Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
Chunk: 97

Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 97
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outside directors” as that term is defined in Section 162(m) of the Code, the grant and terms of Grants intended to qualify as “performance-based compensation” will be made, and the Grant will be administered, by a subcommittee of the Committee or the Board of Directors consisting of two or more “outside directors” for purposes of Section 162(m) of the Code.

12.4 Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock.

Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award Agreement, holders of Restricted Stock shall have the right to vote such Stock and the right to receive any dividends declared or paid with respect to such Stock. The Board may provide that any dividends paid on Restricted Stock must be reinvested in shares of Stock, which may or may not be subject to the same vesting conditions and restrictions applicable to such Restricted Stock. All distributions, if any, received by a Grantee with respect to Restricted Stock as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, combination of shares, or other similar transaction shall be subject to the restrictions applicable to the original Grant.

12.5 Rights of Holders of Restricted Stock Units.

Unless the Board otherwise provides in an Award Agreement, holders of Restricted Stock Units shall have no rights as stockholders of the Company. The Board may provide in an Award Agreement evidencing a Grant of Restricted Stock Units that the holder of such Restricted Stock Units shall be entitled to receive, upon the Company’s payment of a cash dividend on its outstanding Stock, a cash payment for each Restricted Stock Unit held equal to the per-share dividend paid on the Stock. Such Award Agreement may also provide that such cash payment will be deemed reinvested in additional Restricted Stock Units at a price per unit equal to the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date that such dividend is paid.

12.6 Termination of Employment or Other Relationship.

Upon the termination of the employment of a Grantee with the Company or a Service Provider or of a Service Provider’s relationship with the Company, in either case other than, in the case of individuals, by reason of death or “permanent and total disability” (within the meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code), any shares of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units held by such Grantee that have not vested, or with respect to which all applicable restrictions and conditions have not lapsed, shall immediately be deemed cancelled and forfeited, unless the Board, in its discretion, determines otherwise. Upon forfeiture of Restricted Stock or Restricted Stock Units, the Grantee shall have no further