Hamilton Lane INC

1. Organization

Hamilton Lane Incorporated (“HLI”) was incorporated in the State of Delaware on December 31, 2007 and, following its 2017 initial public offering, is a holding company whose principal asset is a controlling equity interest in Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C. (“HLA”). As the sole managing member of HLA, HLI operates and controls all of the business and affairs of HLA, and through HLA, conducts its business. As a result, HLI consolidates HLA’s financial results and reports a non-controlling interest ("NCI") related to the portion of HLA units not owned by HLI. The assets and liabilities of HLA represent substantially all of HLI’s consolidated assets and liabilities with the exception of certain cash, certain deferred tax assets and liabilities, payables to related parties pursuant to a tax receivable agreement, and dividends payable. Unless otherwise specified, “the Company” refers to the consolidated entity of HLI, HLA and subsidiaries throughout the remainder of these notes. As of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, HLI held approximately 73.6% of the economic interest in HLA. As future exchanges of HLA units occur pursuant to the exchange agreement, the economic interest in HLA held by HLI will increase.

HLA is a registered investment advisor with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), providing asset management and advisory services, primarily to institutional investors, to design, build and manage private markets portfolios. HLA generates revenues primarily from management and advisory fees, comprised of specialized fund and customized separate account management fees, advisory and reporting fees and distribution management fees and, to a lesser extent, incentive fees, comprised of carried interest earned from our specialized funds and certain customized separate accounts structured as single-client funds in which we have a general partner commitment, and performance fees earned on certain other specialized funds and customized separate accounts. HLA sponsors the formation, and serves as the general partner or managing member, of various limited liability partnerships consisting of specialized funds and certain single client separate account entities (“Partnerships”) that acquire interests in third-party managed investment funds that make private equity and equity-related investments. The Partnerships may also make direct investments, including investments in debt, equity, and other equity-based instruments. The Company, which includes certain subsidiaries that serve as the general partner or managing member of the Partnerships, may invest its own capital in the Partnerships and generally makes all investment and operating decisions for the Partnerships. HLA operates several wholly owned entities through which it conducts its foreign operations.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Management believes it has made all necessary adjustments (which consisted of only normal recurring items) so that the condensed consolidated financial statements are presented fairly and that estimates made in preparing the condensed consolidated financial statements are reasonable and prudent. Results of operations for the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending March 31, 2025. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements included in HLI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024.

Accounting for Differing Fiscal Periods

The Partnerships primarily have a fiscal year end as of December 31, and the Company accounts for its investments in the Partnerships using a three-month lag due to the timing of financial information received from the investments held by the Partnerships. The Partnerships primarily invest in private equity funds, which generally require at least 90 days following the calendar year end to present audited financial statements. The Company records its share of capital contributions to and distributions from the Partnerships in investments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets during the three-month lag period.

The results of the consolidated Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”) are reported on a three-month lag, due to the timing of the receipt of related financial statements.

The Company’s revenue earned from Partnerships, including both management and advisory fee revenue and incentive fee revenue, is not accounted for on a lag.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company utilizes a hierarchy that prioritizes fair value measurements based on the types of inputs used for the various valuation techniques (market approach, income approach, and cost approach). The levels of the hierarchy are described below:

•Level 1: Values are determined using quoted market prices for identical financial instruments in an active market.

•Level 2: Values are determined using quoted prices for similar financial instruments and valuation models whose inputs are observable.

•Level 3: Values are determined using pricing models that use significant inputs that are primarily unobservable, discounted cash flow methodologies or similar techniques, as well as instruments for which the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

The Company uses these levels of hierarchy to measure the fair value of certain financial instruments on a recurring basis, such as for investments; on a non-recurring basis, such as for acquisitions and impairment testing; for disclosure purposes, such as for long-term debt; and for other applications, as discussed in their respective notes.

The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, fees receivable, and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the immediate or short-term maturity of these financial instruments.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In October 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2023-06 - Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative. The amendments in this ASU incorporate 14 of the 27 disclosure requirements published in SEC Release No. 33-10532 - Disclosure Update and Simplification into various topics within the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”). The amendments represent clarifications to, or technical corrections of, current requirements. For SEC registrants, the effective date for each amendment will be the date on which the SEC removes that related disclosure from its rules. Early adoption is prohibited. The amendments will be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements.

In November 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-07, Segment Reporting (Topic 280) - Improvements to Reportable Segment Disclosures. This ASU enhances segment disclosures primarily around significant segment expenses for both interim and annual periods. The amendments in this ASU are to be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, and interim periods within fiscal years after December 15, 2024. Early adoption is permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements.

In December 2023, the FASB issued ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures, to enhance transparency and decision usefulness of income tax disclosures. ASU 2023-09 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2024, on a prospective basis, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements.

In March 2024, the SEC adopted final rules to require disclosures about certain climate-related information in registration statements and annual reports. In April 2024, the SEC issued an order to stay the rules pending the completion of judicial review of multiple petitions challenging the rules. The rules, if implemented, would require information about a registrant’s climate-related risks that are reasonably likely to have a material impact on its business, results of operations, or financial condition. The required information about climate-related risks will also include disclosure of a registrant’s greenhouse gas emissions, if material. In addition, the rules will require registrants to present certain climate-related financial metrics in their audited financial statements. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements should the rules be implemented.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (“OECD”) introduced a 15% global minimum tax under the Pillar Two Global Anti-Base Erosion model rules. Several OECD member countries have enacted tax legislation based on certain elements of these rules that became effective on January 1, 2024. Other jurisdictions have announced the intent to implement these rules, but the rules remain subject to significant negotiation, potential change, and phase-in periods. Management has concluded that the Company falls outside the scope of the Pillar Two rules but will continue to monitor potential future applicability and changes to these rules.

In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03, “Income Statement (Topic 220): Reporting Comprehensive Income - Income-Expense Disaggregation Disclosures,” which requires public companies to disclose, in interim and annual reporting periods, additional information about certain expenses in the financial statements. The amendments in this ASU will be effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027. Early adoption is permitted and is effective on either a prospective basis or retrospective basis. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements.

3. Revenue

The following table presents revenues disaggregated by product offering, which aligns with the identified performance obligations and the basis for calculating each amount:

4. Investments

Investments consist of the following:

Investments of consolidated VIEs consist of the following:

Equity method investments

The Company’s equity method investments in Partnerships represent its ownership in certain specialized funds and customized separate accounts. The strategies and geographic location of investments within the Partnerships vary by fund. The Company has a 1% interest in substantially all of the Partnerships, representing a general partner interest. The Company’s other equity method investments represent its ownership in a technology company to develop an AI-powered investment assistant for private markets.

Fair value investments

The Company’s fair value investments represent a publicly traded security previously held by the Company, investments held by the consolidated funds and investments in private equity funds and direct credit and equity investments that are held as collateral on the Company’s secured financing. The private equity fund investments can only be redeemed through distributions received from the liquidation of underlying investments of the fund, and the timing of distributions is currently indeterminable. The cost of the assets held as collateral was $5,180 and $5,952 as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively. The direct credit investments were debt securities classified as trading securities. Fair value investments are measured at fair value with unrealized gains and losses recorded in non-operating gain (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company accounts for its secured financing at fair value under the fair value option. The primary reason for electing the fair value option is to mitigate volatility in earnings from using different measurement attributes. The significant input to the fair value of the secured financing is the fair value of the fair value investments delivered as collateral which are estimated using Level 3 inputs with the significant inputs as shown in Note 5 below.

The Company recognized a loss of $236 and a gain of $101 on fair value investments held as collateral during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, and a gain of $637 and a loss of $230 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, that are recorded in non-operating gain (loss). The Company recognized a gain of $236 and a loss of $101 on the secured financing liability during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, and a gain of $637 and a loss of $230 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2023, respectively, that are recorded in non-operating gain (loss) in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Investments valued under the measurement alternative

(1)Net change in unrealized gain consists of fair value adjustments for observable price changes of identical or similar investments.

The following table summarizes the cumulative gross unrealized gains and cumulative gross unrealized losses related to the Company’s investments under the measurement alternative:

5. Fair Value Measurements

The following tables summarize the Company’s financial assets and financial liabilities recorded at fair value by fair value hierarchy level:

(1)Secured financing is recorded within other liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)Investments are recorded at estimated fair value based upon the net asset value (“NAV”) of the fund utilizing the practical expedient under ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurement.” The fair value amounts presented in this column are intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value hierarchy to the amounts presented in Note 4.

The following is a reconciliation of fair value investments for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

The following is a reconciliation of investments held by our consolidated VIEs for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

The valuation methodologies, significant unobservable inputs, range of inputs and the weighted average input determined based upon relative fair value of the investments used in recurring Level 3 fair value measurements of assets were as follows, as of December 31, 2024:

For the significant unobservable inputs listed in the tables above, a significant increase or decrease in the selected market return would result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement, respectively.

6. Variable Interest Entities

The Company holds variable interests in entities that are considered VIEs because limited partners lack the ability to remove the general partner or dissolve the entity without cause by simple majority vote (i.e., do not have substantive “kick out” or “liquidation” rights). The Company’s variable interest in such entities is in the form of direct equity interests in, and/or fee arrangements with, the Partnerships in which it also serves as the general partner or managing member. In the Company’s role as general partner or managing member, it generally considers itself the sponsor of the applicable Partnership and makes all investment and operating decisions. The Company consolidates VIEs in which it is determined that the Company is the primary beneficiary.

Consolidated Variable Interest Entities

The Company consolidates general partner entities of certain Partnerships and funds in which it is currently the primary beneficiary, which are not wholly-owned by the Company. The assets of the consolidated general partner VIEs represent investments in funds and the assets of the consolidated funds represent cash and investments. The assets may only be used to settle obligations of the respective consolidated VIEs, if any. In addition, there is no recourse to the Company for the consolidated VIEs’ liabilities, except for certain entities in which there could be a clawback of previously distributed carried interest. Once the Company no longer qualifies as the primary beneficiary of a consolidated VIE, it deconsolidates all the assets and liabilities of the NCI in the respective Partnership from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and records any remaining interest in the Partnership using the equity method within investments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The deconsolidation during the period ended December 31, 2024 did not impact the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Non-consolidated Variable Interest Entities

Certain Partnerships that are VIEs are not consolidated because the Company has determined it is not the primary beneficiary based upon the Company’s equity interest percentage in each of the applicable VIEs. As of December 31, 2024, the total remaining unfunded commitments from the Company’s general partner entities to the non-consolidated VIEs was $176,097. Investor commitments are the primary source of financing for the non-consolidated VIEs.

The maximum exposure to loss represents the potential loss of assets recognized by the Company relating to these non-consolidated VIEs. The Company believes that its maximum exposure to loss is limited because it establishes separate limited liability or limited partnership entities to serve as the general partner or managing member of the Partnerships.

The carrying value of assets and liabilities recognized in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets related to the Company’s interests in these non-consolidated VIEs and the Company’s maximum exposure to loss relating to non-consolidated VIEs were as follows:

7. Debt

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

On October 7, 2024, the Company amended its existing Term Loan and Security Agreement (as amended, the “Term Loan Agreement”), Revolving Loan and Security Agreement (as amended, the “Revolving Loan Agreement”), 2020 Multi-Draw Term Loan and Security Agreement (as amended, the “2020 Multi-Draw Term Loan Agreement”), and 2022 Multi-Draw Term Loan and Security Agreement (as amended, the “2022 Multi-Draw Term Loan Agreement”), (collectively, the “Loan Agreements”). The amendments included naming JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. as the successor-in-interest to First Republic Bank, updating the maturity dates for the Loan Agreements and allowing for the incurrence of additional indebtedness.

On October 8, 2024, HLA issued $100 million aggregate principal amount of its 5.28% senior notes due October 15, 2029 (the “Notes”), pursuant to a note purchase agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), among HLA and the institutional purchasers party thereto in a private placement transaction. Interest on the Notes is payable semi-annually in arrears, commencing on April 15, 2025. Interest on the Notes accrues from and including October 8, 2024. The Notes will mature on October 15, 2029.

The carrying value of the Company’s Term Loan Agreement as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024 approximated fair value. The 2020 multi-draw facility had an estimated fair value of $98,469 and $87,611 as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively. As of December 31, 2024, the Company's outstanding Notes had an estimated fair value of $98,285. The estimated fair value of debt is based on then-current market rates for similar debt instruments and is classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

8. Equity

The following table shows a rollforward of the Company’s common stock outstanding since March 31, 2024:

9. Equity Based Compensation

Restricted Stock Awards

A summary of restricted stock activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 is presented below:

As of December 31, 2024, total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards was $32,689.

Performance Awards

The Company granted performance stock awards to certain employees that are subject to both a market-based vesting and a service-based vesting condition (“Performance Awards”). The Performance Awards will vest based upon (i) the market price of HLI Class A common stock achieving certain price thresholds from $150 per share to $230 per share and (ii) continued employment through the date the price target is met (with a minimum offive years of service required after the grant date for vesting). If the price target is met prior to the fifth anniversary of the grant date, the vesting date will be the fifth anniversary of the grant date. Holders of the Performance Awards do not participate in dividends until such awards have met both their market-based and service-based vesting requirements.

Due to the existence of the service requirement, the vesting period for these awards will vary with each respective tranche as the employees must be employed with the Company at the point in which the market requirement is met with a minimum offive years of service required after the grant date for vesting. As such, compensation expense will be recognized ratably for each vesting tranche from the grant date to the end of the employee’s minimum service period. The fair value of the awards granted are based on a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model.

A summary of Performance Award activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 is presented below:

Below is a summary of the grant date fair value based on the Monte Carlo simulation valuation model and the significant assumptions used to estimate the grant date fair value of the Performance Awards granted September 16, 2024:

As of December 31, 2024, total estimated unrecognized expense related to the unvested Performance Awards was $148,008.

10. Compensation and Benefits

The Company has recorded the following amounts related to compensation and benefits:

11. Income Tax

The Company’s effective tax rate used for interim periods is based on an estimated annual effective tax rate including the tax effect of items required to be recorded discretely in the interim period in which those items occur. The effective tax rate is dependent on many factors, including the estimated amount of income subject to income tax; therefore, the effective tax rate can vary from period to period. The Company evaluates the realizability of its deferred tax asset on a quarterly basis and adjusts the valuation allowance when it is more likely than not that all or a portion of the deferred tax asset may not be realized.

The Company’s effective tax rates were 14.1% and 31.4% for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 12.3% and 18.5% for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The effective tax rates were different from the statutory tax rates due to the portion of income allocated to NCI, change in valuation allowance recorded against deferred tax assets and discrete tax adjustments to true-up prior fiscal year estimated investment taxable income to actual investment taxable income reported to the Company after the prior fiscal year end.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company hadno unrecognized tax positions and believes there will be no changes to uncertain tax positions within the next 12 months.

12. Earnings per Share

The following table presents the basic earnings per share ("EPS") for a share of Class A common stock:

Shares of the Company’s Class B common stock do not share in the earnings or losses attributable to HLI, and, therefore, are not participating shares. As a result, a separate presentation of basic and diluted earnings per share of Class B common stock under the two-class method has not been included. Shares of the Company’s Class B common stock are, however, considered potentially dilutive to the Class A common stock because the Class B units to which the Class B common stock corresponds are exchangeable for shares of Class A common stock on aone-for-one basis, at which time the share of Class B common stock is surrendered in exchange for a payment of its par value.

The adjustments to net income for dilutive shares are based upon the additional income that would be allocated to HLI for the change in its ownership percentage due to the dilutive shares and adjusted for the incremental income tax expense related to the additional allocated income. Net income (loss) recorded by HLI on a standalone basis will determine if the Class B and Class C units are dilutive or antidilutive in each respective period.

The following table presents the diluted EPS for a share of Class A common stock:

The following table presents the weighted-average Performance Awards excluded from diluted EPS that would have been antidilutive or for which the market condition has not been achieved as of the period reported:

13. Related Party Transactions

The Company considers its employees, directors, and equity method investments to be related parties.

Revenue and Receivables

The Company has investment management agreements with various specialized funds and customized separate accounts that it manages. The Company earned management and advisory fees from Partnerships of $100,522 and $87,482 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $309,740 and $251,502 for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The Company earned incentive fees from Partnerships of $39,612 and $11,432 for the three months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $123,988 and $46,659 for the nine months ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

Fees receivable from the Partnerships were $112,398 and $91,317 as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively, and are included in fees receivable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

14. Supplemental Cash Flow

15. Commitments and Contingencies

Litigation

In the ordinary course of business, the Company may be subject to various legal, regulatory, and/or administrative proceedings from time to time. Although there can be no assurance of the outcome of such proceedings, in the opinion of management, the Company does not believe it is probable that any pending or, to its knowledge, threatened legal proceeding or claim would individually or in the aggregate materially affect its condensed consolidated financial statements.

Incentive Fees

The Partnerships have allocated carried interest still subject to contingencies that did not meet the Company’s criteria for revenue recognition in the amounts of $1,292,716 and $1,221,488, net of amounts attributable to NCI, at December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively.

If the Company ultimately receives the unrecognized carried interest, a total of $323,179 and $305,372 as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively, would potentially be payable to certain employees and third parties pursuant to compensation arrangements related to carried interest profit-sharing plans. Such amounts have not been recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets or Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as the payment is not yet probable.

Commitments

The Company serves as the investment manager of the Partnerships. The general partner or managing member of each Partnership is generally a separate subsidiary of the Company and has agreed to invest funds on the same basis as the limited partners in most instances. The Company’s aggregate unfunded commitment to the Partnerships was $286,089 and $267,734 as of December 31, 2024 and March 31, 2024, respectively.

In connection with certain of the Company’s strategic technology investments, a percentage of realized gains will be paid to one of our Co-CEOs for overseeing the initial investments and up to 15% may be paid as a discretionary bonus to other employees as those gains are realized. The Company has an unrealized net gain on strategic investments of $34,062 as of December 31, 2024.

The Company offers an Employee Investment Program (“EIP”) through which certain employees are able to invest directly into certain Company managed funds as individual limited partners (“LPs”). The employees also have an option to enter into a loan agreement with the Company or a third-party lender to fund committed capital. The loan is collateralized by the underlying LP’s interest in the fund and return of capital distributions are utilized to pay the outstanding loan balance. The Company entered into a separate agreement with the third-party lender to backstop the employee’s performance under the loan with a commitment to purchase the LP interest from the lender at the greater of fair value or the outstanding balance of the loan in the event of a default by the employee. As of December 31, 2024, the total amount of outstanding loans at the third-party lender under the EIP was $1,203, and the Company believes the risk of default by an employee to be remote.

Leases

The Company’s leases consist primarily of operating leases for office space and office equipment in various locations around the world. Some leases have the option to extend for an additional term or terminate early. Short-term lease costs are not material.

The following table shows lease costs and other supplemental information related to the Company’s operating leases:

As of December 31, 2024, the maturities of operating lease liabilities were as follows:

16. Subsequent Events

Dividend Declared

On February 4, 2025, the Company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.49 per share of Class A common stock to record holders at the close of business on March 14, 2025. The payment date will be April 4, 2025.