Los Angeles and New York, October 25, 2017 – Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI) (“Houlihan Lokey” or the “Company”), the global investment bank, today announced an underwritten public offering of 3,500,000 shares of its Class A common stock, consisting of 1,750,000 shares offered by an affiliate of ORIX USA Corporation and 1,750,000 shares offered by certain of the Company’s employees and members of management (collectively, the “Selling Stockholders”). The Company is not offering any shares of Class A common stock in the offering and will not receive any of the proceeds from the sale of the shares of Class A common stock by the Selling Stockholders.
Morgan Stanley is acting as the sole underwriter for the offering.
The offering is being made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement, including a prospectus and related prospectus supplement, filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These documents may be obtained for free by visiting the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov or by contacting: Morgan Stanley, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or other jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or other jurisdiction.
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