Huron Consulting Group Inc.

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Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical in nature, including those concerning the Company’s current expectations about its future results, are “forward-looking” statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “provides,” “anticipates,” “assumes,” “can,” “will,” “meets,” “could,” “likely,” “intends,” “might,” “predicts,” “seeks,” “would,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continues,” “goals,” “guidance,” or “outlook,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations about our future requirements and needs, results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation: failure to achieve expected utilization rates, billing rates, and the necessary number of revenue-generating professionals; inability to expand or adjust our service offerings in response to market demands; our dependence on renewal of client-based services; dependence on new business and retention of current clients and qualified personnel; failure to maintain third-party provider relationships and strategic alliances; inability to license technology to and from third parties; the impairment of goodwill; various factors related to income and other taxes; difficulties in successfully integrating the businesses we acquire and achieving expected benefits from such acquisitions; risks relating to privacy, information security, and related laws and standards; and a general downturn in market conditions. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including, among others, those described under Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any anticipated results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events, or for any other reason.

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Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that are not historical in nature, including those concerning the Company’s current expectations about its future results, are “forward-looking” statements as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are identified by words such as “may,” “should,” “expects,” “provides,” “anticipates,” “assumes,” “can,” “will,” “meets,” “could,” “likely,” “intends,” “might,” “predicts,” “seeks,” “would,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “continues,” “goals,” “guidance,” or “outlook,” or similar expressions. These forward-looking statements reflect our current expectations about our future requirements and needs, results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained herein include, without limitation: failure to achieve expected utilization rates, billing rates, and the necessary number of revenue-generating professionals; inability to expand or adjust our service offerings in response to market demands; our dependence on renewal of client-based services; dependence on new business and retention of current clients and qualified personnel; failure to maintain third-party provider relationships and strategic alliances; inability to license technology to and from third parties; the impairment of goodwill; various factors related to income and other taxes; difficulties in successfully integrating the businesses we acquire and achieving expected benefits from such acquisitions; risks relating to privacy, information security, and related laws and standards; and a general downturn or volatility in market conditions, including as a result of current global trade tensions and/or tariffs. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors, including, among others, those described under Item 1A. “Risk Factors,” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 that may cause actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any anticipated results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. We disclaim any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or future events, or for any other reason.

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Huron is a global professional services firm that collaborates with clients to put possible into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering businesses and their people to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve.

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Huron is a global professional services firm that partners with clients to put possible into practice by creating sound strategies, optimizing operations, accelerating digital transformation, and empowering businesses to own their future. By embracing diverse perspectives, encouraging new ideas and challenging the status quo, we create sustainable results for the organizations we serve.

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•Accelerating Growth in Healthcare and Education: Huron has leading market positions in healthcare and education, providing comprehensive offerings to the largest health systems, academic medical centers, colleges and universities, and research institutes in the United States.

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•Sustaining Accelerated Growth in Healthcare and Education: Huron holds leading market positions in healthcare and education, providing comprehensive offerings to the largest health systems, academic medical centers, colleges and universities, and research institutes in the United States and abroad. The Company will continue to broaden its portfolio of offerings in healthcare and education to address the evolving needs in those industries due to competitive, regulatory, financial, and broader market changes.

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•Growing Presence in Commercial Industries: Huron’s commercial industry focus has increased the diversification of the Company’s portfolio and end markets while expanding the range of capabilities it can deliver to clients, providing new avenues for growth and an important balance to its healthcare and education focus.

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•Growing Our Businesses in Commercial Industries: Through its deep industry and capability expertise and nimble approach, Huron has grown its client base and expanded on its strengths to grow into a distinct player in key end markets and offerings across commercial industries. Huron’s commercial industry focus has increased the diversification of the Company’s portfolio and end markets while expanding the range of capabilities it can deliver to clients, providing new avenues for growth and an important balance to its healthcare and education businesses.

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•Rapidly Growing Global Digital Capability: Huron’s ability to provide a broad portfolio of digital offerings that support the strategic and operational needs of its clients is at the foundation of the Company’s strategy. Huron will continue to advance its integrated digital platform to support its strong growth trajectory.

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•Growing Global Digital Capability: As data and technology persist and evolve across industries, Huron’s ability to provide a broad portfolio of digital offerings that support the strategic and operational needs of its clients is at the foundation of the Company’s strategy. Huron will continue to advance its integrated global digital platform to support its strong growth trajectory.

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•Solid Foundation for Margin Expansion: The Company is well-positioned to achieve consistent margin expansion as well as strong annual adjusted diluted earnings per share growth. We are committed to operating income margin expansion by growing the areas of the business that provide the most attractive returns, improving the operational efficiency of our delivery for clients, and scaling our selling, general, and administrative expenses as we grow.

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•Solid Foundation for Margin Expansion and Organic Reinvestment: The Company is well-positioned to further achieve margin expansion as well as strong annual adjusted diluted earnings per share growth while also reinvesting in organic growth. We are committed to operating income margin expansion by improving the operational efficiency of our delivery for clients, including through our global delivery platform in India, increasing utilization, continuing to execute on our pricing realization initiatives, and scaling our selling, general, and administrative expenses as we grow.

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•Strong Balance Sheet and Cash Flows: Strong free cash flows have and will continue to be a hallmark of Huron’s financial strength and business model. The Company is committed to deploying capital in a strategic and balanced way, including returning capital to shareholders and executing strategic, tuck-in acquisitions.

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•Strong Balance Sheet and Cash Flows: A resilient, flexible balance sheet is the foundation of our financial strength, and strong free cash flows have and will continue to be the hallmark of Huron’s business model. The Company is committed to deploying capital in a strategic and balanced way, including returning capital to shareholders and executing strategic, tuck-in acquisitions.

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We provide our services and products and manage our business under three operating segments: Healthcare, Education, and Commercial. The Commercial segment includes all industries outside of healthcare and education, including, but not limited to, financial services and energy and utilities. We also provide revenue reporting across two principal capabilities: i) Consulting and Managed Services and ii) Digital, which are methods by which we deliver our services and products.

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We provide our services and products and manage our business under three operating segments - Healthcare, Education, and Commercial - which aligns our business by industry. The Commercial segment includes all industries outside of healthcare and education, including, but not limited to, financial services, energy and utilities, industrials and manufacturing, and the public sector. We also provide revenue reporting across two principal capabilities: i) Consulting and Managed Services and ii) Digital, which are methods by which we deliver our services and products.

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Our Healthcare segment serves acute care providers, including national and regional health systems; academic health systems; community health systems; the federal health system; and public, children’s and critical access hospitals, and non-acute care providers, including physician practices and medical groups; payors; and long-term care or post-acute providers. Our healthcare-focused services and products include financial and operational performance improvement consulting, which spans revenue cycle, cost and care delivery transformation; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services, including enterprise health record (“EHR”), enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) and enterprise performance management (“EPM”), customer relationship management (“CRM”), data management and technology managed services, and a portfolio of software products; organizational transformation; revenue cycle managed services and outsourcing; financial and capital advisory consulting; and strategy and innovation consulting.

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Our Healthcare segment serves acute care providers, including national and regional health systems; academic health systems; community health systems; the federal health system; and public, children’s and critical access hospitals, and non-acute care providers, including physician practices and medical groups; payors; and long-term care or post-acute providers. Our healthcare-focused services and products include financial and operational performance improvement consulting, which spans revenue cycle, business operations and care delivery transformation; digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services, including enterprise health record (“EHR”), enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) and enterprise performance management (“EPM”), customer relationship management (“CRM”), data management, artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automation, and technology managed services, and a portfolio of software products; human capital management; revenue cycle managed services and outsourcing; financial advisory consulting; and strategy and innovation consulting.

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Our Education segment serves public and private colleges and universities, research institutes and other education-related organizations. Our education and research-focused services and products include our digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services, including student information systems, ERP and EPM, CRM, data management and technology managed services and our Huron Research Suite product suite (the leading software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance); our research-focused consulting and managed services; and our strategy and operations consulting services, which span finance, accounting, operations and philanthropy functions, organization and talent strategy, and student and academic strategy. We continue to broaden our offerings into new areas. Most recently, we expanded our research managed services, advancement, campus health and well-being, and athletics offerings.

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Our Education segment serves public and private colleges and universities, research institutes, not-for-profit organizations and other education-related organizations. Our education and research-focused services and products include our digital offerings, spanning technology and analytic-related services, including student information systems, ERP and EPM, CRM, data management, AI and automation, and technology managed services and our Huron Research Suite product suite (the leading software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance); our research-focused consulting and managed services; our strategy and operations consulting services, which span finance, accounting, operations and athletics to organization and talent strategy and student and academic strategy; and our global philanthropy consulting services, which were bolstered by the acquisitions of Grenzebach Glier and Associates (“GG+A”) in March 2024 and Advancement Resources and Halpin in March 2025.

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Our Commercial segment is focused on serving industries and organizations facing significant disruption and regulatory change by helping them adapt to rapidly changing environments and accelerate business transformation. Our Commercial professionals work primarily with six primary buyers: the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief strategy officer, the chief human resources officer, the chief operating officer, and organizational advisors, including lenders and law firms. We have a deep focus on serving organizations in the financial services, energy and utilities, industrials and manufacturing industries and the public sector while opportunistically serving commercial industries more broadly, including professional and business services, life sciences, consumer products, and nonprofit. Our Commercial professionals use their deep industry, functional and technical expertise to deliver our digital services and software products, financial advisory (special situation advisory and corporate finance advisory) services, and strategy and innovation consulting services.

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Our Commercial segment is focused on serving industries and organizations facing significant disruption and regulatory change by helping them adapt to rapidly changing environments and accelerate business transformation. Our Commercial professionals work primarily with six primary buyers: the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief strategy officer, the chief human resources officer, the chief operating officer, and organizational advisors, including lenders and law firms. We have a deep focus on serving organizations in the financial services, energy and utilities, industrials and manufacturing industries and the public sector while opportunistically serving commercial industries more broadly, including professional and business services, life sciences, consumer products, and retail. Our Commercial professionals use their deep industry, functional and technical expertise to deliver our digital services and software products, financial advisory (special situation advisory and corporate finance advisory) consulting services, and strategy and innovation consulting services. In December 2024, we expanded our Commercial consulting and digital services offerings through the acquisition of AXIA Consulting, a leading provider of supply chain-focused consulting and technology solutions who has deep expertise in the industrials and manufacturing and retail sectors.

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Our Digital capabilities represent our technology and analytics services, including technology-related managed services, and software products delivered across industries. Our Digital experts help clients address a variety of business challenges, including, but not limited to, designing and implementing technologies to accelerate transformation, facilitate data-driven decision making and improve customer and employee experiences. We have invested organically and inorganically to expand our Digital offerings, which now span beyond traditional ERP implementations into a broader set of administrative systems, industry-specific systems of record and systems of engagement that act as the “digital front door” to an organization. We also have grown our data, analytics and automation offerings to deliver a unified and actionable technology ecosystem for our clients.

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Our Digital capabilities represent our technology and analytics services, including technology-related managed services, and software products delivered across industries. Our Digital experts help clients address a variety of business challenges, including, but not limited to, designing and implementing technologies to accelerate transformation, facilitate data-driven decision making and improve customer and employee experiences. We have invested organically and inorganically to expand our Digital offerings, which now span beyond traditional ERP implementations into a broader set of administrative systems, industry-specific systems of record and systems of engagement that act as the “digital front door” to an organization. We have grown our data, analytics, AI and automation offerings to deliver a unified and actionable technology ecosystem for our clients. Through our acquisition of AXIA Consulting, we have also expanded our supply chain management (“SCM”) offerings and broadened our technology portfolio with advanced Microsoft capabilities, while strengthening Huron's ability to empower clients to align their people and processes to support their digital-first goals.

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We have expanded our ecosystem to work with more than 25 technology partners. We are a Leading Modern Oracle Network Partner; a Summit-level consulting partner with Salesforce.com and a Premium Partner with Salesforce.org; a Workday Services, Preferred Channel, Extend, and Application Management Services Partner; an Amazon Web Services consulting partner; an Informatica Platinum Partner; an SAP Concur implementation partner; and a Boomi Elite Partner.

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We have expanded our ecosystem to work with more than 30 technology partners. For example, we are a Leading Modern Oracle Network Partner; a Summit-level consulting partner with Salesforce.com and a Premium Partner with Salesforce.org; a Workday Services, Preferred Channel, Extend, and Application Management Services Partner; an Amazon Web Services consulting partner; a Microsoft Solutions Partner, an Informatica Platinum Partner; an SAP Concur implementation partner; and a Boomi Elite Partner.

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We have also grown our proprietary software product portfolio to address our clients' challenges with solutions that expand our base of recurring revenue and further differentiate our consulting, digital and managed services offerings. Our product portfolio bundles our deep industry expertise and unique intellectual property together to serve our clients outside of our traditional consulting offerings. Our product portfolio includes, among others: Huron Research Suite, the leading software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance; Huron Intelligence™ Rounding, the #1 ranked Digital Rounding solution in the 2024 Best in KLAS® Software & Services report; and Huron Intelligence™ Analytic Suite in Healthcare, a predictive analytics suite to improve care delivery while lowering costs.

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We have also grown our proprietary software product portfolio to address our clients' challenges with solutions that expand our base of recurring revenue and further differentiate our consulting, digital and managed services offerings. Our product portfolio bundles our deep industry expertise and unique intellectual property together to serve our clients outside of our traditional consulting offerings. Our product portfolio includes, among others: Huron Research Suite, the leading software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance; Huron Intelligence™ Rounding, the #1 ranked Digital Rounding solution in the 2024 Best in KLAS® report; and Huron Intelligence™ Analytic Suite in Healthcare, a predictive analytics suite to improve care delivery while lowering costs.

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•Fixed-fee (including software license revenue): In fixed-fee billing arrangements, we agree to a pre-established fee in exchange for a predetermined set of professional services. We set the fees based on our estimates of the costs and timing for completing the engagements. Fixed-fee arrangements also include software licenses for our revenue cycle management software and research administration and compliance software.

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•Fixed-fee (including software license revenue): In fixed-fee billing arrangements, we agree to a pre-established fee in exchange for a predetermined set of professional services. We set the fees based on our estimates of the costs and timing for completing the engagements. Fixed-fee arrangements also include software licenses for our research administration and compliance software.

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•Software support, maintenance and subscriptions: Clients that have purchased one of our software licenses can pay an annual fee for software support and maintenance. We also generate subscription revenue from our cloud-based analytic tools and solutions. Software support, maintenance and subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the support or subscription period. These fees are generally billed in advance and included in deferred revenues until recognized.

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•Software support, maintenance and subscriptions: Clients that have purchased one of our software licenses can pay an annual fee for software support and maintenance. We also generate subscription revenue from our cloud-based analytic tools and solutions including our cloud-based revenue cycle management software and research administration and compliance software. Software support, maintenance and subscription revenues are recognized ratably over the support or subscription period. These fees are generally billed in advance and included in deferred revenues until recognized.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation costs for our support personnel. Also included in selling, general and administrative expenses are third-party professional fees, software licenses and data hosting expenses, rent and other office related expenses, sales and marketing related expenses, recruiting and training expenses, and practice administration and meetings expenses.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses consist primarily of compensation costs for our support personnel, which includes salaries, performance bonuses, share-based compensation, signing and retention bonuses, payroll taxes, benefits and deferred compensation expense attributable to the change in market value of our deferred compensation liability. Changes in the market value of our deferred compensation liability are offset with the changes in market value of investments that are used to fund our deferred compensation liability, which are recorded within other income (expense), net. Also included in selling, general and administrative expenses are third-party professional fees, software licenses and data hosting expenses, rent and other office-related expenses, sales- and marketing-related expenses, recruiting and training expenses, and practice administration and meeting expenses.

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Segment operating income consists of the revenues generated by a segment, less operating expenses that are incurred directly by the segment. Unallocated corporate expenses not allocated at the segment level include costs related to administrative functions that are performed in a centralized manner and are not attributable to a particular segment. These administrative function costs include corporate office support costs, office facility costs, costs related to accounting and finance, human resources, legal, marketing, information technology, and company-wide business development functions, and costs related to overall corporate management.

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Segment operating income consists of the revenues generated by a segment, less operating expenses that are incurred directly by the segment. Unallocated corporate expenses not allocated at the segment level include costs related to administrative functions that are performed in a centralized manner, as well as restructuring charges, depreciation and amortization, and interest expense that are not attributable to a particular segment. The administrative function costs include corporate office support costs, office facility costs, costs related to accounting and finance, human resources, legal, marketing, information technology, and company-wide business development functions, and costs related to overall corporate management.

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Other losses (gains), net: We exclude the effects of other losses and gains, which primarily relate to changes in the estimated fair value of our liabilities for contingent consideration related to business acquisitions and litigation settlement losses and gains, excluding the 2024 litigation settlement gain presented separately, to permit comparability with periods that are not impacted by these items. These items are recorded as a component of other gains, net on our consolidated statement of operations.

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Other losses (gains), net: We exclude the effects of other losses and gains, which primarily relate to changes in the estimated fair value of our liabilities for contingent consideration related to business acquisitions and litigation settlement losses and gains, to permit comparability with periods that are not impacted by these items. These items are recorded as a component of other losses (gains), net on our consolidated statement of operations.

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Our revenue-generating professionals consist of our full-time consultants who generate revenues based on the number of hours worked; full-time equivalents, which consists of coaches and their support staff within the culture and organizational excellence solution, consultants who work variable schedules as needed by clients, and full-time employees who provide software support and maintenance services to clients; and our Healthcare managed services employees who provide revenue cycle billing, collections, insurance verification and change integrity services to clients.

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Our revenue-generating professionals consist of our full-time consultants who generate revenues based on the number of hours worked; full-time equivalents, which consists of coaches and their support staff within the culture and organizational excellence solution, consultants who work variable schedules as needed by clients, and full-time employees who provide software support and maintenance services to clients; and our Managed Services professionals who provide revenue cycle management and research administration managed services and outsourcing at our healthcare, education and research-focused clients.

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Highlights from the third quarter of 2024 include:

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Highlights from the first quarter of 2025 include:

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•Net income as a percentage of total revenues increased to 7.2% for the third quarter of 2024, compared to 5.9% for the third quarter of 2023.

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•Net income as a percentage of total revenues increased to 6.1% for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 5.0% for the first quarter of 2024.

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•Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses increased to 14.8% for the third quarter of 2024, compared to 13.4% for the third quarter of 2023.

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•Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses increased to 10.5% for the first quarter of 2025, compared to 9.5% for the first quarter of 2024.

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•Adjusted diluted EPS increased 20.9% to $1.68 for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1.39 for the third quarter of 2023.

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•Adjusted diluted EPS increased 36.6% to $1.68 for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $1.23 for the first quarter of 2024.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Consulting and Managed Services capability were $214.5 million in the third quarter of 2024, compared to $214.7 million in the third quarter of 2023; and reflected strengthened demand in the Education segment, offset by a decrease in demand in our Commercial and Healthcare segments. The utilization rate within our Consulting capability decreased to 73.6% in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 77.3% in the third quarter of 2023.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Consulting and Managed Services capability increased 11.1% in the first quarter of 2025 to $223.9 million, compared to $201.6 million in the first quarter of 2024; and reflected strengthened demand in our Healthcare and Education segments, offset by a decrease in demand in our Commercial segment. The utilization rate within our Consulting capability increased to 74.1% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to 70.2% in the first quarter of 2024.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Digital capability increased 8.4% in the third quarter of 2024 to $155.5 million, compared to $143.5 million in the third quarter of 2023, and reflected strengthened demand in all of our segments. The utilization rate within our Digital capability increased to 77.2% in the third quarter of 2024, compared to 75.4% in the third quarter of 2023.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Digital capability increased 11.2% in the first quarter of 2025 to $171.8 million, compared to $154.4 million in the first quarter of 2024; and reflected strengthened demand in our Commercial and Education segments, including $11.9 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of AXIA Consulting in December 2024, partially offset by a decrease in demand in our Healthcare segment. The utilization rate within our Digital capability increased to 78.2% in the first quarter of 2025, compared to 74.3% in the first quarter of 2024.

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Our total number of revenue-generating professionals increased 10.4% to 5,896 as of September 30, 2024, compared to 5,341 as of September 30, 2023, as a result of hiring to support the overall increase in demand for our services. We proactively plan and manage the size and composition of our workforce and take actions as needed to address changes in the anticipated demand for our services as employee compensation costs are the most significant portion of our operating expenses.

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Our total number of revenue-generating professionals, excluding Managed Services professionals, increased 3.1% to 4,726 as of March 31, 2025, compared to 4,584 as of March 31, 2024, as a result of the acquisitions completed since the first quarter of 2024 and hiring to support the overall increase in demand for our services. The number of Managed Services professionals increased 37.7% to 1,679 as of March 31, 2025 from 1,219 as of March 31, 2024. We proactively plan and manage the size and composition of our workforce and take actions as needed to address changes in the anticipated demand for our services as employee compensation costs are the most significant portion of our operating expenses.

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Net income increased $5.6 million, or 26.2%, to $27.1 million, or 7.2% of total revenues, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 from $21.5 million, or 5.9% of total revenues, for the same period last year. As a result of the increase in net income and a reduction in diluted shares outstanding resulting from share repurchases made under our share repurchase plan, diluted earnings per share for the third quarter of 2024 increased 33.6% to $1.47, compared to $1.10 for the third quarter of 2023. Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 20.9% to $1.68 for the third quarter of 2024, compared to $1.39 for the third quarter of 2023.

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Net income increased $6.5 million, or 36.3%, to $24.5 million, or 6.1% of total revenues, for the three months ended March 31, 2025 from $18.0 million, or 5.0% of total revenues, for the same period last year. As a result of the increase in net income and a reduction in diluted shares outstanding resulting from share repurchases made under our share repurchase plan, diluted earnings per share for the first quarter of 2025 increased 40.0% to $1.33, compared to $0.95 for the first quarter of 2024. Adjusted diluted earnings per share increased 36.6% to $1.68 for the first quarter of 2025, compared to $1.23 for the first quarter of 2024.

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(2)The majority of our revenue-generating professionals within our Commercial segment can provide services across all of our industries, including healthcare and education, and the related costs of these professionals are allocated to each of the segments.

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(1)The majority of our revenue-generating professionals within our Commercial segment can provide services across all of our industries, including healthcare and education, and the related costs of these professionals are allocated to each of the segments.

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(5)The number of Managed Services revenue-generating professionals within our Healthcare segment was 1,223 and 757 as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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The number of Managed Services revenue-generating professionals within our Healthcare segment was 1,568 and 1,087 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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The number of Managed Services revenue-generating professionals within our Education segment was 122 and 129 as of September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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The number of Managed Services revenue-generating professionals within our Education segment was 111 and 132 as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

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Managed Services capability revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Education segment was $6.6 million and $7.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively; and $20.8 million and $22.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively.

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Managed Services capability revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Education segment was $7.4 million for both the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024.

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(6)Utilization rates are presented for our revenue-generating professionals who primarily bill on an hourly basis. We do not present utilization rates for our Managed Services professionals as most of the revenues generated by these employees are not billed on an hourly basis.

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(4) Utilization rates are presented for our revenue-generating professionals who primarily bill on an hourly basis. We do not present utilization rates for our Managed Services professionals as most of the revenues generated by these employees are not billed on an hourly basis.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $74.8 million, or 7.3%, to $1.10 billion for the first nine months of 2024 from $1.02 billion for the first nine months of 2023. The overall increase in revenues before reimbursable expenses reflects continued strength in demand for both our Consulting and Managed Services capability and Digital capability within Healthcare and Education, and reflects our focus on accelerating growth in our healthcare and education industries. These increases in demand were partially offset by a decrease in demand for Commercial's Digital and Consulting and Managed Services capabilities. Additional information on our revenues before reimbursable expense by segment follows.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $39.7 million, or 11.2%, to $395.7 million for the first quarter of 2025 from $356.0 million for the first quarter of 2024. The overall increase in revenues before reimbursable expenses reflects strength in demand for our Consulting and Managed Services capabilities within our Healthcare and Education segments; and an increase in demand for our Digital capabilities within our Commercial and Education segments, including $11.9 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of AXIA Consulting in December 2024. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in demand for our Consulting and Managed Services capability within our Commercial segment. Additional information on our revenues before reimbursable expense by segment follows.

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•Education revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $29.5 million, or 9.1%, and includes $13.8 million of incremental revenues from our acquisition of GG+A completed in March 2024. The increase in Education revenues before reimbursable expenses was also driven by continued strength in demand for our technology and analytics services and software products within our Digital capability and our strategy and operations solution within our Consulting and Managed Services capability.

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•Education revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $11.2 million, or 10.0%, driven by strengthened demand for our strategy and operations solution within our Consulting and Managed Services capability; $3.0 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of GG+A completed in March 2024; an increase in demand for our software products within our Digital capability; and an additional $0.8 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from other acquisitions completed since the first quarter of 2024.

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•Commercial revenues before reimbursable expenses decreased $6.7 million, or 3.4%, primarily due to decreases in demand for our strategy and innovation solution within our Consulting and Managed Services capability and our technology and analytics services within our Digital capability, partially offset by an increase in demand for our financial advisory solutions within our Consulting and Managed Services capability. Revenues before reimbursable expenses in the first nine months of 2024 included $0.4 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of Vlamis completed in January 2024.

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•Commercial revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $10.8 million, or 17.0%, which included $11.2 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of AXIA Consulting completed in December 2024 and an increase in demand for our technology and analytics services within our Digital capability. These increases were partially offset by decreases in demand for our strategy and innovation and financial advisory solutions within our Consulting and Managed Services capability.

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The number of revenue-generating professionals within our Commercial segment, the majority of which provide services across all of our industries, was 2,204 as of September 30, 2024 compared to 2,260 as of September 30, 2023.

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The number of revenue-generating professionals within our Commercial segment, the majority of which provide services across all of our industries, grew 2.5% to 2,350 as of March 31, 2025, compared to 2,293 as of March 31, 2024, including our acquisition of AXIA Consulting in December 2024 which added approximately 130 revenue-generating professionals.

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Operating expenses for the first nine months of 2024 increased $47.5 million, or 5.0%, over the first nine months of 2023.

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Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2025 increased $27.9 million, or 8.1%, over the first quarter of 2024.

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Direct costs increased $3.1 million, or 1.3%, to $247.8 million for the third quarter of 2024 from $244.8 million for the third quarter of 2023. The $3.1 million increase primarily related to an $8.9 million increase in compensation costs for our revenue-generating professionals and a $1.0 million increase in technology costs, partially offset by a $7.0 million decrease in contractor expenses. The increase in compensation costs reflects our investment to grow our talented team to meet increased market demand and is primarily attributable to a $16.9 million increase in salaries and related expenses driven by increased headcount and annual salary increases that went into effect in the first quarter of 2024; partially offset by a $4.5 million decrease in performance bonus expense, a $2.2 million decrease in share-based compensation expense, and a $1.3 million decrease in signing, retention and other bonus expense. As a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses, direct costs decreased to 67.0% during the third quarter of 2024, compared to 68.3% during the third quarter of 2023. This decrease was primarily due to the decreases in contractor expenses, performance bonus expense and share-based compensation expense for our revenue-generating professionals; partially offset by the increase in salaries and related expenses for our revenue-generating professionals, as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses.

Current wording

Direct costs increased $24.7 million, or 9.8%, to $278.0 million for the first quarter of 2025 from $253.3 million for the first quarter of 2024. The $24.7 million increase primarily related to a $25.5 million increase in compensation costs for our revenue-generating professionals. The increase in compensation costs reflects our investment to grow our talented team to meet increased market demand and is primarily attributable to a $16.5 million increase in salaries and related expenses driven by increased headcount and annual salary increases that went into effect in the first quarter of 2025, a $7.6 million increase in performance bonus expense, and a $1.1 million increase in share-based compensation expense. The increase in share-based compensation expense was primarily the result of paying a larger portion of our annual performance bonus in share-based equity grants compared to the prior year. As a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses, direct costs decreased to 70.3% during the first quarter of 2025, compared to 71.2% during the first quarter of 2024. This decrease was primarily due to revenue growth that outpaced the increase in salaries and related expenses for our revenue-generating professionals.

Previous wording

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $6.0 million, or 9.3%, to $70.4 million in the third quarter of 2024 from $64.4 million in the third quarter of 2023. The $6.0 million increase primarily related to a $3.8 million increase in compensation costs for our support personnel driven by a $3.3 million increase in deferred compensation expense attributable to the change in market value of our deferred compensation liability and a $3.1 million increase in salaries and related expenses; partially offset by a $1.3 million decrease in share-based compensation expense and a $1.2 million decrease in performance bonus expense. The increase in deferred compensation expense is offset by an increase in the gain recognized for the change in the market value of investments that are used to fund our deferred compensation liability and recognized in other income (expense), net. Additionally, selling, general and administrative expenses increased $2.3 million for non-payroll costs driven by a $1.3 million increase in software and data hosting expense, a $0.7 million increase in bad debt expense, and a $0.6 million increase in research expense; partially offset by a $1.3 million decrease in legal expenses. As a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses increased to 19.0% during the third quarter of 2024, compared to 18.0% during the third quarter of 2023, which was primarily driven by the increase in deferred compensation expense attributable to the change in market value of our deferred compensation liability, as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses.

Current wording

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $3.9 million, or 5.4%, to $76.6 million in the first quarter of 2025 from $72.7 million in the first quarter of 2024. The $3.9 million increase includes a $2.8 million increase in compensation costs for our support personnel and a $2.0 million increase in software and data hosting expense; partially offset by a $3.5 million decrease in legal expenses. The $2.8 million increase in compensation costs for our support personnel was driven by a $4.0 million increase in salaries and related expenses and a $2.6 million increase in performance bonus expense; partially offset by a $3.4 million decrease in deferred compensation expense attributable to the change in market value of our deferred compensation liability. The decrease in deferred compensation expense is offset by an increase in the loss recognized for the change in the market value of investments that are used to fund our deferred compensation liability and recognized in other income (expense), net. As a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses, selling, general and administrative expenses decreased to 19.4% during the first quarter of 2025, compared to 20.4% during the first quarter of 2024, which was primarily driven by the decreases in legal expenses and deferred compensation expense; partially offset by an increase in performance bonus expense for our support personnel, as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses.