pjt-8k_20220804.htm

Delaware	001-36869	36-4797143
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280 Park Avenue New York, New York		10017
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Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share

PJT

New York Stock Exchange

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Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

On August 4, 2022, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of PJT Partners Inc. (the “Company”) appointed K. Don Cornwell as a director of the Company, effective January 20, 2023. The appointment of Mr. Cornwell increases the size of the Board to seven members. The Board has designated Mr. Cornwell as a Class II director who will stand for election by the Company’s shareholders at the Company’s Annual Meeting to be held in 2023.

Mr. Cornwell joined the Company in February 2015 as one of its earliest partners and played an integral role in building out the Company’s Strategic Advisory business while also advising on some of the most significant gaming, sports and entertainment deals in the industry. Prior to joining the Company, he had an 18-year career at Morgan Stanley in the Mergers and Acquisitions Group, where he led its sports practice. Prior to Morgan Stanley, Mr. Cornwell worked at McKinsey & Co. as a management consultant and in corporate development for the National Football League.

Mr. Cornwell also serves on the Board of Trustees of Harlem Children’s Zone, East Harlem Tutorial Program, as well as the Board of Directors of New York Cares and VFiles Foundation. He earned his AB in government from Harvard University and his MBA from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business.

In connection with his service as a director, Mr. Cornwell will receive the Company’s previously disclosed standard compensation for non-employee directors, as described in the “Compensation of Directors” section of the Company’s Proxy Statement for the 2022 annual meeting of stockholders of the Company, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 16, 2022.

A press release announcing the appointment of Mr. Cornwell as a director, as described above, is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

Exhibit Number		Description
99.1		Press release of PJT Partners Inc. issued on August 8, 2022.
104		The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

PJT Partners Inc.
By:	/s/ David A. Travin
	Name: David A. Travin
	Title: General Counsel