One Hint/Name Table suffices for the entire import section. Each entry in the Hint/Name Table has the following format:
| Offset | Size | Field | Description |
| 0 | 4 | Hint | Index into the Export Name Pointer Table. A match is attempted first with this value. If it fails, a binary search is performed on the DLL's Export Name Pointer Table. |
| 4 | variable | Name | ASCII string containing name to import. This is the string that must be matched to the public name in the DLL. This string is case sensitive and terminated by a null byte. |
| * | 0 or 1 | Pad | A trailing zero pad byte appears after the trailing null byte, if necessary, to align the next entry on an even boundary. |