   Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 5.1

 

  10250 Constellation Blvd., Suite 1100
  Los Angeles, California 90067
  Tel: +1.424.653.5500 Fax: +1.424.653.5501
  www.lw.com
LOGO   FIRM / AFFILIATE OFFICES
  Austin    Milan
  Beijing    Munich
  Boston    New York
  Brussels    Orange County
  Century City    Paris
November 12, 2024   Chicago    Riyadh
  Dubai    San Diego
  Düsseldorf    San Francisco
  Frankfurt    Seoul
  Hamburg    Silicon Valley
  Hong Kong    Singapore
  Houston    Tel Aviv
  London    Tokyo
  Los Angeles    Washington, D.C.
  Madrid   

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

5th Floor

10250 Constellation Boulevard

Los Angeles, California 90067

 

  Re:

Registration Statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-273952); 5,406 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share.

To the addressees set forth above:

We have acted as special counsel to Houlihan Lokey, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with the offering of 5,406 shares (the “Shares”) of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”) issuable upon conversion of an equal number of shares of the Company’s Class B Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the “Class B Common Stock”), to be sold by certain selling stockholders as described in the Prospectus (as defined below). The offering and sale of the Shares is covered by the above-referenced Registration Statement (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), a base prospectus dated August 11, 2023 included in the Registration Statement at the time it originally became effective (the “Base Prospectus”) and a prospectus supplement dated November 12, 2024 filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Act (together with the Base Prospectus, the “Prospectus”). This opinion is being furnished in connection with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Act, and no opinion is expressed herein as to any matter pertaining to the contents of the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, other than as expressly stated herein with respect to the sale of the Shares.

As such counsel, we have examined such matters of fact and questions of law as we have considered appropriate for purposes of this letter. With your consent, we have relied upon certificates and other assurances of officers of the Company and others as to factual matters without having independently verified such factual matters. We are opining herein as to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction or, in the case of Delaware, any other laws, or as to any matters of municipal law or the laws of any local agencies within any state.

November 12, 2024

Page 2

 

LOGO

 

Subject to the foregoing and the other matters set forth herein, it is our opinion that, as of the date hereof, (i) the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of the Company and, (ii) upon the conversion of the Class B Common Stock into Class A Common Stock in accordance with the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation dated September 21, 2023, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. In rendering the foregoing opinion, we have assumed that the Company will comply with all applicable notice requirements regarding uncertificated shares provided in the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

This opinion is for your benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Act. We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated November 12, 2024 and to the reference to our firm contained in the Prospectus under the heading “Legal Matters.” In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

Sincerely,

/s/ Latham & Watkins LLP

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