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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE 13D

Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

(Amendment No. 13)*

 

 

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

(Name of Issuer)

Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

441593100

(CUSIP Number)

Christopher M. Crain, Esq.

General Counsel

10250 Constellation Blvd., 5th Floor

Los Angeles, CA 90067

Telephone: (310) 788-5200

Copy to:

Steven B. Stokdyk, Esq.

Brent T. Epstein, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

355 S. Grand Avenue

Los Angeles, CA 90071

Telephone: (213) 485-1234

(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

August 1, 2019

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

 

 

If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition which is subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this statement because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box. ☐

 

 

Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7(b) for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.

 

 

*	The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting persons initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be filed for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Act) or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes).

 

 

 

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CUSIP No.: 441593100

 

1.		Name of Reporting Person:      HL Voting Trust
2.		Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of Group (See Instructions):   (a)  ☒        (b)  ☐
3.		SEC Use Only:
4.		Source of Funds:     OO
5.		Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):     ☐
6.		Citizenship or Place of Organization:     United States

Number of Shares   Beneficially   Owned By Each Reporting Person With:				7.		Sole Voting Power:     0
				8.		Shared Voting Power:     25,225,151 (1)
				9.		Sole Dispositive Power:     0
				10.		Shared Dispositive Power:     0

11.		Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:     25,225,151 (1)
12.		Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:     ☐
13.		Percent of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11):     38.14% (2)
14.		Type of Reporting Person:     OO

 

(1)	Based upon 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock subject to the HL Voting Trust as of August 1, 2019. ORIX HLHZ Holding LLC (HLHZ) no longer owns any shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock.

(2)	Based upon (i) 40,914,283 shares of Class A common stock, and (ii) 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock, outstanding as of August 1, 2019.

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CUSIP No.: 441593100

 

1.		Name of Reporting Person:     Scott L. Beiser
2.		Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of Group (See Instructions):   (a)  ☒        (b)  ☐
3.		SEC Use Only:
4.		Source of Funds:     OO
5.		Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):     ☐
6.		Citizenship or Place of Organization:     United States

Number of Shares   Beneficially   Owned By Each Reporting Person With:				7.		Sole Voting Power:     0
				8.		Shared Voting Power:     25,225,151 (1)
				9.		Sole Dispositive Power:     1,000,393
				10.		Shared Dispositive Power:     0

11.		Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:     25,225,151 (1)
12.		Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:     ☐
13.		Percent of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11):     38.14% (2)
14.		Type of Reporting Person:     OO, IN

 

(1)	Based upon 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock subject to the HL Voting Trust as of August 1, 2019. HLHZ no longer owns any shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock.

(2)	Based upon (i) 40,914,283 shares of Class A common stock, and (ii) 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock, outstanding as of August 1, 2019.

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CUSIP No.: 441593100

 

1.		Name of Reporting Person:     Irwin N. Gold
2.		Check the Appropriate Box if a Member of Group (See Instructions):   (a)  ☐        (b)  ☒
3.		SEC Use Only:
4.		Source of Funds:     OO
5.		Check if Disclosure of Legal Proceedings is Required Pursuant to Items 2(d) or 2(e):     ☐
6.		Citizenship or Place of Organization:     United States

Number of Shares   Beneficially   Owned By Each Reporting Person With:				7.		Sole Voting Power:     0
				8.		Shared Voting Power:     25,225,151 (1)
				9.		Sole Dispositive Power:     1,458,285
				10.		Shared Dispositive Power:     0

11.		Aggregate Amount Beneficially Owned by Each Reporting Person:     25,225,151 (1)
12.		Check if the Aggregate Amount in Row (11) Excludes Certain Shares:     ☐
13.		Percent of Class Represented By Amount In Row (11):     38.14% (2)
14.		Type of Reporting Person:     OO, IN

 

(1)	Based upon 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock subject to the HL Voting Trust as of August 1, 2019. HLHZ no longer owns any shares of Class A common stock or Class B common stock.

(2)	Based upon (i) 40,914,283 shares of Class A common stock, and (ii) 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock, outstanding as of August 1, 2019.

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Explanatory Note

This Amendment No. 13 to Schedule 13D (this Amendment) is filed to amend the Schedule 13D (the Initial Schedule) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on August 28, 2015 by the HL Voting Trust (the HL Voting Trust), Scott L. Beiser, Irwin N. Gold and Robert H. Hotz, as subsequently amended on December 7, 2016 and refiled in its entirety on February 10, 2017, which was further amended on February 18, 2017, March 17, 2017, April 5, 2017, June 2, 2017, November 8, 2017, March 22, 2018, April 5, 2018, June 6, 2018, August 21, 2018, October 31, 2018 and June 6, 2019 (the Initial Schedule as amended, the Schedule). This Amendment is filed to reflect the sale by HLHZ of all of its remaining securities of the Issuer and the termination of certain agreements.

Capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Schedule.

 

Item 3.

Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

Item 3 of the Schedule is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:

On August 1, 2019, HLHZ sold 3,377,935 shares of Class A common stock in a registered underwritten public offering pursuant to a prospectus supplement dated July 29, 2019 filed by the Issuer with the SEC (the HLHZ Registered Sale). Prior to the HLHZ Registered Sale, on June 28, 2019, HLHZ converted all 2,268,214 shares of Class B Common Stock into shares of Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis. Following the HLHZ Registered Sale, HLHZ does not own any shares of Class A Common Stock, nor any shares of Class B Common Stock.

Since Amendment No. 12 filed on June 6, 2019 and through August 1, 2019, there was a net decrease of 333,434 shares of Class B common stock in the HL Voting Trust, due to (i) the conversion of 18,821 shares of Class B common stock and subsequent charitable donation of the 18,821 shares of Class A common stock, (ii) the forfeiture of 37,761 shares of Class B common stock in connection with terminations of employment, (iii) the grant of 1,117 shares of unvested Class B common stock under the Issuers 2016 Equity Plan, (iv) the withholding of 950 shares of Class B common stock for the payment of taxes, (v) the Issuers repurchase of 7,703 shares of Class B common stock, and (vi) the conversion of 269,316 shares of Class B common stock and subsequent sale of 269,316 of such shares of Class A common stock in the open market.

On June 13, 2019, Mr. Beiser converted 10,000 shares of Class B common stock and made a charitable donation of the resulting 10,000 shares of Class A common stock. These shares are included in the transactions listed above.

 

Item 4.

Purpose of Transaction

Item 4 of the Schedule is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:

As a result of the HLHZ Registered Sale, HLHZ no longer beneficially owns any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, and consequently, each of (i) the Stockholders Agreement (the Stockholders Agreement), dated as of August 18, 2015, among the Company, HLHZ and the trustees of the HL Voting Trust, and (ii) the Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, between the Issuer and HLHX, has terminated in accordance with its terms. The Issuer and the HL Voting Trust have waived the requirement in the Stockholders Agreement that would otherwise require the one remaining HLHX nominee on the Issuers board of directors to resign following the HLHZ Registered Sale, until such time as the Issuers board of directors identifies a replacement or determines otherwise.

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Item 5.

Interest in Securities of the Issuer

Item 5(a) and 5(b) are hereby amended and restated as set forth below. Item 5(c) is hereby updated by the information set forth above under Item 3.

5(a)-(b) The aggregate number and percentage of the class of securities of the Issuer and the voting and dispositive power of the Reporting Persons is set forth below:

 

		HL Voting Trust				Scott L. Beiser				Irwin N. Gold
Amount beneficially owned:			25,225,151	(1)			25,225,151	(1)			25,225,151	(1)
Percent of class:			38.14%	(2)			38.14%	(2)(3)			38.14%	(2)(4)
Sole power to vote or to direct the vote:			0				0				0
Shared power to vote or to direct the vote:			25,225,151	(1)			25,225,151	(1)			25,225,151	(1)
Sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:			0				1,000,393	(3)			1,458,285	(4)
Shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of:			0				0				0

 

(1)

Pursuant to the HL Voting Trust Agreement, Messrs. Beiser and Gold as Trustees have voting control over the shares held by the Voting Trust, but dispositive power over only those shares which each directly owns. Based upon 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock subject to the HL Voting Trust as of August 1, 2019.

(2)	Based upon (i) 40,914,283 shares of Class A common stock, and (ii) 25,225,151 shares of Class B common stock, outstanding as of August 1, 2019.

(3)

Each HL Holder retains sole dispositive power over their shares deposited in the HL Voting Trust. As a result, Mr. Beiser retains dispositive control over the 1,000,393 shares of Class B common stock he owns (the Beiser Shares), which represents a dispositive power beneficial ownership percentage of 2.4% of the Issuers Class A common stock. The Beiser Shares include 51,009 shares of unvested Class B common stock subject to vesting based on continued service with the Issuer.

(4)

Each HL Holder retains sole dispositive power over their shares deposited in the HL Voting Trust. As a result, Mr. Gold retains dispositive control over 1,458,285 shares of Class B common stock (the Gold Shares), which represents a dispositive power beneficial ownership percentage of 3.4% of the Issuers Class A common stock. The Gold Shares include 35,725 shares of unvested Class B common stock subject to vesting based on continued service with the Issuer.

 

Item 6.

Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

Item 6 of the Schedule is hereby amended and supplemented by the addition of the following:

As a result of the HLHZ Registered Sale, HLHZ no longer beneficially owns any shares of Class A Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, and consequently, each of the Stockholders Agreement and the Registration Rights Agreement, dated August 18, 2015, between the Issuer and HLHX, has terminated in accordance with its terms. The Issuer and the HL Voting Trust have waived the requirement in the Stockholders Agreement that would otherwise require the one remaining HLHX nominee on the Issuers board of directors to resign following the HLHZ Registered Sale, until such time as the Issuers board of directors identifies a replacement or determines otherwise.

 

Item 7.

Material to be Filed as Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.		Description
99.1		Joint Filing Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.1 of Schedule 13D filed August 28, 2015)
99.2		Power of Attorney of Scott L. Beiser (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.2 of Schedule 13D filed August 28, 2015)
99.3		Power of Attorney of Irwin N. Gold (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 99.3 of Schedule 13D filed August 28, 2015)

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SIGNATURE

After reasonable inquiry and to the best of each of the undersigneds knowledge and belief, each of the undersigned certifies that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: August 6, 2019

HL VOTING TRUST:

 

By:		/s/ J. Lindsey Alley
Name:		J. Lindsey Alley
Title:		Attorney-in-Fact for Scott L. Beiser, Trustee
By:		/s/ J. Lindsey Alley
Name:		J. Lindsey Alley
Title:		Attorney-in-Fact for Irwin N. Gold, Trustee
SCOTT L. BEISER (Individually):
By:		/s/ J. Lindsey Alley
Name:		J. Lindsey Alley
Title:		Attorney-in-Fact for Scott L. Beiser
IRWIN N. GOLD (Individually):
By:		/s/ J. Lindsey Alley
Name:		J. Lindsey Alley
Title:		Attorney-in-Fact for Irwin N. Gold