Company: HCKT
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form Type: SC TO-C
Source: 0001193125-25-265008
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Company: HACKETT GROUP, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-11-04
Form: SC TO-C
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203) 369-1942. In addition, The Hackett Group will also be webcasting this conference call live. To participate, simply visit https://www.thehackettgroup.comapproximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call and click on the conference call link provided. An online replay of the call will be available after 8:00 P.M. ET on Tuesday, November 4, 2025 and will run through 5:00 P.M. ET on Tuesday, November 18, 2025. To access the replay, visit www.thehackettgroup.com. Use of Non-GAAPFinancial Measures The Company provides adjusted earnings results (which excluded non-cashstock-based compensation expense, acquisition-related cash and non-cashstock-based compensation expense, acquisition related costs, amortization expense, legal settlement and related costs, non-recurringcharges and includes a GAAP tax rate) as a complement to results provided in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). These non-GAAPresults are provided to enhance the users’ overall understanding of the Company’s current financial performance and its prospects for the future. The Company believes the non-GAAPresults provide useful information to both management and investors and by excluding certain expenses that it believes are not indicative of its core operating results. The non-GAAPmeasures are included to provide investors and management with an alternative method for assessing operating results in a manner that is focused on the performance of its ongoing primary operations and to provide a consistent basis for comparison between quarters. Further, these non-GAAPresults are one of the primary indicators management uses for planning and forecasting. The presentation of this additional non-GAAPinformation should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any results prepared in accordance with GAAP. See the reconciliation of actual results titled “Reconciliation of GAAP to Non-GAAPMeasures” in the accompanying tables. About The Hackett Group ® The Hackett Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HCKT) is an IP and platform-based, Gen AI strategic consulting and executive advisory firm that enables Digital World Class ®performance. Using AI XPLR ™and ZBrain ™– our ideation through implementation platforms – our experienced professionals help organizations realize the power of Gen AI and achieve quantifiable, breakthrough results, allowing us to be key architects of their Gen AI journey. Our expertise is grounded in unparalleled best practices insights from benchmarking the world’s leading businesses – including 97% of the Dow