UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 1, 2021
Hamilton Lane Incorporated
(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-38021 | 26-2482738 | ||||||||||||
| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File No.) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) | ||||||||||||
| One Presidential Blvd., | 4th Floor | ||||||||||||||||
| Bala Cynwyd, | PA | 19004 | |||||||||||||||
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) | ||||||||||||||||
(610) 934-2222
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||||||||||||||||||
| Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share | HLNE | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 8.01. Other Events.
On March 1, 2021, Hamilton Lane Incorporated (the “Company”), Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C. (“HLA”) and certain selling stockholders entered into an underwriting agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (the “Underwriter”) relating to the sale of 1,453,110 shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), of the Company at a price to the Underwriter of $87.36 per share in a registered public offering (the “Offering”). The Offering closed on March 4, 2021. The Company issued and sold 1,358,865 shares of Class A Common Stock, and the selling stockholders sold 94,245 shares, in the aggregate, of Class A Common Stock in the Offering. The Offering generated net proceeds for the Company of $118.7 million and net proceeds for the selling stockholders of $8.2 million. The Company intends to use the proceeds to settle, in cash, exchanges of membership units in HLA by certain of its members. The Company did not receive any proceeds from the sale of shares by the selling stockholders.
The Underwriting Agreement contains customary representations and warranties of the parties, and indemnification and contribution provisions under which the Company, HLA and the selling stockholders have agreed to indemnify the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company has agreed, subject to certain exceptions, not to sell or transfer any shares of Class A Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Class A Common Stock for 75 days after March 1, 2021 without first obtaining the written consent of the Underwriter. The foregoing description is a summary and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Underwriting Agreement filed as Exhibit 1.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
The Offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on September 12, 2018 (File No. 333-227303), a base prospectus included as part of the registration statement, and a prospectus supplement, dated March 1, 2021, filed with the SEC pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act. The Company is filing as Exhibit 5.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K an opinion of its counsel, Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, regarding certain Delaware law issues concerning the shares of Class A Common Stock sold in the Offering.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description | |||||||
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document) | |||||||
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| HAMILTON LANE INCORPORATED | |||||||||||
| Date: March 4, 2021 | |||||||||||
| By: | /s/ Lydia A. Gavalis | ||||||||||
| Name: | Lydia A. Gavalis | ||||||||||
| Title: | General Counsel and Secretary | ||||||||||