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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 Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is responsible for:

identifying individuals qualified to become members of the Board;

recommending candidates for election or re-election to the Board;

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developing and implementing the Company’s corporate governance guidelines;

considering social responsibility, environmental and sustainability matters; and

overseeing the Company’s Human Rights and Modern Slavery Policy.

The current members of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee are Messrs. Wix (Chairman), Hamlin, Harris and Rivero and Ms. Bofill.

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee selects and must approve all candidates to stand for election as directors. Pursuant to the Company’s bylaws, other candidates may also be nominated by any shareholder, provided each such other nomination is submitted in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Company's bylaws. (For a discussion of the requirements for including information with respect to a shareholder’s nominee in the Company’s proxy statement, see “Shareholder Proposals for the Annual Meeting in 2026” on page 54 of this proxy statement).

The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee is also responsible for the development and implementation of the Company’s corporate governance guidelines. The Company’s corporate governance guidelines can be found on the Company’s website athttps://www.thehackettgroup.com/governance/. The corporate governance guidelines implemented by the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee contain criteria that the Committee employs to identify and recommend candidates to the Board. These criteria include:

personal and professional integrity;

the skills, business experience and industry knowledge useful in the oversight of the Company based on the perceived needs of the Company and the Board at any given time;

the ability and willingness to devote the required amount of time to the Company’s affairs, including preparation for and attendance at Board and committee meetings;

interest, capacity and willingness, in conjunction with the members of the Board, to serve the long-term interests of the Company and its shareholders;

to the extent considered appropriate by the Board, whether a director candidate may be considered to be a “financial expert” as defined in relevant SEC rules; and

freedom from any personal or professional relationships that would adversely affect the ability to serve the best interests of the Company and its shareholders.

As reflected in the Company’s corporate governance guidelines, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee believes that a director candidate should have expertise, skills, knowledge and experience that, when taken together with that of other Board members, will lead to a Board that is