Harte-Hanks Inc. announced its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Larry Franklin, will retire on June 30, 2013, and Robert Philpott has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer effective July 1, 2013. Christopher Harte, a member of the company's Board of Directors since 1993, has been appointed as Chairman of the Board effective July 1, 2013. Mr. Franklin will remain a member of the Board of Directors for a period of time after his retirement.

Mr. Philpott was most recently a member of the Board of Directors of Aegis Group PLC from 2010 through 2012, and Chief Executive Officer of Synovate, a global market research firm. Mr. Franklin joined Harte-Hanks in 1971 and has served as the company's Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2009.