{"schema_version":"secwatch.filing_event.v1","accession":"0001193125-26-414411","form_type":"8-K","ticker":"HLI","cik":"0001302215","company_name":"HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC.","filed_at":"2026-10-05T21:08:20+00:00","discovered_at":"2026-10-05T21:10:00.287525+00:00","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:40:55.452347+00:00","sec_items":["5.02"],"event_type":"leadership","sentiment":"neutral","materiality_score":0.25,"calibrated_materiality_score":0.25,"confidence":"high","headline":"Houlihan Lokey director Todd J. Carter resigns effective Oct 2, 2026; no disagreement cited","bullets":["Todd J. Carter resigned from Houlihan Lokey's board of directors effective immediately on October 2, 2026, the date of earliest event reported.","The filing states Carter's decision was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on its operations, policies or practices.","No successor director or replacement was named; the report was signed by Prabha S. Bhandari, Chief Legal Officer and Secretary, dated October 5, 2026."],"urls":{"canonical":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411","json":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411.json","markdown":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411.md","text":"https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411.txt","edgar_index":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302215/000119312526414411/0001193125-26-414411-index.htm","edgar_primary_document":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302215/000119312526414411/d341970d8k.htm"},"model":{"generated_by":"deepseek-v4.1-flash:cloud@v2","generated_at":"2026-10-12T16:40:55.452347+00:00"},"review":{"review_status":"machine_generated","human_reviewed":false,"corrected":false,"correction_note":null,"correction_timestamp":null,"superseded_by":null,"related_filings":[]},"source_grounded_claims":[{"claim_id":"2f399cd015","claim":"Todd J. Carter resigned as Director at HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC..","evidence_excerpt":"On October 2, 2026, Todd J. Carter resigned from the board of directors of Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (the “Company”), effective immediately. Mr. Carter’s decision to resign as a director was not the result of any disagreement with the Company on any matter relating to the Company’s operations, policies or practices.","evidence_source":"SEC 8-K Item 5.02","evidence_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302215/000119312526414411/0001193125-26-414411-index.htm","confidence":0.95,"family_label":"Executive change","details":[{"label":"Action","value":"resigned"},{"label":"Role","value":"Director"}],"fact_type":"executive_change"}],"license":"Source filings: public domain (SEC EDGAR). Summaries (headline + bullets): CC-BY-4.0; attribute https://secwatch.observer"}