Company: CRAI
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-039429
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Company: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
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 “say-on-pay” vote. Our shareholders overwhelmingly approved the compensation of our named executive officers, as over 94% of the shares voted at the annual meeting on the say-on-pay resolution (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) were voted in favor of it. As we evaluated our compensation practices and policies for and throughout fiscal 2024, our compensation committee was mindful of the strong support our shareholders expressed for our philosophy of aligning the compensation of our executive officers with our interests and the interests of our shareholders. In addition, senior management seeks to engage in conversations with our shareholders throughout the year to ensure that management and the board understand and consider the issues that are important to them. As a result, our compensation committee decided to follow the same general approach to executive officer compensation for fiscal 2024 that it has followed since fiscal 2010, including granting salary, annual incentive-based cash bonuses, and equity awards under our LTIP. Our compensation committee will continue to consider the outcome of our say-on-pay votes when making future compensation decisions. Compensation objectives Our growth and long-term success depend upon our ability to attract and retain talented and highly qualified corporate executives and employee consultants. The main objectives of our compensation programs are: • to provide competitive compensation packages that enable us to attract, retain and reward talented and highly qualified corporate executives and employee consultants who will contribute or are contributing to our growth and long-term success; • to align compensation with the interests of our shareholders, and motivate and reward high levels of performance achieved without taking unnecessary or excessive risks, by linking a substantial portion of compensation to performance; and • to recognize and reward the achievement of pre-established objective financial and individual performance goals. We believe these objectives are furthered by the use of compensation packages that include salary, annual incentive cash compensation, long-term incentive equity and/or cash compensation. Compensation processes and procedures Role of our compensation committee and chief executive officer The compensation committee established by our board of directors is currently composed of Dr. Tookes, who is the chair, Messrs. Concannon and Avery, and Ms. Detrick, all of whom are independent directors (within the rules of the Nasdaq Global Select Market). Our compensation committee is governed by a written charter adopted by our board of directors. A copy of our compensation committee charter is available through the Investor Relations page of our website at www.crai.com.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Under the charter, our compensation committee is responsible for recommending to our board of directors the compensation philosophy and policies that we should follow, particularly with respect