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Exhibit 99.1
October 29, 2009
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JOHN H. PELUSI JR. | MYRA F. MOREN | |||
Chief Executive Officer | Director, Investor Relations | |||
(412) 281-8714 | (713) 852-3500 | |||
jpelusi@hfflp.com | mmoren@hfflp.com |
HFF, Inc. elects Susan P. McGalla and Mark D. Gibson to Board of Directors
PITTSBURGH, PA - HFF, Inc. (NYSE:HF) (the Company) announced today that it has elected Susan P.
McGalla as a Class III director of the Board of Directors (the Board) of the Company. Ms. McGalla
will serve on the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of the
Board. In addition, the Company announced today that the Board elected Mark D. Gibson as a Class
II director of the Board. Mr. Gibson had previously served on the Board from the Companys
inception in November 2006 to May 2009, when Mr. Gibson voluntarily agreed to resign from his
position as a Class II director so as to reduce the number of directors on the Board to seven and
insure that the Company remained in compliance with the independent director listing standards of
the NYSE.
Ms. McGalla, 45, held various management positions with American Eagle Outfitters from 1994 to
2009. In 2003, she was named President and Chief Merchandising Officer of the AE Brand. From 2007
to 2009, she was the President, CMO of AEO, Inc., responsible for the design, marketing, revenues
and performance for the corporation, including four brands and the e-commerce business. In
addition, in this position Ms. McGalla led the development and launch of two start-up brands, aerie
and 77 kids. Prior to AEO, Ms. McGalla spent eight years in various merchandising and management
positions in the department store retail sector. She currently serves on the Board of Trustees for
the University of Pittsburgh; the council for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute; and
was formerly on the Executive Committee and Board of Directors for the Allegheny Conference on
Community Development. Ms. McGalla earned her B.A. from Mount Union College.
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Mr. Gibson, 50, is one of the Companys founding partners having joined the Companys
predecessor firm, Holliday Fenoglio & Company, in 1984. He has held the positions of Executive
Managing Director and member of the operating committee of HFF Holdings LLC since 2003. Mr. Gibson
is an Assistant Chairman/Council Member of IOPC Gold in the Urban Land Institute; Chairman of the
University of Texas Real Estate Finance & Investment Center; Member and Former Board of Directors
Member of the Real Estate Council of Dallas; and is a member of International Council of Shopping
Centers, Mortgage Bankers Association of America and Young Presidents Organization. Mr. Gibson
graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.B.A. in Finance.
About HFF, Inc.
Through its subsidiaries, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P. and HFF Securities L.P., the Company
operates out of 17 offices nationwide and is one of the leading providers of commercial real estate
and capital markets services, by transaction volume, to the U.S. commercial real estate industry.
The Company offers clients a fully integrated national capital markets platform including debt
placement, investment sales, advisory services, structured finance, private equity, investment
banking and advisory services, loan sales and commercial loan servicing.
Certain statements in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning
of the federal securities laws. Statements about the Companys beliefs and expectations and
statements containing the words may, could, would, should, believe, expect,
anticipate, plan, estimate, target, project, intend and similar expressions constitute
forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Companys actual results and performance in
future periods to be materially different from any future results or performance suggested in
forward-looking statements in this press release. Investors, potential investors and other readers
are urged to consider these factors carefully in evaluating the forward-looking statements and are
cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking
statements speak only as of the date of this press release and, except to the extent required
by applicable securities laws, the Company expressly disclaims any obligation to update or
revise any of them to reflect actual results, any changes in expectations or any change in events.
If the Company does
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update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that it will make
additional
updates with respect to those or other forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause
results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the factors discussed in the
Companys public filings, including the risk factors included in the Companys most recent Annual
Report on Form 10-K.
Additional information concerning factors that may influence HFF, Inc.s financial information
is discussed under Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations, Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk and Forward-Looking
Statements in the Companys most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, as well as in the Companys
press releases and other periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such
information and filings are available publicly and may be obtained from the Companys web site at
www.hfflp.com or upon request from the HFF, Inc. Investor Relations Department at
investorrelations@hfflp.com.
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