Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
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Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 estimate calculated in a manner consistent with Item 402(u) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act").

In identifying the Company's median employee, the Company's calculation included the base salary for each employee as of December 27, 2024, commissions paid in 2024 and any cash and equity performance and non-performance-based bonus compensation paid or granted to such employees in 2025, based on their performance for fiscal year 2024. Bonus information for 2024 was not available for all employees as of the Record Date as several of the Company's practices conduct performance reviews during the first quarter of the year and approve raises and pay bonuses in April. For employees in these practices the Company estimated 2024 cash and equity bonuses. The amount included for equity performance and non-performance-based bonus compensation grants equaled the fair market value of the shares underlying such grant as of the grant date, however, these grants are subject to time vesting which requires continued employment of the grantee for a period of time ranging from one year, or three to four years. Cash compensation for these purposes included base salary or wages plus overtime pay, cash bonuses, cash commissions and comparable cash elements of compensation in non-U.S. jurisdictions, if applicable, and was calculated using internal payroll and/or tax records. Salaries or wages paid in non-U.S. jurisdictions were converted to U.S. dollars using exchange rates in effect as of December 27, 2024. the Company did not apply any cost-of-living adjustments as part of the calculation.

The Company selected the median employee based on 1,342full-time and part-time workers who were employed as of December 27, 2024.

The fiscal year 2024 annual total compensation as determined under Item 402 of Regulation S-K for the Company's CEO was $15,933,536. The 2024 annual total compensation as determined under Item 402 of Regulation S-K for the

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Company's median employee was $85,000. The ratio of the Company's CEO’s annual total compensation to its median employee’s total compensation for fiscal year 2024 is 187 to 1. Excluding the Stock Price Award, the fiscal year 2024 annual total compensation for the Company's CEO was $3,828,622. The 2024 annual total compensation for the Company's median employee was $84,850. The ratio of the Company's CEO’s annual total compensation