DEFC14A 1 DEFC14A.txt SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION PROXY STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 14(a) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 (AMENDMENT NO. ) Filed by the Registrant [ ] Filed by a Party other than the Registrant [x] Bulldog Investors, LLC Attn: Phillip Goldstein 250 Pehle Avenue, Suite 708 Saddle Brook, NJ 07663 Phone: 201 881-7100 Fax: 201 556-0097 Check the appropriate box: Preliminary Proxy Statement Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) Definitive Proxy Statement [ ] Definitive Additional Materials [x] Soliciting Material Pursuant to ss.240.14a-11(c) or ss.240.14a- 12 Hill International Inc. (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter) Bulldog Investors, LLC Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant) Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box): No fee required [x]. Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(4) and 0-11. (1) Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies: (2) Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: (3) Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was determined): (4) Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: (5) Total fee paid: Fee paid previously with preliminary materials []. Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (a) (2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing []. (1) Amount Previously Paid: (2) Form, Schedule or Registration Statement No.: (3) Filing Party: (4) Date Filed: BULLDOG Investors Leading Independent Proxy Advisory Firm Recommends For Bulldog Investors in Proxy Contest for Hill International SADDLE BROOK, N.J. --(BUSINESS WIRE) - June 1, 2015 - Bulldog Investors, LLC ("Bulldog") announced today that Institutional Shareholder Services ("ISS") has recommended that stockholders of Hill International, Inc. (NYSE: HIL) vote to elect Phillip Goldstein and Andrew Dakos, Bulldog's nominees, to Hill's board of directors. In a report dated May 29, 2015, ISS stated: The company's underperformance over a prolonged period, coupled with the board's hasty rejection of an unsolicited offer at a substantial premium to HIL's trading price - including adoption of a three-year poison pill that has not been submitted to shareholder approval - suggests that additional shareholder perspective on the board might be beneficial. The dissident case for change is further bolstered by a persistent pay-for-performance disconnect at the company, and the board's lack of responsiveness to related shareholder concerns. As such, support for dissident nominees Andrew Dakos and Phillip Goldstein is warranted. (*) Andrew Dakos, a principal of Bulldog Investors, commented: "We are very pleased that ISS, the leading proxy advisory firm, has endorsed our position that change at Hill International is needed by recommending in favor of Bulldog's nominees as well as our proposals to (1) hire an investment banker to explore all options for maximizing stockholder value, and (2) rescind the poison pill if a cash tender offer is made for all shares of Hill." To follow ISS' recommendations, stockholders of Hill must submit Bulldog's GREEN proxy card. A stockholder that has already voted on management's proxy card (even to vote against the board's nominees), must submit a subsequent GREEN proxy card to vote in favor of Bulldog's nominees. If you have any questions or need assistance voting your Shares, please call: InvestorCom, Inc. 65 Locust Avenue, Third Floor New Canaan, Connecticut 06840 Shareholders Call Toll-Free at: (877) 972-0090 Banks and Brokers Call Collect at: (203) 972-9300 About Bulldog Investors Bulldog Investors is an SEC-registered investment adviser that manages the Bulldog Investors group of private funds, Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE:SPE), a closed-end registered investment company, and the accounts of certain high net worth individuals and institutions. www.BulldogInvestors.com (*) Permission to use quotations was neither sought nor obtained from ISS. Contacts Proxy voting inquiries: InvestorCom, Inc. John Glenn Grau, (203) 972-9300 ext. 11 or Media: Gotham Communications, LLC Bill Douglass, (646) 504-0890 bill@gothamcomm.com