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<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-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT>
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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>
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<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:24pt; 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><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>Fourth 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>
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<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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for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section&nbsp;7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;&nbsp;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<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 1,060,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the &#147;Common Stock&#148;) for issuance pursuant to the Fourth 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 May&nbsp;
25, 2012 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312512249396/d358759ds8.htm">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-181712</FONT></A>), June&nbsp;
5, 2018 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312518184458/d595595ds8.htm">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-225436</FONT></A>) and June&nbsp;
22, 2020 (<A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312520174987/d907118ds8.htm">File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-239337</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&nbsp;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/1066605/000106660523000014/hsii-20221231.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-K</FONT></A> for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February&nbsp;27, 2023 (the &#147;2022 Annual Report&#148;); </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 Registrant&#146;s Quarterly Report on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001066605/000106660523000034/hsii-20230331.htm">Form
 <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10-Q</FONT></A> for the fiscal quarter ended March&nbsp;31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April&nbsp;24, 2023; </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 Reports on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">8-K,</FONT> filed with the
Commission on <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001066605/000119312523021292/d455964d8k.htm">February&nbsp;
1, 2023</A> and <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/../../../ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/0001066605/000119312523154193/d474568d8k.htm">May&nbsp;25, 2023</A>; and </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 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 report filed for the purpose of
updating that description, including <A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660523000014/ex402-hsiix20221231.htm">Exhibit 4.02</A> to the 2022 Annual Report. </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&nbsp;8. Exhibits. </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.1</TD>
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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
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-25837))&nbsp;</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" NOWRAP>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;4.2</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000106660520000015/hsii-03312020exhibit302.htm">Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
 3.02 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
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;000-25837))&nbsp;</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1066605/000119312522308313/d434809dex31.htm">Amended and Restated <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws</FONT> of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant&#146;s
 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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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d515986dex44.htm">Fourth Amended and Restated Heidrick&nbsp;&amp; Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program </A></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><A HREF="d515986dex231.htm">Consent of RSM US LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </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
this 14<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of June 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3"><B>HEIDRICK&nbsp;&amp; STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.</B></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE=" BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Stephen A. Bondi</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Stephen A. Bondi</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Controller</P></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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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Krishnan Rajagopalan</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Chief Executive Officer&nbsp;&amp; Director</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Stephen A. Bondi</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ROWSPAN="2"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Vice President, Controller</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Elizabeth L. Axelrod</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Mary E. G. Bear</P></TD>
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S-8
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 14, 2023
Registration
No. 333-
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
36-2681268
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
233 South Wacker Drive
Suite 4900
Chicago,
Illinois 60606-6303
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)(Zip Code)
Fourth Amended and Restated Heidrick & Struggles
2012 GlobalShare Program
(Full title of the plan)
Tracey Heaton
Chief
Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary
233 South Wacker Drive
Suite 4900
Chicago,
Illinois 60606-6303
(312)
496-1200
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copy to:
Joseph
P. Michaels
Sidley Austin LLP
One South Dearborn
Chicago, Illinois 60603
(312)
853-7000
Indicate by check mark whether
the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a
non-accelerated
filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of "large accelerated
filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company," and "emerging growth company" in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
☐
Accelerated filer
☒
Non-accelerated filer
☐
Smaller reporting company
☐
Emerging growth company
☐
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 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.  ☐
EXPLANATORY NOTE
This Registration Statement on Form
S-8
(this "Registration Statement") is being filed by
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (the "Registrant") pursuant to General Instruction E of Form
S-8
under the Securities Act to register an additional 1,060,000 shares of common stock,
par value $0.01 per share (the "Common Stock") for issuance pursuant to the Fourth Amended and Restated Heidrick & Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program (the "Program"). The contents of the Registrant's Registration
Statements on Form
S-8
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") on May 
25, 2012 (
File
No. 333-181712
), June 
5, 2018 (
File
No. 333-225436
) and June 
22, 2020 (
File
No. 333-239337
) 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.
PART I
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
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
S-8
and Rule 428 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). 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.
PART II
INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference.
The following documents previously filed with the Commission are incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement:
(a)
the Registrant's Annual Report on
Form
10-K
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the Commission on February 27, 2023 (the "2022 Annual Report");
(b)
the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2023, filed with the Commission on April 24, 2023;
(c)
the Registrant's Current Reports on Form
8-K,
filed with the
Commission on
February 
1, 2023
and
May 25, 2023
; and
(d)
the description of the Registrant's Common Stock contained in the Registrant's Registration Statement
on
Form
8-A
, filed with the Commission on April 21, 1999, and any subsequent amendment report filed for the purpose of
updating that description, including
Exhibit 4.02
to the 2022 Annual Report.
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.
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.
Nothing in this Registration Statement shall be deemed to incorporate information furnished but not filed with the Commission,
unless the Registrant explicitly provides otherwise.
Item 8. Exhibits.
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit Description
4.1
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.01 to the Registrant's
 Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2020 (File
No. 000-25837))
4.2
Certificate of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit
 3.02 to the Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020, filed with the Commission on April 27, 2020 (File
No. 000-25837))
4.3
Amended and Restated
By-laws
of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Registrant's
 Form
8-K,
filed with the Commission on December 19, 2022 (File
No. 000-25837))
4.4*
Fourth Amended and Restated Heidrick & Struggles 2012 GlobalShare Program
5.1*
Opinion of Sidley Austin LLP
23.1*
Consent of RSM US LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
23.2*
Consent of Sidley Austin LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1)
24.1*
Power of Attorney (included with signature page)
107*
Calculation of Filing Fee Table
*
Filed herewith.
SIGNATURES
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
S-8
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
this 14
th
day of June 2023.
HEIDRICK & STRUGGLES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ Stephen A. Bondi
Stephen A. Bondi
Vice President, Controller
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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
attorney-in-fact
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
attorneys-in-fact
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
attorneys-in-fact
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.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has executed this Power of Attorney as of the date indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ Krishnan Rajagopalan
Chief Executive Officer & Director
(Principal Executive Officer)
June 14, 2023
Krishnan Rajagopalan
/s/ Mark R. Harris
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
June 14, 2023
Mark R. Harris
/s/ Stephen A. Bondi
Vice President, Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)
June 14, 2023
Stephen A. Bondi
/s/ Elizabeth L. Axelrod
Director
June 14, 2023
Elizabeth L. Axelrod
/s/ Mary E. G. Bear
Director
June 14, 2023
Mary E. G. Bear
/s/ Lyle Logan
Director
June 14, 2023
Lyle Logan
/s/ T. Willem Mesdag
Director
June 14, 2023
T. Willem Mesdag
/s/ Stacey Rauch
Director
June 14, 2023
Stacey Rauch
/s/ Adam Warby
Director
June 14, 2023
Adam Warby