---
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"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T16:40:55.452347+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Houlihan Lokey director Todd J. Carter resigns effective Oct 2, 2026; no disagreement cited

## Summary
- 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.

## SEC filing metadata
- 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
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- 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

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-414411.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Todd J. Carter resigned as Director at HOULIHAN LOKEY, INC..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: 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_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1302215/000119312526414411/0001193125-26-414411-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.