{"url_path":"/sec/pjt/8-k/2026-07-16/item-5-02","section_key":"item-5-02","section_title":"Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-16","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/0001193125-26-305383-index.html","accession_number":"0001193125-26-305383","cik":"0001626115","ticker":"PJT","issuer_name":"PJT Partners Inc.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1626115/0001193125-26-305383-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0001626115","primary_entity_name":"PJT Partners Inc."},"word_count":281,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"Item 5.02.\n\nDeparture of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.\n\nHelen Meates, Chief Financial Officer of PJT Partners Inc. (the “Company”), has informed the Company of her intention to step down from her role as Chief Financial Officer as of October 1, 2026 (the “Effective Date”). Following the Effective Date, Ms. Meates will remain at the Company in a non-executive officer role to assist with the transition of her responsibilities and retire from the Company following the conclusion of the transition period. Ms. Meates will continue to receive her base salary at its current rate during the transition period and will remain eligible to receive a cash bonus in respect of fiscal 2026. Following the conclusion of the transition period, Ms. Meates’ departure from the Company will constitute a qualifying retirement for purposes of her outstanding equity awards, the terms of which are described in the Company’s 2026 Proxy Statement.\n\nThe Company’s Board of Directors has appointed Arun Kalra to succeed Ms. Meates as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer effective as of the Effective Date.\n\nMr. Kalra, 38, currently the Company’s Director of Finance, has spent the last decade helping Ms. Meates build the global finance function of the Company, having joined the firm in 2016, initially as head of Financial Planning and Analysis. Prior to joining the Company, Mr. Kalra was a senior member of the compensation team at UBS AG. Mr. Kalra holds a BSc from the London School of Economics.\n\nA press release announcing the transition of the Company's Chief Financial Officer role from Ms. Meates to Mr. Kalra, as described above, is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1."}