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[The following presentation regarding Proposal II in Heidrick & Struggles Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated April 23, 2007 is being provided by Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. to certain holders of Heidrick & Struggles common stock.]
Proposal II Overview |
1 Overview Current program was approved by shareholders in 1998 and amended in 2000, 2001 and 2002 Seeking shareholder approval for more shares given: No new awards may be granted after June 8, 2008 As of the record date, there were 619,672 shares remaining available for future awards 2007 Program Increase the total number of shares available for future grants to 2M in total Include shareholder friendly provisions |
2 Preliminary ISS Modeling Results To meet ISS standards, Heidricks shareholder value transfer cannot exceed the ISS allowable cap set at 10% Heidrick is at 16% 10% 19% 16% 24% ISS Cap for HSII Korn/Ferry (1) HSII - Current HSII - With 2M Pool ISS Shareholder Value Transfer Test (1) Estimate since ISS model is closed Heidricks GlobalShare Progam Does not Meet ISS Standards² Our inability to meet ISS Standards is due to the ISS Peer Group which is too broad and not focused on Human Capital companies ² Note that Heidrick would also need to pass three other tests to meet the overall ISS Standards (Heidrick meets the pay for performance and repricing tests but does not currently meet the burn
rate test) |
3 At Issue: Definition of Relevant Peer Group The Corporate Executive Board Gartner Group Sothebys Holdings, Inc. Watson Wyatt Resources Connection FTI Consulting Navigant Consulting The Advisory Board Korn/Ferry CRA International Kforce Keane LECG Corp Hudson Highland Group Diamond Mgmt & Tech Consultants First Consulting Group ISS Peer Group All Commercial Services & Supplies Companies (20201 GICS Code) Includes over 200 companies ranging in size from $1 million to $27 billion in revenue Includes companies in the sub-industry sectors of Commercial Printing, Diversified Commercial Services, Employment Services, Environmental Services & Office Services & Supplies Company examples include: Aramark R.R. Donnelley & Sons Pitney Bowes United Stationers Brinks Co Acco Brands Corp Equifax Unlike Mercers Peer Group, the ISS Peer Group is too broad and not focused on Human Capital related companies Mercer Peer Group - 16 Human Capital Intensive Companies |
4 Peer Group Overview- Total Potential Dilution 22% 17% 22% 21% 19% 15% 25th %ile 50th %ile 75th %ile Korn/Ferry Current With New Plan Mercer Peer Group- 2006 Heidrick Heidricks total potential dilution (even with the new share request) is in line with its peers Total Potential Dilution Equal to the total number of RSUs and options outstanding plus shares available for future grants divided by the average number of fully diluted common shares outstanding |
5 Other Key Factors As a professional services firm, the use of equity is necessary to attract, motivate and retain the highest caliber of consultants required to maintain our strong brand In 2005, the company started to pay a portion of consultants bonuses in RSUs in an effort to retain them and better align their interests with those of our shareholders Top performing employees at all levels were rewarded with equity in 2006 and 2007 |
6 Other Key Factors (continued) The Share Repurchase Program has been well received by our shareholders and accretive although this has negatively impacted Heidricks total dilution levels The amended GlobalShare Program contains many shareholder friendly provisions Heidrick will start actively managing its annual equity usage rate by decreasing it to approximately 3% by 2009 |