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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-146029
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		6
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240523
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240523
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20240523

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001066605
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES [7361]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	07 Trade & Services
		IRS NUMBER:				362681268
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-279680
		FILM NUMBER:		24978926

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 S WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606-6303
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3124961200

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		233 S WACKER DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 4900
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May&nbsp;23, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right"><B>Registration <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:3.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>UNITED STATES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FORM <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>UNDER </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 </I></B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:22pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>HEIDRICK&nbsp;&amp; STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>Delaware</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">36-2681268</FONT></B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(State or other jurisdiction of</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>incorporation or organization)</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(I.R.S. Employer</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Identification No.)</B></P></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>233 South Wacker Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 4900 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago,
Illinois 60606-6303 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fifth Amended and Restated Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2012 GlobalShare Program </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Full title of the plan) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Tracey Heaton </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chief
Legal Officer&nbsp;&amp; Corporate Secretary </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>233 South Wacker Drive </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Suite 4900 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago,
Illinois 60606-6303 </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">496-1200</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service) </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>Copy to: </I></B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Joseph
P. Michaels </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Sidley Austin LLP </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One South Dearborn </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Chicago, Illinois 60603 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(312) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">853-7000</FONT> </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-accelerated</FONT> filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of &#147;large accelerated
filer,&#148; &#147;accelerated filer,&#148; &#147;smaller reporting company,&#148; and &#147;emerging growth company&#148; in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">12b-2</FONT> of the Exchange Act. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&#9744;</TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">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&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>EXPLANATORY NOTE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (this &#147;Registration Statement&#148;) is being filed by
Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc. (the &#147;Registrant&#148;) pursuant to General Instruction E of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> under the Securities Act to register an additional 649,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) for issuance pursuant to the Fifth Amended and Restated Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program (the &#147;Program&#148;). The contents of the Registrant&#146;s Registration
Statements on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;Commission&#148;) on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312512249396/d358759ds8.htm">May&nbsp;
25, 2012 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-181712)</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312518184458/d595595ds8.htm">June&nbsp;5, 2018 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-225436)</FONT></A>, <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312520174987/d907118ds8.htm">June&nbsp;22, 2020 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;
333-239337)</FONT></A>, and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312523166882/d515986ds8.htm">June&nbsp;14, 2023 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-272643)</FONT></A> relating to the Program are incorporated
by reference into this Registration Statement, including all attachments and exhibits thereto, except to the extent supplemented, amended or superseded by the information set forth herein. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART I </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All information required by Part I to be contained in the prospectus is omitted from this
Registration Statement in accordance with the explanatory note to Part I of Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;). Documents containing the
information required by Part I of the Registration Statement will be sent or given to Program participants as specified by Rule 428(b)(1) under the Securities Act. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PART II </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660524000008/hsii-20231231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on March&nbsp;4, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660524000018/hsii-20240331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2024, filed with the Commission on May&nbsp;6, 2024; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Registrant&#146;s Current Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312524012711/d665413d8k.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K</FONT></A>, filed with the Commission on January&nbsp;23, 2024; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the description of the Registrant&#146;s Common Stock contained in the Registrant&#146;s Registration Statement
on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/0000950130-99-002326.txt">Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-A</FONT></A>, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;21, 1999, and any subsequent amendment or report filed for the purpose
of updating that description, including <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660520000005/hsii-123119x10kexhibit41.htm">Exhibit 4.02</A> to the Registrant&#146;s Annual Report on Form
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2019. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, all reports and documents filed by the Registrant with the Commission pursuant
to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered have been sold or which
deregisters all securities then remaining unsold will be deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be part hereof from the date of filing of such documents. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any statement contained in the documents incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement shall be deemed
to be modified, superseded or replaced for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement modifies, supersedes or replaces such statement. Any such statement so modified, superseded or replaced shall not be deemed, except as so modified, superseded or replaced, to constitute a part of this Registration
Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission,
unless the Registrant explicitly provides otherwise. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Item&#8201;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660520000015/hsii-03312020exhibit301.htm">Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant&#146;s
 Quarterly Report on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2020, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;27, 2020 (File
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-25837))&nbsp;</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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 Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed with the Commission on December&nbsp;19, 2022 (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-25837))&nbsp;</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of
the requirements for filing on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> and has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, on
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>HEIDRICK&nbsp;&amp; STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, the undersigned hereby constitute and appoint Tracey Heaton and Antony Gabriel, and each of them, his or
her true and lawful <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorney-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agent, each with full power of substitution and resubstitution, and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments) to this Registration Statement, or any related registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act, and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to
do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">attorneys-in-fact</FONT></FONT> and agents, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. This Power of Attorney may be signed in several
counterparts. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED HEIDRICK&nbsp;&amp; STRUGGLES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>2012 GLOBALSHARE PROGRAM </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PURPOSE OF THE PROGRAM. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The purpose of this Program is to aid the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates in securing and retaining
members of the Board, and certain key employees of, and independent contractors to, the Company, its Subsidiaries and Affiliates and to motivate such individuals to exert their best efforts on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries and
Affiliates by providing incentives through the granting of Awards. The Company expects that it will benefit from the added interest which such individuals will have in the welfare of the Company as a result of their proprietary interest in the
Company&#146;s success. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following capitalized terms used in this Program have the respective meanings set forth in this Section: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ACT: The Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any successor thereto. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AFFILIATE: Any entity in which the Company, directly or indirectly, has at least a five percent ownership
interest. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AWARD: The grant of an Option, Stock Appreciation Right or Other Stock-Based Award pursuant to such terms,
conditions, requirements and limitations as the Committee may establish in order to fulfill the objectives of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AWARD AGREEMENT: Either (i)&nbsp;a written agreement entered into by the Company and a Participant setting
forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under this Program, or (ii)&nbsp;a written or electronic statement issued by the Company to a Participant describing the terms and provisions of such Award, including any amendment or
modification thereof. The Committee may provide for the use of electronic, internet or other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-paper</FONT> Award Agreements, and the use of electronic, internet or other
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-paper</FONT> means for the acceptance thereof and actions thereunder by a Participant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">BENEFICIAL OWNER: As such term is defined in Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">13d-3</FONT> under the Act
(or any successor rule thereto). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">BOARD: The Board of Directors of the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(g)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CAUSE: (i)&nbsp;the willful and continued failure by the Participant to substantially perform his or her duties
and obligations to the Company (other than any such failure resulting from any physical or mental condition, whether or not such condition constitutes a Disability) or (ii)&nbsp;the willful engaging by the Participant in misconduct that is
materially injurious to the Company, monetarily or otherwise. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(h)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CHANGE IN CONTROL: The occurrence of any of the following events: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">any Person (other than the Company, any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit
plan of the Company, or any company owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company), becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of
securities of the Company representing 30% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s then outstanding securities; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">during any period of 24 months, individuals who, at the beginning of such period, constitute the Board, and any
new director (other than (A)&nbsp;a director nominated by a Person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 2(h)(i), (iii) or (iv)&nbsp;hereof, (B) a director nominated or proposed by any
Person who has publicly announced or advised the Company of an intention to take or to consider taking actions (including, but not limited to, an actual or threatened proxy contest) which, if consummated, would constitute a Change in Control, or
(C)&nbsp;a director nominated by any Person who is the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 10% or more of the combined voting power of the Company&#146;s securities) whose election by the Board or
nomination for election by the Company&#146;s stockholders was approved in advance by a vote of at least <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-thirds</FONT> of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the
period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority thereof; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the consummation of any transaction or series of transactions under which the Company is merged or consolidated
with any other company (other than a merger or consolidation (A)&nbsp;which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted
into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent corporation) more than 66 2/3% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent corporation outstanding immediately after such
merger or consolidation and (B)&nbsp;after which no Person holds 30% or more of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent corporation); or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the consummation of a plan of complete liquidation of the Company or of a sale or disposition by the Company of
all or substantially all of the Company&#146;s assets. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Change in Control shall not
occur with respect to a Participant by reason of any event which would otherwise constitute a Change in Control if, immediately after the occurrence of such event, (x)&nbsp;the Company ceases to be subject to the requirement to file reports pursuant
to Section&nbsp;13 or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Act and no more than 50% of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or any acquiror or successor to substantially all of the business of the Company is owned, directly or indirectly,
by any entity subject to such requirements and (y)&nbsp;individuals (which may or may not include the Participant) who were executive officers of the Company immediately prior to the occurrence of such event, own, directly or indirectly, on a fully
diluted basis, (A)&nbsp;25% or more of the then outstanding shares of common stock of the Company or any acquiror or successor to substantially all of the business of the Company or (B)&nbsp;25% or more of the combined voting power of the then
outstanding voting securities of the Company or any acquiror or successor to substantially all of the business of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any nonqualified deferred compensation that becomes payable on account of the
Change in Control, the transaction or event described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (iv)&nbsp;also constitutes a &#147;change in control event,&#148; as defined in Treasury Regulation <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#167;1.409A-3(i)(5)</FONT> if
required in order for the payment not to violate Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CODE: The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor thereto. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(j)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">COMMITTEE: The Human Resources and Compensation Committee of the Board. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(k)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">COMPANY: Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc. a Delaware corporation, and any successor thereto.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(l)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">DISABILITY: (i)&nbsp;a physical or mental condition entitling the Company to terminate the Participant&#146;s
employment pursuant to an employment agreement between the Participant and the Company or (ii)&nbsp;in the absence of such a provision, a physical or mental incapacity of a Participant which would entitle the Participant to benefits under the long
term disability plan maintained by the Company for its U.S. employees as in effect immediately prior to a Change in Control (regardless of whether the Participant is actually covered by such plan). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(m)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EFFECTIVE DATE: The date on which the Program takes effect, as defined pursuant to Section&nbsp;28 of this
Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(n)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">FAIR MARKET VALUE: A price that is based on the opening, closing, actual, high, low, or average selling price
of a Share as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market (or such market in which such prices are regularly reported) on the applicable date, the preceding trading day, the next succeeding trading day, or an average of trading days, as determined by the
Committee in its discretion. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, as of any date, the Fair Market Value shall be the per Share closing price on such date as reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market (or such market in which such prices are regularly
reported). If no sale of Shares shall have been reported on the Nasdaq Stock Market on such date, then the immediately preceding date on which sales of the Shares have been so reported shall be used. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">GOOD REASON: Without a Participant&#146;s express written consent, the occurrence of any of the following
events: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a material diminution in the duties or responsibilities of the Participant; </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a material reduction by the Company of the Participant&#146;s base salary or annual bonus opportunity;
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the failure by the Company to pay the Participant his or her current compensation, or any compensation deferred
under any plan, agreement or arrangement of or with the Company, when such compensation is due; or </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">a change in the Participant&#146;s principal work location to a location that is more than 50 miles from the
Participant&#146;s principal work location immediately prior to such change; </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Participant must deliver notice to the
Company no later than 90 days following the occurrence of the circumstances that constitute Good Reason. The Company shall be provided a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> period following the receipt of such notice to cure the
circumstances that give rise to Good Reason. If, during the cure period, such circumstances are remedied, the Participant will not be permitted to terminate employment for Good Reason as a result of such circumstances. If, at the end of the cure
period, the circumstances that constitutes Good Reason have not been remedied, the Participant will be entitled to terminate employment for Good Reason during the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> period that follows the end of the cure
period. If the Participant does not terminate employment during such <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">30-day</FONT> period, the Participant will not be permitted to terminate employment for Good Reason as a result of such circumstances. </P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(p)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION: An Option granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;7 of this Program that meets the
requirements of Section&nbsp;422(b) of the Code. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(q)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">NON-QUALIFIED</FONT> STOCK OPTION: An Option granted pursuant to
Section&nbsp;7 of this Program that is not an Incentive Stock Option. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(r)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">OPTION: A stock option granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;7 of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">OPTION PRICE: The purchase price per Share of an Option, as determined pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(b) of this
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(t)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS: Awards granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;9 of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(u)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PARTICIPANT: An individual who is selected by the Committee to participate in this Program pursuant to
Section&nbsp;6 of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(v)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS: Certain Other Stock-Based Awards granted in accordance with Section&nbsp;10 of this
Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(w)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERSON: As such term is defined in Section&nbsp;3 of the Act or as such term is used for purposes of
Section&nbsp;13(d) or 14(d) of the Act (or any successor section thereto). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(x)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PROGRAM: This Fifth Amended and Restated Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program, as it may be
amended from time to time. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(y)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">SHARE: A share of common stock, par value $0.01 per Share, of the Company. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(z)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHT: A right granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;8 of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(aa)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">SUBSIDIARY: A subsidiary corporation, as defined in Section&nbsp;424(f) of the Code (or any successor section
thereto). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(bb)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMINATION DATE: The effective date of a Participant&#146;s termination of employment, provided that for
Awards that become payable upon the Participant&#146;s termination of employment, for any Awards subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the &#147;Termination Date&#148; shall be the date of the Participant&#146;s &#147;separation from
service&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code to the extent necessary to comply with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PROGRAM. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TOTAL NUMBER OF SHARES. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Program, the total number of Shares
authorized or reserved for issuance with respect to Awards granted under this Program shall be 5,059,000&nbsp;Shares (comprised of (i)&nbsp;the 1,300,000 Shares authorized under this Program as originally adopted (the &#147;2012 Program&#148;); (ii)
an additional 700,000 Shares authorized by stockholders under the amended and restated Program effective May&nbsp;24, 2014 (the &#147;Amended and Restated 2012 Program&#148;); (iii) an additional 850,000 Shares authorized by stockholders under the
amended and restated Program effective May&nbsp;24, 2018 (the &#147;Second Amended and Restated 2012 Program&#148;); (iv) an additional 500,000 Shares authorized by stockholders under the amended and restated Program effective May&nbsp;28, 2020 (the
&#147;Third Amended and Restated 2012 Program&#148;); (v) an additional 1,060,000 Shares authorized by stockholders under the amended and restated Program effective May&nbsp;25, 2023 (the &#147;Fourth Amended and Restated 2012 Program&#148;); and
(vi)&nbsp;an additional 649,000 Shares authorized in this amendment and restatement of this Program), subject to adjustment as provided in Section&nbsp;12 herein. Such Shares may consist, in whole or in part, of authorized and unissued Shares,
treasury Shares, or Shares which are authorized and issued and have been acquired by or on behalf of the Company or this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AVAILABLE SHARES. The issuance of Shares shall reduce the total number of Shares available under this Program.
Shares subject to Awards, except Awards granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;22 of this Program, which are forfeited, terminated, or expire unexercised, or which are settled in cash, may be granted again under this Program. The number of Shares
delivered by a Participant or withheld by the Company on behalf of any such Participant as full or partial payment of an Award, including the exercise price of an Option or of any required withholding taxes, shall not be available for issuance
pursuant to subsequent Awards, and shall count towards the aggregate </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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number of Shares that have been issued under this Program. In addition, Shares that were subject to an Option or stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right and were not issued or delivered upon the
net settlement or net exercise of such Option or Stock Appreciation Right and Shares repurchased by the Company on the open market with the proceeds of an Option exercise shall not be available for issuance pursuant to subsequent Awards, and shall
count towards the aggregate number of Shares that have been issued under this Program. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AWARD LIMITATIONS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. The total number of Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options may be
granted shall not exceed 1,300,000. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">MINIMUM VESTING. Except as otherwise provided in this Section&nbsp;4(b) and with respect to Awards granted
pursuant to Section&nbsp;22 of this Program, all Awards must be granted with a Vesting Schedule (as defined below) that does not provide for such Award, or any portion thereof, to Vest (as defined below) prior to the first anniversary of such
Award&#146;s date of grant, <U>provided</U>, that the following Awards shall not be subject to the foregoing minimum vesting requirement: any (i)&nbsp;Shares delivered in lieu of fully vested cash obligations; (ii)&nbsp;Awards to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> directors that vest on earlier of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">one-year</FONT> anniversary of the date of grant and the next annual meeting of stockholders which is at least 50 weeks after the
immediately preceding year&#146;s annual meeting, and (iii)&nbsp;any additional Awards the Committee may grant, up to a maximum of 5% of the Shares authorized for issuance under Section&nbsp;3 of this Program on or after the Effective Date. This
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;4(b)</U> shall not restrict the right of the Committee to accelerate or continue the vesting or exercisability of an award upon or after a Change in Control or termination of employment or otherwise pursuant to
<U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;5</U> of the Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">For purposes of this Section&nbsp;4, &#147;Vest&#148; means, with respect to any Award or portion thereof, to
become <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(i)&nbsp;non-forfeitable,</FONT> if such Award is restricted Shares, (ii)&nbsp;exercisable, if such Award is an Option or Stock Appreciation Right, or (iii)&nbsp;payable in cash, Shares or otherwise, if such
Award is restricted stock units, Performance-Based Awards, or any other Award granted under this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">For purposes of this Section&nbsp;4, &#147;Vesting Schedule&#148; means, with respect to any Award, the
schedule set forth in the applicable Award Agreement, which must be consistent with all of the limitations on such schedule set forth in this Program, including but not limited this Section&nbsp;4, pursuant to which such Award or portions thereof
may Vest. An Award may Vest in installments over its Vesting Schedule. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SHARE AWARD LIMITATIONS. The aggregate maximum
number of Shares with respect to which Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted under the Program during a calendar year to any Participant who is or may be a &#147;covered employee&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code
shall be 200,000 (except that the maximum number of Shares with respect to which Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted under the Program to such Participant during the calendar year in which such Participant begins employment with
the Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate is 400,000). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. The maximum number of Shares that may be used for Awards other than Stock Options and
Stock Appreciation Rights that are intended to be &#147;performance based&#148; in accordance with Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code that may be granted during any calendar year to any Participant who is or may become a &#147;covered employee&#148; as
defined in Section&nbsp;162(m) of the Code shall be 200,000 (except that the number of Shares that may be used for such Awards that may be granted to such Participant during the calendar year in which the Participant begins employment with the
Company, Subsidiary or Affiliate is 400,000). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ADMINISTRATION. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Program shall be administered by the Committee, which may delegate its duties and powers in whole or in part to (i)&nbsp;any subcommittee
thereof consisting solely of at least two individuals who are each <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-employee</FONT> directors&#148; within the meaning of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">16b-3</FONT> under the Act, (ii)&nbsp;the Board
(or any members thereof), or (iii)&nbsp;subject to applicable law, a member of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company as the Committee deems appropriate; <U>provided</U>, <U>however</U>, that the Committee
may not delegate its power and authority to a member of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or other executive officer of the Company with regard to the selection for participation in this Program of an officer, director or other person subject
to Section&nbsp;16 of the Act or decisions concerning the timing, pricing or amount of an award to such an officer, director or other person. The Committee shall, subject to the terms of this Program, select eligible persons for participation in
this Program and determine the form, amount and timing of each award to such persons and, if applicable, the number of Shares subject to an Award, the dollar value subject to an Award, the exercise price associated with an Award, the time and
conditions of exercise or settlement of the Award and all other terms and conditions of the Award, including, without limitation, the form of the Award Agreement evidencing the Award. The Committee may, in its sole discretion and for any reason at
any time, take action such that (i)&nbsp;any or all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights shall become exercisable in part or in full, (ii)&nbsp;all or a portion of the restriction period applicable to any outstanding Awards shall lapse,
(iii)&nbsp;all or a portion of the performance period applicable to any outstanding Awards shall lapse and (iv)&nbsp;the performance goals (if any) applicable to any outstanding Awards shall be deemed to be satisfied at the target, maximum or any
other level.<B> </B>The Committee is authorized to interpret this Program, to establish, amend and rescind any rules and regulations relating to this Program, and to make any other determinations that it deems necessary or desirable for the
administration of this Program. The Committee may correct any defect or supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in this Program in the manner and to the extent the Committee deems necessary or desirable. Any decision of the Committee in
the interpretation and administration of this Program, as described herein, shall lie within its sole and absolute discretion and shall be final, conclusive and binding on all parties concerned (including, but not limited to, Participants and their
beneficiaries or successors).<B> </B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ELIGIBILITY. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Participants shall consist of (a)&nbsp;all members of the Board (including employee and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT>
directors), and (b)&nbsp;the employees of, and independent contractors to, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Affiliates who the Committee may designate in its sole discretion from time to time as eligible to be granted Awards under this Program.
The Committee shall determine, in its sole discretion, the date as of which Awards will be granted to Participants and the number of Shares with respect to which Awards will be granted to each Participant. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, the aggregate value of cash compensation to be paid and the grant date fair value of equity awards that may be granted during any fiscal year of the Company (excluding distributions of previously deferred compensation under a deferred
compensation plan maintained by the Company or any affiliate and compensation received by the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director in his or her capacity as an executive officer or employee of the Company) to any <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director shall not exceed $700,000, increased to $1,000,000 with respect to the fiscal year of a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director&#146;s initial service as a <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director<B>.</B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Options granted under this Program shall be, as determined by the Committee, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Qualified</FONT> Stock
Options or Incentive Stock Options, as outlined and evidenced by the related Award Agreements; provided, however, that a Participant may be granted an Option only if the underlying Shares qualify, with respect to such Participant, as &#147;service
recipient stock&#148; within the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Options granted under the Program shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine:
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TYPE OF OPTION. Options granted to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> directors or
independent contractors shall be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Qualified</FONT> Stock Options. Options granted under this Program to employees shall be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Qualified</FONT> Stock Options, unless otherwise
expressly provided at the time of grant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">OPTION PRICE. The Option Price per Share shall be determined by the Committee, but shall not be less than 100%
of the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the Option is granted, except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;22 of this Program. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EXERCISABILITY. Options granted under this Program shall be exercisable at such time and upon such terms and
conditions as may be determined by the Committee, subject to Section&nbsp;4 of this Program, provided that each Option shall become exercisable not earlier than (i) 100% on the third anniversary of the date of grant, or (ii) 33 1/3% on each of the
three succeeding anniversaries of the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Option shall become exercisable in the event of a Change in Control, the
Participant&#146;s termination of employment with or service to the Company or otherwise pursuant to Section&nbsp;5. In no event shall an Option granted under this Program be exercisable more than 10 years after the date of grant.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EXERCISE OF OPTIONS. Except as otherwise provided in this Program or in an Award Agreement, an Option may be
exercised for all or any portion of the Shares for which it is then exercisable. The exercise date of an Option shall be the later of the date a notice of exercise is received by the Company and, if applicable, (i)&nbsp;the date payment is received
by the Company under (A), (B) or (C)&nbsp;below, or (ii)&nbsp;the date irrevocable instructions are delivered to a broker for sale of such Shares, in accordance with (D)&nbsp;below. The purchase price for the Shares as to which an Option is
exercised shall be paid to the Company in full at the time of exercise, in one or more of the following alternatives as made available by the Committee in its sole discretion: (A)&nbsp;in cash, (B)&nbsp;in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to
the aggregate Option Price for the Shares being purchased, (C)&nbsp;partly in cash and partly in such Shares, (D)&nbsp;through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the aggregate
Option Price for the Shares being purchased, or (E)&nbsp;by directing the Company to withhold such number of Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the exercise of the Option having a Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate Option Price for
the Shares being purchased. No Participant shall have any rights to dividends or other rights of a stockholder with respect to Shares subject to an Option until (i)&nbsp;the Participant has given written notice of exercise of the Option,
(ii)&nbsp;paid in full for such Shares, (iii)&nbsp;if applicable, has satisfied any other conditions imposed by the Committee pursuant to this Program and (iv)&nbsp;the Shares subject to the exercised Option have been issued to the Participant.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NO RELOAD OPTIONS PERMITTED. No grant of an Option shall include a &#147;reload&#148; Option, pursuant to which
a Participant who exercises an Option and satisfies all or part of the Option Price with Shares acquired upon exercise of the Option is granted an additional Option to acquire the same number of Shares as is used by the Participant to pay for the
original Option. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">INCENTIVE STOCK OPTIONS. In addition to the foregoing, each Incentive Stock Option shall be subject to the
following specific rules: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time such Option is granted) of the Shares with respect to
which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by a Participant during any calendar year (under all incentive stock option plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries) shall not exceed the amount (currently $100,000) established by
the Code. If the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined at the time of grant) of the Shares subject to an Incentive Stock Option which first becomes exercisable in any calendar year exceeds the limitation of this Section&nbsp;7(f), so much of the
Option that does not exceed the applicable dollar limit shall be an Incentive Stock Option and the remainder shall be a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Qualified</FONT> Stock Option; but in all other respects, the original Award Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if an Incentive Stock Option is granted to an employee who
owns stock possessing more than 10% of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company (or its parent or Subsidiaries): (A) the purchase price of each Share subject to the Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110% of
the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date the Incentive Stock Option is granted; and (B)&nbsp;the Incentive Stock Option shall expire, and all rights to purchase Shares thereunder shall expire, no later than the fifth anniversary of the date
the Incentive Stock Option was granted. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(g)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. All of the terms relating to the exercise, cancellation or other
disposition of an Option (i)&nbsp;upon a termination of employment with or service to the Company of the holder of such Option, as the case may be, whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, or (ii)&nbsp;during a paid or
unpaid leave of absence, shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee also may grant a Stock Appreciation Right independent of an Option, as outlined and evidenced by the related Award Agreement;
provided, however, that a Participant may be granted a Stock Appreciation Right only if the underlying Shares qualify, with respect to such Participant, as &#147;service recipient stock&#148; within the meaning set forth in Section&nbsp;409A of the
Code. Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Program shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and to such other terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMS AND CONDITIONS. The exercise price per Share of a Stock Appreciation Right shall be an amount determined
by the Committee but in no event shall such amount be less than the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date the Stock Appreciation Right is granted, except with respect to Awards granted pursuant to Section&nbsp;22 of this Program. Each Stock
Appreciation Right shall entitle a Participant upon exercise to an amount equal to (i)&nbsp;the Fair Market Value on the exercise date of one Share minus the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right, times (ii)&nbsp;the number of Shares with
respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. Stock Appreciation Rights may be exercised from time to time upon actual receipt by the Company of written notice of exercise stating the number of Shares with respect to which the
Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised. The date a notice of exercise is received by the Company shall be the exercise date. Payment shall be made to the Participant in Shares or in cash, or partly in Shares and partly in cash, valued at such
Fair Market Value, all as shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the Award Agreement. No fractional Shares will be issued in payment for Stock Appreciation Rights, but instead cash will be paid for a fraction or, if the Committee
should so determine, the number of Shares will be rounded downward to the next whole Share. No Participant shall have any rights to dividends, dividend equivalents, or other rights of a stockholder with respect to a Stock Appreciation Right until
(i)&nbsp;the Participant has exercised the Stock Appreciation Right in accordance with Section&nbsp;8(b) below, (ii)&nbsp;if applicable, the Participant has satisfied any other conditions imposed by the Committee pursuant to this Program, and
(iii)&nbsp;the Shares subject to the exercised Stock Appreciation Right have been issued to the Participant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EXERCISABILITY. Subject to Section&nbsp;4 of this Program, the Committee may impose, in its discretion, such
conditions upon the exercisability of Stock Appreciation Rights as it may deem fit, provided that each Stock Appreciation Right shall become exercisable not earlier than (i) 100% on the third anniversary of the date of grant, or (ii) 33 1/3% on each
of the three succeeding anniversaries of the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Stock Appreciation Right shall become exercisable in the event of a Change in
Control, the Participant&#146;s termination of employment or service with the Company or otherwise pursuant to Section&nbsp;5. In no event shall a Stock Appreciation Right granted under this Program be exercisable more than 10 years after the date
of grant. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. All of the terms relating to the exercise, cancellation or other
disposition of a Stock Appreciation Right (i)&nbsp;upon a termination of employment with or service to the Company of the holder of such Stock Appreciation Right, as the case may be, whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other
reason, or (ii)&nbsp;during a paid or unpaid leave of absence, shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">OTHER STOCK-BASED AWARDS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Committee, in its sole discretion, may grant Awards of Shares, including restricted Shares and Awards that are valued in whole or in part
by reference to, or are otherwise based on the Fair Market Value of, Shares (&#147;Other Stock-Based Awards&#148;) as outlined and evidenced by the related Award Agreement and shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and to such other
terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMS AND CONDITIONS. Such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be in such form, and dependent on such conditions, as
the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, the right to receive one or more Shares (or the equivalent cash value of such Shares) upon the completion of a specified period of service, the occurrence of an event and/or the
attainment of performance objectives. Other Stock-Based Awards may be granted alone or in addition to any other Awards granted under this Program. Subject to the provisions of this Program, the Committee shall determine to whom and when Other
Stock-Based Awards will be made, the number of Shares to be awarded under (or otherwise related to) such Other Stock-Based Awards, and whether such Other Stock-Based Awards shall be settled in cash, Shares or a combination of cash and Shares, as set
forth in the Award Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">LIMITATIONS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(i)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Subject to Section&nbsp;4 of this Program, the Committee may impose, in its discretion, vesting as it may deem
fit, provided that (i)&nbsp;Other Stock-Based Awards which are conditioned on continued service or the occurrence of an event shall become vested or exercisable not earlier than (A)&nbsp;100% on the third anniversary of the date of grant, or
(B)&nbsp;33 1/3% on each of the three succeeding anniversaries of the date of grant, and (ii)&nbsp;Other Stock-Based Awards which are conditioned solely or in part on the attainment of performance objectives shall become vested or exercisable not
earlier than the first anniversary of the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the discretion to accelerate the date as of which any Other Stock-Based Awards shall become vested or exercisable in the event of a
Change in Control, the Participant&#146;s termination of employment with or service to the Company or otherwise pursuant to Section&nbsp;5. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(ii)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">With respect to stockholder rights: </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(A)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Except as provided in this subsection (b)(ii)(A) and unless otherwise provided in Award Agreement, a
Participant receiving an Other Stock-Based Award that consists of Shares shall thereupon be a stockholder with respect to all of the Shares subject to the Award and shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to such Shares, including the
right to vote such Shares and to receive dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of an Award that provides for the right to receive dividends or distributions, any such
dividends or distributions shall be subject to the same restrictions as such Award and shall be paid to the Participant only upon the vesting of the Award, and any such dividends or distributions attributable to the portion of an Award that does not
vest shall be forfeited. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(B)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">A Participant receiving an Other Stock-Based Award that does not consist of actual Shares shall have no rights
of a stockholder, including voting or dividend or other distribution rights, with respect to any such Award prior to the date it vests and is settled in Shares. An agreement may provide that, until the Award is settled in Shares or cash, the
Participant shall receive, on each dividend or distribution payment date applicable to the Shares, an amount equal to the dividends or distributions that the Participant would have received had the Award held by the Participant as of the related
record date been actual Shares. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, in the case of an Award that provides for the right to receive amounts related to dividends or distributions: (I)&nbsp;if such Award is conditioned solely or in part on the
attainment of performance objectives, the Company shall accumulate and hold such amounts, and (II)&nbsp;in the case of all other such Awards, the Committee shall have the discretion to cause the Company to accumulate and hold such amounts. In either
such case, the accumulated amounts shall be paid to the Participant only upon the vesting of the Award and any such amounts attributable to the portion of the Award that does not vest shall be forfeited. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. All of the terms relating to the satisfaction of performance measures and
the termination of the restriction period or performance period relating to an Other Stock-Based Award (i)&nbsp;upon a termination of employment with or service to the Company of the holder of such Other Stock-Based Award, as the case may be,
whether by reason of Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, or (ii)&nbsp;during a paid or unpaid leave of absence, shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERFORMANCE-BASED AWARDS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, certain Other Stock-Based Awards granted under Section&nbsp;9 of this Program may be granted
on the basis of performance of the Company (&#147;Performance-Based Awards&#148;), and designated as Performance-Based Awards; provided, however, that the Committee may grant other Awards that are not intended to be Performance-Based Awards (even
though such Awards are subject to the attainment of specified performance goals) and not designated as such. A Participant&#146;s Performance-Based Award shall be determined based on the attainment of written performance goals approved by the
Committee for a performance period established by the Committee (a)&nbsp;while the outcome for that performance period is substantially uncertain and (b)&nbsp;no more than 90 days after the commencement of the performance period to which the
performance goal relates or, if less, the number of days which is equal to 25% of the relevant performance period. For purposes of clarity, any accumulated dividends or other distributions with respect to Awards granted under this Section&nbsp;10
shall be paid to the Participant only upon the vesting of the Award and any such amounts attributable to the portion of the Award that does not vest shall be forfeited. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee shall have the discretion to
accelerate the date as of which Performance-Based Awards shall become vested or exercisable in the event of a Change in Control, the Participant&#146;s termination of employment with or service to the Company or otherwise pursuant to Section&nbsp;5.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERFORMANCE MEASURES. The performance goals may be based upon one or more of the following criteria:
(i)&nbsp;consolidated earnings before or after taxes (including earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (&#147;EBITDA&#148;)); (ii) net income; (iii)&nbsp;operating margin; (iv)&nbsp;operating income; (v)&nbsp;earnings per
Share; (vi)&nbsp;book value per Share; (vii)&nbsp;net operating profit; (viii)&nbsp;return measures (including, but not limited to, return on assets, capital, invested capital, equity, sales or revenue); (ix)&nbsp;expense management; (x)&nbsp;return
on investment; (xi)&nbsp;improvements in capital structure; (xii)&nbsp;profits or profitability, including of an identifiable business unit or product; (xiii)&nbsp;maintenance or improvement of profit margins;&nbsp;(xiv) price per Share (including,
but not limited to, growth measures and total shareholder return); (xv)&nbsp;market share; (xvi)&nbsp;revenues or </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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sales; (xvii)&nbsp;expense targets or cost reduction goals; (xviii)&nbsp;cash flow measures (including, but not limited to, growth measures); (xix)&nbsp;client satisfaction; (xx)&nbsp;working
capital (including, but not limited to, working capital targets and change in working capital); (xxi)&nbsp;productivity ratios; (xxii)&nbsp;economic value added or EVA<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">&reg;</SUP> (net operating profit
after tax minus the sum of capital multiplied by the cost of capital); and (xxiii)&nbsp;such other goals as the Committee may determine whether or not listed herein, or any combination of the foregoing. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT. The foregoing criteria may relate to the Company, one or more of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates or one or more of its divisions or units, or any combination of the foregoing, and may be applied on an absolute basis and/or be relative to one or more peer group companies or indices, or any combination thereof, all as the Committee
shall determine. In addition to the ratios specifically enumerated above, performance goals may include comparisons relating to capital (including, but not limited to, the cost of capital), shareholders&#146; equity, shares outstanding, assets or
net assets, or any combination thereof. The applicable performance measures may be applied on a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-</FONT> or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">post-tax</FONT> basis. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ITEMS. The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may
include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i)&nbsp;asset write-downs; (ii)&nbsp;litigation or claim judgments or settlements; (iii)&nbsp;the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other
laws or provisions affecting reported results; (iv)&nbsp;any reorganization and restructuring programs; (v)&nbsp;debt refinancing costs; (vi)&nbsp;unbudgeted capital expenditures; (vii)&nbsp;change in fiscal year; (viii)&nbsp;extraordinary
nonrecurring items as described in ASC <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">225-20,</FONT> Income Statement&#151;Unusual or Infrequently Occurring Items and/or in management&#146;s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations
appearing in the Company&#146;s annual report to shareholders for the applicable year; (ix)&nbsp;acquisitions or divestitures; and (x)&nbsp;foreign exchange gains and losses. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE. The Committee shall determine whether, with respect to a performance period, the
applicable performance goals have been met with respect to a given Participant and, if they have, to so certify and ascertain the amount of the applicable Performance-Based Award. No Performance-Based Awards will be paid for such performance period
until such certification is made by the Committee. The amount of the Performance-Based Award determined by the Committee for a performance period shall be paid to the Participant at such time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion
after the end of such performance period. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TERMINATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE. All of the terms relating to the satisfaction of performance measures and
the termination of the performance period relating to a Performance-Based Award (i)&nbsp;upon a termination of employment with or service to the Company of the holder of such Performance-Based Award, as the case may be, whether by reason of
Disability, retirement, death or any other reason, or (ii)&nbsp;during a paid or unpaid leave of absence, shall be determined by the Committee and set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">TAX WITHHOLDING. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Participant shall pay to the Company an amount equal to the taxes required by any government to be withheld or otherwise deducted and paid by
the Company as a result of the exercise by the Participant of any Award or the delivery to the Participant of any cash or Shares pursuant to any Award. Shares shall not be delivered to the Participant until such time as such payment has been made.
The Committee may, in its discretion, permit the Participant to pay all or a portion of the withholding taxes in one or more of the following alternatives: (a)&nbsp;in cash, (b)&nbsp;in Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required
to be withheld, (c)&nbsp;partly in cash and partly in such Shares, (d)&nbsp;through the delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to deliver promptly to the Company an amount equal to the amount required to be withheld, or (e)&nbsp;by
directing the Company to withhold such number of Shares otherwise issuable in connection with the Award having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if a Participant&#146;s
benefit is to be received in the form of Shares, and such Participant fails to make arrangements for the payment of taxes or other amounts as permitted and approved by the </P>
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Committee, then, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, the Company will withhold Shares having a Fair Market Value equal to the amount required to be withheld. However, in no event will
the Fair Market Value of the Shares to be withheld pursuant to this Section&nbsp;11 to satisfy applicable withholding obligations exceed the minimum amount required to be withheld, unless (a)&nbsp;an additional amount can be withheld and not result
in adverse accounting consequences, (b)&nbsp;such additional withholding amount is authorized by the Committee, and (c)&nbsp;the total amount withheld does not exceed the Participant&#146;s estimated tax obligations attributable to the applicable
transaction. The Company may also withhold any such withholding taxes from any cash payments made hereunder. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">ADJUSTMENTS UPON CERTAIN EVENTS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Program to the contrary, the following provisions shall apply to all Awards granted under this
Program: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">GENERALLY. In the event of any change in the outstanding Shares after the Effective Date by reason of any Share
dividend (including any special cash dividend) or split, reorganization, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spinoff, combination or exchange of Shares or other corporate exchange, or any distribution to stockholders of Shares other than
regular cash dividends, or in the event any of the foregoing events or any similar event affects the Company, any Affiliate or any business unit, or the financial statements of the Company or any Affiliate or the bases for the computation of any
Award, the Committee in its sole discretion and without liability to any Person shall make such substitution or adjustment, if any, as it deems to be equitable, as to (i)&nbsp;the number or kind of Shares or other securities issued or reserved for
issuance pursuant to this Program or pursuant to outstanding Awards, (ii)&nbsp;the limits on Awards set forth in Sections 3 and 4 hereof, (iii)&nbsp;the Option Price or the exercise price for a Stock Appreciation Right and/or (iv)&nbsp;any other
affected terms of such Awards (including, without limitation, the amount payable thereunder or any performance objectives set with respect thereto). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CHANGE IN CONTROL. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in the event of a Change in Control, the
Committee in its sole discretion and without liability to any Person may take actions to require the issuance of substitute Awards that will substantially preserve the value, rights and benefits of any affected Awards previously granted hereunder as
of the time of such Change in Control. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Upon a Change in Control, if the outstanding Awards are not Assumed (as defined
below) by the entity effecting the Change in Control (or a successor or parent corporation), then (x)&nbsp;all outstanding Awards (other than Performance-Based Awards) then held by Participants that are otherwise unvested, unexercisable, or subject
to forfeiture, as the case may be, will become vested, exercisable or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-forfeitable</FONT> immediately prior to the Change in Control and (y)&nbsp;all outstanding Performance-Based Awards will vest, as determined
by the Committee, based on either (i)&nbsp;actual performance of the Company through the Change in Control or (ii)&nbsp;target performance, prorated for the portion of the performance period that has elapsed prior to the Change in Control. Subject
to and consistent with the immediately preceding sentence, the Committee may provide that such accelerated Awards that are not Assumed may be cancelled in connection with the Change in Control in exchange for the Change in Control consideration (or,
with respect to Options and Stock Appreciation Rights for which the exercise price is equal to or greater than the per share value of the consideration to be paid in the Change in Control transaction, no consideration). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the Awards are Assumed by the entity effecting the Change in Control (or a successor or parent corporation), (x)&nbsp;all Awards granted to
a Participant shall continue to become vested, exercisable and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-forfeitable</FONT> pursuant to the terms of the applicable Award Agreement, and (y)&nbsp;for all Awards that vest based on the satisfaction of
performance criteria, the performance-criteria will be deemed to be satisfied at the actual performance level as of the date of the Change in Control and the Award shall remain subject to time-based vesting until the end of the performance period
set forth in the applicable Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Participant&#146;s employment is terminated during the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">two-year</FONT> period beginning on the date of a Change in
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Control and such termination is due to (1)&nbsp;a termination by the Company without Cause or (2)&nbsp;a voluntary termination by the Participant due to the existence of Good Reason, then the
following shall occur with respect to such Participant&#146;s Awards that are Assumed: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">With respect to Awards that vest based on the passage of time, such awards shall become fully vested,
exercisable, and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-forfeitable</FONT> as of the Termination Date; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">With respect to Awards that vested based on the satisfaction of performance criteria, the fixed number of
Awards as determined above shall become fully vested, exercisable and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-forfeitable</FONT> as of the Termination Date. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Awards will be considered assumed (&#147;Assumed&#148;) if the following conditions are met: (1)&nbsp;the Awards are converted into replacement
awards in a manner that complies with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code; (2)&nbsp;the replacement award contains provisions for scheduled vesting and treatment on termination of employment that are no less favorable to the Participant than those in this
Program or the applicable Award Agreement, and all other terms of the replacement award (other than the security, the number of shares represented by the replacement award, and the exercise price of the replacement award, if applicable) are
substantially similar to those in this Program and the applicable Award Agreement; and (3) \&nbsp;the security represented by the replacement award is of a class that is publicly held and widely traded on an established stock exchange. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">SECURITIES LAWS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Company shall be under no obligation to effect the registration pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (or any successor statute) of any Shares to be issued hereunder or to effect similar compliance under the laws of any state or other jurisdiction. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be obligated to cause to be issued or delivered any certificates
evidencing Shares pursuant to this Program unless and until the Company is advised by its counsel that the issuance and delivery of such certificates is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the
requirements of any securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Committee may require, as a condition of the issuance and delivery of certificates evidencing Shares pursuant to the terms hereof, that the recipient of such Shares make such
covenants, agreements and representations, and that such certificates bear such legends, as the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or desirable. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The exercise of an Option or the grant or settlement of an Award shall only be effective at such time as
counsel to the Company shall have determined that the issuance and delivery of Shares pursuant to such exercise, grant or settlement is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authority and the requirements of any
securities exchange on which Shares are traded. The Company may, in its sole discretion, defer the effectiveness of any exercise of an Option or the grant or settlement of an Award in order to allow the issuance of Shares pursuant thereto to be made
pursuant to registration or an exemption from registration or other methods for compliance available under federal or state securities laws. The Company shall inform the Participant in writing of its decision to defer the effectiveness of the
exercise of an Option or the grant or settlement of an Award. During the period that the effectiveness of the exercise of an Option or the grant or settlement of an Award has been deferred, the Participant may, by written notice, withdraw an Option
exercise and obtain the refund or any amount paid with respect thereto. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">DEFERRALS. The Committee may determine that the delivery of Shares or the payment of cash, or a combination
thereof, upon the settlement of all or a portion of any Award made hereunder shall be deferred, or the Committee may, in its sole discretion, approve deferral elections made by holders of Awards. Deferrals shall be for such periods and upon such
terms as the Committee may determine in its sole discretion, subject to the requirements of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NO RIGHT TO CONTINUED RELATIONSHIP; NO OBLIGATION OF UNIFORM TREATMENT. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The granting of an Award under this Program shall impose no obligation on the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to continue the employment
of or relationship between it and any Participant and shall not lessen or affect the Company&#146;s, Subsidiary&#146;s or Affiliate&#146;s right to terminate the employment of or its relationship with such Participant. No Participant, officer,
employee or director shall have any claim to be granted any Award under this Program, and there is no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants or any other Persons. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">COMPENSATION RECOVERY. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Awards granted under this Program and any cash payment or Shares delivered pursuant to such an Award are subject to forfeiture, recovery by
the Company or other action pursuant to the applicable Award Agreement or any clawback or recoupment policy which the Company may adopt from time to time, including without limitation any such policy which the Company may be required to adopt under
the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and implementing rules and regulations thereunder, or as otherwise required by law. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Program shall be binding on all successors and assigns of the Company and a Participant, including without limitation, any beneficiary of
such Participant, the estate of such Participant and the executor, administrator or trustee of such estate, or any receiver or trustee in bankruptcy or representative of the Participant&#146;s creditors. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NO FRACTIONAL SHARES. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to this Program or any Award. The Committee shall determine whether cash, Awards, or
other property shall be issued or paid in lieu of fractional Shares or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be forfeited or otherwise eliminated. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NONTRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Except to the extent provided by the Committee, an Award shall not be transferable or assignable by the Participant otherwise than by will or
by the laws of descent and distribution. Any Awards exercisable or Shares deliverable after a Participant&#146;s death shall be exercisable by or delivered to a beneficiary as designated in writing by the Participant. If no beneficiary is so
designated, such Award shall be exercisable by or such Shares will be delivered to the Participant&#146;s estate. The Participant may change his or her designated beneficiary under this Program by filing with the Committee written notice of such
change. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AMENDMENT OR TERMINATION OF PROGRAM. The Board may amend, alter or discontinue this Program, without the
approval of the stockholders of the Company, unless (i)&nbsp;such approval is required by applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed, (ii)&nbsp;such amendment seeks to modify the prohibition on repricing
set forth in Section&nbsp;19(c),<B> </B>(iii)&nbsp;such amendment seeks to modify the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-employee</FONT> director compensation </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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limit set forth in Section&nbsp;6, or (iv)<B></B>&nbsp;the amendment would result in an increase in the number of Shares available for issuance under this Program, an expansion of the types of
Awards under this Program, or a decrease in the minimum vesting and exercisability limitations set forth in Section&nbsp;4(b). No amendment or termination of this Program shall, without the consent of the affected Participant,materially impair the
rights of any Participant under any Award granted to such Participant under this Program, unless necessary to meet the requirements of any applicable law, regulation or rule of any stock exchange on which the Shares are listed. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, the Board may not amend, alter or discontinue the provisions relating to Section&nbsp;12(b) of this Program after the occurrence of a Change in Control. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">AMENDMENT OF AWARD AGREEMENTS. The Committee shall have the authority to amend any Award Agreement at any time;
provided that no such amendment shall materially impair the rights of any Participant under any Award Agreement, unless necessary to meet the requirements of any applicable law, regulation or rules of any stock exchange on which the Shares are
listed. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NO REPRICING OF OPTIONS OR STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS. Notwithstanding the foregoing, there shall be no
amendment to this Program or any Award Agreement that results in the repricing of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights without prior approval of the stockholders of the Company. For this purpose, repricing includes (i)&nbsp;a reduction in the
exercise price of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right; (ii)&nbsp;the cancellation of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for Options or Stock Appreciation Rights with an exercise price less than the exercise price of the cancelled
Option or Stock Appreciation Right; (iii)&nbsp;or the cancellation of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right in exchange for cash, other Awards or any other consideration provided by the Company if the exercise price of such Option or Stock
Appreciation Right exceeds the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of such cancellation, in each case, other than in connection with a Change in Control or the adjustment provisions set forth in <U>Section</U><U></U><U>&nbsp;12</U>.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">With respect to Participants who reside or work outside the United States of America, the Committee may, in its sole discretion, amend the
terms of this Program or Award Agreements with respect to such Participants in order to conform such terms with the requirements of local law. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">COMPLIANCE WITH CODE SECTION 409A. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">To the extent that the Board determines that any award granted hereunder is subject to Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, the Program and
applicable Award Agreement will be interpreted in accordance with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Program (and unless the Award Agreement specifically provides otherwise), if the shares of Common Stock
are publicly traded, and if a Participant holding an Award that constitutes &#147;deferred compensation&#148; under Section&nbsp;409A of the Code is a &#147;specified employee&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, any distribution or
payment of any amount with respect to such Award that is due because of a &#147;separation from service&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) before the date that is six months
following the date of such Participant&#146;s &#147;separation from service&#148; (as defined in Section&nbsp;409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder) or, if earlier, the date of the Participant&#146;s death will be
deferred until the date that is six months following the date of such Participant&#146;s separation from service (as defined in Section&nbsp;409A of the Code without regard to alternative definitions thereunder), unless such distribution or payment
can be made in a manner that complies with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code, and any amounts so deferred will be paid in a lump sum on the day after such six month period elapses, with the balance paid thereafter on the original schedule. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">STOCK-BASED AWARDS IN SUBSTITUTION FOR AWARDS GRANTED BY ANOTHER COMPANY. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything in this Program to the contrary: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Awards may be granted under this Program in substitution for or in conversion of, or in connection with an
assumption of, stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units or other stock or stock-based awards held by awardees of an entity engaging in a corporate acquisition or merger transaction with the Company or any
Subsidiary. Any conversion, substitution or assumption will be effective as of the close of the merger or acquisition, and, to the extent applicable, will be conducted in a manner that complies with Section&nbsp;409A of the Code. The Awards so
granted may reflect the original terms of the awards being assumed or substituted or converted for and need not comply with other specific terms of this Program, and may account for Shares substituted for the securities covered by the original
awards and the number of shares subject to the original awards, as well as any exercise or purchase prices applicable to the original awards, adjusted to account for differences in stock prices in connection with the transaction.
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In the event that a company acquired by the Company or any Subsidiary or with which the Company or any
Subsidiary merges has shares available under a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-existing</FONT> plan previously approved by stockholders and not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or merger, the shares available for grant pursuant to
the terms of such plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, to reflect such acquisition or merger) may be used for awards made after such acquisition or merger under this Program; provided, however, that awards using such available shares may
not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-existing</FONT> plan absent the acquisition or merger, and may only be made to individuals who were not employees or
directors of the Company or any Subsidiary prior to such acquisition or merger. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Any Shares that are issued or transferred by, or that are subject to any awards that are granted by, or become
obligations of, the Company under Sections 22(a) or 22(b) of this Program will not reduce the Shares available for issuance or transfer under this Program or otherwise count against the limits contained in Section&nbsp;3 or Section&nbsp;4 of this
Program. In addition, no Shares subject to an award that is granted by, or becomes an obligation of, the Company under Sections 22(a) or 22(b) of this Program will be added to the aggregate limit contained in Section&nbsp;3(a) of this Program.
</P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES REGARDING TAX EFFECT. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding any provision of this Program to the contrary, the Company, its Affiliates and Subsidiaries, the Board and the Committee
neither represent nor warrant the tax treatment under any federal, state, local or foreign laws and regulations thereunder (individually and collectively referred to as the &#147;Tax Laws&#148;) of any Award granted or any amounts paid to any
Participant under this Program including, but not limited to, when and to what extent such Awards or amounts may be subject to tax, penalties and interest under the Tax Laws. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">UNFUNDED PROGRAM. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Participants shall have no right, title, or interest whatsoever in or to any investments that the Company, and/or its Subsidiaries, and/or its
Affiliates may make to aid it in meeting its obligations under this Program. Nothing contained in this Program, and no action taken pursuant to its provisions, shall create or be construed to create a trust of any kind, or a fiduciary relationship
between the Company and any Participant, beneficiary, legal representative, or any other individual. To the extent that any individual acquires a right to receive payments from the Company, its Subsidiaries, and/or its Affiliates under this Program,
such right shall be no greater than the right of an unsecured general creditor of the Company, a Subsidiary, or an Affiliate, as the case may be. All payments to be made hereunder shall be paid from the general funds of the Company, a Subsidiary, or
an Affiliate, as the case may be and no special or separate fund shall be established and no segregation of assets shall be made to assure payment of such amounts except as expressly set forth in this Program. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">INDEMNIFICATION. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Subject to requirements of Delaware law, each individual who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a Committee appointed by the
Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with this Program, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability, or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably
incurred by him or her in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit, or proceeding to which he or she may be a party or in which he or she may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under this Program and against
and from any and all amounts paid by him or her in settlement thereof, with the Company&#146;s approval, or paid by him or her in satisfaction of any judgment in any such action, suit, or proceeding against him or her, provided he or she shall give
the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before he or she undertakes to handle and defend it on his/her own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability, or expense is a result of his/her own willful misconduct or
except as expressly provided by statute. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of
indemnification to which such individuals may be entitled under the Company&#146;s Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or any power that the Company may have to indemnify them or hold them harmless. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">CHOICE OF LAW. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Program shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts made and to be
performed in the State of Delaware. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">REPORTING OF VIOLATIONS OF LAW. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notwithstanding anything in this Program or an Award Agreement to the contrary, nothing in this Program or in an Award Agreement prevents a
Participant from providing, without prior notice to the Company, information to governmental authorities regarding possible legal violations or otherwise testifying or participating in any investigation or proceeding by any governmental authorities
regarding possible legal violations, and for purpose of clarity, a Participant is not prohibited from providing information voluntarily to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section&nbsp;21F of the Act. </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EFFECTIVE DATE AND TERM OF PROGRAM. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">EFFECTIVE DATE. The Program has been adopted by the Board and shall be submitted to the stockholders of the
Company for approval at the Company&#146;s 2024 annual meeting of stockholders and<B> </B>shall become effective as of the date on which the Program was approved by stockholders (the &#147;Effective Date&#148;). This Program shall terminate as of
the first annual meeting of the Company&#146;s stockholders to occur on or after the tenth anniversary of its Effective Date, unless terminated earlier by the Board. Termination of this Program shall not affect the terms or conditions of any Award
granted prior to termination. Awards hereunder may be made at any time prior to the termination of this Program, provided that no Incentive Stock Option may be granted later than ten years after the date on which the Program was approved by the
Board. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For clarification purposes, the terms and conditions of this Program, to the extent they differ from the terms
and conditions of either the 2012 Program, the Amended and Restated 2012 Program, the Second Amended and Restated 2012 Program, the Third Amended and Restated 2012 Program or the Fourth Amended and Restated 2012 Program, shall not apply to or
otherwise impact previously granted or outstanding awards under the 2012 Program, the Amended and Restated 2012 Program, the Second Amended and Restated 2012 Program, the Third Amended and Restated 2012 Program or the Fourth Amended and Restated
2012 Program, as applicable. In the event that this Plan is not approved by the stockholders of the Company, the Fourth Amended and Restated 2012 Program shall continue in full force and effect. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">233 South
Wacker Drive, Suite 4900 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chicago, Illinois 60606-6303 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re:
<U>649,000 shares of Common Stock, $0.01 par value per share</U> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We refer to the Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-8</FONT> (the &#147;<U>Registration Statement</U>&#148;)
being filed by Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<U>Company</U>&#148;), with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<U>Securities
Act</U>&#148;), relating to the registration of 649,000 shares of common stock, $0.01 par value per share (the &#147;<U>Common Stock</U>&#148;), of the Company which may be issued under the Fifth Amended and Restated Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles
2012 GlobalShare Program (the &#147;<U>Program</U>&#148;, and the shares of Common Stock to be registered under the Registration Statement, the &#147;<U>Registered Shares</U>&#148;). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter is being delivered in accordance with the requirements of Item 601(b)(5) of Regulation
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-K</FONT> under the Securities Act. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We have examined the Registration Statement, the Company&#146;s
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Certificate of Amendment to the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Company&#146;s Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> the
Program, the resolutions adopted by the board of directors of the Company relating to the Registration Statement and the Program and the proposal adopted by the stockholders of the Company relating to the Program at the Company&#146;s 2024 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders. We have also examined originals, or copies of originals certified to our satisfaction, of such agreements, documents, certificates and statements of the Company and other corporate documents and instruments, and have
examined such questions of law, as we have considered relevant and necessary as a basis for this opinion letter. We have assumed the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity of
all persons and the conformity with the original documents of any copies thereof submitted to us for examination. As to facts relevant to the opinions expressed herein, we have relied without independent investigation or verification upon, and
assumed the accuracy and completeness of, certificates, letters and oral and written statements and representations of public officials and officers and other representatives of the Company. </P>
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pursuant to the Program will be validly issued, fully paid and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-assessable</FONT> when: (i)&nbsp;the Registration Statement, as finally amended, shall have become effective under the Securities Act; (ii)&nbsp;such
Registered Share shall have been duly issued and delivered in accordance with the Program; and (iii)&nbsp;a certificate representing such Registered Share shall have been duly executed, countersigned and registered and duly delivered to the person
entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof) or, if any such Registered Share is to be issued in uncertificated form, the Company&#146;s books shall reflect the issuance of
such Registered Share to the person entitled thereto against payment of the agreed consideration therefor (in an amount not less than the par value thereof), all in accordance with the Program. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This opinion letter is limited to the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. We express no opinion as to the laws, rules or
regulations of any other jurisdiction, including, without limitation, the federal laws of the United States of America or any state securities or blue sky laws. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and to all references to our Firm included
in or made a part of the Registration Statement. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section&nbsp;7 of the Securities Act. </P>
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Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc. of our reports dated March&nbsp;4, 2024, relating to the consolidated financial statements and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting of Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles
International, Inc., appearing in the Annual Report on <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Form&nbsp;10-K</FONT> of Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles International, Inc. for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2023. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Amount
of<BR>Registration</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Fee (2)</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="middle" ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">Common Stock,&nbsp;par value&nbsp;$0.01<BR>per&nbsp;share</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">649,000</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="middle" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">$35.62</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="middle" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">$23,117,380.00</TD>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="7" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;">$23,117,380.00</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">$3,412.13</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="7" ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>Total Fee Offsets</B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="padding-bottom:1pt ;BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000; padding-right:2pt">&#151;</TD></TR>
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<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="7" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="2" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-TOP:1px solid #000000; BORDER-RIGHT:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(1)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Heidrick &amp; Struggles International, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), is
registering an aggregate of 649,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share (&#147;Common Stock&#148;), that may be issued under the Fifth Amended and Restated Heidrick &amp; Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program, as amended (the
&#147;Program&#148;). Pursuant to Rule 416 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), this Registration Statement also covers such additional and indeterminate number of securities as may become issuable pursuant to
the provisions of the Program relating to adjustments for changes resulting from a stock dividend, stock split or similar change. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(2)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rules 457(c) and (h) of the
Securities Act and based on the average of the high and low sale prices of the Common Stock, as quoted on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC, on May&nbsp;20, 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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