Company: CRAI
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-039429
Chunk: 87

Company: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-25
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 87
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 written disclosures required by applicable standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and discussed the disclosures with them, as well as other matters relevant to their independence from our management and the Company. In evaluating the independence of the Company’s independent registered public accountants, we considered the fact that all audit-related services, tax services and other services for fiscal 2024 were pre-approved by the audit committee, which determined that such services would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules on auditor independence. Based on our review and these meetings, discussions and reports, and subject to the limitations on our role and responsibilities referred to above and in the Company’s audit committee charter, we recommended to our board of directors that the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for fiscal 2024 be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for fiscal 2024 filed on February 20, 2025. The audit committee
Richard Booth (Chair)
Karen Keenan
Alva Taylor, Ph.D. 58 TABLE OF CONTENTS PROPOSAL THREE:
RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS Overview Proposal Three concerns the ratification of the appointment by our audit committee of Grant Thornton LLP, or GT, to be our independent registered public accountants for our fiscal year ending January 3, 2026. The report of GT on our consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 28, 2024, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles. For the fiscal year ended December 28, 2024, there were no “reportable events” as that term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K. Under rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Nasdaq Global Select Market, appointment of our independent registered public accountants is the direct responsibility of our audit committee. Although ratification of this appointment by our shareholders is not required by law, our board of directors believes that seeking shareholder ratification is a good practice that provides shareholders an avenue to express their views on this important matter. Our board of directors recommends that shareholders vote to ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton as our auditors for the fiscal year ending January 3, 2026. If our shareholders do not ratify the appointment of Grant Thornton, our audit committee may, but is not required to, reconsider its decision. In any case