---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-23-081630"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CRAI"
cik: "0001053706"
company_name: "CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC."
filed_at: "2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-13T07:27:26.313935+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# CRA International shareholders approve equity plan increase of 500,000 shares and elect directors

## Summary
- Shareholders approved amendments to the 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, increasing authorized shares by 500,000.
- Elected Richard Booth, William Concannon, and Christine Detrick as Class I directors for three-year terms.
- Advisory vote on executive compensation approved (5,361,472 for, 246,714 against); frequency set to every year.
- Ratified Grant Thornton as independent auditor for fiscal 2023 (6,194,712 for, 996 against).

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-23-081630
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CRAI
- cik: 0001053706
- company_name: CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.
- filed_at: 2023-07-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 5.07, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/tm2321257d1_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Approval of Amendments to our Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: equity plan
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal Four: Approval of Amendments to our Amended and Restated 2006 Equity Incentive Plan, and to approve the entire Plan, as so amended, for purposes of French law. Our shareholders voted to approve amendments to the Plan, including increasing the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan by 500,000, as well as approving the entire Plan, as amended, for purposes of French law. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,376,211 268,628 4,313 547,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Election of Directors at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Our shareholders elected Richard Booth, William Concannon and Christine Detrick as our Class I directors for a three-year term. The results of the vote were as follows: Nominee For Withheld Broker Non-Votes Richard D. Booth 5,584,476 64,676 547,446 William F. Concannon 4,941,710 707,442 547,446 Christine R. Detrick 5,434,465 214,687 547,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2023 at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal Five: Ratification of Grant Thornton LLP as our Independent Registered Public Accountants for Fiscal 2023 Our shareholders ratified the appointment by our audit committee of Grant Thornton LLP as our independent registered public accountants for our fiscal year ending December 30, 2023. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 6,194,712 996 890 0
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Approval of Executive Compensation at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Our shareholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation paid to our named executive officers as disclosed in the proxy statement filed in connection with the annual meeting pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K. The results of the vote were as follows: For Against Abstain Broker Non-Votes 5,361,472 246,714 40,966 547,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC. shareholders approved Frequency of Advisory Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation at the 2023-07-13 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-07-13
  source text: Proposal Three: Frequency of Advisory Shareholder Votes on Executive Compensation Our shareholders voted to approve, on an advisory basis, every year as the preferred frequency of our holding advisory shareholder votes to approve the compensation paid to our named executive officers as disclosed pursuant to Item 402 of Regulation S-K. The results of the vote were as follows: 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years Abstain Broker Non-Votes 4,978,128 179,358 450,228 41,438 547,446
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1053706/000110465923081630/0001104659-23-081630-index.htm

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