Hamilton Lane Incorporated Reports First Quarter Fiscal 2018 Results

Bala Cynwyd, Penn. (Globe Newswire) – Leading private markets asset management firm Hamilton Lane Incorporated (NASDAQ:HLNE) today reported its results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018, the period ended June 30, 2017.

Hamilton Lane CEO Mario Giannini commented: “Our business continues to be well-positioned to serve our clients’ growing needs within the private markets, as evidenced by year-over-year growth in each of our core offerings. Our ability to add new clients, grow existing client relationships and expand our product platform led to meaningful growth in both management and advisory fees during the quarter.

“Throughout our first several months as a public company, we also continued to execute on opportunities to better serve our clients and to reach new clients, through continued global expansion and strategic initiatives in growing areas within the private markets. As we look forward, we believe that the strength in our core business together with the strategic enhancements we have made position the business nicely for continued growth.”

Hamilton Lane issued a full detailed presentation of its first quarter fiscal 2018 results, which can be viewed at http://ir.hamiltonlane.com.

Dividend

Hamilton Lane has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.175 per share of Class A common stock to record holders at the close of business on September 15, 2017. This dividend will be paid on October 2, 2017.

Conference Call

Hamilton Lane will discuss first quarter fiscal 2018 results in a webcast and conference call today, Tuesday, August 8, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The call will be broadcast live via a webcast, which may be accessed on Hamilton Lane’s Investor Relations website. The call may also be accessed by dialing 1-833-231-8267 inside the U.S., or 1-647-689-4112 for international callers. The conference ID is 56087236.

A replay of the webcast will be available on Hamilton Lane’s Investor Relations website approximately two hours after the live broadcast for a period of one year, and can be accessed in the same manner as the live webcast at the Hamilton Lane Investor Relations website.

About Hamilton Lane

Hamilton Lane (NASDAQ:HLNE) is a leading alternative investment management firm providing innovative private markets solutions to sophisticated investors around the world. Dedicated to private markets investing for 26 years, the firm currently employs more than 290 professionals operating in offices throughout the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and the Middle East. With nearly $360 billion in total assets under management and supervision as of June 30, 2017, Hamilton Lane offers a full range of investment products and services that enable clients to participate in the private markets asset class on a global and customized basis. For more information, please visit www.hamiltonlane.com or follow Hamilton Lane on Twitter: @hamilton_lane.

Forward-Looking Statements

Some of the statements in this release may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as “will,” “expect,” “believe” and similar expressions are used 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 our ability to manage growth, fund performance, risk, changes in our regulatory environment and tax status; market conditions generally; our ability to access suitable investment opportunities for our clients; our ability to maintain our fee structure; our ability to attract and retain key employees; our ability to manage our obligations under our debt agreements; defaults by clients and third-party investors on their obligations to us; our ability to comply with investment guidelines set by our clients; our ability to consummate planned acquisitions and successfully integrate the acquired business with ours; the time, expense and effort associated with being a newly public company; and our ability to receive distributions from Hamilton Lane Advisors, L.L.C. to fund our payment of dividends, taxes and other expenses.

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive.  For more information regarding these risks and uncertainties as well as additional risks that 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, 2017 and in our subsequent reports filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included in this release 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.