Willdan Group, Inc. 10-Q

Item 1. Financial Statements WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET S (in thousands, except par value) (Unaudited) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, December 27, ​ ​ ​ 2025 ​ 2024 ​ Assets ​ Current assets: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Cash and cash equivalents ​ $ 38,364 ​ $ 74,158 ​ Restricted cash ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $ 1,510 and $ 1,313 at April 4, 2025 and December 27, 2024, respectively ​ 59,692 ​ 65,557 ​ Contract assets ​ 89,167 ​ 88,528 ​ Other receivables ​ 2,596 ​ 2,302 ​ Prepaid expenses and other current assets ​ 7,186 ​ 4,979 ​ Total current assets ​ 197,005 ​ 235,524 ​ Equipment and leasehold improvements, net ​ 30,474 ​ 29,534 ​ Goodwill ​ ​ 173,922 ​ ​ 140,991 ​ Right-of-use assets ​ ​ 12,007 ​ ​ 14,035 ​ Other intangible assets, net ​ ​ 42,418 ​ ​ 29,414 ​ Other assets ​ 2,592 ​ 2,019 ​ Deferred income taxes, net ​ ​ 12,740 ​ ​ 13,346 ​ Total assets ​ $ 471,158 ​ $ 464,863 ​ Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity ​ Current liabilities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Accounts payable ​ $ 41,634 ​ $ 33,766 ​ Accrued liabilities ​ 39,373 ​ 62,776 ​ Contingent consideration payable ​ ​ 8,500 ​ ​ 2,500 ​ Contract liabilities ​ 23,128 ​ 21,556 ​ Notes payable ​ 2,500 ​ 10,137 ​ Finance lease obligations ​ ​ 1,233 ​ ​ 1,138 ​ Lease liability ​ ​ 5,840 ​ ​ 5,804 ​ Total current liabilities ​ 122,208 ​ 137,677 ​ Contingent consideration payable ​ ​ 8,444 ​ ​ 1,713 ​ Notes payable, less current portion ​ ​ 84,443 ​ ​ 79,350 ​ Finance lease obligations, less current portion ​ 1,471 ​ 1,379 ​ Lease liability, less current portion ​ ​ 8,550 ​ ​ 9,939 ​ Other noncurrent liabilities ​ ​ 526 ​ ​ 462 ​ Total liabilities ​ 225,642 ​ 230,520 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Commitments and contingencies ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Stockholders’ equity: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Preferred stock, $ 0.01 par value, 10,000 shares authorized, no shares issued and outstanding ​ — ​ — ​ Common stock, $ 0.01 par value, 40,000 shares authorized; 14,497 and 14,169 shares issued and outstanding at April 4, 2025 and December 27, 2024, respectively ​ 145 ​ 142 ​ Additional paid-in capital ​ 204,036 ​ 197,368 ​ Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ​ ​ ( 499 ) ​ ​ ( 314 ) ​ Retained earnings ​ 41,834 ​ 37,147 ​ Total stockholders’ equity ​ 245,516 ​ 234,343 ​ Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity ​ $ 471,158 ​ $ 464,863 ​ ​ See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. 3 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS) (in thousands, except per share amounts) (Unaudited) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three Months Ended ​ ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ 2025 2024 Contract revenue ​ $ 152,386 ​ $ 122,489 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Direct costs of contract revenue (inclusive of directly related depreciation and amortization): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Salaries and wages ​ 27,677 ​ 21,512 Subcontractor services and other direct costs ​ 67,048 ​ 53,559 Total direct costs of contract revenue ​ 94,725 ​ 75,071 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Gross profit ​ 57,661 ​ 47,418 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ General and administrative expenses: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Salaries and wages, payroll taxes and employee benefits ​ 31,108 ​ 26,509 Facilities and facility related ​ 2,624 ​ 2,445 Stock-based compensation ​ 2,426 ​ 1,390 Depreciation and amortization ​ 4,440 ​ 3,592 Other ​ 10,027 ​ 8,121 Total general and administrative expenses ​ 50,625 ​ 42,057 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Income (Loss) from operations ​ 7,036 ​ 5,361 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Other income (expense): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Interest expense, net ​ ( 1,802 ) ​ ( 2,137 ) Other, net ​ ( 41 ) ​ 704 Total other expense, net ​ ( 1,843 ) ​ ( 1,433 ) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Income (Loss) before income taxes ​ 5,193 ​ 3,928 Income tax (benefit) expense ​ 506 ​ 986 Net income (loss) ​ ​ 4,687 ​ ​ 2,942 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Other comprehensive income (loss): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts, net of tax ​ ​ ( 185 ) ​ ​ 434 Comprehensive income (loss) ​ $ 4,502 ​ $ 3,376 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Earnings (Loss) per share: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Basic ​ $ 0.33 ​ $ 0.22 Diluted ​ $ 0.32 ​ $ 0.21 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Weighted-average shares outstanding: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Basic ​ 14,163 ​ 13,605 Diluted ​ 14,628 ​ 13,910 See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. ​ 4 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUIT Y (in thousands) (Unaudited) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Accumulated ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Additional ​ Other ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Common Stock ​ Paid-in ​ Comprehensive ​ Retained ​ ​ ​ ​ Shares Amount Capital Income (Loss) Earnings Total Balance at December 27, 2024 14,169 ​ $ 142 ​ $ 197,368 ​ $ ( 314 ) ​ $ 37,147 ​ $ 234,343 Shares of common stock issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan 60 ​ ​ — ​ ​ 1,485 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 1,485 Shares of common stock issued in connection with incentive stock plan ​ 5 ​ ​ — ​ ​ 81 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 81 Shares used to pay taxes on stock grants ( 69 ) ​ ​ ( 1 ) ​ ​ ( 2,877 ) ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ ( 2,878 ) Issuance of restricted stock award and units ​ 155 ​ ​ 2 ​ ​ ( 2 ) ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — Stock issued to acquire businesses ​ 177 ​ ​ 2 ​ ​ 5,555 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 5,557 Stock-based compensation expense — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 2,426 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 2,426 Net income (loss) — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 4,687 ​ ​ 4,687 Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ ( 185 ) ​ ​ — ​ ​ ( 185 ) Balance at April 4, 2025 14,497 ​ $ 145 ​ $ 204,036 ​ $ ( 499 ) ​ $ 41,834 ​ $ 245,516 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Accumulated ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Additional ​ Other ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Common Stock ​ Paid-in ​ Comprehensive ​ Retained ​ ​ ​ ​ Shares Amount Capital Income (Loss) Earnings Total Balance at December 29, 2023 13,682 ​ $ 137 ​ $ 185,795 ​ $ ( 664 ) ​ $ 14,577 ​ $ 199,845 Shares of common stock issued in connection with employee stock purchase plan 86 ​ ​ 1 ​ ​ 1,401 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 1,402 Shares of common stock issued in connection with incentive stock plan ​ 19 ​ ​ — ​ ​ 281 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 281 Shares used to pay taxes on stock grants ( 32 ) ​ ​ ( 1 ) ​ ​ ( 778 ) ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ ( 779 ) Issuance of restricted stock award and units ​ 62 ​ ​ 1 ​ ​ ( 1 ) ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — Stock-based compensation expense — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 1,390 ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 1,390 Net income (loss) — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 2,942 ​ ​ 2,942 Net unrealized gain (loss) on derivative contracts ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ — ​ ​ 434 ​ ​ — ​ ​ 434 Balance at March 29, 2024 13,817 ​ $ 138 ​ $ 188,088 ​ $ ( 230 ) ​ $ 17,519 ​ $ 205,515 See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. ​ 5 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (in thousands) (Unaudited) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three Months Ended ​ ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ 2025 2024 Cash flows from operating activities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Net income (loss) ​ $ 4,687 ​ $ 2,942 Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Depreciation and amortization ​ 4,440 ​ 3,592 Other non-cash items ​ ​ 327 ​ ​ 92 Deferred income taxes, net ​ 606 ​ 1,005 (Gain) loss on sale/disposal of equipment ​ ( 17 ) ​ ( 13 ) Provision for doubtful accounts ​ 246 ​ ( 100 ) Stock-based compensation ​ 2,426 ​ 1,390 Accretion and fair value adjustments of contingent consideration ​ ​ 379 ​ ​ — Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from business acquisitions: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Accounts receivable ​ 12,655 ​ 18,985 Contract assets ​ ( 174 ) ​ 11,476 Other receivables ​ 877 ​ 617 Prepaid expenses and other current assets ​ ( 2,207 ) ​ ( 1,975 ) Other assets ​ ( 569 ) ​ 117 Accounts payable ​ 3,748 ​ 1,325 Accrued liabilities ​ ( 22,134 ) ​ ( 15,740 ) Contract liabilities ​ ( 2,654 ) ​ 3,244 Right-of-use assets ​ 675 ​ ( 8 ) Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities ​ 3,311 ​ 26,949 Cash flows from investing activities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Purchase of equipment, software, and leasehold improvements ​ ( 2,310 ) ​ ( 1,971 ) Proceeds from sale of equipment ​ ​ 19 ​ ​ 19 Cash paid for acquisitions, net of cash acquired ​ ​ ( 32,473 ) ​ ​ — Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities ​ ( 34,764 ) ​ ( 1,952 ) Cash flows from financing activities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Payments on notes payable ​ ​ ( 137 ) ​ ​ ( 153 ) Repayments under term loan facility and line of credit ​ ​ ( 2,500 ) ​ ​ ( 1,875 ) Principal payments on finance leases ​ ( 392 ) ​ ( 345 ) Proceeds from stock option exercise ​ 81 ​ 281 Proceeds from sales of common stock under employee stock purchase plan ​ 1,485 ​ 1,402 Cash used to pay taxes on stock grants ​ ​ ( 2,878 ) ​ ​ ( 779 ) Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities ​ ( 4,341 ) ​ ( 1,469 ) Net increase (decrease) in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash ​ ( 35,794 ) ​ 23,528 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period ​ 74,158 ​ 23,397 Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period ​ $ 38,364 ​ $ 46,925 Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Cash paid (received) during the period for: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Interest ​ $ 1,663 ​ $ 2,081 Income taxes ​ 59 ​ 2 Supplemental disclosures of noncash investing and financing activities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Issuance of common stock related to business acquisitions ​ $ 5,557 ​ $ — Contingent consideration related to business acquisitions ​ ​ 12,353 ​ ​ — Equipment acquired under finance leases ​ ​ 580 ​ ​ 198 See accompanying notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements. ​ ​ 6 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited) 1. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATIONS OF THE COMPAN Y Willdan Group, Inc. (“Willdan” or the “Company”) is a provider of professional, technical and consulting services to utilities, private industry, and public agencies at all levels of government. As resources and infrastructures undergo continuous change, the Company helps organizations and their communities evolve and thrive by providing a wide range of technical services for energy solutions and government infrastructure. Through engineering, program management, policy advisory, and software and data management, the Company designs and delivers trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions to improve efficiency, resiliency, and sustainability in energy and infrastructure. The Company’s broad portfolio of services operates within two financial reporting segments: (1) Energy and (2) Engineering and Consulting. The interfaces and synergies between these segments are important elements of the Company’s strategy to design and deliver trusted, comprehensive, innovative, and proven solutions for its customers. The accounting policies followed by the Company are set forth in Part II, Item 8, Note 1, “ Organization and Operations of the Company” , of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024. In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to fairly state the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been made. All such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the Consolidated Financial Statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes thereto should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2024. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the full year. Fiscal Years The Company operates and reports its annual financial results based on 52 or 53 -week periods ending on the Friday closest to December 31. The Company operates and reports its quarterly financial results based on the 13 -week period ending on the Friday closest to June 30, September 30, and December 31 and the 13 or 14 -week period ending on the Friday closest to March 31, as applicable. Fiscal year 2025 , which ends on January 2 , 2026, will be comprised of 53 weeks, with the first quarter consisting of 14 weeks and the remaining quarters consisting of 13 weeks each. Fiscal year 2024, which ended on December 27, 2024, was comprised of 52 weeks, with all quarters consisting of 13 weeks each. Use of Estimates The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements. Estimates also affect the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Reclassifications Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified in the condensed consolidated financial statements to conform to the current year presentation. ​ 7 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 2. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS Accounting Pronouncements Recently Issued In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU No. 2024-03, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income - Expense Disaggregation Disclosures (Subtopic 220-40)” (“ASU 2024-03”). ASU 2024-03 requires entities to disclose, in the notes to consolidated financial statements, specified information about certain costs and expenses at each interim and annual reporting period. Specific disclosures include the amounts of (a) purchases of inventory; (b) employee compensation; (c) depreciation; (d) intangible asset amortization; and (e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil- and gas-producing activities (or other amounts of depletion expense) included in each relevant expense caption, as well as a qualitative description of the amounts remaining in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated quantitatively. Additionally, entities will need to disclose the total amount of selling expenses and, in annual reporting periods, an entity’s definition of selling expenses. The amendments are effective for the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In December 2023, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2023-09, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Improvements to Income Tax Disclosures” (“ASU 2023-09”). ASU 2023-09 amends the rules on income tax disclosures to require entities to disclose specific categories in the rate reconciliation, the income or loss from continuing operations before income tax expense or benefit (separated between domestic and foreign) and income tax expense or benefit from continuing operations (separated by federal, state, and foreign). In addition, ASU 2023-09 requires entities to disclose their income tax payments to international, federal, state, and local jurisdictions, among other changes. The amendments can be applied on a prospective basis although retrospective application is permitted. The amendments are effective for the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2024, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact this update will have on its Consolidated Financial Statements. In October 2023, the FASB issued ASU No. 2023-06, “Disclosure Improvements: Codification Amendments in Response to the SEC’s Disclosure Update and Simplification Initiative” (“ASU 2023-06”). ASU 2023-06 amends U.S. GAAP to reflect updates and simplifications to certain disclosure and presentation requirements referred to FASB by the SEC. The targeted amendments incorporate 14 of the 27 disclosures referred by the SEC into codification. Each amendment in ASU 2023-06 is effective on either the date on which the SEC’s removal of the related disclosure requirement from Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K becomes effective , or on June 30, 2027, if the SEC has not removed the requirements by that date. The Company does not believe the amendments in ASU 2023-06 will have a material impact on any of the Company’s current disclosures. ​ 8 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 3. REVENUES The Company enters into contracts with its clients that contain various types of pricing provisions, including fixed price, time-and-materials, and unit-based provisions. The Company recognizes revenues in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customer, codified as ASC Topic 606 and the related amendments (collectively “ASC 606”). As such, the Company identifies a contract with a customer, identifies the performance obligations in the contract, determines the transaction price, allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation in the contract and recognizes revenues when (or as) the Company satisfies a performance obligation. The following table reflects the Company’s two reportable segments and the types of contracts that each most commonly enters into for revenue generating activities. ​ Segment Contract Type Revenue Recognition Method ​ Time-and-materials Time-and-materials Energy Unit-based Unit-based ​ Software license Unit-based ​ Fixed price Percentage-of-completion ​ Time-and-materials Time-and-materials Engineering and Consulting Unit-based Unit-based ​ Fixed price Percentage-of-completion ​ Revenue on the vast majority of the Company’s contracts is recognized over time because of the continuous transfer of control to the customer. Revenue on fixed price contracts is recognized on the percentage-of-completion method based generally on the ratio of direct costs incurred-to-date to estimated total direct costs at completion. The Company uses the percentage-of-completion method to better match the level of work performed at a certain point in time in relation to the effort that will be required to complete a project. In addition, the percentage-of-completion method is a common method of revenue recognition in the Company’s industry. Many of the Company’s fixed price contracts involve a high degree of subcontracted fixed price effort and, usually, are relatively short in duration, thereby lowering the risks of not properly estimating the percent complete. Revenue on time-and-materials and unit-based contracts is recognized as the work is performed in accordance with the specific rates and terms of the contract. The Company recognizes revenues for time-and-materials contracts based upon the actual hours incurred during a reporting period at contractually agreed upon rates per hour and also includes in revenue all reimbursable costs incurred during a reporting period. Certain of the Company’s time-and-materials contracts are subject to maximum contract values and, accordingly, when revenue is expected to exceed the maximum contract value, these contracts are generally recognized under the percentage-of-completion method, consistent with fixed price contracts. For unit-based contracts, the Company recognizes the contract price of units of a basic production product as revenue when the production product is delivered during a period. Revenue for amounts that have been billed but not earned is deferred, and such deferred revenue is referred to as contract liabilities in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. The Company also derives revenue from software licenses and professional services and maintenance fees. In accordance with ASC 606, the Company performs an assessment of each contract to identify the performance obligations, determine the overall transaction price for the contract, allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and recognize the revenue when the performance obligations are satisfied. The Company utilizes the residual approach by which it estimates the standalone selling price by reference to the total transaction price less the sum of the observable standalone selling prices of other goods or services promised in the contract. The software license revenue is typically recognized at a point in time when control is transferred to the client, which is defined as the point in time when the client can use and benefit from the license. The software license is delivered before related services are provided and is functional without services, updates, or technical support. Related professional services include training and support services in which the standalone selling price is determined based on an input measure of hours incurred to total estimated hours and is recognized over time, which usually is the life of the contract. 9 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) To determine the proper revenue recognition method for contracts, the Company evaluates whether two or more contracts should be combined and accounted for as one single contract and whether the combined contract should be accounted for as one performance obligation. With respect to the Company’s contracts, it is rare that multiple contracts should be combined into a single performance obligation. This evaluation requires significant judgment and the decision to combine a group of contracts or separate a single contract into multiple performance obligations could change the amount of revenue and profit recorded in a given period. Contracts are considered to have a single performance obligation if the promise to transfer the individual goods or services is not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts, which is mainly because the Company provides a significant service of integrating a complex set of tasks and components into a single project or capability. The Company may enter into contracts that include separate phases or elements. If each phase or element is negotiated separately based on the technical resources required and/or the supply and demand for the services being provided, the Company evaluates if the contracts should be segmented. If certain criteria are met, the contracts would be segmented which could result in revenues being assigned to the different elements or phases with different rates of profitability based on the relative value of each element or phase to the estimated total contract revenue. Segmented contracts may comprise up to approximately 2.0 % to 3.0 % of the Company’s consolidated contract revenue. Contracts that cover multiple phases or elements of the project or service lifecycle (development, construction and maintenance and support) may be considered to have multiple performance obligations even when they are part of a single contract. For contracts with multiple performance obligations, the Company allocates the transaction price to each performance obligation using the best estimate of the standalone selling price of each distinct good or service in the contract. For the periods presented, the value of the separate performance obligations under contracts with multiple performance obligations (generally measurement and verification tasks under certain energy performance contracts) were not material. In cases where the Company does not provide the distinct good or service on a standalone basis, the primary method used to estimate standalone selling price is the expected cost plus a margin approach, under which the Company forecasts the Company’s expected costs of satisfying a performance obligation and then adds an appropriate margin for the distinct good or service. The Company provides quality of workmanship warranties to customers that are included in the sale and are not priced or sold separately or do not provide customers with a service in addition to assurance of compliance with agreed-upon specifications and industry standards. The Company does not consider these types of warranties to be separate performance obligations. In some cases, the Company has a master service or blanket agreement with a customer under which each task order releases the Company to perform specific portions of the overall scope in the service contract. Each task order is typically accounted for as a separate contract because the task order establishes the enforceable rights and obligations, and payment terms. Under ASC 606, variable consideration should be considered when determining the transaction price and estimates should be made for the variable consideration component of the transaction price, as well as assessing whether an estimate of variable consideration is constrained. For certain of the Company’s contracts, variable consideration can arise from modifications to the scope of services resulting from unapproved change orders or customer claims. Variable consideration is included in the transaction price to the extent it is probable that a significant reversal of cumulative revenue recognized will not occur when the uncertainty associated with the variable consideration is resolved. The Company estimates of variable consideration and determination of whether to include estimated amounts in the transaction price are based largely on assessments of legal enforceability, the Company’s performance, and all information (historical, current and forecasted) that is reasonably available to the Company. 10 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) Due to the nature of the work required to be performed on many of the Company’s performance obligations, the estimation of total revenue and cost at completion is complex, subject to many variables and requires significant judgment. As a significant change in one or more of these estimates could affect the profitability of the Company’s contracts, the Company reviews and updates the Company’s contract-related estimates regularly through a company-wide disciplined project review process in which management reviews the progress and execution of the Company’s performance obligations and the estimate at completion (“EAC”). As part of this process, management reviews information including, but not limited to, any outstanding key contract matters, progress towards completion and the related program schedule and the related changes in estimates of revenues and costs. Management must make assumptions and estimates regarding labor productivity and availability, the complexity of the work to be performed, the cost and availability of materials, the performance of subcontractors, and the availability and timing of funding from the customer, among other variables. The Company recognizes adjustments in estimated profit on contracts under the cumulative catch-up method. Under this method, the impact of the adjustment on profit recorded to date is recognized in the period the adjustment is identified. Revenue and profit in future periods of contract performance is recognized using the adjusted estimate. If at any time the estimate of contract profitability indicates an anticipated loss on the contract, the Company recognizes the full amount of estimated loss in the period it is identified. Contracts are often modified to account for changes in contract specifications and requirements. The Company considers contract modifications to exist when the modification either creates new rights or obligations or changes the existing enforceable rights or obligations. Most of the Company’s contract modifications are for goods or services that are not distinct from existing contracts due to the significant integration provided in the context of the contract and are accounted for as if they were part of the original contract. The effect of a contract modification that is not distinct from the existing contract on the transaction price and the Company’s measure of progress for the performance obligation to which it relates is recognized as an adjustment to revenue (either as an increase in or a reduction of revenue) on a cumulative catch-up basis. For contract modifications that result in the promise to deliver goods or services that are distinct from the existing contract and the increase in price of the contract is for the same amount as the standalone selling price of the additional goods or services included in the modification, the Company accounts for such contract modifications as a separate contract. The Company includes claims to vendors, subcontractors and others as a receivable and a reduction in recognized costs when enforceability of the claim is established by the contract and the amounts are reasonably estimable and probable of being recovered. The amounts are recorded up to the extent of the lesser of the amounts management expects to recover or to costs incurred. Billing practices are governed by the contract terms of each project based upon costs incurred, achievement of milestones or pre-agreed schedules. Billings do not necessarily correlate with revenue recognized using the percentage-of-completion method of revenue recognition. Direct costs of contract revenue consist primarily of that portion of technical and nontechnical salaries and wages that has been incurred in connection with revenue producing projects. Direct costs of contract revenue also include production expenses, subcontractor services and other expenses that are incurred in connection with revenue producing projects. 11 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) Direct costs of contract revenue exclude that portion of technical and nontechnical salaries and wages related to marketing efforts, vacations, holidays and other time not spent directly generating revenue under existing contracts. Such costs are included in general and administrative expenses. Additionally, payroll taxes, bonuses and employee benefit costs for all Company personnel are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income since no allocation of these costs is made to direct costs of contract revenue. No allocation of facilities costs is made to direct costs of contract revenue. Other companies may classify as direct costs of contract revenue some of the costs that the Company classifies as general and administrative costs. The Company expenses direct costs of contract revenue when incurred. Included in revenue and costs are all reimbursable costs for which the Company has the risk or on which the fee was based at the time of bid or negotiation. No revenue or cost is recorded for costs in which the Company acts solely in the capacity of an agent and has no risks associated with such costs. Accounts receivable are carried at original invoice amount less an estimate made for doubtful accounts based upon a review of all outstanding amounts on a quarterly basis. Management determines allowances for doubtful accounts through specific identification of amounts considered to be uncollectible and potential write-offs, plus a non-specific allowance for other amounts for which some potential loss has been determined to be probable based on current and past experience. The Company’s historical credit losses have been minimal with governmental entities and large public utilities, but disputes may arise related to these receivable amounts. Accounts receivable are written off when deemed uncollectible. Recoveries of accounts receivable previously written off are recorded when received. Retainage, included in contract assets, represents amounts withheld from billings to the Company’s clients pursuant to provisions in the contracts and may not be paid to the Company until specific tasks are completed or the project is completed and, in some instances, for even longer periods. As of April 4, 2025 and December 27, 2024, contract assets included retainage of $ 25.5 million and $ 22.0 million, respectively. ​ 12 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 4. SUPPLEMENTAL FINANCIAL STATEMENT DATA Restricted Cash The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, ​ December 27, ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands) Cash and cash equivalents ​ $ 38,364 ​ $ 74,158 Restricted cash ​ — ​ — Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statement of cash flows ​ $ 38,364 ​ $ 74,158 ​ Under certain utility contracts, the Company periodically receives cash deposits to be held in trust for the payment of energy incentive rebates to be sent directly to the utility’s end-customer on behalf of the utility. The Company acts solely as the utility’s agent to distribute these funds to the end-customer and, accordingly, the Company classifies these contractually restricted funds as restricted cash. Because these funds are held in trust for pass through to the utility’s customers and have no impact on the Company’s working capital or operating cash flows, these cash receipts are presented in the condensed consolidated statement of cash flows as financing cash inflows, “Receipt of restricted cash”, with the subsequent payments classified as financing cash outflows, “Payment of restricted cash.” Equipment and Leasehold Improvements ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, ​ December 27, ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands) Furniture and fixtures ​ $ 4,594 ​ $ 4,594 Computer hardware and software ​ 54,139 ​ 51,904 Leasehold improvements ​ 3,877 ​ 3,804 Equipment under finance leases ​ 7,251 ​ 7,052 Automobiles, trucks, and field equipment ​ 3,657 ​ 3,608 Subtotal ​ 73,518 ​ 70,962 Accumulated depreciation and amortization ​ ( 43,044 ) ​ ( 41,428 ) Equipment and leasehold improvements, net ​ $ 30,474 ​ $ 29,534 ​ Included in accumulated depreciation and amortization is $ 0.4 million and $ 1.5 million of amortization expense related to equipment held under finance leases for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and for fiscal year 2024, respectively. 13 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) Accrued Liabilities ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, ​ December 27, ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands) Accrued subcontractor costs ​ $ 23,206 ​ $ 33,061 Accrued bonuses ​ ​ 6,925 ​ ​ 18,277 Employee withholdings ​ 2,500 ​ 3,664 Compensation and payroll taxes ​ 3,452 ​ 3,564 Rebate and other ​ ​ — ​ ​ 360 Accrued accounting costs and taxes ​ 3,290 ​ 3,850 Total accrued liabilities ​ $ 39,373 ​ $ 62,776 ​ Goodwill ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ December 27, ​ Additional ​ Additions / ​ April 4, ​ 2024 Purchase Cost Adjustments 2025 ​ ​ (in thousands) Reporting Unit: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Energy ​ $ 139,222 ​ $ 25,438 ​ $ — ​ $ 164,660 Engineering and Consulting ​ ​ 1,769 ​ ​ 7,493 ​ ​ — ​ ​ 9,262 ​ ​ $ 140,991 ​ $ 32,931 ​ $ — ​ $ 173,922 ​ ​ The Company tests its goodwill at least annually for possible impairment. The Company completes its annual testing of goodwill as of the last day of the first month of its fourth fiscal quarter each year to determine whether there is a potential impairment. In addition to the Company’s annual test, it regularly evaluates whether events and circumstances have occurred that may indicate a potential impairment of goodwill. The Company evaluated the current economic environment and noted that it does not believe it is more likely than not that goodwill was impaired as of April 4, 2025. Intangible Assets ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, 2025 ​ December 27, 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Gross ​ Accumulated ​ Gross ​ Accumulated ​ Amortization ​ Amount Amortization Amount Amortization Period ​ ​ (in thousands) ​ (in years) Finite: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Backlog ​ $ 11,303 ​ $ 8,550 ​ $ 8,882 ​ $ 8,350 ​ 1.0 Tradename ​ ​ 20,414 ​ ​ 13,688 ​ ​ 16,123 ​ ​ 13,196 2.5 ​ - ​ 6.0 Non-compete agreements ​ ​ 1,613 ​ ​ 1,500 ​ ​ 1,613 ​ ​ 1,488 ​ 4.0 ​ - ​ 5.0 Developed technology ​ ​ 15,810 ​ ​ 15,450 ​ ​ 15,810 ​ ​ 15,286 ​ 8.0 Customer relationships ​ ​ 70,813 ​ ​ 38,347 ​ ​ 62,041 ​ ​ 36,735 ​ 5.0 ​ - ​ 12.0 Total intangible assets ​ $ 119,953 ​ $ 77,535 ​ $ 104,469 ​ $ 75,055 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 14 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 5. DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS The Company uses certain interest rate derivative contracts to hedge interest rate exposures on its variable rate debt. The Company’s hedging program is not designated for trading or speculative purposes. The Company recognizes derivative instruments as either assets or liabilities on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets at fair value. The Company records changes in the fair value (i.e., gains or losses) of the derivatives that have been designated as cash flow hedges in its consolidated balance sheets as accumulated other comprehensive income (loss), and in its consolidated statements of comprehensive income (loss) as a loss or gain on cash flow hedge valuation. All related cash flows are reported in the operating activities section of the consolidated statements of cash flows. On November 30, 2023 , the Company entered into an interest rate swap agreement that the Company designated as cash flow hedge to fix the variable interest rate on a portion of the Company’s Term Loan (see Note 6, “Debt Obligations” for information regarding our indebtedness). The interest rate swap agreement has a total notional amount of $ 50.0 million, has a fixed annual interest rate of 4.77 %, and expires on September 29, 2026 . As of April 4, 2025, the effective portion of the Company’s interest rate swap agreement designated as a cash flow hedge before tax effects was $( 0.5 ) million, of which no amounts were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense in the three months ended April 4, 2025 . The Company expects to reclassify $ 0.4 million from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) to interest expense within the next twelve months . The fair values of the Company’s outstanding derivatives designated as hedging instruments were as follows: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Fair Value of Derivative ​ ​ Instruments as of ​ ​ Balance Sheet Location ​ April 4, 2025 ​ December 27, 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ (in thousands) Interest rate swap agreement ​ Accrued liabilities ​ $ ( 368 ) ​ $ ( 198 ) Interest rate swap agreement ​ Other noncurrent liabilities ​ ​ ( 263 ) ​ ​ ( 200 ) ​ The impact of the effective portions of derivative instruments in cash flow hedging relationships and fair value relationships on other comprehensive income (loss) was $( 0.2 ) million for the three months ended April 4, 2025. The accumulated balances and reporting period activities for the periods below related to reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) are summarized as follows: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Gain (Loss) on ​ Accumulated Other ​ Derivative Instruments Comprehensive Income (Loss) ​ ​ (in thousands) Balances at December 27, 2024 ​ $ ( 314 ) ​ $ ( 314 ) Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassifications ​ ​ ( 234 ) ​ ​ ( 234 ) Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) ​ ​ — ​ ​ — Income tax benefit (expense) related to derivative instruments ​ ​ 49 ​ ​ 49 Net current-period other comprehensive income (loss) ​ ​ ( 185 ) ​ ​ ( 185 ) Balances at April 4, 2025 ​ $ ( 499 ) ​ $ ( 499 ) ​ ​ 15 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 6. DEBT OBLIGATIONS Debt obligations, excluding obligations under finance leases (see Note 7, “ Leases”, below), consisted of the following: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, December 27, ​ ​ 2025 ​ 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands) Outstanding borrowings on Term Loan ​ $ 87,500 ​ $ 90,000 Outstanding borrowings on Revolving Credit Facility ​ ​ — ​ ​ — Other debt agreements ​ ​ — ​ ​ 137 Total debt ​ ​ 87,500 ​ ​ 90,137 Issuance costs and debt discounts ​ ​ ( 557 ) ​ ​ ( 650 ) Subtotal ​ ​ 86,943 ​ ​ 89,487 Less current portion of long-term debt ​ 2,500 ​ 10,137 Long-term debt portion ​ $ 84,443 ​ $ 79,350 ​ The credit agreement governing the Company’s Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility require the Company to comply with certain financial obligations, including a maximum Net Leverage Ratio and a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the credit agreement governing the Term Loan and Revolving Credit Facility). The credit agreement also contains customary restrictive covenants. As of April 4, 2025, the Company was in compliance with all these covenants. In addition, as of April 4, 2025, the Company’s composite interest rate, exclusive of the effects of upfront fees, undrawn fees and issuance cost amortization, was 6.4 % . ​ ​ 16 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 7. LEASES The Company leases certain office facilities under long-term, non-cancellable operating leases that expire at various dates through 2029. In addition, the Company is obligated under finance leases for certain furniture and office equipment that expire at various dates through 2029. From time to time, the Company enters into non-cancelable leases for some of its facility and equipment needs. These leases allow the Company to conserve cash by paying a monthly lease rental fee for the use of facilities and equipment rather than purchasing them. The Company’s leases typically have remaining terms ranging from one to eight years , some of which may include options to extend the leases for up to five years , and some of which may include options to terminate the leases within one year . Currently, all of the Company’s leases contain fixed payment terms. The Company may decide to cancel or terminate a lease before the end of its term, in which case the Company is typically liable to the lessor for the remaining lease payments under the term of the lease. Additionally, all of the Company’s month-to-month leases are cancelable by the Company or the lessor, at any time, and are not included in the Company’s right-of-use asset or lease liability. As of April 4, 2025, the Company had no leases with residual value guarantees. Typically, the Company has purchase options on the equipment underlying its long-term leases. The Company may exercise some of these purchase options when the need for equipment is on-going and the purchase option price is attractive. Nonperformance-related default covenants, cross-default provisions, subjective default provisions and material adverse change clauses contained in material lease agreements, if any, are also evaluated to determine whether those clauses affect lease classification in accordance with ASC Topic 842-10-25. Leases are accounted for as operating or financing leases, depending on the terms of the lease. Financing Leases The Company leases certain equipment under financing leases. The economic substance of the leases is a financing transaction for acquisition of equipment and leasehold improvements. Accordingly, the right-of-use assets for these leases are included in the balance sheets in equipment and leasehold improvements, net of accumulated depreciation, with a corresponding amount recorded in current portion of financing lease obligations or noncurrent portion of financing lease obligations, as appropriate. The financing lease assets are amortized over the life of the lease or, if shorter, the life of the leased asset, on a straight-line basis and included in depreciation expense. The interest associated with financing lease obligations is included in interest expense. Right-of-use assets Operating leases are included in right-of-use assets, and current portion of lease liability and noncurrent portion of lease liability, as appropriate. Right-of-use assets and lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future minimum lease payments over the lease term at commencement date. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate to calculate present value, the Company determines this rate by estimating the Company’s incremental borrowing rate at the lease commencement date. The right-of-use asset also includes any lease payments made and initial direct costs incurred at lease commencement and excludes lease incentives. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for minimum lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. ​ ​ 17 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The following is a summary of the Company’s lease expense: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three Months Ended ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ 2025 2024 ​ (in thousands) Operating lease cost $ 1,615 ​ $ 1,527 Sublease Income ​ ( 14 ) ​ ​ ( 14 ) Finance lease cost: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Amortization of assets ​ 359 ​ ​ 355 Interest on lease liabilities ​ 47 ​ ​ 31 Total net lease cost $ 2,007 ​ $ 1,899 ​ The following is a summary of lease information presented on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ April 4, December 27, ​ ​ ​ 2025 ​ 2024 ​ ​ ​ (in thousands) ​ Operating leases: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Right-of-use assets ​ $ 12,007 ​ $ 14,035 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Lease liability ​ $ 5,840 ​ $ 5,804 ​ Lease liability, less current portion ​ 8,550 ​ 9,939 ​ Total lease liabilities ​ $ 14,390 ​ $ 15,743 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Finance leases (included in equipment and leasehold improvements, net): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Equipment and leasehold improvements, net ​ $ 7,251 ​ $ 7,052 ​ Accumulated depreciation ​ ( 4,640 ) ​ ( 4,662 ) ​ Total equipment and leasehold improvements, net ​ $ 2,611 ​ $ 2,390 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Finance lease obligations ​ $ 1,233 ​ $ 1,138 ​ Finance lease obligations, less current portion ​ ​ 1,471 ​ ​ 1,379 ​ Total finance lease obligations ​ $ 2,704 ​ $ 2,517 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Weighted average remaining lease term (in years): ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Operating Leases ​ ​ 2.84 ​ ​ 3.03 ​ Finance Leases ​ ​ 2.35 ​ ​ 2.42 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Weighted average discount rate: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Operating Leases ​ ​ 7.01 % ​ 6.97 % Finance Leases ​ ​ 6.83 % ​ 6.87 % ​ Rent expense was $ 1.8 million and $ 1.7 million for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024, respectively. ​ 18 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The following is a summary of other information and supplemental cash flow information related to finance and operating leases: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three Months Ended ​ ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands) Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Operating cash flow from operating leases ​ $ 1,708 ​ $ 1,569 Operating cash flow from finance leases ​ ​ 47 ​ ​ 31 Financing cash flow from finance leases ​ ​ 392 ​ ​ 345 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Operating leases ​ $ 103 ​ $ 1,627 ​ The following is a summary of the Company’s maturities of lease liabilities as of April 4, 2025: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Operating Finance ​ ​ (in thousands) ​ Fiscal year: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Remainder of 2025 ​ $ 4,991 ​ $ 1,065 ​ 2026 ​ 5,568 ​ 1,136 ​ 2027 ​ 2,972 ​ ​ 601 ​ 2028 ​ ​ 1,673 ​ ​ 94 ​ 2029 ​ ​ 750 ​ 27 ​ 2030 and thereafter ​ — ​ — ​ Total lease payments ​ ​ 15,954 ​ ​ 2,923 ​ Less: Imputed interest ​ ( 1,564 ) ​ ​ ( 219 ) ​ Total lease obligations ​ 14,390 ​ ​ 2,704 ​ Less: Current obligations ​ 5,840 ​ ​ 1,233 ​ Noncurrent lease obligations ​ $ 8,550 ​ $ 1,471 ​ ​ The imputed interest for finance lease obligations represents the interest component of finance leases that will be recognized as interest expense in future periods. The financing component for operating lease obligations represents the effect of discounting the operating lease payments to their present value. ​ 19 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 8. COMMITMENTS AND VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES Employee Benefit Plans The Company has a qualified profit sharing plan pursuant to Code Section 401(a) and qualified cash or deferred arrangement pursuant to Code Section 401(k) covering all employees. Employees may elect to contribute up to 50 % of their compensation limited to the amount allowed by tax laws. Company contributions are made solely at the discretion of the Company’s board of directors. The Company’s defined contribution plan (the “Plan”) covers employees who have completed three months of service and who have attained 21 years of age. The Company elects to make matching contributions equal to 50 % of the participants’ contributions to the Plan, up to 6 % of the individual participant’s compensation, and subject to a maximum of $ 3,000 per employee. Under the Plan, the Company may make discretionary contributions to employee accounts. During the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024, the Company made matching contributions of $ 1.4 million and $ 1.1 million, respectively. Variable Interest Entities On March 4, 2016, the Company and the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Willdan Energy Solutions, Inc. (“WES”), acquired substantially all of the assets of Genesys Engineering, P.C. (“Genesys”) and assumed certain specified liabilities of Genesys (collectively, the “Purchase”) pursuant to an Asset Purchase and Merger Agreement, dated as of February 26, 2016 (the “Agreement”), by and among Willdan Group, Inc., WES, WESGEN (as defined below), Genesys and Ronald W. Mineo (“Mineo”) and Robert J. Braun (“Braun” and, together with Mineo, the “Genesys Shareholders”). On March 5, 2016, pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, WESGEN, Inc., a non-affiliated corporation (“WESGEN”), merged (the “Merger” and, together with the Purchase, the “Acquisition”) with Genesys, with Genesys remaining as the surviving corporation. Genesys was acquired to strengthen the Company’s power engineering capability in the northeastern U.S., and also to increase client exposure and experience with universities. Genesys continues to be a professional corporation organized under the laws of the State of New York, wholly-owned by one or more licensed engineers. Pursuant to New York law, the Company does not own capital stock of Genesys. The Company has entered into an agreement with the Shareholder of Genesys pursuant to which the Shareholder will be prohibited from selling, transferring or encumbering the Shareholder’s ownership interest in Genesys without the Company’s consent. Notwithstanding the Company’s rights regarding the transfer of Genesys’s stock, the Company does not have control over the professional decision making of Genesys’s engineering services. The Company has entered into an administrative services agreement with Genesys pursuant to which WES will provide Genesys with ongoing administrative, operational and other non-professional support services. Genesys pays WES a service fee, which consists of all of the costs incurred by WES to provide the administrative services to Genesys plus ten percent of such costs, as well as any other costs that relate to professional service supplies and personnel costs. As a result of the administrative services agreement, the Company absorbs the expected losses of Genesys through its deferral of Genesys’s service fees owed to WES. ​ 20 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The Company manages Genesys and has the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact Genesys’s performance, in addition to being obligated to absorb expected losses from Genesys. Accordingly, the Company is the primary beneficiary of Genesys and consolidates Genesys as a variable interest entity (“VIE”). In addition, the Company concluded there is no noncontrolling interest related to the consolidation of Genesys because the Company determined that (i) the shareholder of Genesys does not have more than a nominal amount of equity investment at risk, (ii) WES absorbs the expected losses of Genesys through its deferral of Genesys’s service fees owed to WES and the Company has, since entering into the administrative services agreement, had to continuously defer service fees for Genesys, and (iii) the Company believes Genesys will continue to have a shortfall on payment of its service fees for the foreseeable future, leaving no expected residual returns for the shareholder. As of April 4, 2025, the Company had one VIE — Genesys. ​ 21 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 9. SEGMENT AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION Segment Information The Company’s two segments are Energy, and Engineering and Consulting, and the Company’s chief operating decision maker, which continues to be its chief executive officer, receives and reviews financial information in this format. In accordance with ASU 2023-07, the Company’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) evaluates the performance of each segment based upon the information provided below. There were no intersegment sales during the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. In addition, enterprise-wide service line contract revenue is not included as it is impracticable to report this information for each group of similar services . ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Engineering ​ Unallocated ​ ​ ​ ​ Consolidated ​ Energy & Consulting Corporate Intersegment Total (1) ​ ​ (in thousands) Fiscal Three Months Ended April 4, 2025 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contract revenue ​ $ 126,248 ​ $ 26,138 ​ $ - ​ $ - ​ $ 152,386 Direct subcontractor services and other direct costs ​ ​ 66,080 ​ ​ 968 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 67,048 Direct salaries and wages ​ ​ 16,541 ​ ​ 11,136 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 27,677 Gross profit ​ ​ 43,627 ​ ​ 14,034 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 57,661 Other indirect costs ​ ​ 34,548 ​ ​ 10,276 ​ ​ 1,361 ​ ​ - ​ ​ 46,185 EBITDA (2) ​ ​ 9,082 ​ ​ 3,755 ​ ​ ( 1,402 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 11,435 Interest expense, net ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 1,802 ​ ​ - ​ ​ 1,802 Depreciation and amortization ​ ​ 3,955 ​ ​ 485 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 4,440 Segment profit (loss) before income tax expense ​ ​ 5,127 ​ ​ 3,270 ​ ​ ( 3,204 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 5,193 Income tax expense (benefit) ​ ​ 500 ​ ​ 319 ​ ​ ( 313 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 506 Net income (loss) ​ ​ 4,627 ​ ​ 2,951 ​ ​ ( 2,891 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 4,687 Segment assets (3) ​ ​ 372,792 ​ ​ 41,633 ​ ​ 79,863 ​ ​ ( 23,130 ) ​ ​ 471,158 Fiscal Three Months Ended March 29, 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Contract revenue ​ $ 100,746 ​ $ 21,743 ​ $ - ​ $ - ​ $ 122,489 Direct subcontractor services and other direct costs ​ ​ 52,654 ​ ​ 905 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 53,559 Direct salaries and wages ​ ​ 12,333 ​ ​ 9,179 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 21,512 Gross profit ​ ​ 35,759 ​ ​ 11,659 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 47,418 Other indirect costs ​ ​ 28,339 ​ ​ 8,957 ​ ​ 1,169 ​ ​ - ​ ​ 38,465 EBITDA (2) ​ ​ 7,549 ​ ​ 2,700 ​ ​ ( 592 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 9,657 Interest expense, net ​ ​ 1 ​ ​ - ​ ​ 2,136 ​ ​ - ​ ​ 2,137 Depreciation and amortization ​ ​ 3,236 ​ ​ 356 ​ ​ - ​ ​ - ​ ​ 3,592 Segment profit (loss) before income tax expense ​ ​ 4,311 ​ ​ 2,344 ​ ​ ( 2,727 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 3,928 Income tax expense (benefit) ​ ​ 1,083 ​ ​ 588 ​ ​ ( 685 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 986 Net income (loss) ​ ​ 3,229 ​ ​ 1,756 ​ ​ ( 2,043 ) ​ ​ - ​ ​ 2,942 Segment assets (3) ​ ​ 318,808 ​ ​ 26,613 ​ ​ 85,609 ​ ​ ( 23,130 ) ​ ​ 407,900 (1) Amounts may not add to the totals due to rounding. (2) “EBITDA”, defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, is a non-GAAP financial measure. (3) Segment assets are presented net of intercompany receivables. ​ 22 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The following tables provide information about disaggregated revenue by contract type, client type and geographical region: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three months ended April 4, 2025 ​ Energy Engineering and Consulting Total ​ (in thousands) Contract Type ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Time-and-materials ​ $ 11,602 ​ $ 18,060 ​ $ 29,662 Unit-based ​ ​ 47,707 ​ ​ 6,255 ​ ​ 53,962 Fixed price ​ ​ 66,939 ​ ​ 1,823 ​ ​ 68,762 Total (1) ​ $ 126,248 ​ $ 26,138 ​ $ 152,386 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Client Type ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Commercial ​ $ 13,515 ​ $ 1,811 ​ $ 15,326 Government ​ ​ 48,324 ​ ​ 24,272 ​ ​ 72,596 Utilities (2) ​ ​ 64,409 ​ ​ 55 ​ ​ 64,464 Total (1) ​ $ 126,248 ​ $ 26,138 ​ $ 152,386 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Geography (3) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Domestic ​ $ 126,248 ​ $ 26,138 ​ $ 152,386 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three months ended March 29, 2024 ​ Energy Engineering and Consulting Total ​ (in thousands) Contract Type ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Time-and-materials ​ $ 8,537 ​ $ 16,399 ​ $ 24,936 Unit-based ​ ​ 46,957 ​ ​ 4,511 ​ ​ 51,468 Fixed price ​ ​ 45,252 ​ ​ 833 ​ ​ 46,085 Total (1) ​ $ 100,746 ​ $ 21,743 ​ $ 122,489 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Client Type ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Commercial ​ $ 7,203 ​ $ 1,580 ​ $ 8,783 Government ​ ​ 35,820 ​ ​ 20,098 ​ ​ 55,918 Utilities (2) ​ ​ 57,723 ​ ​ 65 ​ ​ 57,788 Total (1) ​ $ 100,746 ​ $ 21,743 ​ $ 122,489 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Geography (3) ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Domestic ​ $ 100,746 ​ $ 21,743 ​ $ 122,489 (1) Amounts may not add to the totals due to rounding. (2) Includes the portion of revenue related to small business programs paid by the end user/customer. (3) Revenue from the Company’s foreign operations were not material for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024. ​ Geographical Information ​ Substantially all of the Company’s consolidated revenue was derived from its operations in the U.S. The Company operates through a network of offices spread across 22 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and Canada. Revenues from the Company’s Puerto Rican and Canadian operations were not material for the three months ended April 4, 2025, nor for the three months ended March 29, 2024. 23 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) Customer Concentration For the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024, the Company’s top 10 customers accounted for 53.8 %, and 49.2 %, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated contract revenue. For the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company had individual customers that accounted for more than 10% of its consolidated contract revenue. For the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company derived 24.1 % of its consolidated contract revenue from two customers, Clark County School District and Southern California Edison. For the three months ended March 29, 2024, the Company had no individual customers that accounted for more than 10% of its consolidated contract revenue . On a segment basis, the Company reports customers that accounted for more than 10% of its segment contract revenues. For the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company derived 29.1 % of its Energy segment revenues from two customers, Clark County School District and Southern California Edison, and no single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s Engineering and Consulting segment revenues. For the three months March 29, 2024, the Company derived 10.7 % of its Energy segment revenues from one customer, LADWP , and no single customer accounted for 10% or more of the Company’s Engineering and Consulting segment revenue. On a geographical basis, the Company’s largest clients are based in California and New York. For the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024, services provided to clients in California accounted for 39.8 % and 43.5 %, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated contract revenue, and services provided to clients in New York accounted for 21.7 % and 27.1 %, respectively, of the Company’s consolidated contract revenue. ​ 24 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 10. INCOME TAXES Income taxes are accounted for under the asset and liability method. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences of temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities, subject to a judgmental assessment of the recoverability of deferred tax assets. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded when it is more likely than not that some of the deferred tax assets may not be realized. Significant judgment is applied when assessing the need for valuation allowances and includes the evaluation of historical income (loss) adjusted for the effects of non-recurring items and the impact of recent business combinations. Areas of estimation include the Company’s consideration of future taxable income which is driven by verifiable signed contracts and ongoing prudent and feasible tax planning strategies. Should a change in circumstances lead to a change in judgment about the utilization of deferred tax assets in future years, the Company would adjust the related valuation allowances in the period that the change in circumstances occurs, along with a corresponding increase or charge to income. At the end of fiscal year 2024, the Company’s total valuation allowance was $ 1.1 million, reflecting a $ 0.1 million release of the valuation allowance balance of $ 1.2 million from the end of fiscal year 2023 as a result of expected future utilization of deferred tax assets. As of April 4, 2025, the Company assessed all available positive and negative evidence available to determine whether, based on the weight of that evidence, there was a change in judgment related to the utilization of deferred tax assets in future years. The Company concluded that as of April 4, 2025, the valuation allowance for the Company’s deferred tax assets was appropriate in accordance with ASC 740. Consequently, there was no change to the valuation allowance during the three months ended April 4, 2025. For acquired business entities, if the Company identifies changes to acquired deferred tax asset valuation allowances or liabilities related to uncertain tax positions during the measurement period and they relate to new information obtained about facts and circumstances that existed as of the acquisition date, those changes are considered a measurement period adjustment, and the Company records the offset to goodwill. The Company records all other changes to deferred tax asset valuation allowances and liabilities related to uncertain tax positions in current period income tax expense. The Company recognizes the tax benefit from uncertain tax positions if it is more likely than not that the tax positions will be sustained on examination by the tax authorities, based on the technical merits of the position. The tax benefit is measured based on the largest benefit that has a greater than 50% likelihood of being realized upon ultimate settlement. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, and the three months ended March 29, 2024, the Company did no t record a liability for uncertain tax positions. Based on the Company’s estimates and determination of an effective tax rate for the year, the Company recorded an income tax expense of $ 0.5 million for the three months ended April 4, 2025, compared to an income tax expense of $ 1.0 million for the three months ended March 29, 2024. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the difference between the effective tax rate and the federal statutory rate was primarily attributable to state taxes, nondeductible executive compensation, deductions related to stock option exercises, research and development tax credits, and the commercial energy-efficiency building deduction. During the three months ended March 29, 2024, the difference between the effective tax rate and the federal statutory rate was primarily attributable to state taxes, non-deductible stock compensation, nondeductible executive compensation, research and development tax credits, and the commercial building energy efficiency deduction. ​ 25 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 11. EARNINGS PER SHARE (“EPS”) Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding and dilutive potential common shares for the period. Potential common shares include the weighted-average dilutive effects of outstanding stock options and restricted stock awards using the treasury stock method. The following table sets forth the number of weighted-average common shares outstanding used to compute basic and diluted EPS: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three months ended ​ ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ (in thousands, except per share amounts) Net income (loss) ​ $ 4,687 ​ $ 2,942 Weighted-average common shares outstanding ​ 14,163 ​ 13,605 Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock awards ​ 465 ​ 305 Weighted-average common shares outstanding-diluted ​ 14,628 ​ 13,910 Earnings (Loss) per share: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Basic ​ $ 0.33 ​ $ 0.22 Diluted ​ $ 0.32 ​ $ 0.21 ​ For the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024, the Company excluded 47,000 and 335,000 common shares subject to outstanding equity awards, respectively, from the calculation of diluted shares because their impact would have been anti-dilutive. ​ 26 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 12. BUSINESS COMBINATIONS Acquisition of Alternative Power Generation, Inc. ​ On March 3, 2025 (the “APG Closing Date”), the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, WES, acquired all of the capital stock of Alternative Power Generation, Inc. (“APG”), pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 3, 2025 (the “APG Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, WES, and each of the stockholders of APG (the “APG Stockholders”). APG provides innovative, progressive, and customized electric power solutions for EV charging, solar, AI data centers, microgrids, battery energy storage systems (BESS), and substations. APG offers consulting, design, engineering, procurement, and construction management. APG’s financial information is included within the Energy segment beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025. The Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation related to this transaction by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. Pursuant to the terms of the APG Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company agreed to pay up to $ 43.5 million for the purchase of all the capital stock of APG, which purchase price consists of (i) $ 19.5 million in cash paid on the APG Closing Date (subject to holdbacks and adjustments), (ii) $ 6.0 million in shares of the Company’s common stock, based on the closing average price per share of the Company’s common stock for the twenty trading days preceding the APG Closing Date, and (iii) up to $ 18.0 million in cash if APG exceeds certain financial targets during the three years after the APG Closing Date, as more fully described below (such potential payments of up to $ 18.0 million being referred to as “APG Earnout Payments” and $ 18.0 million in respect thereof, being referred to as the “APG Maximum Payout”). The amount of the APG Earnout Payments to be paid will be determined based on APG’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“APG EBITDA”). The APG Stockholders will receive APG Earnout Payments in each of the three years after the APG Closing Date (the “APG Earnout Period”) based on the amount by which APG EBITDA exceeds certain targets. The amounts due to the APG Stockholders as APG Earnout Payments will in no event, individually or in the aggregate, exceed the APG Maximum Payout. APG Earnout Payments will be made in annual installments for each of the three years of the APG Earnout Period. In addition, the APG Earnout Payments will be subject to certain subordination provisions in favor of the lenders under the Company’s Credit Agreement. The APG Stock Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties regarding the Company, WES, APG, and the APG Stockholders, indemnification provisions, and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature. The Company used cash on hand to fund the initial purchase price on the APG Closing Date. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805. Under ASC 805, the Company recorded the acquired assets and assumed liabilities at their estimated fair value with the excess allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the value the Company expects to achieve through the operational synergies, the expansion into new markets and APG’s assembled workforce. The Company estimates that the entire $ 25.4 million of goodwill resulting from the acquisition of APG will be tax deductible. As of April 4, 2025, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change within the measurement period (not to exceed twelve months following the APG Closing Date). The areas of the purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate primarily to contingent consideration valuation, intangible assets, and goodwill. ​ ​ 27 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The preliminary fair value of the contingent consideration liability was estimated by discounting to present value the contingent payments expected to be made. The Company applied a discount rate derived from previous valuation studies performed by a third-party valuation firm for the Company’s historical acquisitions with similar characteristics. The preliminary estimate of the fair values for intangible assets were calculated utilizing a weighted average allocation derived from previous valuation studies performed by a third-party valuation firm for the Company’s historical acquisitions with similar characteristics. ​ The Company expects to continue to obtain information for the purpose of determining the fair value of the assets acquired on the APG Closing Date throughout the remainder of the measurement period. Accordingly, adjustments may be made as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the valuation date. In addition, the Company expects to engage a third-party independent valuation specialist to assist in management’s determination of fair values of intangible assets acquired. Any adjustments will be recorded in the period in which they are identified. ​ Preliminary consideration for the acquisition of APG includes the following: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ APG ​ ​ (in thousands) Cash consideration ​ $ 18,500 Other working capital adjustments and holdbacks ​ ​ ( 1,171 ) Issuance of common stock ​ ​ 5,557 Contingent consideration ​ ​ 12,353 Total consideration ​ $ 35,239 The following table summarizes the amounts for the acquired assets recorded at their estimated fair value as of the acquisition date: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ APG ​ ​ (in thousands) Current assets ​ $ 8,990 Non-current assets (1) ​ ​ 12 Liabilities ​ ​ ( 10,934 ) Non-current lease liability ​ ​ ( 240 ) Backlog ​ ​ 1,871 Customer relationships ​ ​ 6,360 Tradename ​ ​ 3,741 Goodwill ​ ​ 25,439 Net assets acquired ​ $ 35,239 ​ (1) Excluded from non-current assets are backlog, customer relationships, tradename, and goodwill. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company did not make any adjustments to the consideration paid for APG, and as a result, there were no adjustments to the purchase price allocation for the three months ended April 4, 2025. There were $ 0.2 million in acquisition related costs associated with APG included in other general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended April 4, 2025. 28 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the acquisition of APG contributed $ 2.5 million in revenue and $ 0.2 million of income from operations. Acquisition of Alpha Inspections, Inc. ​ On January 31, 2025 (the “Alpha Closing Date”), the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Willdan Engineering, Inc., acquired all of the capital stock of Alpha Inspections, Inc. (“Alpha”), pursuant to the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2025 (the “Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company, Willdan Engineering, Inc., and Jennifer Murphy as the sole shareholder of Alpha Inspections, Inc. (the “Alpha Member”). ​ Alpha is a company that provides an array of municipal services including building inspections, and plan reviews. Alpha’s financial information is included within the Engineering and Consulting segment beginning in the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 and the Company expects to finalize the purchase price allocation related to this transaction by the end of the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025. ​ Pursuant to the terms of the Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement, the purchase price consisted of $ 12.0 million to be paid in cash on the Alpha Closing Date (subject to holdbacks and adjustments). The Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement contains customary representations and warranties regarding the Company, Willdan Engineering, Alpha, and the Alpha Member, indemnification provisions and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature. Pursuant to the terms of the Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement, the Company, and Willdan Engineering, provided guarantees to the Alpha Member which guarantee certain of Alpha’s obligations under the Alpha Stock Purchase Agreement. The Company used cash on hand to fund the purchase price on the Alpha Closing Date. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805. Under ASC 805, the Company recorded the acquired assets and assumed liabilities at their estimated fair value with the excess allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the value the Company expects to achieve through the operational synergies, the expansion into new markets and Alpha’s assembled workforce. The Company estimates that the entire $ 7.5 million of goodwill resulting from the acquisition of Alpha will be tax deductible. As of April 4, 2025, the purchase price allocation is preliminary and subject to change. The preliminary purchase price allocation was based upon the Company’s estimates and assumptions are subject to change within the measurement period (not to exceed twelve months following the Alpha Closing Date). The areas of the purchase price allocation that are not yet finalized relate primarily to intangible assets and goodwill. The preliminary estimate of the fair values for intangible assets were calculated utilizing a weighted average allocation derived from previous valuation studies performed by a third-party valuation firm for the Company’s historical acquisitions with similar characteristics. The Company expects to continue to obtain information for the purpose of determining the fair value of the assets acquired on the Alpha Closing Date throughout the remainder of the measurement period. Accordingly, adjustments may be made as additional information is obtained about the facts and circumstances that existed as of the valuation date. In addition, the Company expects to engage a third-party independent valuation specialist to assist in management’s determination of fair values of intangible assets acquired. Any adjustments will be recorded in the period in which they are identified. ​ 29 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) Preliminary consideration for the acquisition of Alpha includes the following: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Alpha ​ ​ (in thousands) Cash consideration ​ $ 12,000 Other working capital adjustments and holdbacks ​ ​ ( 250 ) Total consideration ​ $ 11,750 The following table summarizes the amounts for the acquired assets recorded at their estimated fair value as of the acquisition date: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Alpha ​ ​ (in thousands) Current assets ​ $ 1,135 Non-current assets (1) ​ ​ 4 Liabilities ​ ​ ( 395 ) Backlog ​ ​ 550 Customer relationships ​ ​ 2,413 Tradename ​ ​ 550 Goodwill ​ ​ 7,493 Net assets acquired ​ $ 11,750 ​ (1) Excluded from non-current assets are backlog, customer relationships, tradename, and goodwill. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company did not make any adjustments to the consideration paid for Alpha, and as a result, there were no adjustments to the purchase price allocation for the three months ended April 4, 2025. Acquisition related costs associated with Alpha are included in other general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statements of comprehensive income and were not material for the three months ended April 4, 2025. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the acquisition of Alpha contributed $ 0.6 million in revenue and $ 0.2 million of income from operations. Acquisition of Enica Engineering, PLLC. ​ On October 23, 2024 , (the “Enica Closing Date”), the Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary, WES, acquired substantially all of the assets of Enica Engineering, PLLC . (“Enica”), pursuant to the terms of the Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 23, 2024 (the “Enica Agreement”), by and among the Company, WES, Genesys, Enica, and Reed Berinato (“Berinato”) and Mark Prewett (“Prewett” and, together with Berinato, the “Enica Members”). Enica is an energy efficiency company that provides an array of services around energy projects, metering, and consulting services to help its customers drive energy efficiency, decarbonization, and energy reduction. Enica’s financial information is included within the Company’s Energy segment beginning in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2024. The Company agreed to pay (i) $ 12.0 million in cash on the Enica Closing Date (subject to holdbacks and adjustments) and (ii) up to $ 6.0 million in cash if Enica exceeds certain financial targets during the two years after the Enica Closing Date, as further described below (such potential payments of up to $ 6.0 million, being referred to as “Enica Earnout Payments” and $ 6.0 million in respect thereof, being referred to as the “Enica Maximum Earnout”); for a potential maximum purchase price of $ 18.0 million. 30 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) The amount of the Enica Earnout Payments to be paid will be determined based on Enica’s earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Enica’s EBITDA”). The Enica Members will receive Enica Earnout Payments in each of the two years after the Enica Closing Date (the “Earnout Period”) based on the amount by which Enica’s EBITDA exceeds certain targets. The amounts due to the Enica Members as Enica Earnout Payments will in no event, individually or in the aggregate, exceed the Enica Maximum Earnout. Enica Earnout Payments will be made in annual installments for each of the two years of the Enica Earnout Period. In addition, the Enica Earnout Payments will be subject to certain subordination provisions in favor of the lenders under the Company’s Credit Agreement. The Enica Agreement contains customary representations and warranties regarding the Company, WES, Genesys, Enica, and the Enica Members, indemnification provisions and other provisions customary for transactions of this nature. The Company used cash on hand to fund the initial purchase price on the Enica Closing Date. The acquisition was accounted for as a business combination in accordance with ASC 805. Under ASC 805, the Company recorded the acquired assets and assumed liabilities at their estimated fair value with the excess allocated to goodwill. Goodwill represents the value the Company expects to achieve through the operational synergies, the expansion into new markets and Enica’s assembled workforce. The Company estimates that the entire $ 9.8 million of goodwill resulting from the acquisition will be tax deductible. Consideration for the acquisition of Enica includes the following: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Enica ​ ​ (in thousands) Cash consideration ​ $ 12,211 Other working capital adjustments and holdbacks ​ ​ — Contingent consideration ​ ​ 4,060 Total consideration ​ $ 16,271 The following table summarizes the amounts for the acquired assets recorded at their estimated fair value as of the acquisition date: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Enica ​ ​ (in thousands) Current assets ​ $ 2,358 Non-current assets (1) ​ ​ 69 Right-of-use assets ​ ​ 652 Liabilities ​ ​ ( 658 ) Lease liability ​ ​ ( 652 ) Backlog ​ ​ 576 Customer relationships ​ ​ 3,892 Tradename ​ ​ 187 Goodwill ​ ​ 9,847 Net assets acquired ​ $ 16,271 ​ (1) Excluded from non-current assets are right-of-use assets, backlog, customer relationships, tradename, and goodwill. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the Company did not make any adjustments to the consideration paid for Enica, and as a result, there were no adjustments to the purchase price allocation for the three months ended April 4, 2025. 31 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) There were $ 0.1 million in acquisition related costs associated with Enica included in other general and administrative expenses in the condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three months ended April 4, 2025. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the acquisition of Enica contributed $ 3.0 million in revenue and $ 0.7 million of income from operations. The following unaudited pro forma financial information for the three months ended April 4, 2025 and March 29, 2024 assumes that the acquisitions of all the outstanding shares of APG and Alpha, and the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Enica, occurred on the first day of the year prior to the year of acquisition: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Three Months Ended ​ ​ April 4, ​ March 29, ​ 2025 2024 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ (in thousands, except per share data) Pro forma revenue ​ $ 156,257 ​ $ 135,367 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Pro forma income (loss) from operations ​ $ 6,785 ​ $ 7,992 Pro forma net income (loss) (1) ​ $ 4,460 ​ $ 4,901 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Earnings (Loss) per share: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Basic ​ $ 0.31 ​ $ 0.36 Diluted ​ $ 0.30 ​ $ 0.35 ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Weighted average shares outstanding: ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Basic ​ ​ 14,163 ​ ​ 13,605 Diluted ​ ​ 14,628 ​ ​ 13,910 (1) Adjustments to pro forma net income include income from operations, amortization and interest expenses. This pro forma supplemental information does not purport to be indicative of what the Company’s operating results would have been had these acquisitions occurred on the first day of the year prior to the year of acquisition and may not be indicative of future operating results. During the three months ended April 4, 2025, the acquisitions of APG, Alpha and Enica contributed $ 6.0 million in revenue and $ 1.1 million of income from operations. ​ 32 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 13. CONTINGENCIES Claims and Lawsuits The Company is subject to claims and lawsuits from time to time, including those alleging professional errors or omissions that arise in the ordinary course of business against firms that operate in the engineering and consulting professions. The Company carries professional liability insurance, subject to certain deductibles and policy limits, for such claims as they arise and may from time to time establish reserves for litigation that is considered probable of a loss. In accordance with accounting standards regarding loss contingencies, the Company accrues an undiscounted liability for those contingencies where the incurrence of a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated, and discloses the amount accrued and an estimate of any reasonably possible loss in excess of the amount accrued, if such disclosure is necessary for the Company’s financial statements not to be misleading. The Company does not accrue liabilities when the likelihood that the liability has been incurred is probable but the amount cannot be reasonably estimated, or when the liability is believed to be only reasonably possible or remote. Because litigation outcomes are inherently unpredictable, the Company’s evaluation of legal proceedings often involves a series of complex assessments by management about future events and can rely heavily on estimates and assumptions. If the assessments indicate that loss contingencies that could be material to any one of the Company’s financial statements are not probable, but are reasonably possible, or are probable, but cannot be estimated, then the Company will disclose the nature of the loss contingencies, together with an estimate of the possible loss or a statement that such loss is not reasonably estimable. While the consequences of certain unresolved proceedings are not presently determinable, and a reasonable estimate of the probable and reasonably possible loss or range of loss in excess of amounts accrued for such proceedings cannot be made, an adverse outcome from such proceedings could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s earnings in any given reporting period. However, in the opinion of the Company’s management, after consulting with legal counsel, and taking into account insurance coverage, the ultimate liability related to current outstanding claims and lawsuits is not expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial statements. ​ 33 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) 14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS ​ In accordance with ASC Topic 855, Subsequent Events, the Company evaluates subsequent events up until the date the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are issued. ​ Amended and Restated Credit Agreement ​ On May 5, 2025 (the “Closing Date”), the Company entered into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with BMO, Inc. as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) and the lenders party thereto, which amended and restated the Company’s prior Credit Agreement, dated September 29, 2023 . The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, (A) increased the borrowing limit under the Revolving Credit Facility to $ 100.0 million, (B) reduced the Term Loan A (“TLA”) commitment to $ 50.0 million, (C) provided a new $ 50.0 million Delayed Draw Term Loan (the “Delayed Draw Term Loan”, and together with the Revolving Credit Facility and TLA, the “Credit Facilities”), and (D) extended the maturity date of the Credit Facilities to May 5, 2030 . The Company may also request lenders to add incremental term loans or increase the aggregate commitment under the Revolving Credit Facility by an aggregate amount of (i) up to $ 75.0 million or (ii) 1.0 x the Company’s last twelve months (“LTM”) Adjusted EBITDA (as calculated pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement), subject to meeting certain conditions, and only if the lenders agree to provide such additional term loans or revolving commitments. ​ Pursuant to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at either a Base Rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or the adjusted Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), at the Company’s option, and in each case, plus an applicable margin, which applicable margin ranges from 0.50 % to 1.50 % with respect to Base Rate borrowings and 1.50 % to 2.50 % with respect to SOFR borrowings, depending on the Company’s Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement); provided, that SOFR and the Base Rate cannot be less than 0.00 %, with the specific pricing reset on each date on which the administrative agent receives the required financial statements under the Credit Agreement for the fiscal quarter then ended. The Company must also pay a commitment fee for the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, which ranges from 0.15 % to 0.35 % per annum depending on the Company’s Total Net Leverage Ratio, and fees on the face amount of any letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility, which range from 1.125 % to 1.875 % per annum, in each case, depending on the Company’s Total Net Leverage Ratio, as well as customary fronting fees payable to BMO as letter of credit issuer. In connection with the closing of the Credit Facilities, the Company paid certain other fees and expenses. The TLA will amortize quarterly in an amount equal to 5.0 % per annum beginning with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the Closing Date, with a final payment of all then remaining principal and interest due on the maturity date of May 5, 2030 . Each borrowing under the Delayed Draw Term Loan will amortize in an amount equal to 5.0 % per annum of the aggregate outstanding borrowings under the Delayed Draw Term Loan, beginning with the first full fiscal quarter ending after the initial borrowing date, with a final payment of all then remaining principal and interest due on the maturity date of May 5, 2030 . The amounts outstanding under the Credit Facilities may be prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty (other than customary breakage costs). Willdan Group, Inc. is the borrower under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and its obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement are guaranteed by its present and future domestic subsidiaries (other than inactive subsidiaries). In addition, subject to certain exceptions, all such obligations are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and the subsidiary guarantors (other than inactive subsidiaries). The Credit Agreement requires compliance with financial covenants, including a maximum Net Leverage Ratio and a minimum Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement also contains customary restrictive covenants, including (i) restrictions on the incurrence of additional indebtedness and additional 34 Table of Contents WILLDAN GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS – (Continued) (Unaudited) liens on property, (ii) restrictions on permitted acquisitions and other investments and (iii) limitations on asset sales, mergers and acquisitions. Further, the Credit Agreement limits the Company’s payment of future dividends and distributions and share repurchases by the Company. Subject to certain exceptions, the borrowings under the Credit Agreement are also subject to mandatory prepayment from (a) any issuances of debt or equity securities, (b) any sale or disposition of assets, (c) insurance and condemnation proceeds, and (d) a percentage of Excess Cash Flow, as defined in the Agreement. The Credit Agreement includes customary events of default. In connection with entering into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the Company borrowed $ 38.4 million under the Revolving Credit Facility which it used to repay a portion of the TLA such that, on the Closing Date, the outstanding principal amount of the TLA was $ 50.0 million. As of May 5, 2025, the Company had a fully drawn $ 50.0 million TLA with $ 50.0 million outstanding, a $ 100.0 million Revolving Credit Facility with $ 38.4 million outstanding and $ 1.6 million in letters of credit issued, and a $ 50.0 million Delayed Draw Term Loan with no borrowed amounts. The Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet reflects the update in the classification of short-term and long-term notes payable arising out of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ 35 Table of Contents