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Hamilton Lane INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2025. Filed Feb 3, 2026.

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Dec 31, 2025 · Filed Feb 3, 2026

HLNE$95.87+7.2%Stored close · as of Nov 9, 2026

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

  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, 2025 and March 31, 2025, HLI held approximately 77.3% and 76.6%, respectively, 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 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 the Company has 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, managing member and/or investment manager, of various specialized funds and certain single client separate account entities (“Funds”) that acquire interests in third-party managed investment funds that make private markets and related investments or otherwise invest directly in such investments. The Company, which includes certain subsidiaries that serve as the general partner or managing member of the Funds, may invest its own capital in the Funds and generally makes all investment and/or operating decisions for the Funds. HLA operates several wholly owned entities through which it conducts its foreign operations.

  1. 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 including the accounts of the Company, its wholly owned subsidiaries, and entities that the Company controls, for which all intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation. 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, 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending March 31, 2026. 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, 2025.

Consolidation

The Company consolidates general partnerships and subsidiaries that are wholly owned. Additionally, the Company consolidates Funds (“Consolidated Funds”) and general partner entities that are not wholly-owned (“Partnerships”) over which it exercises control either by holding majority voting interests or as the primary beneficiary, possessing both decision making authority and the right to receive economic benefits. The Consolidated Funds and Partnerships are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The portion of the Consolidated Funds and Partnerships owned by third parties is presented as non-controlling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and income attributable to non-controlling interests in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The assets of the Partnerships represent investments in Funds and the assets of the Consolidated Funds generally represent cash and investments. The assets may only be used to settle obligations of the respective Consolidated Fund or Partnership, if any. In addition, there is no recourse to the Company for the consolidated 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 or holds a majority voting interest, it deconsolidates all the assets and liabilities of the respective Partnership or Consolidated Fund from the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and records any remaining interest in the entity using the equity method within investments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

At each reporting date, the Company determines whether any reconsideration events have occurred that require it to revisit the consolidation analysis and will consolidate or deconsolidate accordingly.

See Note 6 for additional disclosures on variable interest entities (“VIE”).

Accounting for Differing Fiscal Periods

The Funds primarily have a fiscal year end as of December 31, and the Company accounts for its investments in the Funds using a three-month lag due to the timing of financial information received from the investments held by the Funds. The Funds primarily invest in private equity funds, which generally require at least 90 days following the calendar year end to present audited financial statements.

The results of the Consolidated Funds are reported on a three-month lag, due to the timing of the receipt of related financial statements.

The Company records its share of capital contributions to and distributions from the Funds in investments in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets during the three-month lag period.

The Company’s revenue earned from Funds, 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.

Categorization within the fair value hierarchy is based upon the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. For a portion of the Company's investments, net asset value per share (“NAV”) (or its equivalent) is utilized to measure fair value. These investments are considered investment companies, or are the equivalent of investment companies, as they carry all investments at fair value, with unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in fair value reflected in earnings. Investments valued using NAV are excluded from the fair value hierarchy. See Note 5 for further information.

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.

Segments

Financial information, annual operational plans and forecasts are reviewed by the chief operating decision makers (“CODM”) at the consolidated entity level. Consolidated net income is the primary measure of performance used by the CODM to establish objectives and allocate resources, with compensation and benefits being reviewed in more detail as a significant expense. Segment profit and loss is presented in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income, with additional detail provided in Note 10 relating to the significant expenses reviewed by the CODM. The measure of segment assets is not regularly presented to the CODM.

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. 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 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 did not early adopt this standard and will reflect the impact of the new requirements in the current annual financial statements.

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.

In May 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-04, Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718) and Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Clarifications to Share‑Based Consideration Payable to a Customer, which requires entities that issue share‑based consideration to a customer within the scope of Topic 606 to apply the share‑based payment guidance in Topic 718 to measure and classify such awards and clarifies how vesting conditions and expected forfeitures affect the timing and amount of the related reduction of revenue. The amendments in this ASU will be effective for annual periods (including interim periods within annual periods) beginning after December 15, 2026. Early adoption is permitted and is effective on either a modified retrospective or a retrospective basis. The Company elected to early adopt retrospectively during the three months ended December 31, 2025. The adoption of ASU 2025‑04 did not impact prior periods.

In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software (Subtopic 350-40), which modernizes accounting guidance for internal-use software costs. The updated standard reflects current development practices, including agile methodologies, by removing references to “development stages” and clarifying that capitalization begins when management authorizes and commits to funding for a software project, and it is probable the project will be completed and perform its intended function as intended. ASU 2025-06 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently assessing the impact of the new requirements.

In December 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-11, Interim Reporting (Topic 270) Narrow-Scope Improvements, which requires entities that present interim financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP to follow clarified guidance on the form, content, and required disclosures of those interim financial statements, including disclosure of events since the end of the last annual reporting period that have a material impact on the entity. The amendments in this ASU will be effective for interim periods within annual 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.

Reclassifications

In the Investing Activities portion of the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, the Company reclassified Purchase of convertible notes and Purchase of investments into Purchase of Convertible notes and investments, to conform to the current year presentation.There was no impact to prior period amounts reported in our Consolidated Balance Sheets.

  1. Revenue

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

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
Management and advisory fees2025202420252024
Specialized funds$98,530$75,764$271,132$235,866
Customized separate accounts36,10833,926106,454102,136
Advisory4,8105,68115,72717,320
Reporting, monitoring, data and analytics9,3267,10226,36421,225
Distribution management4551,0021,8821,917
Fund reimbursement revenue3,9482,8077,4417,563
Total management and advisory fees$153,177$126,282$429,000$386,027
Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
Incentive fees2025202420252024
Specialized funds$39,449$34,837$109,135$112,913
Customized separate accounts5,9266,33923,05315,248
Consolidated funds and partnerships
Specialized funds378034,239803
Total incentive fees$45,412$41,979$136,427$128,964

Strategic Partnership

On November 2, 2025, the Company entered into a long-term strategic partnership (the “Guardian Transaction”) with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (“Guardian”). Through this partnership the Company will oversee Guardian’s existing private equity portfolio and future commitments to private equity for the next 10 years. On December 31, 2025, the Company issued a warrant related to a maximum of 400,000 shares of its Class A common stock (the“Warrant”) to Guardian in a private placement transaction.

On December 31, 2025, the Company recognized an asset of $8,367 recorded in other assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, associated with the Warrant shares that were vested and exercisable upon issuance, subject to clawback provisions. The asset along with the remaining fair market value of the Warrant will be recognized as a reduction of management fee revenue over the contract performance period as the Company provides the related asset management services.

  1. Investments

Investments consist of the following:

December 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Equity method investments in Funds$529,424$453,636
Other equity method investments—386
Fair value investments10,77712,190
Measurement alternative investments204,555198,142
Total investments$744,756$664,354

Investments of Consolidated Funds and Partnerships consist of the following:

December 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Equity method investments in Funds$21,273$19,292
Fair value investments404,45677,408
Total Investments of Consolidated Funds and Partnerships$425,729$96,700

Equity method investments

The Company’s equity method investments in Funds represent its ownership in certain specialized funds and customized separate accounts. The strategies and geographic location of investments vary by Fund. The Company has a 1% interest in substantially all of the Funds. 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 investments held by 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 $4,635 and $5,079 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. Unrealized gains and losses from investments held by Consolidated Funds are recorded in net gain on investments 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 losses of $188 and $1,036 on fair value investments held as collateral during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, respectively, and a loss of $236 and a gain of $101 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, that are recorded in non-operating gain, net. The Company recognized gains of $188 and $1,036 on the secured financing liability during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025 respectively, and a gain of $236 and a loss of $101 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, that are recorded in non-operating gain, net in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The Company recognizedno gain or loss and a gain of $25 on fair value investments held by Consolidated Funds during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025, respectively, and gains of $28 and $21 during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2024, respectively, that are recorded in net gain on investments in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

Measurement Alternative Investments

The following table summarizes the activity related to the Company’s measurement alternative investments:

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2025202420252024
Carrying amount beginning of the period$203,555$188,922$198,142$175,522
Adjustments related to equity investments:
Purchases1,0002,9556,0007,955
Net change in unrealized gain(1)—724138,472
Carrying amount, end of period$204,555$191,949$204,555$191,949

(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 measurement alternative investments:

December 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Cumulative gross unrealized gains$79,415$79,002
Cumulative gross unrealized losses$(43,289)$(43,289)
  1. Fair Value Measurements

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

As of December 31, 2025
Level 1Level 2Level 3NAV(1)Total
Financial assets:
Fair value investments$—$—$10,777$—$10,777
Consolidated Funds
Fair value investments109,590—3,193291,673404,456
Total financial assets$109,590$—$13,970$291,673$415,233
Financial liabilities:
Secured financing(2)$—$—$10,777$—$10,777
Total financial liabilities$—$—$10,777$—$10,777
As of March 31, 2025
Level 1Level 2Level 3NAV(1)Total
Financial assets:
Fair value investments$—$—$12,190$—$12,190
Consolidated Funds
Fair value investments——3,91673,49277,408
Total financial assets$—$—$16,106$73,492$89,598
Financial liabilities:
Secured financing(2)$—$—$12,190$—$12,190
Total financial liabilities$—$—$12,190$—$12,190

(1)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.

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

The following table lists information regarding all investments recorded at estimated fair value based upon the NAV:

Fair ValueUnfunded Commitment
Direct investment funds$57,007$8,366
Secondary funds234,66668,829
$291,673$77,195

The investments valued under NAV can only be redeemed through distributions received from the liquidation of the underlying investments, and the timing of distributions is currently indeterminable.

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

Private equity fundsDirect equity investmentsTotal investments
Balance as of September 30, 2025$4,484$6,648$11,132
Distributions(4)(163)(167)
Net loss(56)(132)(188)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$4,424$6,353$10,777
Balance as of March 31, 2025$4,265$7,925$12,190
Contributions9—9
Distributions(15)(371)(386)
Net gain (loss)165(1,201)(1,036)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$4,424$6,353$10,777
Private equity fundsDirect equity investmentsTotal investments
Balance as of September 30, 2024$4,608$8,472$13,080
Distributions(52)—(52)
Net loss31(267)(236)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$4,587$8,205$12,792
Balance as of March 31, 2024$5,519$7,552$13,071
Distributions(380)—(380)
Net (loss) gain(552)653101
Balance as of December 31, 2024$4,587$8,205$12,792

The following is a reconciliation of investments held by the Company’s Consolidated Funds and Partnerships for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:

Direct equity investments
Balance as of September 30, 2025$6,490
Contributions960
Transfer out (1)(4,257)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$3,193
Balance as of March 31, 2025$3,916
Contributions5,425
Net gain25
Transfer out(1) (2)(6,173)
Balance as of December 31, 2025$3,193

(1)Transfer out relates to deconsolidation of a previously consolidated fund entity which held Level 3 investments.

(2)Transfer out relates to a change in valuation approach on an equity investment from Level 3 to NAV practical expedient based upon the availability of information.

Direct credit investments
Balance as of September 30, 2024$—
Contributions2,000
Distributions(116)
Net gain28
Balance as of December 31, 2024$1,912
Balance as of March 31, 2024$—
Contributions2,386
Distributions(116)
Net gain21
Transfer out (1)(379)
Balance as of December 31, 2024$1,912

(1)Transfer out relates to deconsolidation of a previously consolidated fund entity which held Level 3 investments.

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, 2025:

Significant
Fair · Valuation · Unobservable · Weighted
Value · Methodology · Inputs · Range · Average
Private equity funds$4,424Adjusted NAVSelected market return2.7%-2.8%2.7%
Direct equity investments$6,353Adjusted NAVSelected market return2.8%-3.0%2.9%
Investments held by Consolidated Funds
Direct equity investments$3,193Recent precedent transactions

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

  1. 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 the Funds 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 Funds 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 following table presents the assets and liabilities of consolidated VIEs that are included in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

December 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Assets of Consolidated Funds and Partnerships:
Cash and cash equivalents$—$48,112
Investments397,31096,700
Other assets439460
Total assets$397,749$145,272
Liabilities of Consolidated Funds and Partnerships:
Subscriptions in advance$31,792$—
Other liabilities18,408922
Total liabilities$50,200$922

Non-consolidated Variable Interest Entities

Certain Funds 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, 2025, the total remaining unfunded commitments to the non-consolidated VIEs was $165,147. 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 Funds.

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:

December 31, 2025March 31, 2025
Investments$279,782$256,350
Fees receivable48,04948,601
Due from related parties12,8094,723
Total VIE Assets340,640309,674
Less: Non-controlling interests(2,218)(2,497)
Maximum exposure to loss$338,422$307,177
  1. Debt

The Company’s debt consisted of the following:

As of December 31, 2025As of March 31, 2025
Principal OutstandingCarrying ValueInterest RatePrincipal OutstandingCarrying ValueInterest Rate
Term Loan$84,375$84,0535.50%$93,125$92,7366.25%
2020 Multi-Draw Facility97,50097,2393.50%100,00099,6913.50%
Senior Notes100,00098,2235.28%100,00097,8765.28%
Total Debt$281,875$279,515$293,125$290,303

The carrying value of the Company’s Term Loan with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025 approximated fair value. The 2020 multi-draw facility had an estimated fair value of $94,712 and $99,305 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. The Company’s 5.28% Senior Notes due October 15, 2029 had an estimated fair value of $96,903 and $99,222 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively. 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.

On October 1, 2025, we amended our existing 2022 Multi-Draw Term Loan Agreement. The amendment included a decrease in the aggregate principal amount available to be borrowed from $75,000 to $50,000, changed dates related to principal and interest payments and changed interest rates for borrowings to the greater of the prime rate minus 1.35% or 3.00%. As of December 31, 2025 we did not have an outstanding balance under the 2022 Multi-Draw Term Loan Agreement.

  1. Equity

The following table shows a rollforward of the Company’s common stock outstanding since March 31, 2025:

Class A Common StockClass B Common Stock
March 31, 202543,497,53812,178,412
Shares issued (repurchased) in connection with offerings378,705(341,962)
Awards granted125,703—
Shares issued pursuant to Employee Share Purchase Plan20,570—
Forfeitures(61,140)—
Shares repurchased for employee tax withholdings(10,220)—
December 31, 202543,951,15611,836,450

September 2025 Offering

In September 2025, the Company and a selling stockholder completed a registered offering of an aggregate of 528,705 shares of Class A common stock at a price to the underwriter of $146.51 per share (the “September 2025 Offering”). The shares sold consisted of 150,000 shares held by the selling stockholder and 378,705 shares newly issued by the Company. The Company received $55,484 in net proceeds from the sale of its shares and used all of the proceeds to settle exchanges of a total of 341,962 Class B units and 36,743 Class C units by certain members of HLA. In connection with the exchange of the Class B units, the Company also repurchased for par value and canceled a corresponding number of shares of Class B common stock. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholder.

Warrant Instrument

In connection with the Guardian Transaction, the Company issued the Warrant allowing for purchases of up to 400,000 shares of Class A common stock, with a grant date fair value of $19,618. The Warrant will expire on February 29, 2036. The Company accounts for the Warrant as equity as it is indexed to the Company’s common stock and can only be settled in cash at the Company’s election.

Upon issuance,150,000 shares with a weighted average exercise price of $131.56 per share became exercisable. The remaining shares will vest evenly over a 10 year period subject to minimum annual contract commitments.

The fair value of the Warrant was estimated using a Black-Scholes valuation method using the following assumptions:

Closing share price as of grant date$132.24
Weighted average exercise price$161.46
Risk Free Rate4.18%
Dividend rate1.63%
Volatility (1)35.00%
Expected term10.2 years

(1)The Company estimates expected volatility based on the historic volatility of its own Class A common stock.

  1. Equity Based Compensation

Restricted Stock Awards

A summary of restricted stock activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 is presented below:

TotalUnvestedWeighted-AverageGrant-DateFair Value ofAward
March 31, 2025506,550$114.15
Granted19,958$141.73
Vested(38,719)$123.99
Forfeited(19,495)$127.30
December 31, 2025468,294$113.93

As of December 31, 2025, total unrecognized compensation expense related to restricted stock awards was $40,847.

Performance Awards

The Company grants performance stock awards to certain employees that are subject to both a market-based vesting and a service-based vesting condition (“Performance Awards”). Holders of Performance Awards do not participate in dividends until both their market-based and service-based vesting requirements have been met. Due to the existence of the service requirements on Performance Awards, compensation expense is recognized ratably over the respective minimum service periods from the grant date through the vesting date. The fair values of Performance Awards are based on a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model.

The Performance Awards granted on September 16, 2025 will vest based upon (i) achieving a compound annual growth rate of total shareholder return of at least 8% as of September 16, 2030 and (ii) continued employment through September 16, 2030.

A summary of performance award activity for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 is presented below:

TotalUnvestedWeighted-AverageGrant-DateFair Value ofAward
March 31, 20251,616,282$101.01
Granted105,745$75.27
Forfeited(41,645)$35.43
December 31, 20251,680,382$101.01

As of December 31, 2025, the unrecognized compensation expense related to the performance awards was $122,223.

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 on September 16, 2025.

Grant Date Fair Value$75.27
Closing share price as of grant date$147.58
Risk Free Rate3.6%
Volatility(1)35.0%
Dividend Yield1.5%

(1)The Company estimates expected volatility based on the historic volatility of its own Class A common stock.

  1. Compensation and Benefits

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

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2025202420252024
Base compensation and benefits$60,886$39,633$170,133$143,495
Incentive fee compensation4,06710,48716,17232,233
Equity-based compensation12,99111,78538,18019,681
Total compensation and benefits$77,944$61,905$224,485$195,409
  1. 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 22.7% and 14.1% for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and 17.9% and 12.3% for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The effective tax rates were different from the statutory tax rates due to 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.

In connection with the September 2025 Offering and related unit exchanges, the Company recognized a deferred tax asset of $12,455, presented net of a valuation allowance of $1,584 for the portion of tax benefits for which realization is not more likely than not. In conjunction with this recognition, the Company also recorded a payable to related parties of $10,512 pursuant to the tax receivable agreement, recognized through equity.

During the nine months ended December 31, 2025, the Company paid $12,000 of tax receivable agreement payments.

As of December 31, 2025, the Company hadno unrecognized tax positions and believes there will be no changes to uncertain tax positions within the next 12 months.

In December 2021, 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. As of December 31, 2025, the Company is not subject to the Pillar Two model rules and will continue to monitor legislative developments and the potential impact on future periods.

On July 4, 2025, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (“OBBBA”) was signed into law in the United States. The OBBBA contains several provisions revising the U.S. federal corporate income tax by, among other things, extending many expiring provisions from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, modifying the international tax framework, and restoring favorable tax treatment for certain business provisions. As of December 31, 2025, the OBBBA did not have a material impact on the Company’s income tax expense.

  1. Earnings per Share

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

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2025202420252024
Net income attributable to HLI$58,372$52,972$183,007$166,918
Weighted Average Shares41,795,34339,722,78041,556,57739,707,732
Basic EPS of Class A common stock$1.40$1.33$4.40$4.20

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

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2025202420252024
Numerator
Net income attributable to Class A common stockholders - basic$58,372$52,972$183,007$166,918
Adjustments to net income:
Assumed vesting of employee awards114174422474
Assumed conversion of Class B and Class C units16,08718,50753,30758,354
Net income attributable to Class A common stockholders$74,573$71,653$236,736$225,746
Denominator
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding - basic41,795,34339,722,78041,556,57739,707,732
Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities:
Assumed vesting of employee awards387,405509,110427,702438,571
Assumed conversion of Class B and Class C units12,280,78914,221,77512,495,61814,221,775
Weighted-average shares of Class A common stock outstanding54,463,53754,453,66554,479,89754,368,078
Diluted EPS of Class A common stock$1.37$1.32$4.35$4.15

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 weighted-average Performance Awards and the Warrant shares excluded from diluted EPS that would have been antidilutive or for which the market or performance conditions have not been achieved as of the period reported:

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
Shares2025202420252024
Performance Awards1,392,8691,298,8781,334,201602,698
Warrant shares4,348—1,455—
  1. Related Party Transactions

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

Revenue and Receivables

The Company earned management and advisory fees from Funds of $127,313 and $100,522 for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $351,056 and $309,740 for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively. The Company earned incentive fees from Funds of $42,404 and $39,612 for the three months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $130,721 and $123,988 for the nine months ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Fees receivable from the Funds were $145,990 and $156,776 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively, and are included in fees receivable in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

Sale of Consolidated Fund

On October 23, 2025, the Company completed the sale of its interests in a wholly-owned Consolidated Fund to a Fund that the Company manages for $92,278 in cash. As a result of the sale, the Company derecognized all of the assets and liabilities of the Consolidated Fund, including $70,143 of cash held by the Consolidated Fund, during the three and nine months ended December 31, 2025. After the deconsolidation, the Company did not retain an equity interest but remains the investment manager of the fund.

  1. Supplemental Cash Flow
Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
20252024
Non-cash operating activities:
Establishment of lease liability in exchange for right of use asset$7,030$3,578
Deconsolidation of fund net (assets)/ liabilities$—$(3,568)
Non-cash investing activities:
Investments purchased by Consolidated Fund not yet paid$(9,546)$—
Deconsolidation of investments held by deconsolidated fund$23,846$9,758
Transfer of equity method investment in funds from deconsolidated fund$—$27,240
Conversion of note receivable$—$2,161
Non-cash financing activities:
Dividends declared but not paid$22,569$19,464
Member distributions declared but not paid$23,875$14,377
Establishment of payable to related parties pursuant to tax receivable agreement$10,512$—
Warrant related asset$8,367$—
  1. 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 Funds have allocated carried interest still subject to contingencies that did not meet the Company’s criteria for revenue recognition in the amounts of $1,492,751 and $1,260,277, net of amounts attributable to NCI, at December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively.

If the Company ultimately receives the unrecognized carried interest, a total of $373,188 and $315,069 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, 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.

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:

Three Months EndedDecember 31,Nine Months EndedDecember 31,
2025202420252024
Operating lease costs$2,282$2,396$6,955$6,974
Variable lease costs$538$394$1,616$1,182
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities$2,446$2,318$7,074$6,811
December 31, 2025 · March 31, 2025
Weighted average remaining lease term (in years)10.711.6
Weighted average discount rate3.7%3.5%

As of December 31, 2025, the maturities of operating lease liabilities were as follows:

Remainder of FY2026$2,472
FY202710,010
FY20289,426
FY20298,577
FY20308,073
Thereafter56,001
Total lease payments$94,559
Less: imputed interest(14,235)
Total operating lease liabilities$80,324

Commitments

The Company serves as the investment manager of the Funds. The general partner or managing member of each Fund 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 Funds was $269,521 and $312,215 as of December 31, 2025 and March 31, 2025, respectively.

In connection with certain of the Company’s strategic technology investments, a percentage of realized gains will be paid to one of the Company’s 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 $34,086 as of December 31, 2025.

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, 2025 and March 31, 2025, the total amount of outstanding loans at the third-party lender under the EIP were $1,409 and $1,280, respectively, and the Company believes the risk of default by an employee to be remote.

  1. Subsequent Events

Dividend Declared

On February 3, 2026, the Company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.54 per share of Class A common stock to record holders at the close of business on March 20, 2026. The payment date will be April 6, 2026.

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