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[The following presentation regarding Proposal II in Heidrick & Struggle’s Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and Proxy Statement dated April 23, 2007 is being provided by Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. to certain holders of Heidrick & Struggles common stock.]


Proposal II Overview


1
Overview
Current program was approved by shareholders in
1998 and amended in 2000, 2001 and 2002
Seeking shareholder approval for more shares given:
No new awards may be granted after June 8, 2008
As of the record date, there were 619,672 shares
remaining available for future awards
2007 Program
Increase the total number of shares available for
future grants to 2M in total
Include shareholder friendly provisions


2
Preliminary ISS Modeling Results
To meet ISS
standards, Heidrick’s
shareholder value
transfer cannot exceed
the ISS allowable cap
set at 10%
Heidrick is at 16%
10%
19%
16%
24%
ISS Cap for
HSII
Korn/Ferry (1)
HSII - Current
HSII - With 2M
Pool
ISS Shareholder Value Transfer Test
(1) Estimate since ISS model is closed
Heidrick’s GlobalShare Progam Does not Meet ISS Standards²
Our inability to meet ISS Standards is due to the ISS Peer Group
which is too broad and not focused on Human Capital companies
²
Note
that
Heidrick
would
also
need
to
pass
three
other
tests
to
meet
the
overall
ISS
Standards
(Heidrick meets the pay for performance and repricing tests but does not currently meet the burn rate test)


3
At Issue:  Definition of Relevant Peer Group
The Corporate Executive Board
Gartner Group
Sotheby’s Holdings, Inc.
Watson Wyatt
Resources Connection
FTI Consulting
Navigant Consulting
The Advisory Board
Korn/Ferry
CRA International
Kforce
Keane
LECG Corp
Hudson Highland Group
Diamond Mgmt & Tech Consultants
First Consulting Group
ISS Peer Group –
All Commercial Services & Supplies
Companies (20201 GICS Code)
Includes over 200 companies ranging in size
from $1 million to $27 billion in revenue
Includes companies in the sub-industry
sectors of Commercial Printing, Diversified
Commercial Services, Employment Services,
Environmental Services & Office Services &
Supplies
Company examples include:
Aramark
R.R. Donnelley & Sons
Pitney Bowes
United Stationers
Brinks Co
Acco Brands Corp
Equifax
Unlike Mercer’s Peer Group, the ISS Peer Group is too broad
and not focused on Human Capital related companies
Mercer Peer Group -
16 Human Capital Intensive
Companies


4
Peer Group Overview-
Total Potential Dilution
22%
17%
22%
21%
19%
15%
25th %ile
50th %ile
75th %ile
Korn/Ferry
Current
With New
Plan
Mercer Peer Group-
2006
Heidrick
Heidrick’s total potential dilution (even with the new
share request)
is in line
with its peers
Total Potential Dilution
Equal to the total
number of RSUs and
options outstanding
plus shares available
for future grants
divided by the average
number of fully diluted
common shares
outstanding


5
Other Key Factors
As a professional services firm, the use of equity is
necessary to attract, motivate and retain the highest
caliber of consultants required to maintain our strong
brand
In 2005, the company started to pay a portion of
consultants’
bonuses in RSUs in an effort to retain them
and better align their interests with those of our
shareholders
Top performing employees at all levels were rewarded
with equity in 2006 and 2007


6
Other Key Factors (continued)
The Share Repurchase Program has been well received
by our shareholders and accretive although this has
negatively impacted Heidrick’s total dilution levels
The amended GlobalShare Program contains many
shareholder friendly provisions
Heidrick will start actively managing its annual equity
usage rate by decreasing it to approximately 3% by
2009