FTI Consulting Inc.

900 Bestgate Rd., Suite 100

Year founded: 1982

Industry: Consulting/professional services

Post 200 Category: Top 125 Companies

Revenue: $427.01 Million

Net Income/Loss: $42.88 Million

Earnings per share: $1.01

Dividend: n/a

Stockholder equity: $496.15 Million

Auditor: Ernst & Young LLP

Stock: FCN

Assets: $708.53 Million

Market capitalization: $853.89 Million

52-week high: 21.95 1/3/2005

52-week low: 14.56 4/29/2004

Chairman : Dennis J. Shaughnessy

President and CEO: Jack B. Dunn IV

Employees: 1033

Local employees: 187

Description: FTI helps client companies investigate improper financial practices, provides expert witnesses for clients embroiled in courtroom disputes and advises businesses on mergers, financial restructuring and regulatory issues.

Developments: FTI posted a 9 percent increase in revenue in 2004. The rebound might have been broader if not for flat performance in the corporate finance restructuring unit, which thrives when the economy worsens. The generally low-profile company drew widespread attention in 2004 when mortgage giant Freddie Mac announced that it had hired FTI's forensic team to scour its books in search of faulty accounting practices. The names of FTI's other forensic clients are confidential, executives said. As part of a corporate governance focus on its own operations, FTI hired longtime independent board member Dennis J. Shaughnessy as full-time chairman of the board in October 2004, for an annual base salary of $1 million. The company also entered into a fresh long-term employment deal with chief executive Jack B. Dunn IV and brought in two new outside board members. FTI retired $20 million of debt and bought back more than $10 million in stock in 2004. Chief Financial Officer Theodore I. Pincus said that among the company's biggest challenges in the year ahead will be the hiring of more experienced consultants from the ranks of the nation's Big Four accounting firms and other rivals.

Executive Compensation
Chairman: Dennis J. Shaughnessy
Total Cash: $192,308.00
Total Compensation: $5,677,513.00

COO: Dominic DiNapoli
Total Cash: $2,500,000.00
Total Compensation: $3,051,970.00

President and CEO: Jack B. Dunn IV
Total Cash: $1,000,000.00
Total Compensation: $2,834,206.00