Hamilton Lane INC

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2025

or

For the transition period from _______________________ to ___________________________

Commission File Number 001-38021

HAMILTON LANE INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

(610)934-2222

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x Noo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes x Noo

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes☐ Nox

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: As of November 3, 2025, there were 43,967,288 shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock, par value $0.001, and 11,836,450 shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock, par value $0.001, outstanding.

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This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) includes certain information regarding the historical performance of our specialized funds and customized separate accounts. An investment in shares of our Class A common stock is not an investment in our specialized funds or customized separate accounts. In considering the performance information relating to our specialized funds and customized separate accounts contained herein, current and prospective Class A common stockholders should bear in mind that the performance of our specialized funds and customized separate accounts is not indicative of the possible performance of shares of our Class A common stock and is also not necessarily indicative of the future results of our specialized funds or customized separate accounts, even if fund investments were in fact liquidated on the dates indicated, and there can be no assurance that our specialized funds or customized separate accounts will continue to achieve, or that future specialized funds and customized separate accounts will achieve, comparable results. Please note that nothing in this Form 10-Q represents an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase, interests in any of Hamilton Lane’s products.

We own or have a license to the trademarks, service marks or trade names that we use in connection with the operation of our business. In addition, our trade names, logos and website names and URL addresses are owned by us or have been licensed to us. We also own or have a license to the copyrights that protect the content of our solutions. Solely for convenience, the trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights referred to in this Form 10-Q are listed without the ©, ® and ™ symbols, but we will assert, to the fullest extent under applicable law, our rights or the rights of the applicable licensors to these trademarks, service marks, trade names and copyrights.

This Form 10-Q may include trademarks, service marks or trade names of other companies. Our use or display of other parties’ trademarks, service marks, trade names or products is not intended to, and does not imply a relationship with, or endorsement or sponsorship of us by, the trademark, service mark or trade name owners.

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, all references in this Form 10-Q to “we,” “us,” “our,” the “Company,” “Hamilton Lane” and similar terms refer to Hamilton Lane Incorporated and its consolidated subsidiaries. As used in this Form 10-Q, (i) the term “HLA” refers to Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C. and (ii) the terms “Hamilton Lane Incorporated” and “HLI” refer solely to Hamilton Lane Incorporated, a Delaware corporation, and not to any of its subsidiaries.

Available Information

Our website is located at www.hamiltonlane.com, and the Shareholders page of our website is located at https://shareholders.hamiltonlane.com. We are subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and file or furnish reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). Our Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K, proxy statements, statements of changes in beneficial ownership and amendments to those reports are available for free on the Shareholders page of our website as soon as reasonably practicable after we electronically file them with, or furnish them to, the SEC. We also make certain corporate governance documents available on the Shareholders page of our website, including board committee charters and our code of conduct and ethics. In addition, the SEC maintains a website (www.sec.gov) that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC.

We webcast our earnings calls and certain events we participate in or host with members of the investment community on the Shareholders page of our website. We may use our website (www.hamiltonlane.com), including pages therein related to our various strategies and funds, and LinkedIn account as channels of distribution of Company information. The information we post through these channels may be deemed material. Accordingly, investors should monitor these channels, in addition to following our press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. Additionally, we provide notifications of news or announcements regarding our financial performance, including SEC filings, investor events, press and earnings releases as part of the Shareholders page of our website. Investors and others can receive notifications of new information posted on the Shareholders page of our website in real time by subscribing to email alerts.

The contents of our website are not incorporated by reference into this Form 10-Q or in any other report or document we file with the SEC, and any references to our website are intended to be inactive textual references only.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Information

Some of the statements in this Form 10-Q may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), Section 21E of the Exchange Act and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan” and similar expressions, or the negative version of these words or other comparable words, are intended to identify these forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements discuss management’s current expectations and projections relating to our financial position, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. All forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause actual results to be materially different, including, risks relating to: the historical performance of our investments may not be indicative of future results or future returns on our Class A common stock; our ability to identify suitable investment opportunities for our clients; intense competition in our industry, including competition for access to investments and for customized separate account and advisory clients; customized separate account and advisory account fee revenue is not a long-term contracted source of revenue; our ability to appropriately deal with conflicts of interest; our ability to retain our senior management team and attract additional qualified investment professionals; our ability to expand our business and formulate new business strategies; our ability to manage our obligations under our debt agreements; volatile market, economic and geopolitical conditions, which can adversely affect our business and the investments made by our funds or accounts; defaults by clients and third-party investors on their obligations to fund commitments; our ability to comply with the investment guidelines set by our clients; the exercise of redemption or repurchase rights by investors in certain of our funds; extensive government regulation, compliance failures and changes in law or regulation could adversely affect us; our ability to maintain our desired fee structure; failure to maintain the security of our information technology networks, or those of our third-party service providers, or data security breaches; our only material asset is our interest in Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C., and we are accordingly dependent upon distributions from such entity to pay dividends, taxes and other expenses.

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included herein and in our other periodic filings. For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as additional risks we face, you should refer to the “Risk Factors” detailed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025 (our “2025 Form 10-K”) and in our subsequent reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), which are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information or future events, except as otherwise required by law.