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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 the shares of common stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote on the Record Date is necessary to constitute a quorum at the annual meeting. Shares can be voted only if the shareholder is present in person or represented by proxy. Whether or not you plan to attend in person, you are encouraged to sign and return the enclosed proxy card or vote by telephone or through the Internet as instructed on the proxy card or in the notice mailed to you.

Assuming the presence of a quorum at the annual meeting, the following voting standards will apply to the various proposals:

The Board’s nominees for directors will be elected only if the votes cast for such nominee’s election exceed the votes cast against such nominee’s election. For more information regarding the majority voting provisions of the Bylaws, see “Proposal 1-Election of Directors” on page 4 of this proxy statement.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required to approve the plan amendment in Proposal 2.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required to approve the advisory vote on executive compensation in Proposal 3.

The affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote is required to ratify the appointment of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 26, 2025 in Proposal 4.

Abstentions and broker non-votes will be treated as shares that are present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote for purposes of determining the presence of a quorum at the annual meeting. A “broker non-vote” occurs when a nominee holding shares for a beneficial owner votes on one proposal, but does not vote on another proposal because the nominee does not have discretionary voting power and has not received instructions from the beneficial owner. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not have any effect on the approval of Proposal 1. Because abstentions will be counted for purposes of determining the shares present or represented at the annual meeting and entitled to vote, abstentions will have the same effect as a vote “against” Proposals 2, 3 and 4. Broker non-votes will not have any effect on the approval of Proposals 2, 3 or 4.

The presence of a shareholder at the annual meeting will not automatically revoke the shareholder’s