Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors;
Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) At the annual meeting of the stockholders of Hudson Highland Group, Inc. (the "Company") held on May 12, 2009, the stockholders of the Company approved the Hudson Highland Group, Inc. 2009 Incentive Stock and Awards Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan provides that up to a total of 1,600,000 shares of the Company's common stock may be issued thereunder. The Plan, which is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company's Board of Directors, authorizes the grant to the Company's officers, directors, employees and consultants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, performance shares, performance units, shares of common stock, restricted stock, restricted stock units and annual or long-term incentive awards.

The Company cannot currently determine the benefits, if any, to be paid under the Plan in the future to the officers of the Company, including the Company's named executive officers.

The Plan is described in detail in the Company's proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 1, 2009. The description of the Plan set forth above does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated by reference herein.

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