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 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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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,” “positions,” “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; our ability to realize the expected benefits and potential opportunities of artificial intelligence (AI); 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, 2025 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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•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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•Accelerating 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 drive even greater impact on current and new clients as the needs in those industries further evolve due to competitive, regulatory, financial, and broader market changes.

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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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•Growing Presence in Commercial Industries: Through its deep industry and capability expertise and nimble approach, Huron has grown its client base and expanded its credentials in the 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 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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•Rapidly Growing Global Digital Capability: As data, technology and artificial intelligence (“AI”) evolve across industries, Huron’s ability to provide a broad portfolio of digital offerings that support the strategic and operational needs of its clients globally 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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•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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•Solid Foundation for Margin Expansion: The Company continues to be well-positioned to further achieve margin expansion as well as strong annual adjusted diluted earnings per share growth. We are committed to operating income margin expansion by seeking to grow the areas of the business that provide the most attractive returns, improving our pricing realization and the operational efficiency of our delivery for clients, utilizing our global delivery platform across regions, and scaling our selling, general, and administrative expenses as we grow.

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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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•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 while prudently managing our leverage ratio.

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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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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, industrials and manufacturing, energy and utilities, 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, 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. In June 2025, we enhanced our consulting offerings through the acquisition of Eclipse Insights, a leading provider of revenue cycle solutions.

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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 consulting and managed services offerings include financial and operational performance improvement consulting, which spans revenue cycle, business operations and care delivery transformation; organizational transformation; revenue cycle managed services and outsourcing; financial and capital advisory consulting; and strategy consulting. Our healthcare-focused digital services span technology and analytic-related services, including core systems of record, such as enterprise health record (“EHR”), enterprise resource planning (“ERP”), enterprise performance management (“EPM”), and customer relationship management (“CRM”) systems; data management, artificial intelligence (“AI”) and automation; technology managed services; and payor core administration systems. We also have a portfolio of software products we deliver to the healthcare industry. In June 2025, we enhanced our consulting offerings through the acquisition of Eclipse Insights, a leading provider of revenue cycle solutions. In November 2025, we acquired the consulting services division of AXIOM to strengthen our digital-focused payor 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 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 consulting and managed services offerings include 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 advancement and fundraising consulting services, which were bolstered by the acquisitions of Advancement Resources and Halpin in March 2025. Our education and research-focused digital offerings span technology and analytic-related services, including core systems of record, such as student information, ERP, EPM, and CRM systems; data management, AI and automation; and technology managed services. Our education and research-focused product offerings include our Huron Research Suite, the leading software suite designed to facilitate and improve research administration service delivery and compliance.

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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, Inc. (“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. Additionally, in the third quarter of 2025, we bolstered our Commercial consulting offerings through the acquisitions of Treliant, a global financial services consulting and managed services firm, and WP&C, a leading strategy and operations consulting firm specializing in driving operational efficiency and improved growth and profitability.

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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 seven primary buyers: the chief executive officer, the chief financial officer, the chief strategy officer, the chief human resources officer, the chief operating officer, the chief risk officer, and organizational advisors, including lenders and law firms. We have a deep focus on serving organizations in the financial services, industrials and manufacturing, and energy and utilities 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 and capital advisory (special situation advisory and corporate finance advisory) consulting services, regulatory compliance and risk management consulting and managed services, strategy and operations consulting services, and financial and operational performance improvement consulting services. In the third quarter of 2025, we bolstered our Commercial consulting offerings through the acquisitions of Treliant, a global financial services consulting and managed services firm, and WP&C, a leading strategy and operations consulting firm specializing in driving operational efficiency and improved growth and profitability.

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Our Consulting and Managed Services capabilities represent our management consulting services, managed services (excluding technology-related managed services) and outsourcing services delivered across industries. Our Consulting and Managed Services experts help our clients address a variety of strategic, operational, financial, people and organizational-related challenges. These services are often combined with technology, analytic and data-driven solutions powered by our Digital capability to support long-term relationships with our clients and drive lasting impact. Examples include the areas of revenue cycle management and research administration managed services and outsourcing at our healthcare, education and research-focused clients, where our projects are often coupled with our digital services and product offerings and management consulting services to sustain improved performance.

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Our Consulting and Managed Services capabilities represent our management consulting services, managed services (excluding technology-related managed services) and outsourcing services delivered across industries. Our Consulting and Managed Services experts help our clients address a variety of strategic, operational, financial, people and organizational-related challenges. These services are often combined with technology, analytic, and data- and AI-driven solutions powered by our Digital capability to support long-term relationships with our clients and drive lasting impact. Examples include the areas of revenue cycle management and research administration managed services and outsourcing at our healthcare, education and research-focused clients, where our projects are often coupled with our digital services and product offerings and management consulting services to sustain improved performance.

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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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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, the design and implementation of technologies to accelerate transformation, facilitate data-driven decision making, operate more efficiently by leveraging AI- and automation-enabled workflows, and improve customer and employee experiences. We have invested organically and inorganically to expand our Digital offerings, which now span beyond core systems of record, such as ERP systems, into a broader set of administrative systems, including supply chain management, 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.

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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 expanded our ecosystem to work with more than 25 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; a Microsoft Solutions Partner; an Amazon Web Services consulting partner; an Informatica Platinum Partner; and an SAP Concur implementation partner.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses are primarily generated by our employees who provide consulting and other professional services to our clients and are billable to our clients based on the number of hours worked, services provided, or achieved outcomes. We refer to these employees as our revenue-generating professionals. Revenues before reimbursable expenses are primarily driven by the number of revenue-generating professionals we employ as well as the total value, scope, and terms of the consulting contracts under which they provide services. We also engage independent contractors to supplement our revenue-generating professionals on client engagements as needed.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses (RBR) are primarily generated by our employees who provide consulting and other professional services to our clients and are billable to our clients based on the number of hours worked, services provided, or achieved outcomes. We refer to these employees as our revenue-generating professionals. RBR is primarily driven by the number of revenue-generating professionals we employ as well as the total value, scope, and terms of the consulting contracts under which they provide services. We also engage independent contractors to supplement our revenue-generating professionals on client engagements as needed.

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We generate our revenues before reimbursable expenses from providing professional services and software products under the following four types of billing arrangements: fixed-fee (including software license revenue); time-and-expense; performance-based; and software support, maintenance and subscriptions.

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We generate our RBR from providing professional services and software products under the following four types of billing arrangements: fixed-fee; time-and-expense; performance-based; and software support, maintenance and subscriptions.

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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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•Fixed-fee: 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.

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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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•Software support, maintenance and subscriptions: We 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. Additionally, clients that have purchased one of our software licenses can pay an annual fee for software support and maintenance. 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 as revenue.

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Reimbursable expenses that are billed to clients, primarily relating to travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with client engagements, are included in total revenues. We manage our business on the basis of revenues before reimbursable expenses, which we believe is the most accurate reflection of our services because it eliminates the effect of reimbursable expenses that we bill to our clients at cost.

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Reimbursable expenses that are billed to clients, primarily relating to travel and out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with client engagements, are included in total revenues. We manage our business on the basis of revenues before reimbursable expenses (RBR), which we believe is the most accurate reflection of our services because it eliminates the effect of reimbursable expenses that we bill to our clients at cost.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consists 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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Selling, general and administrative expenses primarily consists 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 the 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 expenses, recruiting and training expenses, and practice administration and meeting expenses.

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We also assess our results of operations using the following non-GAAP financial measures: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP financial measures differ from GAAP because they exclude a number of items required by GAAP, each discussed below. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flows, or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures may be defined differently from time to time and may be defined differently than similar terms used by other companies, and accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how we define our non-GAAP financial measures.

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We also assess our results of operations using the following non-GAAP financial measures: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”), adjusted EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of RBR, adjusted net income, and adjusted diluted earnings per share. These non-GAAP financial measures differ from GAAP because they exclude a number of items required by GAAP, each discussed below. These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for or superior to, any measure of performance, cash flows, or liquidity prepared in accordance with GAAP. Our non-GAAP financial measures may be defined differently from time to time and may be defined differently than similar terms used by other companies, and accordingly, care should be exercised in understanding how we define our non-GAAP financial measures.

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Our management uses the non-GAAP financial measures to gain an understanding of our comparative operating performance, for example when comparing such results with previous periods or forecasts. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management in their financial and operating decision making because management believes they reflect our ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures when publicly providing our business outlook, for internal management purposes, and as a basis for evaluating potential acquisitions and dispositions. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating Huron’s current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does and in comparing in a consistent manner Huron’s current financial results with Huron’s past financial results.

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Our management uses the non-GAAP financial measures to gain an understanding of our comparative operating performance, for example when comparing such results with previous periods or forecasts. These non-GAAP financial measures are used by management in their financial and operating decision making because management believes they reflect our ongoing business in a manner that allows for meaningful period-to-period comparisons. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures when publicly providing our business outlook, for internal management purposes, and as a basis for evaluating potential acquisitions and dispositions. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information to investors and others in understanding and evaluating Huron’s current operating performance and future prospects in the same manner as management does, if they so choose, and in comparing in a consistent manner Huron’s current financial results with Huron’s past financial results.

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Restructuring charges: We have incurred charges due to restructuring various parts of our business. These restructuring charges have primarily consisted of costs associated with office space consolidations, including lease impairment charges and accelerated depreciation on lease-related property and equipment, and employee severance charges. We exclude the effect of the restructuring charges from our non-GAAP measures to permit comparability with periods that were not impacted by these items. We do not include normal, recurring, cash operating expenses in our restructuring charges.

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Restructuring charges: We have incurred charges due to restructuring various parts of our business. These restructuring charges have primarily consisted of costs associated with office space consolidations, including lease impairment charges and accelerated depreciation on lease-related property and equipment, and employee severance charges. We exclude the effect of the restructuring charges from our non-GAAP financial measures to permit comparability with periods that were not impacted by these items. We do not include normal, recurring, cash operating expenses in our restructuring charges.

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Transaction-related expenses: To permit comparability with prior periods, we exclude the impact of third-party advisory, legal, and accounting fees and other corporate costs incurred directly related to the evaluation and/or consummation of business acquisitions.

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Transaction-related expenses: We exclude the impact of third-party advisory, legal, and accounting fees and other corporate costs incurred directly related to the evaluation and/or consummation of business acquisitions to permit comparability with prior periods as these costs are inconsistent in their amount and frequency and are significantly affected by the timing and size of our acquisitions.

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Unrealized losses (gains) on long-term investments: We exclude the effect of unrealized losses and gains related to our long-term investments, which include non-cash credit-related impairment charges on our convertible debt investment in Shorelight Holdings, LLC and changes in the fair value of our equity investment in a hospital-at-home company arising from observable price changes or impairment charges. These unrealized losses and gains are included as a component of other income (expense), net on our consolidated statements of operations. We believe these unrealized losses and gains are not indicative of the ongoing performance of our business and their exclusion permits comparability with prior periods.

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Unrealized losses (gains) on long-term investments, net: We exclude the effect of unrealized losses and gains related to our long-term investments, which include non-cash credit-related impairment charges on our convertible debt investment in Shorelight Holdings, LLC and changes in the fair value of our equity investment in a hospital-at-home company arising from observable price changes or impairment charges. These unrealized losses and gains are included as a component of other income (expense), net on our consolidated statement of operations. We believe these unrealized losses and gains are not indicative of the ongoing performance of our business and their exclusion permits comparability with prior periods.

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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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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

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Highlights from the third quarter of 2025 include the following:

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Highlights from the first quarter of 2026 include the following:

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•Net income as a percentage of total revenues was 6.9% for the third quarter of 2025, compared to 7.2% for the third quarter of 2024.

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•Net income as a percentage of total revenues was 5.1% for the first quarter of 2026, compared to 6.1% for the first quarter of 2025.

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•Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of revenues before reimbursable expenses increased to 15.6% for the third quarter of 2025, compared to 14.8% for the third quarter of 2024.

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•Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of RBR increased to 11.4% for the first quarter of 2026, compared to 10.5% for the first quarter of 2025.

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•Adjusted diluted EPS increased 25.0% to $2.10 for the third quarter of 2025, compared to $1.68 for the third quarter of 2024.

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•Adjusted diluted EPS increased 3.0% to $1.73 for the first quarter of 2026, compared to $1.68 for the first quarter of 2025.

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•Returned $152.5 million to shareholders in the first nine months of 2025 by repurchasing 1,084,794 shares of our common stock.

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•Returned $155.5 million to shareholders in the first three months of 2026 by repurchasing 1,114,806 shares of our common stock.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Consulting and Managed Services capability increased $41.8 million, or 19.5%, in the third quarter of 2025 to $256.3 million, compared to $214.5 million in the third quarter of 2024; and reflected strengthened demand across all segments. The increase includes $15.1 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisitions of Eclipse Insights, Treliant, Advancement Resources, WP&C and Halpin. The utilization rate within our Consulting capability increased to 73.7% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to 73.6% in the third quarter of 2024.

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RBR within our Consulting and Managed Services capability increased $47.7 million, or 21.3%, in the first quarter of 2026 to $271.6 million, compared to $223.9 million in the first quarter of 2025; and reflected strengthened demand in our Healthcare and Commercial segments. The increase includes $17.5 million of incremental RBR from our acquisitions of Treliant, Eclipse Insights, WP&C, Advancement Resources, and Halpin. The utilization rate within our Consulting capability increased to 74.6% in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 74.1% in the first quarter of 2025.

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Revenues before reimbursable expenses within our Digital capability increased $20.5 million, or 13.2%, in the third quarter of 2025 to $176.0 million, compared to $155.5 million in the third quarter of 2024; and reflected strengthened demand across all segments. The increase includes $13.3 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisition of AXIA Consulting. The utilization rate within our Digital capability decreased to 77.1% in the third quarter of 2025, compared to 77.2% in the third quarter of 2024.

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RBR within our Digital capability increased $0.3 million, or 0.2%, in the first quarter of 2026 to $172.1 million, compared to $171.8 million in the first quarter of 2025; and reflected an increase in RBR in our Education segment, partially offset by a decrease in RBR in our Commercial and Healthcare segments. The increase includes $1.7 million of incremental RBR from our acquisition of AXIOM. The utilization rate within our Digital capability decreased to 74.8% in the first quarter of 2026, compared to 78.2% in the first quarter of 2025.

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Our total number of revenue-generating professionals, excluding Managed Services professionals, increased 15.2% to 5,244 as of September 30, 2025, compared to 4,551 as of September 30, 2024, as a result of the acquisitions completed since the third quarter of 2024 and hiring to support the overall increase in demand for our services. The number of Managed Services professionals increased 55.5% to 2,091 as of September 30, 2025 from 1,345 as of September 30, 2024, as a result of hiring to support the 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.

Current wording

Our total number of revenue-generating professionals, excluding Managed Services professionals, increased 12.6% to 5,346 as of March 31, 2026, compared to 4,748 as of March 31, 2025, as a result of the acquisitions completed since the first quarter of 2025 and hiring to support the overall increase in demand for our services. The number of Managed Services professionals increased 59.5% to 2,643 as of March 31, 2026 from 1,657 as of March 31, 2025, as a result of hiring to support the 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.

Previous wording

In the first nine months of 2025, we deployed $152.5 million of capital to repurchase 1,084,794 shares of our common stock, representing 6.1% of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2024.

Current wording

In the first three months of 2026, we deployed $155.5 million of capital to repurchase 1,114,806 shares of our common stock, representing 6.5% of our common stock outstanding as of December 31, 2025.

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The following tables set forth, for the periods indicated, selected segment and consolidated operating results and other operating data, including non-GAAP measures.

Current wording

The following tables set forth, for the periods indicated, selected segment and consolidated operating results and other operating data, including non-GAAP financial measures.

Previous wording

Revenues before reimbursable expenses by segment and capability for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024 were as follows:

Current wording

Revenues before reimbursable expenses (RBR) by segment and capability for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 were as follows:

Previous wording

•Commercial revenues before reimbursable expenses increased $44.9 million, or 23.9%, which reflects $43.1 million of incremental revenues before reimbursable expenses from our acquisitions of AXIA Consulting, Treliant, and WP&C and continued strength in demand for our technology and analytics services within our Digital capability. These increases were partially offset by decreases in demand for our financial advisory and strategy and innovation solutions within our Consulting and Managed Services capability.

Current wording

•Healthcare RBR increased $26.7 million, or 13.5%, driven by strengthened demand for our performance improvement, revenue cycle managed services, financial advisory, and strategy solutions within our Consulting and Managed Services capability; partially offset by decreases in RBR for our technology and analytics services and software products within our Digital capability. RBR in the first quarter of 2026 included $7.3 million of incremental RBR from our acquisitions of Eclipse Insights and AXIOM.

Previous wording

The number of revenue-generating professionals within our Education segment, excluding Managed Services professionals, grew 3.4% to 1,166 as of September 30, 2025, compared to 1,128 as of September 30, 2024. Our acquisitions of Advancement Resources and Halpin in March 2025 added approximately 30 revenue-generating professionals.

Current wording

The number of revenue-generating professionals within our Education segment, excluding Managed Services professionals, decreased 6.1% to 1,117 as of March 31, 2026, compared to 1,189 as of March 31, 2025.

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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 20.2% to 2,650 as of September 30, 2025, compared to 2,204 as of September 30, 2024. Our acquisition of AXIA Consulting in December 2024 added approximately 130 revenue-generating professionals, and the acquisitions of Treliant and WP&C in the third quarter of 2025 added approximately 210 revenue-generating professionals.

Current wording

The number of revenue-generating professionals within our Commercial segment, the majority of which provide services across all of our industries, grew 15.4% to 2,529 as of March 31, 2026, compared to 2,192 as of March 31, 2025. Our acquisitions of Treliant and WP&C in 2025 added approximately 210 revenue-generating professionals.

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Operating expenses for the first nine months of 2025 increased $128.1 million, or 12.8%, over the first nine months of 2024.

Current wording

Operating expenses for the first quarter of 2026 increased $43.8 million, or 11.8%, over the first quarter of 2025.