CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. 10-Q

ITEM 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds (a) Not applicable. (b) Not applicable. (c) The following provides information about our repurchases of shares of our common stock during the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2024. During that period, we did not act in concert with any affiliate or any other person to acquire any of our common stock and, accordingly, we do not believe that purchases by any such affiliate or other person (if any) are reportable in the following table. For purposes of this table, we have divided the fiscal quarter into three periods of four weeks, four weeks, and five weeks, respectively, to coincide with our reporting periods during the first quarter of fiscal 2024. Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities Period (a) Total Number of Shares Purchased(1)(2) (b) Average Price Paid per Share(1)(2) (c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(2) (d) Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs(2) December 31, 2023 to January 27, 2024 — $ — — $ 11,436,962 January 28, 2024 to February 24, 2024 4,230 $ 108.63 — $ 11,436,962 February 25, 2024 to March 30, 2024 74,178 $ 140.38 65,882 $ 37,194,638 _______________________________ (1) During the four weeks ended February 24, 2024, we accepted 4,230 shares of our common stock as a tax withholding from certain of our employees in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock that occurred during the indicated period, pursuant to the terms of our 2006 Equity Plan, at the average price of $108.63. During the five weeks ended March 30, 2024, we accepted 8,296 shares of our common stock as a tax withholding from certain of our employees in connection with the vesting of shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units that occurred during the indicated period, pursuant to the terms of our 2006 Equity Plan, at the average price per share of $141.15. (2) On February 29, 2024, we announced that our Board of Directors authorized an expansion to our existing share repurchase program of an additional $35.0 million of outstanding shares of our common stock. We may repurchase shares under this 23 Table of Contents program in open market purchases (including through any Rule 10b5-1 plan adopted by us) or in privately negotiated transactions in accordance with applicable insider trading and other securities laws and regulations. During the fiscal quarter ended March 30, 2024, we repurchased and retired 65,882 shares under our share repurchase program at an average price per share of $140.29. Approximately $37.2 million was available for future repurchases under this program as of March 30, 2024. We expect to continue to repurchase shares under this program. ITEM 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities None. ITEM 4. Mine Safety Disclosures None.