PJT Partners Inc.

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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PJT Partners Inc.280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017

April 29, 2026

Dear Fellow Shareholders,

We cordially invite you to attend our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, to be held on June 18, 2026, at 10:00 a.m., Eastern Daylight Time. The Annual Meeting will be a virtual meeting of shareholders. You will be able to attend the Annual Meeting, vote your shares electronically, and submit your questions during the meeting via live audio webcast by visiting http://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PJT2026. To participate in the meeting, you must have your 16-Digit Control Number that is shown on your Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials or on your proxy card if you elected to receive proxy materials by mail. You will not be able to attend the Annual Meeting in person.

The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Proxy Statement that follow describe the business to be conducted at the Annual Meeting. Your vote is important. We encourage you to vote by proxy in advance of the Annual Meeting, whether or not you plan to participate.

Thank you for your continuing support of PJT Partners.

Very truly yours,

Paul J. Taubman

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

PJT Partners Inc.

280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017

Notice of 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders

Items of Business

Proposal 1. Election to our Board of Directors of three Class II director nominees identified in this Proxy Statement

Proposal 2. Approval, on an advisory basis, of the compensation of our Named Executive Officers as disclosed in this Proxy Statement

Proposal 3. Ratification of the selection of Deloitte & Touche LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm for 2026

To transact such other business as may properly come before our Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Your vote is important to us. Please exercise your shareholder right to vote.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

David K.F. Gillis

Corporate Secretary

April 29, 2026

Important notice regarding the availability of our Proxy Statement, 2025 Annual Report to Shareholders, and other materials relating to our 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (our "Proxy Materials"). Our Proxy Materials are available athttp://www.virtualshareholdermeeting.com/PJT2026. Our Proxy Materials will be mailed or made available to our shareholders on or about April 29, 2026. We are sending to most of our shareholders a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials (the “Notice of Availability”) rather than a paper set of our Proxy Materials. By doing so, we save costs and reduce our impact on the environment. The Notice of Availability includes instructions on how to access our Proxy Materials over the Internet, as well as how to request our Proxy materials in paper form. On or about April 29, 2026, we will mail to most of our shareholders the Notice of Availability.

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