Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000950170-25-043233
Chunk: 93

Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-21
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 93
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 any business day, at the Company’s principal office, addressed to the attention of the Board. Such notice shall specify the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Option or Stock Appreciation Right is being exercised and, with respect to Options only, shall be accompanied by payment in full of the Exercise Price of the shares for which the Option is being exercised.

The minimum number of shares of Stock with respect to which an Option or Stock Appreciation Right may be exercised, in whole or in part, at any time shall be the lesser of (i) 100 shares or such lesser number set forth in the applicable Award Agreement and (ii) the maximum number of shares available under the Option or Stock Appreciation Right at the time of exercise. In the case of an Option, payment of the Exercise Price for the shares purchased shall be made (i) in cash or in cash equivalents; (ii) through the tender to the Company of shares of Stock, which shares, if acquired from the Company, shall have been held for at least six months and which shall be valued, for purposes of determining the extent to which the Exercise Price has been paid thereby, at their Fair Market Value on the date of exercise; (iii) by a combination of cash and Stock equal in value to the Exercise Price, (iv) through net share settlement or similar procedure involving the withholding of Stock subject to the Option with a value equal to the Exercise Price or (v) by such other means as the Board may authorize. With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, the appreciation distribution with respect to the SAR may be paid to the Grantee, at the discretion of the Board, by any of the following methods: (a) shares of Common Stock; (b) cash; or (c) in any combination of shares of Common Stock and cash. Payment to a Grantee pursuant to a Stock Appreciation Right shall be made within thirty (30) days of exercise and in no event later than March 15 of the calendar year following the calendar year of exercise.

An attempt to exercise any Option or Stock Appreciation Right granted hereunder other than as set forth above shall be invalid and of no force and effect. Unless otherwise stated in the applicable Award Agreement, an individual holding or exercising an Option shall have none of the rights of a shareholder (for example, the right to receive cash or dividend payments or distributions attributable to the subject shares of Stock or to direct the voting of the subject shares of Stock) until the shares of Stock covered thereby are fully issued to such