Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
Chunk: 101

Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 101
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, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company, and any delay caused thereby shall in no way affect the date of termination of the Grant. Specifically, in connection with the Securities Act, upon the exercise of any Option or stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right or the delivery of any shares of Restricted Stock or Stock underlying Restricted Stock Units, unless a registration statement under such Act is in effect with respect to the shares of Stock covered by such Grant, the Company shall not be required to sell or issue such shares unless the Board has received evidence satisfactory to it that the Grantee or any other individual exercising an Option or stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right may acquire such shares pursuant to an exemption from registration under the Securities Act. Any determination in this connection by the Board shall be final, binding, and conclusive on all parties with an interest herein. The Company may, but shall in no event be obligated to, register any securities covered hereby pursuant to the Securities Act. The Company shall not be obligated to take any affirmative action in order to cause the exercise of an Option or any other issuance of shares of Stock pursuant to the Plan to comply with any law or regulation of any governmental authority. As to any jurisdiction that expressly imposes the requirement that an Option shall not be exercisable until the shares of Stock covered by such Option are registered or are exempt from registration, the exercise of such Option (under circumstances in which the laws of such jurisdiction apply) shall be deemed conditioned upon the effectiveness of such registration or the availability of such an exemption.

16.2 Section 162(m) of the Code.

The Plan is intended to comply in all respects with Section 162(m) of theCode; provided, however,that in the event the Board or Committee determines that compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code is not desired with respect to a particular Grant, compliance with Section 162(m) of the Code will not be required. In addition, if any provision of this Plan would cause Grants that are intended to constitute “qualified performance-based compensation” under Section 162(m) of the Code, to fail to do so qualify, that provision shall be severed from, and shall be deemed not to be a part of, the Plan with respect to such Grant, but the other provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.

17. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION OF THE PLAN

17.1 General.

Subject to applicable laws, rules and regulations, the Board may, at any time and from