Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
Chunk: 94

Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 94
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 individual. Except as provided in Section 18 hereof, no adjustment shall be made for dividends, distributions or other rights for which the record date is prior to the date of such issuance. With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, the Company may, in its sole discretion, award dividend equivalent rights to the Grantee on the shares of stock underlying the portion of the Stock Appreciation Right that has vested as of the date the dividend is declared. The right to receive such dividend equivalents, if granted, will be set forth in the applicable Stock Appreciation Right Award Agreement.

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10.8 Prohibition on Repricing of Options and Stock Appreciation Rights.

Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, an Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall not be granted in substitution for a previously granted Option or Stock Appreciation Right being canceled or surrendered as a condition of receiving a new Grant if the new Grant would have a lower exercise price than the Grant it replaces, nor shall the exercise price of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right be reduced once the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is granted. The foregoing shall not prevent adjustments pursuant to Section 18.

11. TRANSFERABILITY OF OPTIONS AND STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

11.1 General Rule.

Except as provided in Section 11.2, during the lifetime of a Grantee, only the Grantee (or, in the event of legal incapacity or incompetency, the Grantee’s guardian or legal representative) may exercise an Option or Stock Appreciation Right. Except as provided in Section 11.2, no Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be assignable or transferable by the Grantee to whom it is granted, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

11.2 Family Transfers.

If authorized in the applicable Award Agreement, a Grantee may transfer all or part of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right that is not an Incentive Stock Option to (i) any Family Member, (ii) a trust or trusts for the exclusive benefit of any Family Member, or (iii) a partnership in which Family Members are the only partners, provided that (x) there may be no consideration for any such transfer, and (y) subsequent transfers of transferred Options and Stock Appreciation Rights are prohibited except those in accordance with this Section 11.2 or by will or the laws of descent and distribution. Following transfer, any such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall continue to be subject to the same