Mastech Digital, Inc.

Previous wording

Please refer to Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for a more detailed discussion of our significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates. There were no material changes to these critical accounting policies during the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Current wording

Please refer to Note 1 “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies” of the Consolidated Financial Statements and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations–Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 for a more detailed discussion of our significant accounting policies and critical accounting estimates. There were no material changes to these critical accounting policies during the six months ended June 30, 2025.

Previous wording

On January 12, 2024, we entered into a consulting services agreement with Primentor, Inc. (“Primentor”) to provide the Company with strategic advisory and management consulting services, as well as any other business and organizational strategy services as the Board of Directors of Company may reasonably request from time to time. The initial term of the consulting services agreement is for a three-year period that commenced on January 12, 2024, and the Company may request to renew the term for additional successiveone-year terms, in which case Primentor and the Company will negotiate to agree upon the scope of the additional services and the amount of additional consulting fees. During 2024, the Company incurred consulting expenses of approximately $1.1 million related to these services. In 2025 and 2026, the Company expects to pay Primentor approximately $270,000 and $120,000, respectively, plus reimbursement of any reasonable and documentedout-of-pocket expenses incurred by Primentor in rendering such services.

Current wording

On January 12, 2024, we entered into a consulting services agreement with Primentor, Inc. (“Primentor”) to provide the Company with strategic advisory and management consulting services, as well as any other business and organizational strategy services as the Board of Directors of the Company may reasonably request from time to time. The initial term of the consulting services agreement is for a three-year period that commenced on January 12, 2024, and the Company may request to renew the term for additional successiveone-year terms, in which case Primentor and the Company will negotiate to agree upon the scope of the additional services and the amount of additional consulting fees. During 2024, the Company incurred consulting expenses of approximately $1.1 million related to these services. In 2025 and 2026, the Company expects to pay Primentor approximately $270,000 and $120,000, respectively, plus reimbursement of any reasonable and documentedout-of-pocket expenses incurred by Primentor in rendering such services.

Previous wording

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors made the decision to implement a long-term cost-cutting initiative to transition the Company’s finance and accounting functions to India. During 2025, the Company expects to incur additional costs related to the duplication of resources and travel expenses during the training and knowledge transfer process. This estimated additional expense is expected to range from $500,000 to $750,000 during the transition period. Additionally, the Company expects to pay approximately $1.3 million of severance expense related to this initiative. Post-transition cost savings are expected to approximate $1.2 million per annum.

Current wording

During the first quarter of 2025, the Company’s Board of Directors made the decision to implement a long-term cost-cutting initiative to transition the Company’s finance and accounting functions to India. During 2025, the Company expects to incur additional costs related to the duplication of resources and travel expenses during the training and knowledge transfer process. As of June 30, 2025, the Company has incurred approximately $200,000 of additional costs and estimates total expenses to range from $500,000 to $750,000 for the transition period.

Previous wording

Generally, our business outlook is highly correlated to general North American economic conditions, particularly with respect to our IT Staffing Services segment. During periods of increasing employment and economic expansion, demand for our services tends to increase. Conversely, during periods of contracting employment and / or a slowing global economy, demand for our services tends to decline. With economic expansion in 2010 through 2019 activity levels improved. However, as economic conditions strengthened, we experienced increased tightness in the supply side (skilled IT professionals) of our businesses. These supply-side challenges pressured resource costs and, to some extent, gross margins. As we entered 2020, we were encouraged by continued growth in the domestic job markets and expanding U.S. and global economies. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic surfacing in the first quarter of 2020, we realized that economic growth would quickly turn into recessionary conditions, which had a material impact on activity levels in both of our business segments. In 2021, we were encouraged by the global rollout of vaccination programs and signs of economic improvement, however, the proliferation of COVID-19 variants had caused some uncertainty and disruption in the global markets. In 2022 and 2023, COVID-19-related concerns seemed to subside; however, increased inflation, challenges in the financial sector related to increasing interest rates, and concerns about a possible recession created much uncertainty and impacted demand for our services in the second half of 2022 and for the entire year of 2023. In 2024, economic conditions in North American improved over the course of the year as job growth and inflationary outlooks showed positive signs of improvement. As we enter 2025, a new level of uncertainty and caution has returned to the marketplace, largely related to unknowns with respect to the incoming administration’s policies that it is likely to adopt and the impact of such policies on our businesses. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict how market conditions are going to unfold over the course of 2025 and beyond.

Current wording

Generally, our business outlook is highly correlated to general North American economic conditions, particularly with respect to our IT Staffing Services segment. During periods of increasing employment and economic expansion, demand for our services tends to increase. Conversely, during periods of contracting employment and / or a slowing global economy, demand for our services tends to decline. With economic expansion in 2010 through 2019 activity levels improved. However, as economic conditions strengthened, we experienced increased tightness in the supply side (skilled IT professionals) of our businesses. These supply-side challenges pressured resource costs and, to some extent, gross margins. As we entered 2020, we were encouraged by continued growth in the domestic job markets and expanding U.S. and global economies. However, with the COVID-19 pandemic surfacing in the first quarter of 2020, we realized that economic growth would quickly turn into recessionary conditions, which had a material impact on activity levels in both of our business segments. In 2021, we were encouraged by the global rollout of vaccination programs and signs of economic improvement, however, the proliferation of COVID-19 variants had caused some uncertainty and disruption in the global markets. In 2022 and 2023, COVID-19-related concerns seemed to subside; however, increased inflation, challenges in the financial sector related to increasing interest rates, and concerns about a possible recession created much uncertainty and impacted demand for our services in the second half of 2022 and for the entire year of 2023. In 2024, economic conditions in North American improved over the course of the year as job growth and inflationary outlooks showed positive signs of improvement. However, as we move into the second half of 2025, uncertainty and caution continues to persist in the marketplace, driven in part by lingering questions around the direction and implementation of immigration, trade and other policies under the new administration (including the implementation of tariffs and other trade measures). These evolving dynamics have contributed to extended decision-making cycles and conservative spending behavior among clients. Given these and other factors, it remains difficult to reliably forecast how market conditions will develop for the remainder of 2025 or during 2026 and beyond.