Robert Half Records Six Percent Revenue Rise

January 31, 2013 – Robert Half International Inc./(NYSE:RHI) has posted fourth quarter 2012 revenues of $1.03 billion, a 5.8 percent increase from revenues of $975.3 million during the same period last year. For the quarter, the company earned $58.3 million, or 42 cents per share, up from $42 million, or 30 cents per share, during the same period a year earlier. For all of 2012, net income rose 40 percent to $208.9 million, or $1.50 per share, up from $147.8 million, or $1.04 per share, in 2011. Revenue was up 8.7 percent to $4.11 billion. Harold M. Messmer Jr., chairman and CEO of Robert Half International, said: “Global operating income was up 35 percent as a result of continued gross-margin expansion; lower selling, general and administrative expense ratios; and a solid fourth quarter for Protiviti. This is the 11th consecutive quarter in which net income and earnings per share have grown 20 percent or more on a year-over-year basis. Revenue growth in our staffing operations reflects ongoing demand for skilled talent on an interim and full-time basis, most notably in the United States.”