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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 to the Audit Committee responsibility for assisting the Board with several risk oversight functions, including oversight of those items listed below under “Audit Committee”.

The Board delegates to the Compensation Committee responsibility for assisting the Board in the oversight of risks related to the Company’s compensation programs. The Compensation Committee is charged with understanding the risks and rewards associated with the Company’s compensation philosophy and ensuring that its various compensation programs are aligned with the Company’s goals and objectives.

The Board delegates to the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee authority to develop and implement the Company’s director nomination guidelines and to recommend nominees for election, ensuring that the Board contains the appropriate mix of experience, qualifications, attributes and skills necessary to effectively exercise its oversight function. The Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee also is responsible for developing and implementing the Company’s corporate governance guidelines and for considering social responsibility, environmental and sustainability matters.

Audit Committee

The Audit Committee reviews, acts on, and reports to the Board with respect to various auditing and accounting matters. The Audit Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation, evaluation, retention and oversight of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firms. The primary functions of the Audit Committee are to assist the Board in its responsibility for oversight of:

the quality and integrity of the Company’s consolidated financial statements and its financial reporting and disclosure practices;

the Company’s system of internal controls regarding finance and accounting compliance;

the independence and performance of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm;

the Company’s ethical compliance programs, including the Company’s anti-bribery and anti-corruption policies;

the Company’s information technology systems, including cybersecurity;

all transactions with related parties; and

decisions to enter into swap transactions that are exempt from the clearing and margin requirements of the Commodity Exchange Act and regulations promulgated thereunder.

The Audit Committee performs all functions required of audit committees of public companies under applicable laws, rules and regulations and the requirements of the Nasdaq.

The current members of the Audit Committee are Messrs. Hamlin (Chairman), Harris, Rivero and Wix and Ms. Bofill. The Board has determined that each current member of the Audit Committee is independent under the

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Nasdaq’s listing standards and the SEC’s heightened independence requirements for members of audit committees. The Board has determined that Mr. Hamlin, Mr. Rivero and Ms. Bofill are “audit committee financial experts”, as that term is defined under SEC rules.

The Audit Committee is governed by a written charter. A copy of