Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): July 1, 2014.

CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)




Delaware	001-34993	52-2402079
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)




1166 Avenue of the Americas, 3^rd Floor, New York, New York		10036
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 588-3500

(N/A)

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2.):

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INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure

On July 1, 2014, CTPartners Executive Search Inc (the”Company”) acquired the Perth, Australia office of Park Brown International, an executive search firm focusing on the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. Under the terms of the contract, the Company paid $1.0 million of initial consideration at closing. The Company expects to pay additional consideration based on the achievement of certain revenue metrics in the next three years.

On July 1, 2014, the Company issued a press release announcing that it had completed the acquisition of the Perth, Australia office of Park Brown International. A copy of this press release is being filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1 and the information contained therein is incorporated by reference into this Current Report on Form 8-K.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

99.1

Press Release dated July 1, 2014 entitled “CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC. ACQUIRES PARK BROWN, PERTH AUSTRALIA ."

SIGNATURES

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.

CTPartners Executive Search Inc.

Date: July 1, 2014 By: /s/ William J. Keneally

William J. Keneally

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

CTPARTNERS EXECUTIVE SEARCH INC. ACQUIRES PARK BROWN, PERTH AUSTRALIA

Leading Independent Industrial Search Firm in Region

New York - July 1, 2014 - CTPartners Executive Search Inc. (NYSE MKT: CTP), a leading executive search firm, today announced that it has acquired the Perth, Australia office of Park Brown International, an executive search firm focusing on the energy, natural resources and infrastructure sectors. On April 29,2014, the Company announced it had signed a Letter of Intent to acquire Park Brown’s Perth, Australia office. Following the close of the transaction, Park Brown International’s four consultants in the Perth office will increase the Company’s Australian consultants to 11, making CTPartners the fifth largest search business in Australia.

Earlier this year, CTPartners acquired Johnson Executive Search, the leading independent executive search firm based in Sydney, Australia. With the acquisition of Park Brown’s Perth office, the Company continues to build a strong presence in the Australian executive search market which supports the strategy of providing global capabilities to its clients.

Brian Sullivan, CEO of CTPartners said, “Park Brown in Perth is known as the leading Industrial executive search firm in its sector, dominating the Asia Pacific region. The acquisition reflects our growth strategies of bringing aboard expert consultants in key business sectors as well as expanding our global footprint in Asia. Since signing the LOI in April 2014, we have been working with the four partners of Park Brown to strengthen our Industrial sector expertise and complement our existing global natural resources capabilities.”

About CTPartners

CTPartners is a leading global executive search firm that is designed to deliver in-depth expertise, creative strategies, and outstanding results to clients worldwide. Committed to a philosophy of partnering with its clients, CTPartners offers a proven track record in C-Suite, top executive, and board searches, as well as extensive experience in serving private equity and venture capital firms.

From its 28 offices in 17 countries, CTPartners serves clients with a global organization of more than 500 professionals and employees, offering expertise in board advisory services, key leadership functions, and executive recruiting services in the financial services, life sciences, industrial, professional services, retail and consumer, and technology, media and telecom industries.

Safe Harbor Statement

The following is a Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This press release includes forward-looking statements. As a general matter, forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations and projections relating to our financial condition, results of operations, plans, objectives, future performance and business. These statements may be identified by the use of forward looking terminology such as "outlook," "believes," "expects," "potential," "continues," "may," "will," "should," "seeks," "approximately," "predicts," "intends," "plans," "estimates," "anticipates," or the negative version of those words or other comparable words, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a safe harbor for the disclosure of forward-looking statements.

The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based upon our historical performance, current plans, estimates, expectations and other factors we believe are appropriate under the circumstances. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved since these forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties and assumptions relating to our operations, financial results, financial condition, business prospects, growth strategy and liquidity. If one or more of these or other risks or uncertainties materialize, or if our underlying assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those indicated in these statements. Some of the key uncertainties and factors that could affect our future performance and cause actual results to differ

materially from those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements are: our expectations regarding our revenues, expenses and operations and our ability to sustain profitability; our ability to recruit and retain qualified executive search consultants to staff our operations appropriately; our ability to successfully integrate new executive search consultants and acquired search firms into our operations; our ability to expand our customer base and relationships, especially given the off-limit arrangements we are required to enter into with certain of our clients; further declines in the global economy and our ability to execute successfully through business cycles; our anticipated cash needs; projected cost savings as a result of reorganization; our anticipated growth strategies and sources of new revenues; unanticipated trends and challenges in our business and the markets in which we operate; social or political instability in markets where we operate; the impact of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations; price competition; the ability to forecast, on a quarterly basis, variable compensation accruals that ultimately are determined based on the achievement of annual results; and the mix of profit and loss by country in which we operate.

The above list should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with the other cautionary statements that are included in our annual report on Form 10-K filed on March 12, 2014. The forward looking statements included in this press release are made only as of the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise. You should, however, review the factors and risks we describe in the reports we will file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

CTPartners

William J. Keneally - Chief Financial Officer

216-682-3103

wkeneally@ctnet.com

EVC Group

Michael Polyviou/Robert Jones - Investor Relations

212-850-6020

mpolyviou@evcgroup.com

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