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
Chunk 3
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 meeting will be necessary to elect the two Class III directors to a three-year term. A majority of the votes properly cast at the annual meeting will be necessary to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers (as disclosed in this proxy statement pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K) and to ratify the appointment by our audit committee of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accountants for our fiscal year ending January 3, 2026. Abstentions and broker non-votes will not be considered when determining whether or not the necessary proportion of votes properly cast at the annual meeting on any proposal was achieved. If you are a registered shareholder and you return an executed proxy with specific instructions on how to vote, the designated proxies will vote according to your instructions. However, if you are a registered shareholder and you return an executed proxy without specific instructions on how to vote, the designated proxies will vote 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS in accordance with the recommendations of our board of directors set forth in this proxy statement. You may revoke your proxy at any time before it has been exercised. Each share of our common stock outstanding on the record date will be entitled to cast one vote. Our transfer agent, Computershare, will tabulate the votes at the annual meeting. Solicitation of proxies Our board of directors is soliciting proxies for the annual meeting and any and all adjournments of the annual meeting. No compensation will be paid by any person in connection with our solicitation of proxies. We will reimburse brokers, banks and other nominees for the out-of-pocket expenses and other reasonable clerical expenses they incur in obtaining instructions from beneficial owners of our common stock. In addition to our solicitation by mail, our directors, officers and other employees may make special solicitations of proxies personally or by telephone, facsimile, courier or e-mail. We expect that the expense of any special solicitations will be nominal, and we will pay all expenses incurred in connection with them. Internet access to proxy materials The notice of annual meeting, this proxy statement and our 2024 annual report to shareholders will be, on or prior to May 30, 2025, available on the Internet at www.envisionreports.com/crai. This website does not use “cookies” to track or identify visitors to the website. Directions to our offices The annual meeting will be held at our offices at 200 Clarendon Street, 9 th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts. For those planning to attend the annual meeting,