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We are the modern human capital firm delivering professional services in a new way. We give clients and consultants more control, choice and impact. The economy needs experts who execute, and we are here to deliver.”

— Kate W. Duchene / President and Chief Executive Officer

September 7, 2023

Dear Stockholder:

Thank you for your continued support of RGP. We are a human capital business purpose built for today's economy. We deploy agile, expert consultants to support clients through finance, digital, risk and compliance, and operational excellence transformations. We have built a global business to harness the power of exceptional functional experts who are daring to work in a new way - on their terms. We are experts who execute, working as members of our clients' project teams or leading project deliverables to create impact efficiently and cost effectively. We believe we offer a better way to access expertise to execute, and we are excited about continuing to build our brand through excellent client and consultant experience. In this proxy, we are pleased to share the following information about our Board governance, compensation practices, and diversity, equity and inclusion (“DE&I”) activities.

DE&I

At RGP, DE&I are critical underpinnings of our shared values. As a Human First company, we recognize diversity as a strength that is cultivated through our culture, our people, our business and our clients. We are working to protect and promote inclusion and equity in the workforce and in corporate leadership. We are proud of the gender representation of our workforce and the diversity of our executive team. We continue to focus on building and advancing diverse leaders at all levels of the company. Please review this Proxy Statement and our Annual Report for fiscal 2023 for a more robust disclosure of our outstanding gender and racial diversity representation in our leadership and our employees, as well as our other important corporate social responsibility initiatives.

Board Refreshment

On August 15, 2023, we welcomed a new Board member, Sue Collyns, who brings to RGP’s Board strong experience in strategic and global leadership, as well as deep knowledge of business and operational transformation and digital engagement. In this Proxy Statement, we are announcing that Jolene Sarkis is retiring from the Board effective at the end of her term in October 2023 pursuant to our Board retirement policy. Throughout her tenure on the Board, Jolene has operated with distinction and excellence, and we thank her for her exceptional service. We will continue our refreshment efforts in the coming year as we plan to reduce the Board size and increase diversity in experience, skills and background. In our search for new Board members, we seek the same values that guide our talent strategies – integrity, intellectual rigor, accountability and diversity of backgrounds, skills and attributes.

2023 Annual Meeting

We cordially invite you to attend our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of Resources Connection, Inc., to be held at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time, on October 19, 2023, at the Company’s headquarters in Irvine, California. The formal Notice of the Annual Meeting appears on the following page and describes the matters we expect to be acted upon at the Annual Meeting. Whether or not you plan to attend the Annual Meeting, it is important your shares be represented. Please follow the directions below to vote your shares in a timely manner.

We thank you for your ownership and are grateful for your support as we Dare to Work Differently^TM. We look forward to the year ahead and hope to see you at our Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

Kate W. Duchene

President and Chief Executive Officer

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Resources Connection, Inc.

17101 ARMSTRONG AVENUE

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614

(714) 430-6400

Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders

DATE AND TIME

PLACE

RECORD DATE

October 19, 2023

1:30 p.m., Pacific Time

17101 Armstrong Avenue,

Irvine, California 92614

August 21, 2023

Proxy Voting

It is important that your shares be represented and voted at the Annual Meeting. Please submit your proxy as soon as possible via the Internet, telephone or mail. Submitting your proxy by one of these methods will ensure your representation at our annual meeting regardless of whether you attend the meeting. Voting instructions are printed on your proxy card, Notice of Internet Availability or voting instruction form, as applicable.

Items of Business

1		To vote for the election of Robert Kistinger, Marco von Maltzan, and David P. White to our Board of Directors, each for a three-year term expiring at the annual meeting in 2026 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
2		To ratify the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024;
3		To approve on an advisory basis Resources Connection, Inc.’s executive compensation;
4		To approve on an advisory basis the frequency of future advisory votes on Resources Connection, Inc.’s executive compensation; and
5		To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof.

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Proxy Statement

We are sending this Proxy Statement to you, the stockholders of Resources Connection, Inc. (“RGP,” “we” or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, as part of our Board of Directors’ (our “Board’s”) solicitation of proxies to be voted at our 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders (“Annual Meeting”) to be held on October 19, 2023, and at any postponements or adjournments thereof. This Proxy Statement and our 2023 Annual Report on Form 10-K, which includes our fiscal 2023 financial statements (“Annual Report”) were first sent or made available to stockholders on or about September 7, 2023.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Stockholder Meeting to Be Held on October 19, 2023.

This Proxy Statement and our Annual Report are available electronically at www.proxyvote.com. Copies of these materials are also available electronically on the Company’s website at https://ir.rgp.com/financials-filings/annual-reports-and-proxies. The other information on our corporate website does not constitute part of this Proxy Statement.

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4	Forward Looking Statements
5	2023 Proxy Statement Summary
	Who We Are
	What We Value
	Board Highlights
	Corporate Highlights
	Financial Metrics
	Stockholder Return
	Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG Highlights
11	Notice of Annual Meeting and Voting Matters
15	Proposal 1. Election of Directors
22	Executive Officers
23	Board of Directors
	Board Leadership Structure
	Director Independence
	Committees of the Board
	Attendance at Meetings
	Committee Charters
	Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
	Compensation Committee
	Audit Committee
	The Board’s Role in Risk Oversight
	Risk Assessment of Compensation Programs
	Employee, Officer and Director Hedging
	Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics
	Board Evaluation Process
	Communications with the Board
31	Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG Efforts
35	Director Compensation
37	Director Compensation Table — Fiscal 2023
	Aggregate Outstanding Equity Awards
	Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors
40	Policy Regarding Treatment of Related Party Transactions
41	Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
43	Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
44	Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024

45	Audit Committee Report
46	Executive Compensation — Compensation Discussion and Analysis
	Fiscal 2023 Executive Summary
	Compensation Governance
	Compensation Philosophy
	Compensation Program Design
	Use of Compensation Consultant
	Use of Peer Group Data
	Role of Stockholder Say-on-Pay Votes and Investor Feedback
	Elements of Pay for Named Executive Officers
	Change In Control and Severance Benefits
	Stock Ownership Guidelines for NEOs
	Insider Trading Policy Summary
	Tax Deductibility of Executive Compensation
	Decisions for Fiscal 2023
56	Compensation Committee Report on Executive Compensation
56	Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation
57	Executive Compensation Tables for Fiscal 2023
	Summary Compensation Table — Fiscal 2021 to 2023
	Description of Employment Agreements — Cash Compensation
	Grants of Plan-Based Awards in Fiscal 2023
	Description of Plan-Based Awards
	Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal 2023 Year-End
	Option Exercises and Stock Vested in Fiscal 2023
63	Potential Payments upon Termination or Change in Control
66	CEO Pay Ratio Disclosure
67	Pay Versus Performance Disclosure
71	Proposal 3. Advisory vote on the Company’s Executive Compensation
74	Proposal 4. Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation
75	Questions and Answers

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Forward Looking Statements

Certain statements in this Proxy Statement are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). These statements relate to expectations concerning matters that are not historical facts. Such forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “can,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “intends,” “may,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “remain,” “should,” or “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. In this Proxy Statement, such statements include statements regarding our growth and operational plans, our project pipeline, our environmental responsibility and DE&I goals, expectations regarding the success of our business strategies, expectations regarding secular trends, our ability to accelerate our growth as the economy improves, and expectations regarding our continued growth and ability to deliver increased stockholder value. Such statements and all phases of the Company’s operations are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements and those of our industry to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, the following: risks related to an economic downturn or deterioration of general macroeconomic conditions, potential adverse effects to our and our clients’ liquidity and financial performances from bank failures or other events affecting financial institutions, risks arising from epidemic diseases or pandemics, the highly competitive nature of the market for professional services, risks related to the loss of a significant number of our consultants, or an inability to attract and retain new consultants, the possible impact on our business from the loss of the services of one or more key members of our senior management, risks related to potential significant increases in wages or payroll-related costs, our ability to secure new projects from clients, our ability to achieve or maintain a suitable pay/bill ratio, our ability to compete effectively in the competitive bidding process, risks related to unfavorable provisions in our contracts which may permit our clients to, among other things, terminate the contracts partially or completely at any time prior to completion, our ability to realize the level of benefit that we expect from our restructuring initiatives, risks that our recent digital expansion and technology transformation efforts may not be successful, our ability to build an efficient support structure as our business continues to grow and transform, our ability to grow our business, manage our growth or sustain our current business, our ability to serve clients internationally, additional operational challenges from our international activities, possible disruption of our business from our past and future acquisitions, the possibility that our recent rebranding efforts may not be successful, our potential inability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights, risks that our computer hardware and software and telecommunications systems are damaged, breached or interrupted, risks related to the failure to comply with data privacy laws and regulations and the adverse effect it may have on our reputation, results of operations or financial condition, our ability to comply with governmental, regulatory and legal requirements and company policies, the possible legal liability for damages resulting from the performance of projects by our consultants or for our clients’ mistreatment of our personnel, risks arising from changes in applicable tax laws or adverse results in tax audits or interpretations, the possible adverse effect on our business model from the reclassification of our independent contractors by foreign tax and regulatory authorities, the possible difficulty for a third party to acquire us and resulting depression of our stock price, the operating and financial restrictions from our credit facility, risks related to the variable rate of interest in our credit facility, the possibility that we are unable to or elect not to pay our quarterly dividend payment, and other factors and uncertainties as are identified in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended May 27, 2023 and our other public filings made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) (File No. 000-32113). Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial may also affect our business or operating results. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. The Company does not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update the forward-looking statements in this Proxy Statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events, unless required by law to do so.

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2023 Proxy Statement Summary

This summary highlights information contained elsewhere in this Proxy Statement. The following description is only a summary. For more complete information about these topics, please review our Annual Report, which contains our financial statements, and read the entire Proxy Statement carefully before voting.


Who We Are	What We Value

We are a global consulting firm focused on project execution services that power clients’ operational needs and change initiatives utilizing on-demand, experienced and diverse talent. As a next-generation human capital partner for our clients, we specialize in co-delivery of enterprise initiatives typically precipitated by business transformation, strategic transactions or regulatory change. Our engagements are designed to leverage human connection and collaboration to deliver practical solutions and more impactful results that power our clients’, consultants’ and partners’ successes. Based in Irvine, California, with offices worldwide, our agile human capital delivery model attracts top-caliber professionals with in- demand skillsets who seek a workplace environment that embraces flexibility, collaboration and human connection. Our agile professional services model allows us to quickly align the right resources for the work at hand with speed and efficiency in ways that bring value to both our clients and talent. Our unique approach to workforce strategy strongly positions us to help our clients transform their businesses and workplaces, especially in a time where high-quality talent is increasingly scarce and the usage of a flexible workforce to execute transformational projects has become the dominant operating model. Our approximately 4,100 professionals collectively engaged with over 2,000 clients around the world in fiscal 2023, including over 87% of the Fortune 100 as of May 2023.	In a world of digital transformation, we are unified under the vision that we must keep business as human first. Our culture is built upon our shared, core values of Loyalty, Integrity, Focus, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Talent, and we believe this is a key reason for our success.
	LOYALTY	INTEGRITY	FOCUS
	ENTHUSIASM	ACCOUNTABILITY	TALENT


Board Highlights
We believe our directors’ breadth of experience, diversity, tenure and skills strengthen our Board’s independent leadership and the effective oversight of management.
INDEPENDENCE*	DIVERSITY*	TENURE*

	* As of September 2023

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	TICKER SYMBOL	GLOBAL FOOTPRINT
	Nasdaq: RGP	North America \| Europe \| Asia Pacific

Fiscal 2023 Financial Highlights

	•	We achieved revenue of $775.6 million for fiscal 2023;
	•	*On a same-day constant currency basis, revenue was up 1.1% year-over-year (excluding revenue from taskforce, our business divested at the beginning of fiscal 2023);*
	•	We achieved gross margin of 40.4%, an improvement of 110 basis points compared to fiscal 2022 and the highest full year gross margin in over a decade;
	•	We generated $54.4 million in net income for fiscal 2023;
	•	We achieved Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾ of $100.2 million for fiscal 2023;
	•	We realized an Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾ of 12.9% for fiscal 2023, up 10 basis points compared to fiscal 2022;
	•	We produced diluted earnings per share of $1.59 for fiscal 2023;
	•	We generated $81.6 million in cash flow from operations;
	•	We retained 80% of our top 100 clients; and
	•	We ended fiscal 2023 with $116.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and $291 million in available financial liquidity.

Fiscal 2023 By the Numbers

$775.6

million revenue

$100.2

million Adjusted EBITDA⁽¹⁾

40.4%

gross margin

12.9%

Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

2,000

clients

87%

of Fortune 100 clients

4,100

borderless employees (including billable consultants and management personnel)

68.4%

of U.S.-based employees identify as women or racially/ethnically diverse

Adjusted EBITDA Margin	Revenue	Cash Flow from Operations
(in percentage)	(in millions)	(in millions)

(1)—Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as earnings before amortization expense, depreciation expense, interest and income tax expense or benefit plus or minus stock-based compensation expense, technology transformation costs, goodwill impairment, restructuring costs, and contingent consideration adjustments, as reported in the Company’s financial statements. See pages 31-33 of Resources Connection, Inc.’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended May 27, 2023, filed with the SEC on July 25, 2023 (the “Fiscal 2023 Annual Report”), for a discussion of the adjustments made and a reconciliation of those adjustments to net income, the most directly comparable U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) financial measure, to compute Adjusted EBITDA.

(2)—Adjusted EBITDA Margin is calculated as Adjusted EBITDA divided by revenue.

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Corporate Highlights

In fiscal 2023, we produced a strong gross margin and Adjusted EBITDA(1). We accomplished this by successfully executing on our ongoing pricing initiative to raise bill rates resulting in improved pay/bill ratio and by divesting taskforce which historically had less favorable pay/bill ratios. Despite a challenging macro environment throughout the fiscal year, we also delivered a strong Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾of 12.9% in fiscal 2023.

The growing shift in workforce strategy towards a project-based orientation has been greatly accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, which placed an enhanced emphasis on business agility, and continues to be hastened by the competition for talent. Permanent professional personnel positions are being reduced as organizations engage agile talent for project initiatives and transformation work. To capitalize on the favorable secular trends, we are keenly focused on executing the following business strategies to achieve our objectives to build and maintain the Company’s reputation as the premier provider of project execution services for companies facing transformation, change and compliance challenges:

• Hire and retain highly qualified, experienced consultants. We believe our highly qualified, experienced consultants provide us with a distinct competitive advantage. Therefore, one of our top priorities is to continue to attract and retain high-caliber experts who are committed to serving clients and solving their problems. We believe we have been successful in attracting and retaining qualified, expert and diverse professionals by providing interesting work engagements with a blue-chip client base, competitive compensation and benefits, and continuing professional development and learning opportunities, as well as membership to an exclusive community of like-minded professionals, while offering flexible work schedules and more control over choosing client engagements.

• Maintain our distinctive culture. Our corporate culture is a core pillar of our business strategy, built upon our shared, foundational values of Loyalty, Integrity, Focus, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Talent, and we believe it has been a significant component of our success.

• Establish consultative relationships with clients. We emphasize a relationship-oriented approach to business rather than a transaction-oriented or assignment-oriented approach. We believe the professional services experience of our management and consultants enables us to understand the needs of our clients and deliver an integrated, relationship-based approach to meeting those needs. Client relationships and needs are addressed from a client-centric, not geographic, perspective. Our revenue team regularly meets with our existing and prospective clients to understand their business issues and help them define their project needs. Our talent team then identifies consultants with the appropriate skills and expertise from our global talent pool to meet the clients’ objectives. We believe that by establishing relationships with our clients to solve their professional service needs, we are more likely to identify new opportunities to serve them. The strength and depth of our client relationships is demonstrated by the 80% retention rate of our top 100 clients over the last five fiscal years.

• Build the RGP brand. We want to maintain a leadership position in today’s world of work, providing the best talent to execute client projects in an increasingly fluid gig-oriented environment. We have historically built our brand through the consistent and reliable delivery of high-quality, value-added services to our clients as well as a significant referral network of 3,145 consultants and 917 management and administrative employees as of May 27, 2023. In recent years, we have invested in global, regional and local marketing and brand activation efforts that reinforce our brand. In fiscal 2022, we introduced our new tagline — Dare to Work Differently™ — to clarify our brand. We made progress on clarifying our brand and activated our new brand positioning during fiscal 2023. We rely on trademark registrations and common law trademark rights to protect the distinctiveness of our brand.

Fiscal 2023 was a successful year. We grew pay/bill spread which resulted in the highest full year gross margin in over a decade. We stand ready to accelerate our growth as the economy improves with inflation moderating and interest rates stabilizing.

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Stockholder Return

We returned $18.8 million to stockholders during fiscal 2023 through our dividend program increasing cumulative dividends to $55.6 million over the past three fiscal years. In addition, we have returned $34.9 million to our stockholders through our share repurchase program over the past three fiscal years. We believe that the payment of a regular dividend, along with the continuation of our stock repurchase plan as circumstances permit, provides us the ability to consistently return cash to our stockholders.

Issuance of Quarterly Dividend

In July 2010, our Board authorized the establishment of a regular quarterly dividend, subject to quarterly Board approval. We paid a quarterly dividend of $0.14 per share to our stockholders for each quarter in fiscal 2023. Consistent with prior quarters, in July 2023, our Board authorized the payment of a quarterly dividend at $0.14 per share payable on September 21, 2023 to all stockholders of record on August 24, 2023.

Stock Repurchase

In July 2015, our Board approved a stock repurchase program authorizing the repurchase, at the discretion of our senior executives, of our common stock for a designated aggregate dollar limit not to exceed $150 million. During the year ended May 27, 2023, the Company repurchased 914,809 shares of the Company’s common stock on the open market at an average price of $16.62 per share, for an aggregate total purchase price of approximately $15.2 million. As of May 27, 2023, approximately $50.2 million remained available for future repurchases of the Company’s common stock under the July 2015 program.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG Highlights

The Company and our Board maintain a focus on corporate social responsibility and environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) matters that impact our employees, clients and their communities. We believe that environmentally and socially responsible operating practices go hand in hand with generating value for our stockholders and clients, being an employer of choice, and being good neighbors within our communities. We continuously look for new and better ways to foster a diverse and inclusive work environment, minimize our environmental footprint and engage our surrounding communities, all while creating value for our stockholders. Below are some recent highlights of our diversity and sustainability initiatives. For additional information, see “Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG Efforts” beginning on page 31.

ESG Committee

During fiscal 2023, our ESG Committee continued to lead the Company’s ESG strategy, with oversight by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee of the Board. The ESG Committee is a cross-functional advisory committee comprised of employees from various sectors and geographic locations. It meets regularly to discuss the Company’s general strategy with respect to ESG matters and makes recommendations to the Company’s executive leadership team on how the Company’s policies, practices and disclosures can respond to current and emerging ESG issues.

Workforce Representation

We are proud that 100% of our Executive Leadership Team(3) identifies as women or as racially or ethnically diverse. Many of our other key leaders also identify as women or racially or ethnically diverse. Additionally, as of September 2023, 45% of our directors on our Board identify as women or racially or ethnically diverse. We aim to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of the qualified talent that is available in the markets we serve. As of May 2023, 68.4% of our U.S.-based employees identified as women or as racially or ethnically diverse, and we are a Paradigm for Parity Coalition Company, which is a coalition of companies committed to addressing gender and diversity gaps in corporate leadership.

68.4%* of our U.S. employees	100%** of our executive leaders	45%** of our directors
Identify as Women or Racially/Ethnically Diverse
Paradigm for Parity Coalition Company

* As of May 2023.
** As of September 2023.

In fiscal 2023, we continued our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (“DE&I”) Council and DE&I Ambassador programs, consisting of employees representing a cross-section of functions and levels across the globe, and open to all employees, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity. The DE&I Council serves an important role in working closely with senior leaders to facilitate alignment between our DE&I efforts and overall business strategy of promoting human capital practices that support and accelerate our DE&I goals. The DE&I Ambassador program’s mission is to spread the culture of DE&I at the Company, promote DE&I awareness and engage employees at all levels of the Company through existing business forums, established teams, offices, markets and regions. The DE&I Ambassador teams operate at a regional level and meet quarterly to share success stories and practices across the regions.

(3)—Our Executive Leadership Team is comprised of our Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Digital Officer, Chief Legal Officer and Chief People Officer.

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Sustainability

We maintain a Global Environmental Responsibility Policy, which sets forth our commitment to operate our business as a responsible corporate citizen committed to sound environmental management and with concern for the well-being of our common environment. As a global human capital company, our environmental footprint is relatively small. We nevertheless continue to take actions to reduce our footprint and be environmentally responsible, including (1) reducing our global real estate footprint by over 31,000 square feet during fiscal 2023 by creating designated virtual offices, utilizing shared work spaces and expanding our use of technology to allow more employees to work virtually; (2) reducing our use of paper by transitioning nearly all of our client invoices to electronic billing, implementing electronic paystubs for all U.S. employees, reducing our use of print-based marketing materials in favor of digital assets and distributing our proxy statement and annual report electronically; and (3) minimizing our Company’s carbon emissions through reduced air travel and commuting due to our use of virtual offices and hybrid approach to remote and in-office work and maximizing the use of technology for virtual meetings.

Our Communities

We support and encourage our employees to volunteer their time and donate to local or national charitable causes. Since fiscal 2020, we have sponsored Brightpath STEAM Academy, which is a robotics summer camp organized by one of our employees for under-privileged and under-represented students in St. Louis, Missouri. We, as an organization, also view each local, national or global challenge as an opportunity to support and give back to the communities in the markets we serve. In fiscal 2023, we continued our Social Justice Charitable Matching Fund, which has allowed us to help raise DE&I awareness internally across our organization by matching employees’ contributions to charitable organizations that promote social justice. As of May 27, 2023, we achieved our goal of matching $100,000 in contributions during fiscal 2023, and since fiscal 2021, we have supported over 150 unique charitable organizations with over $300,000 in contributions. We intend to continue our commitment toward this Fund in fiscal 2024.

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Annual Meeting

DATE AND TIME

PLACE

RECORD DATE

October 19, 2023

1:30 p.m., Pacific Time

17101 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, California 92614

August 21, 2023

VOTING

Stockholders as of the close of business on the record date are entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote for each director nominee and one vote for each of the proposals.

MEETING AGENDA

1		Election of three directors, each for a three-year term expiring at the Company’s annual meeting in 2026 and until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified;
2		Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm for fiscal 2024;
3		Approval on an advisory basis of the Company’s executive compensation;
4		Approval on an advisory basis of the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation; and
5		Transaction of such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any postponements or adjournments thereof.

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VOTING MATTERS

Proposal 1	Detailed Information

Election of Three Directors for a Three-Year Term	Page 15

The following table provides summary information about each director nominee. More detailed information may be found in the section entitled “Proposal 1. Election of Directors.”

Name and Principal Occupation	Age	Director Since	Board Committees
ROBERT KISTINGER	70	2006	Audit Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee
MARCO von maltzan	68	2018	Audit
david p. white	55	2021	Compensation Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee

Proposal 2	Detailed Information

Ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as the Company’s Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024	Page 44

For more detailed information on the appointment of RSM US LLP, please refer to the detailed information in “Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024.”

Stockholder ratification of the appointment of RSM US LLP as our independent registered public accounting firm is not required by our Third Amended and Restated Bylaws (our “Bylaws”) or otherwise. However, our Board is submitting the appointment of RSM US LLP to our stockholders for ratification as a matter of good corporate governance. If stockholders fail to ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee may reconsider the decision to retain RSM US LLP. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may appoint a different independent auditor at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interest of the Company and our stockholders.

Set forth below is summary information with respect to RSM US LLP’s fees for services provided to the Company in fiscal 2023 and fiscal 2022.

	2023		2022
Audit Fees	$	1,599,760	$	1,290,694
Audit Related Fees	$	85,460	$	100,300
Tax Fees	$	6,200	$	6,100
All Other Fees	$	0	$	0

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Proposal 3	Detailed Information
Advisory Vote on the Company’s Executive Compensation	Page 71

We are asking stockholders to approve, on an advisory basis, the Company’s executive compensation as disclosed pursuant to the SEC’s executive compensation disclosure rules and set forth in this Proxy Statement (including in the executive compensation tables and narratives accompanying those tables as well as the Compensation Discussion and Analysis). Our Board recommends a FOR vote because it believes the Company’s executive compensation programs use appropriate structures and sound pay practices that are effective in achieving the Company’s core objectives of providing competitive pay, pay for performance and alignment of management’s interests with the interests of long-term stockholders. In addition to reviewing the information in “Proposal 3. Advisory Vote on the Company’s Executive Compensation” and the executive compensation tables and corresponding narratives in this Proxy Statement, stockholders are encouraged to read the “Compensation Discussion and Analysis” section of this Proxy Statement for a more detailed discussion of how our compensation programs reflect our core objectives. Further, our Board believes our executive compensation programs are reasonable in relation to comparable public and private companies in our industry.

PAY FOR PERFORMANCE ORIENTATION

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“At Risk” Compensation/Pay for Performance. A significant portion of each named executive officer’s (“NEO’s”) compensation is “at risk” and tied to the Company’s attainment of our annual and long-term financial and business objectives, including retaining our team-oriented culture.

For fiscal 2023, approximately 78% of our Chief Executive Officer’s, and an average of 74% of our other NEOs’ target total direct compensation(4), was not guaranteed but rather was tied to metrics related to Company performance and/or stock price, and therefore meaningfully “at risk.” Furthermore, approximately half of our NEOs’ target total direct compensation is tied to the Company’s financial performance.

•	Base Salaries. The Compensation Committee determined that the base salaries of our NEOs should be increased for fiscal 2023 to better align each NEO’s base salary with the median base salary of similarly situated executives in the Company’s peer group.

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Annual Incentives. All of our NEOs participated in our Executive Incentive Plan (“EIP”) during fiscal 2023. The EIP reflects a pay for performance culture. Incentives are earned based on Company performance, measured by the Company’s Revenue⁽⁵⁾ and Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾for fiscal 2023, and individual qualitative performance criteria. If the Company does not achieve the threshold level of financial performance under the EIP, the amount payable under the qualitative performance criteria is capped at 50% of the target annual incentive. The maximum amount that may be earned under the EIP is 300% of the target annual incentive.

For fiscal 2023, the Compensation Committee set challenging performance goals that exceeded the Revenue and Adjusted EBITDA Margin achieved under the EIP for fiscal 2022. For fiscal 2023, the Company exceeded the “maximum” level of performance for the Adjusted EBITDA Margin goal and achieved between “threshold” and “target” level of performance for the Revenue goal, resulting in a quantitative multiplier under the EIP equal to 121% of the target annual incentive. The Compensation Committee also determined that each of our NEOs exceeded each of their individual performance goals for fiscal 2023 and displayed outstanding leadership through an uncertain macroeconomic climate, resulting in the achievement of 110% of their EIP qualitative goals designated for fiscal 2023. Accordingly, the Compensation Committee awarded our NEOs annual cash incentives under the EIP for fiscal 2023 as follows:

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Ms. Duchene, our President and Chief Executive Officer, was awarded a total annual incentive of $1,097,000, representing 44% of her maximum award opportunity or 133% of her target annual incentive opportunity;

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Ms. Ryu, our Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, was awarded a total annual incentive of $532,000, representing 44% of her maximum award opportunity or 133% of her target annual incentive opportunity; and

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Mr. Brackney, our President and Chief Operating Officer, was awarded a total annual incentive of $864,000, representing 44% of his maximum award opportunity or 133% of his target annual incentive opportunity.

(4)—Target total direct compensation means the NEO’s base salary, target annual cash incentive and grant date fair value (based on the value approved by the Compensation Committee and used to determine the target number of shares subject to the award) of annual long-term incentive awards granted to the NEO in fiscal 2023.

(5)—Revenue is defined as the Company’s consolidated revenue as reported in the Company’s financial statements.

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Performance-Based Long-Term Incentives. 50% of the NEOs’ annual equity incentive awards granted in fiscal 2023 were granted in the form of performance-based restricted stock units (“PSUs”). The PSUs will be eligible to vest at the end of a three-year performance period based on the Company’s Revenue⁽⁵⁾and Adjusted EBITDA Margin⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾achieved over the performance period. The total number of shares that may be earned for these PSUs will range from zero to 150% of the target number of shares based on performance over the performance period.

The remaining 50% of the NEOs’ annual equity incentive awards were granted in the form of time-based restricted stock units (“RSUs”) that vest over a four-year period. PSUs and RSUs align the interests of our NEOs with our stockholders and create a retention incentive over the vesting period. These awards were made pursuant to our 2020 Performance Incentive Plan (“2020 Plan”). No other long-term incentive awards were granted to our NEOs in fiscal 2023.

The Company’s current policy is to provide stockholders with an opportunity to approve, on an advisory basis, the compensation of our NEOs each year at the annual meeting of stockholders. We have included in this Proxy Statement a proposal to approve the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation and our Board recommends that we continue with the current policy of holding such a vote every year. Accordingly, it is expected that the next such vote will occur at the 2024 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.

Proposal 4	Detailed Information

Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on Executive Compensation	Page 74

As set forth in Proposal 4, our stockholders are being provided the opportunity to cast an advisory vote on the frequency of future advisory votes on the compensation of our NEOs. The Board recommends that our stockholders vote for an advisory vote on the Company’s executive compensation annually. While we believe a vote every year is the best choice for our Company, you are not voting to approve or disapprove the Board’s recommendation, but rather to make your own choice to have future advisory votes on executive compensation every year, every two years or every three years. You may also abstain from voting. Our Board values the opinions that our stockholders express in their votes and will take into account the outcome of the vote when determining the frequency of future advisory votes on the Company’s executive compensation. More detailed information may be found in the section entitled “Proposal 4. Advisory Vote on the Frequency of Future Advisory Votes on the Company’s Executive Compensation.”

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Proposal 1. Election of Directors

Our Board currently consists of eleven directors. Our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation provides for a classified Board consisting of three classes of directors, each serving staggered three-year terms. At this year’s Annual Meeting, we will be electing three directors, each to serve a term of three years expiring at our 2026 Annual Meeting and until his successor is duly elected and qualified. Jolene Sarkis is retiring at the end of her term in October 2023 pursuant to our director retirement policy and is not standing for re-election at the Annual Meeting. Following the retirement of Ms. Sarkis, the Board intends to reduce the size of the Board, and the number of Class II directors, by one director. Accordingly, stockholders may only vote for three director nominees at the Annual Meeting.

Each of the nominees, Robert Kistinger, Marco von Maltzan, and David P. White, is presently a member of our Board, having served on the Company’s Board since 2006, 2018 and 2021, respectively. Messrs. Kistinger and von Maltzan were each previously elected to our Board by our stockholders at our 2020 annual meeting of stockholders. Upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Board appointed Mr. White as a director in July 2021 after being initially recommended as a director candidate by one of the Board’s independent directors.

Our Board, acting upon the recommendation of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, recommends that stockholders vote in favor of the election of each of the nominees, Messrs. Kistinger, von Maltzan, and White.

In recommending director nominees for selection by the Board, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee considers a number of factors, which are described in more detail below under “Board of Directors — Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee.” In considering these factors, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and the Board consider the fit of each individual’s qualifications, skills and attributes with those of the Company’s other directors in order to build a Board that, as a whole, contains diverse perspectives and experience and is effective, collegial and responsive to the Company and its stockholders. The Board and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee aspire to expand the pool of qualified applicants for director positions, including with respect to gender and ethnic and racial diversity. Recommendations and selections for director nominees are made based on an assessment of the best candidate qualified for the position. There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers nor any arrangements or understandings between any director and any other person pursuant to which a director was selected as a director or nominee.

If at the time of the Annual Meeting any of the nominees is unable or unwilling for good cause to serve if elected, the persons named as proxies on the proxy card will vote for such substitute nominee or nominees, if any, as our Board recommends or, if no substitute nominee is recommended by our Board, for the remaining nominees, leaving a vacancy, unless our Board chooses to reduce the number of directors serving on the Board. Each of the nominees has consented to be named in this Proxy Statement and to serve if elected.

Following is biographical information about each nominee and each other director who will continue as a director after the Annual Meeting. This description includes the principal occupation of, and directorships held by, each director for at least the past five years, as well as the specific experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that led to our Board’s conclusion that each nominee and director should serve as a member of the Company’s Board.

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Director Nominees

The individuals standing for election are:



	Robert F. Kistinger
	Age 70 Director since August 2006
	Mr. Kistinger was the Chief Operating Officer of Bonita Banana Company from 2009 to 2014 and now continues to serve as an Executive Advisor to the company. He was formerly President and Chief Operating Officer of the Fresh Group of Chiquita Brands International, Inc. (“Chiquita”). Mr. Kistinger was employed at Chiquita for more than 27 years and held numerous senior management positions in accounting, financial analysis and strategic planning roles. Prior to joining Chiquita, Mr. Kistinger was with the accounting firm of Arthur Young & Company for six years and is a certified public accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. Kistinger has held leadership positions in large multinational companies, developing critical financial and international operations expertise. Mr. Kistinger’s knowledge, insight and experience are invaluable to the Company and to the Board as we continue to provide services and solutions to our clients around the world.


	Marco von Maltzan
	Age 68 Director since July 2018
	Mr. von Maltzan served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of taskforce — Management on Demand AG and served as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of industrial holding company Greiffenberger AG from 2016 through June 2021. Since 2015, he has been the Deputy Chairman of the Shareholder Committee and member of the Audit Committee of food conglomerate Pfeifer & Langen Industrie- und Handels-KG. From 2018 to January 2023, he served on the Advisory Board of automotive supplier IFA Holding GmbH. In addition, he currently serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board of UKM Holding GMBH and of Walter Klein GmbH & Co. KG, and as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WKW Automotive AG, all automotive suppliers. Mr. von Maltzan started his professional career in 1983 with top management consulting firm Roland Berger. In 1987, he joined BMW Group where he held various senior management positions, acting lastly as Chief Executive Officer of BMW Motorrad, BMW’s motorcycle division from 1999 to 2002. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. von Maltzan served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of automotive supplier BERU AG which under his leadership was sold to Michigan-based BorgWarner, Inc. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. von Maltzan acted as Chief Executive Officer of Profine Group, a leading manufacturer of windows construction systems. Mr. von Maltzan has also held various board of director and Interim CEO assignments in the past. Mr. von Maltzan is a certified engineer who holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from RWTH Aachen University as well as a Master’s degree in Business Administration from INSEAD, Fontainebleau.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. von Maltzan brings to our Board over 40 years of international and industry-specific operational experience. This experience uniquely qualifies him to advise the Company in its international growth strategy.

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	David P. White
	Age 55 Director since July 2021
	Mr. White is currently an Executive Coach and Strategic Advisor with Ulu Ventures, a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies. He previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Negotiator of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (“SAG-AFTRA”) from 2009 to June 2021. He also served as the board Chair for the boards of the SAG-Producers Pension Plan and the SAG-AFTRA Health Plan from 2010 to 2018. Prior to rejoining SAG-AFTRA in 2009, where he previously served as General Counsel from 2002 to 2006, Mr. White was Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Los Angeles-based Entertainment Strategies Group LLC from 2006 to 2009, providing consulting services to the entertainment industry. He was also previously a labor and employment attorney at O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Mr. White is a Rhodes Scholar and a graduate of Grinnell College, Stanford Law School and The Queen’s College, Oxford University. He currently serves as the Deputy Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, where he serves on the Audit and Risk Management Committee and the Bank Governance Committee. He is also the board Chair of the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles, a nonprofit that brings private sector resources to address public sector challenges. From 2010 to 2022, he was a board member of the Motion Picture & Television Fund, where he served on the Audit Committee. From 2010 to 2021, Mr. White served as a board member of The Actors Fund (now the Entertainment Community Fund), where he served on the Strategic Planning Committee and as a member of the affiliated Housing Development Corporation of the Entertainment Community Fund. From 2017 to 2021, he served as a commissioner for the Entertainment Industry Commission on Eliminating Sexual Harassment and Advancing Equality in the Workplace, and from 1999 to 2018, he served as a trustee and chair of the board of trustees of Grinnell College.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. White brings to our Board over 20 years of legal and executive leadership expertise, with extensive expertise in human capital and regulatory matters all of which makes him a trusted advisor to the Company.

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CONTINUING DIRECTORS:

The following persons are the members of our Board whose terms of office do not expire until after the Annual Meeting and who will continue to serve on the Board after the Annual Meeting:

Anthony C. Cherbak
Age 69 Director since August 2009 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2025

In 2016, Mr. Cherbak retired as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, but he has continued to serve as a member of our Board, a position he has held since 2009. Mr. Cherbak served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President from 2013 to 2016 and was the Company’s President and Chief Operating Officer from 2009 to 2013. He previously held the positions of Executive Vice President of Operations from July 2005 to August 2009. He joined the Company in July 2005 from Deloitte & Touche LLP, a professional services firm, where he spent the majority of his career as an audit partner in the Orange County, California office. While with Deloitte & Touche LLP, Mr. Cherbak led the firm’s consumer business practice for its Pacific Southwest region and most recently served as the Partner in Charge of the Orange County audit practice.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. Cherbak brings to the Company and the Board over 40 years of professional services, operations and financial management experience. Additionally, having formerly served as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Cherbak brings to our Board insight into the operations of the Company.

Susan M. Collyns
Age 56 Director since August 2023 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2025

Since 2019, Ms. Collyns has served on the board of directors of Dine Brands Global, a publicly-traded casual dining franchise concept. Ms. Collyns has also served on the board of Bluestone Lane, a privately owned Australian-inspired coffee shop and lifestyle brand, and as the Chairperson of the board of Poolwerx, a privately owned global franchise pool service and retail brand based out of Australia, since 2023. From August 2014 to May 2022, Ms. Collyns served as President and Chief Financial Officer of The Beachbody Company, a health, fitness, and nutrition company. Ms. Collyns served on the board of directors, and as chair of the compensation committee and audit committee, of Waitr Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded online ordering technology platform, from May 2019 to November 2019; on the board and audit committee of Potbelly, Inc., a publicly-traded fast casual sandwich concept, from May 2018 to May 2019; and on the board and as chair of the audit committee of Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc., a casual dining concept, from February 2014 to November 2018, from the company’s IPO to their privatization. Prior to The Beachbody Company, she also served as Chief Financial Officer of Dun and Bradstreet Credibility Corp., a financial data subscription company, from July 2012 to August 2014, and as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer of California Pizza Kitchen, Inc., from 2001 to 2011. Ms. Collyns has a Bachelor of Economics from Macquarie University and is a Certified Public Accountant (inactive). She also previously worked as an auditor for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Ms. Collyns brings to the Board over 30 years of board and executive leadership experience as President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer for public and private companies. She has particular expertise in public company financial reporting, systems, controls, strategic planning, risk management, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions. This experience together with Ms. Collyns’ deep knowledge of business and operational transformation and digital engagement provides unique and relevant insights to the Board and Company.

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Neil F. Dimick
Age 74 Director since November 2003 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2025

Prior to joining our Board, Mr. Dimick served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a pharmaceutical services provider, from August 2001 to May 2002. He served as Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Bergen Brunswig Corporation, as well as a director and a member of the Bergen board’s Finance, Investment and Retirement Committees, for more than five years prior to its merger with AmeriSource Health in 2001. Mr. Dimick began his professional career as a corporate auditor with Deloitte & Touche LLP, a professional services firm. He was a partner with the firm for eight years and served for two years as the National Director of the firm’s Real Estate Industry Division. From 2002 to 2022, Mr. Dimick served on the board of directors of Viatris, Inc., where he served as Chairperson of the Audit Committee and member of the Compensation, Executive, and Finance Committees. Mr. Dimick also served on the board of Thoratec Corporation, where he was Chairman of the Board and a member of the Audit and Corporate Governance and Nominating Committees; WebMD Health Corp., where he served as a member of the Executive and Audit Committees and as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee; and Alliance HealthCare Services, Inc., where he served as Chairperson of the Audit Committee and member of the Strategic Planning and Finance and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. Dimick brings to our Board, and the Audit Committee that he chairs, more than 25 years of public accounting experience, including eight years as a partner at Deloitte & Touche LLP, experience as a Chief Financial Officer for a large-cap publicly traded international company and involvement with public company boards and board committees, all of which provide our Board with in-depth knowledge of the many critical financial and risk-related issues facing public companies today.

Kate W. Duchene
Age 60 Director since January 2018 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2025

Ms. Duchene is our President and Chief Executive Officer, a position to which she was promoted in December 2016. Between 1999 and 2016, Ms. Duchene was our Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive Vice President of Human Resources. From 2012 to 2016, Ms. Duchene also assumed leadership of RGP Legal, our legal and regulatory consulting practice. From September 2020 to February 2021, Ms. Duchene served on the board of directors of Collectors Universe Inc. until the company was taken private. Prior to joining the Company, Ms. Duchene practiced law with O’Melveny & Myers LLP, an international law firm, in Los Angeles, California, specializing in labor and employment matters. Ms. Duchene was with O’Melveny & Myers LLP from October 1990 through December 1999, most recently as a Special Counsel.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: As our President and Chief Executive Officer, Ms. Duchene brings to our Board valuable leadership experience and a deep and thorough understanding of our operations, the day-to-day management of our business and our industry as a whole.

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Donald B. Murray
Age 76 Director since April 1999 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2024

Mr. Murray founded Resources Connection, Inc. in June 1996 and served as our Managing Director from inception until April 1999. From April 1999 through May 2008, Mr. Murray served as our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer and as one of our directors. On June 1, 2008, Mr. Murray resigned as President and Chief Executive Officer but remained as Executive Chairman of our Board. Mr. Murray reassumed the position of Chief Executive Officer on July 22, 2009. Effective May 28, 2013, Mr. Murray resigned from the position of Chief Executive Officer and continued to serve as the Company’s Chairman of our Board. Prior to founding the Company, Mr. Murray was Partner in Charge of Accounting and Assurance Services for the Orange County, California office of Deloitte & Touche LLP, a professional services firm, from 1988 to 1996. From 1984 to 1987, Mr. Murray was the Partner in Charge of the Woodland Hills office of Touche Ross & Co., a predecessor firm to Deloitte & Touche LLP, an office he founded in 1984. Mr. Murray currently serves on the board of advisors for the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, Center for Innovation.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: In addition to his career credentials as a partner with Deloitte & Touche LLP, as the Company’s founder, Mr. Murray developed the Company’s business model and vision. Mr. Murray brings to our Board an intimate, first-hand knowledge of the Company’s operations, culture and people.

Lisa M. Pierozzi
Age 62 Director since February 2021 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2024

Ms. Pierozzi formerly served as Executive Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer of the Motion Picture Association (“MPA”) from 2006 to 2011. Prior to her role at MPA, Ms. Pierozzi was Senior Vice President, Business Planning and Development for Universal Studios’ global theme parks and resorts group from 2001 to 2005. Ms. Pierozzi joined PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (formerly Price Waterhouse) in 1984 and was a partner from 1997 to 2001, where she had leadership roles in multiple industry transactions and operational reviews, including deal structuring and assessment, due diligence, financing, process improvement, systems and infrastructure overview. Ms. Pierozzi currently sits on the board of directors of the nonprofit Motion Picture & Television Fund (“MPTF”) and is a founding member of the Normandy Institute. Ms. Pierozzi’s experience includes serving as the chairwoman of the Audit Committee as well as a nonvoting member of the Finance and Investment Committees and various other special committees of the MPTF.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Ms. Pierozzi brings to our Board more than 35 years of experience as a financial professional and advisor in leadership roles for both public and private companies, with particular expertise in public company financial reporting, systems and controls.

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A. Robert Pisano
Age 80 Director since November 2002 Term of Office Expires at the Annual Meeting in 2024

Mr. Pisano has served as our Lead Independent Director since 2004. Mr. Pisano is a business consultant, an activity he began in September 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Pisano was the President and Chief Operating Officer of the MPA from October 2005 until September 2011 and was the interim Chief Executive Officer from January 2010 until March 2011. He served as the National Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Screen Actors Guild from September 2001 to April 2005. From August 1993 to August 2001, he was Executive Vice President, then Vice Chairman and Consultant to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. (“MGM”). Prior to joining MGM, Mr. Pisano was Executive Vice President of Paramount Pictures Corp. from May 1985 to June 1991, serving as General Counsel and a member of the Office of the Chairman. From 1969 to 1985, Mr. Pisano was an associate and then a partner with the law firm O’Melveny & Myers LLP. Mr. Pisano was formerly a director of StateNet, a legislative and regulatory reporting service. From 2012 to February 2022, Mr. Pisano served as a director of all the FPA Group of Funds, including Source Capital, Crescent and New Income Funds, the largest of the group of funds, and he also served on their audit and corporate governance committees. Mr. Pisano is the current Chair of the St. John’s Health Foundation in Jackson, WY.		Key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills: Mr. Pisano’s 20 years of experience as a partner specializing in business litigation while at O’Melveny & Myers LLP, followed by his hands-on management of international business operations, marketing and business development while employed by the leaders in the entertainment industry provide a wealth of experience, especially in the areas of acquisitions and legislative and regulatory affairs, to our Board and to the Company.

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Executive Officers

The following table sets forth information about our current executive officers. Each of our executive officers serves at the pleasure of our Board. There are no family relationships among our directors or executive officers nor any arrangements or understandings between any of our executive officers and any other person pursuant to which an officer was selected.

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Board of Directors

BOARD LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE

Our Board believes it is important to retain its flexibility to allocate the responsibilities of the offices of the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the Company in any way that is in the best interests of the Company and its stockholders at a given point in time. Our Board believes that the decision as to who should serve as Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, and whether these offices should be combined or separate, should be assessed periodically by our Board, and that our Board should not be constrained by a rigid policy mandating that such positions be separate. The Company currently separates the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, with Mr. Murray currently serving as Chairman of the Board. Ms. Duchene serves as our Chief Executive Officer and is the individual with primary responsibility for managing the Company’s day-to-day operations with in-depth knowledge and understanding of the Company. This leadership structure permits Mr. Murray to focus on providing guidance to our Chief Executive Officer and to set the agenda for, and preside over, meetings of our Board. Mr. Murray, also our Company’s founder, has served as Chairman of the Board in a non-employee director status since his retirement as an employee and executive officer of the Company in August 2015. Although our Board has determined that Mr. Murray is independent under the listing requirements of The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), because he is a former Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Company, our Board determined that it was appropriate to designate A. Robert Pisano to serve as Lead Independent Director, with responsibilities that are similar to those typically performed by an independent chairman. The Company’s Lead Independent Director is appointed annually by the independent directors on our Board. Coupled with the Chairman position, this combined structure provides independent oversight while avoiding unnecessary confusion regarding our Board’s oversight responsibilities and the day-to-day management of business operations.

The responsibilities of our Chairman and our Lead Independent Director are summarized in the table below.

Chairman	Lead Independent Director
Calls meetings of the Board and stockholders	Calls meetings of the independent directors
Chairs meetings of the Board and the annual meeting of stockholders	Sets agenda and chairs executive sessions of the independent directors
Establishes Board meeting schedules and agendas	Available to chair meetings of the Board when there is a potential conflict of interest with the Chairman on issues to be discussed or if the Chairman is absent
Ensures that information provided to the Board is sufficient for the Board to fulfill its primary responsibilities	Provides input to the Chairman on the scope, quality, quantity and timeliness of the information provided to the Board
Communicates with all directors on key issues and concerns outside of Board meetings	Serves as a conduit to the Chairman of views and concerns of the independent directors
With the Lead Independent Director and CEO, jointly recommends Committee Chair and member positions to the full Board and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee	Collaborates with the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee on questions of possible conflicts of interest or breaches of the Company’s governance principles by other directors, including the Chairman
Provides suggestions to the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee with respect to the composition and structure of the Board and Board recruitment efforts	Oversees the process of hiring or firing the Chief Executive Officer, including any compensation arrangements, assists with resolving conflicts between the independent directors and the Chief Executive Officers, and serves as the special counsel to the Chief Executive Officer
Leads the Board review of management succession and development plans	Recommends to the Board the retention of outside advisors who report directly to the Board
Represents the Company to, and interacts with, external stockholders and employees (with the Lead Independent Director available to communicate with stockholders where appropriate)	Participates with the Compensation Committee Chair in communicating performance feedback and compensation decisions to the Chief Executive Officer

Our Board believes the Company’s corporate leadership structure ensures that strong, independent directors continue to effectively oversee the Company’s management and key issues related to executive compensation, the evaluation of our Chief Executive Officer and succession planning, strategy, risk, and integrity.

DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

As required by the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines and Committee Charters, our Board has determined that each of Mr. Cherbak, Ms. Collyns, Mr. Dimick, Mr. Kistinger, Mr. von Maltzan, Mr. Murray, Ms. Pierozzi, Mr. Pisano, Ms. Sarkis, and Mr. White is an “independent director” under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. Ms. Duchene is currently employed as the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company; accordingly,

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she does not qualify as an “independent director” under the Nasdaq Listing Rules. There were no transactions, relationships or arrangements involving any of the Company’s directors which our Board considered in making its independence determination.

BOARD COMPOSITION

Our Board believes our directors’ breadth of experience, diversity, tenure and skills strengthen our Board’s independent leadership and the effective oversight of management.

INDEPENDENCE*	DIVERSITY*	TENURE*

* as of September 2023

Following is a summary of each director’s unique skills and experience, as well as the diversity and demographic background of our directors (as self- identified).

DIRECTOR SKILLS MATRIX

	Senior Leadership Experience	Public Company Board Experience (other than RGP)	Global Expertise	Finance & Accounting Expertise	Professional Services & Human Capital Industry Experience	Risk Management	Strategy Development & Digital Transformation Expertise	Government, Regulatory, Legal Expertise
Director
ANTHONY C. CHERBAK	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
Susan M. Collyns	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
NEIL F. DIMICK	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
KATE W. DUCHENE	ü	ü	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü
ROBERT F. KISTINGER	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
MARCO VON MALTZAN	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
DONALD B. MURRAY	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
LISA M. PIEROZZI	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
A. ROBERT PISANO	ü		ü	ü	ü	ü	ü	ü
JOLENE SARKIS	ü				ü	ü	ü
DAVID P. WHITE	ü			ü	ü	ü	ü	ü

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Board Diversity Matrix (As of September 7, 2023)
Total Number of Directors	11
Part I: Gender Identity	Female	Male	Non-Binary	Did Not Disclose Gender
Directors	4	7	—	—
Part II: Demographic Background
African American or Black	—	1	—	—
Alaskan Native or Native American	—	—	—	—
Asian	—	—	—	—
Hispanic or Latinx	—	—	—	—
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	—	—	—	—
White	4	6	—	—
Two or More Races or Ethnicities	—	—	—	—
LGBTQ+	—	—	—	—
Did Not Disclose Demographic Background	—	—	—	—

COMMITTEES OF THE BOARD

The Company’s standing Board committees consist of (1) an Audit Committee, (2) a Compensation Committee, and (3) a Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. Each committee of our Board is comprised entirely of independent directors under the Nasdaq Listing Rules and, for members of the Audit Committee, the applicable rules of the SEC. As referenced above, our Board also designates a Lead Independent Director to serve as a representative for the independent directors and to facilitate communications among the independent directors and management. The following identifies the current members of each of the Company’s standing Board committees. Ms. Duchene and Messrs. Murray and Cherbak do not currently serve on any committee of the Board.

	2023 Board Independence
Member	Audit	Compensation	Corporate Governance & Nomination	Board of Directors
DONALD MURRAY
KATE DUCHENE
TONY CHERBAK
Susan M. Collyns
NEIL DIMICK
ROBERT KISTINGER
MARCO VON MALTZAN
LISA PIEROZZI
A. ROBERT PISANO
JOLENE SARKIS
DAVID WHITE

Chair

Member

Independent

Leader Independent Director

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ATTENDANCE AT MEETINGS

Our Board met six times during fiscal 2023. Additionally, our Audit Committee met seven times, our Compensation Committee met six times, and our Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee met four times during fiscal 2023. All then members of our board attended at least 75% of the Board meetings and meetings of the committees upon which he or she serves, other than Mr. Dimick who was unable to attend two Board meetings, four meetings of the Audit Committee and three meetings of the Compensation Committee due to health problems. The Company’s policy is that directors should make themselves available to attend the Company’s annual meeting of stockholders. All then members of our Board attended our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders in person or by video conference/telephone, other than one director.

COMMITTEE CHARTERS

Our Board annually reviews and approves the charter of each of the committees. The Audit Committee, the Compensation Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee charters were reviewed and approved by the Board on July 27, 2023 and are available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND NOMINATING COMMITTEE

The current members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee are Mr. Pisano (Chairperson), Mr. Kistinger and Mr. White.

Governance-Related Duties. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing the corporate governance principles applicable to the Company, and the Company’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Conduct”), which is reviewed by the entire Board annually. See “Corporate Governance Guidelines and Code of Business Conduct and Ethics” below. In addition, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee annually reviews the Company’s compliance with the Nasdaq Listing Rules and reports the conclusions of such review to our Board. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee also oversees and periodically reviews the Company’s ESG initiatives, activities and practices, including corporate social responsibility and sustainability matters.

Nominating-Related Duties. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is also responsible for overseeing the process of nominating individuals to stand for election or re-election as directors. In doing so, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee reviews and makes recommendations to our Board with respect to the composition of the Board, tenure of Board members, and qualifications, skills and attributes for new directors. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee may also retain a professional executive search firm, on an as-needed basis in consultation with the Chairman of the Board, to assist in the identification and recruitment of independent Board candidates. The Company did not retain a professional executive search firm during fiscal 2023 for Board member recruitment activities. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will consider stockholder suggestions of persons to be considered as nominees, as further described below under “— Selection of Director Candidates.” Any director candidates recommended by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s policy regarding such recommendations will be given consideration by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, consistent with the process used for all candidates and in accordance with the Company’s policy regarding such recommendations.

Board Composition & Succession Planning. Given the tenure and longevity of our Board, coupled with the Company’s business transformation, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is overseeing the development of a Board composition, refreshment and succession plan to continue to evolve our Board over the next few years. In connection with this plan, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee is considering and interviewing several director candidates. Our Board, led by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, will continue to work towards achieving the Board’s refreshment and succession planning goals during fiscal 2024.

Selection of Director Candidates. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee’s process for identifying and evaluating new director candidates is as follows. If determined appropriate, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee may retain a professional executive search firm to assist the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee in managing the overall process, including the identification of new director candidates who meet certain criteria set from time to time by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee. All potential new director candidates, whether identified by the search firm, stockholders or Board members, are then reviewed by members of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, our NEOs, and at times by the search firm. In the course of this review, some candidates are eliminated from further consideration because of conflicts of interest, unavailability to attend Board or committee meetings or other relevant reasons. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee then decides which of the remaining candidates most closely match the established criteria, described in the subsequent paragraph, and are therefore deserving of further consideration.

The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee then discusses these new director candidates, decides which of them, if any, should be pursued, gathers additional information if desired, conducts interviews and decides whether to recommend one or more of the candidates to the Board for nomination. In connection with this review, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee also reviews and considers each of the incumbent directors for continuing Board membership after his or her term expires. Our Board discusses the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee’s recommended candidates, decides if any additional interviews or further background information is desirable and, if not, decides whether to nominate one or more candidates. Those nominees will then be named in the proxy statement for election by the stockholders at the annual meeting (or, if between annual meetings, the nominees may be appointed by the Board itself to fill any vacancies on our Board).

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In determining whether to recommend a candidate, the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee weighs the following selection criteria, as described in the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines: personal integrity, intelligence, sensitivity to the Company’s corporate culture and responsibilities, relevant business background, diversity, independence, and ability to regularly prepare for and attend Board meetings. The Board aspires to expand the pool of qualified applicants for director positions, including with respect to gender, sexual orientation, gender identify, and ethnic and racial diversity. In considering specific director candidates, the Board and the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee consider each individual’s qualifications, skills and attributes with those of the Company’s other directors in order to build a Board that, as a whole, contains diverse perspectives and experience and is effective, collegial and responsive to the Company and its stockholders. Recommendations and selections for director nominees are made based on an assessment of the best candidate qualified for the position.

Below is a description of the key experience, qualifications, attributes and skills the Committee considers important for director candidates in light of the Company’s business:

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Business Sector Knowledge and International Experience. We value directors with backgrounds that include the many business sectors that make up our core business — finance and accounting, risk management, information management, human capital, supply chain, legal and regulatory, corporate advisory, strategic communications and restructuring services. To support and grow our international practices, we also look for directors with global expertise. Finally, to expand and grow our digital transformation group and develop and introduce our digital engagement platform, we look for directors with an expertise in digital transformative initiatives.

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Management, Accounting and Finance Expertise. We value management experience in our directors as it provides a practical understanding of organizations, processes, strategy, risk management and the methods to drive change and growth. While we require specific financial qualifications and expertise for Audit Committee membership, we expect all of our directors to be financially knowledgeable.

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Business Judgment, Leadership and Strategic Vision. We value directors with experience in significant leadership positions, who can provide sound business judgment, share tested leadership skills and have the insight necessary to formulate a strategic vision.

Director Candidates Recommended by Stockholders. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee will consider individuals for nomination to stand for election as directors who are recommended to it in writing by any stockholder of the Company. Any stockholder wishing to recommend an individual as a nominee for election at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2024 should send a signed letter of recommendation, to be received before May 10, 2024, to the following address: Resources Connection, Inc., 17101 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614; Attn: Lauren Elkerson, Corporate Secretary. Recommendation letters must state the reasons for the recommendation and contain the full name and address of each proposed nominee as well as brief biographical information setting forth past and present directorships, employment, occupations and civic activities. Any such recommendation should be accompanied by a written statement from the proposed nominee consenting to be named as a candidate and, if nominated and elected, consenting to serve as a director. Our Bylaws include additional requirements regarding nominations of persons at a stockholders’ meeting other than by the Board. See “Questions and Answers — When must notice of business to be brought before an annual meeting be given and when are stockholder proposals and director nominations due for the 2024 annual meeting?”

COMPENSATION COMMITTEE

The current members of the Compensation Committee are Ms. Sarkis (Chairperson), Mr. Dimick, Mr. Pisano and Mr. White, each of whom satisfies the additional independence requirements specific to Compensation Committee members under applicable Nasdaq Listing Rules.

The Compensation Committee is responsible for discharging the Board’s responsibilities relating to the compensation of the Company’s executive officers. The Compensation Committee reviews and approves the compensation arrangements, plans, policies and programs that apply to our executive officers. Pursuant to the written charter of the Compensation Committee, its principal responsibilities include, among other things:

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To review and approve the goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of our Chief Executive Officer, to evaluate the performance of our Chief Executive Officer in light of those goals and objectives, and to determine the terms of the compensatory agreements and arrangements for our Chief Executive Officer;

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To review and approve all of the Company’s compensation programs applicable to our other executive officers, including all forms of salary and grants of annual incentives and equity compensation;

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To review and approve any new compensation plan or any material change to an existing compensation plan available to executive officers and to make recommendations to the Board with respect to the adoption, amendment or discontinuation of the Company’s incentive compensation and equity-based plans that require Board approval;

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To review and approve severance or similar termination payments to the Company’s executive officers;

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To establish, review and evaluate the Company’s long-term strategy of employee compensation and utilization of different types of compensation plans in consultation with senior management; and

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To periodically review the Company’s human capital policies, practices and programs, including related to DE&I, employee wellbeing, employee professional development and non-executive compensation and benefits.

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The Compensation Committee’s charter permits it to delegate duties and responsibilities to sub-committees or the Company’s management. However, the Compensation Committee has no current intention to delegate any of its authority with respect to determining executive officer compensation to any sub-committee or to management. The Compensation Committee takes into account our Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations regarding the corporate goals and objectives, performance evaluations and compensatory arrangements for the Company’s executive officers other than the Chief Executive Officer. In particular, the Compensation Committee considered the Chief Executive Officer’s recommendations regarding the appropriate base salaries and annual incentive compensation opportunity payouts under the EIP for fiscal 2023 for our executive officers (other than for our Chief Executive Officer whose base salary and annual incentive compensation was determined by the Compensation Committee).

Pursuant to its charter, the Compensation Committee is authorized in its sole discretion to retain compensation consultants and other advisors to assist it in carrying out its duties. The Compensation Committee is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and oversight of the work of any such compensation consultant or advisor, including sole authority to determine and approve the terms, costs and fees for such engagements, with reasonable compensation to be borne by the Company. The Compensation Committee determines whether to retain a compensation consultant on an annual basis in light of the status of the management team and the business needs of the organization at the relevant time. The Compensation Committee did not engage a compensation consultant during fiscal 2023 to provide advice or recommendations on the amount or form of executive and director compensation. In order to assist the Compensation Committee’s evaluation of executive compensation during fiscal 2023, the Compensation Committee reviewed data on the Company’s peer group pulled from Equilar’s Insight Data Platform, which is a web-based provider of historical information, products and proprietary survey data regarding executive compensation. The Compensation Committee used the data from Equilar generally as background information to assist in their decision-making process.

AUDIT COMMITTEE

The current members of the Audit Committee are Mr. Dimick (Chairperson), Ms. Collyns, Mr. Kistinger, Mr. von Maltzan and Ms. Pierozzi, each of whom satisfies the enhanced independence standards applicable to Audit Committee members pursuant to the Nasdaq Listing Rules and applicable rules promulgated under the Exchange Act. All five members of the Audit Committee qualify as financial experts, as defined in Item 407 of Regulation S-K.

The primary function of the Audit Committee is to oversee the accounting and financial reporting processes of the Company and audits of the financial statements of the Company. The Audit Committee reviews our auditing, accounting, financial reporting and internal control functions; is directly responsible for the appointment, compensation and retention of the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm; and oversees the Company’s risk assessment and risk management policies, particularly the management of financial risks, and also receives regular reports from our Vice President of Internal Audit, who directly reports to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. Additionally, the Audit Committee is directly responsible for the evaluation and oversight of the work of the independent registered public accounting firm, as described under “Proposal 2. Ratification of the Appointment of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm for Fiscal Year 2024” below, under the caption “All Other Fees,” including ensuring such services are compatible with maintaining the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. In discharging its duties, the Audit Committee:

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Reviews and approves the scope of the annual audit and the independent registered public accounting firm’s fees;

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Reviews and discusses with management and the independent registered public accounting firm the Company’s annual audited financial statements, material accounting principles and related matters;

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Meets independently with our internal finance and audit staff, our independent registered public accounting firm and our senior management; and

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Consults with our independent registered public accounting firm with regard to the plan of audit, the results of the audit and the audit report and confers with the independent registered public accounting firm regarding the adequacy of internal accounting controls.

THE BOARD’S ROLE IN RISK OVERSIGHT

Our Board has an active role, as a whole and through its committees, in overseeing management of the Company’s risks. Our Board’s role in the risk oversight process includes receiving regular reports from members of senior management on areas of material risk to the Company, including legal, cybersecurity, operational, financial and strategic risks. These reports occur at regular and special meetings of the Board as appropriate. The involvement of our Board in reviewing, approving and monitoring our fundamental financial and business strategies, as contemplated by our corporate governance documents, is critical to the determination of the types and appropriate levels of risk the Company undertakes. The Board’s committees, all comprised solely of independent directors, assist our Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities in certain areas of risk. The Compensation Committee oversees the management of risks relating to our executive compensation plans and arrangements. The Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee oversees the management of risks associated with the composition of the Board and other types of corporate governance risks within its area of responsibility. The Audit Committee oversees the Company’s risk assessment and risk management, particularly with respect to financial risks, such as financial reporting and accounting, internal controls, fraud, legal and regulatory compliance, and cybersecurity. The Audit Committee receives regular reports at each Audit Committee meeting from our Vice President of Internal Audit, who directly reports to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee also receives

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quarterly reports from our Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer on cybersecurity risks and the Company’s ongoing cybersecurity training for employees, which typically occurs monthly. The Audit Committee and the entire Board also receive quarterly reports from our Chief Legal Officer on any material litigation involving the Company and various material risk management matters, if any. While each committee is responsible for evaluating certain risks and overseeing the management of such risks, the entire Board is regularly informed through the committee reports regarding such risks and engages in a yearly review of leading risk indicators. This process enables the Board and its committees to coordinate the risk oversight role, particularly with respect to risk interrelationships.

Our Board believes the processes it has established for overseeing risk would be effective under a variety of leadership frameworks and, therefore, do not materially affect its choice of leadership structure as described under “Board Leadership Structure” above.

RISK ASSESSMENT OF COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

We have reviewed our compensation programs across the Company to determine whether they encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking, and we have concluded that they do not.

In particular, as to our compensation arrangements for our NEOs, the Compensation Committee takes risk into account in establishing and reviewing these arrangements. The Compensation Committee believes that our executive compensation arrangements do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking for several reasons. First, the base salaries of our NEOs are fixed in amount and thus do not encourage risk taking. Second, while our EIP focuses on achievement of short-term or annual goals, and short-term goals may encourage the taking of short-term risks at the expense of long-term results, the EIP is only one component of our overall compensation program and is balanced by the focus of our long-term incentive awards on driving longer-term stockholder gains. Third, the Compensation Committee retains authority to exercise its discretion in determining the amount to award each NEO with respect to the qualitative component of our EIP based on its subjective assessment of the Company’s performance, the NEO’s individual performance, and any other factors the Compensation Committee may consider — including exposure to risk and risk management. Fourth, annual incentive awards are capped pursuant to our EIP so that our NEOs are not able to achieve unlimited reward for taking significant risk. The Compensation Committee believes that the EIP appropriately balances risk and the desire to focus NEOs on specific short-term goals important to our success, and that it does not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk taking over a short- or long-term measure.

In addition, a significant portion of the compensation provided to our NEOs is in the form of equity awards that are important to further align each NEO’s interests with those of our stockholders. The Compensation Committee believes that these awards do not encourage unnecessary or excessive risk-taking. The PSUs are tied to performance over a three-year performance period and are capped pursuant to the terms of the award agreement to ensure that our NEOs are not incentivized to take short term risks to achieve unlimited rewards. Furthermore, the ultimate value of the RSUs and PSUs is tied to our stock price, and awards are generally granted on an annual basis and subject to long-term vesting schedules, to help ensure that NEOs always have significant compensation opportunities tied to long-term stock price performance.

EMPLOYEE, OFFICER AND DIRECTOR HEDGING AND PLEDGING

We maintain an insider trading policy that, among other things, prohibits all of our employees, officers and directors from entering into transactions that hedge or offset, or are designed to hedge or offset, any decrease in the market value of our securities. Hedging transactions prohibited by our insider trading policy include prepaid variable forwards, equity swaps, collars and exchange funds.

Additionally, our insider trading policy prohibits our directors and officers from margining the Company’s securities or from pledging the Company’s securities as collateral for a loan. This policy prevents a margin or foreclosure sale when the pledgor is aware of material non-public information or is otherwise not permitted to trade in the Company’s securities.

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE GUIDELINES AND CODE OF BUSINESS CONDUCT AND ETHICS

Corporate Governance Guidelines. Our Board has adopted Corporate Governance Guidelines, which direct our Board’s actions with respect to, among other things, our Board’s responsibilities, Board composition and selection of directors, Board meetings, our Board’s standing committees and procedures for appointing members of these committees, Board compensation, conduct and ethics standards for directors, and indemnification of directors. A current copy of our Corporate Governance Guidelines is posted on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of our website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance.

Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. The Company has also adopted the Code of Conduct that applies to everyone in the Company, including all of our directors, executive officers and employees. A current copy of our Code of Conduct is posted on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance. In addition, waivers from, and amendments to, our Code of Conduct that apply to our directors and executive officers, including our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or persons performing similar functions, will be timely posted on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance section of the Company’s website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance to the extent required by applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules.

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BOARD EVALUATION PROCESS

Our Board annually conducts a self-evaluation to determine whether it and its committees are functioning effectively. This review is overseen by the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, and in fiscal 2023, all committees were determined to be functioning effectively and in accordance with their respective charters and applicable SEC and Nasdaq rules.

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE BOARD

Our Board provides a process for stockholders to send communications to the Board, to individual directors or to groups of directors, including non- management directors as a group. Communications should be sent to the Company’s corporate headquarters at 17101 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614, addressed to the attention of the specific group or individual or, if the communication is intended for all non-management directors, to the Chairperson of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee, the Chairperson of the Compensation Committee or the Chairperson of the Audit Committee and marked “Confidential, Intended for Recipient’s Review Only.” Upon receipt of any such communication, the material is forwarded directly to the addressee. If the communication is not directed to a specific individual, the material is forwarded to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee who reviews the content to determine its relevance and appropriate audience. The Company also maintains a Corporate Integrity Hotline, monitored by the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, so that any employee, stockholder or other interested party may use this vehicle to anonymously report problems or concerns involving ethical or compliance violations or complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters. Information about the hotline is posted on the Investor Relations, Corporate Governance page of our website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance. The toll-free number for the Corporate Integrity Hotline is (866) 588-5733.

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Corporate Social Responsibility and ESG Efforts

The Company and our Board maintain a focus on corporate social responsibility and ESG matters that impact our employees, clients and their communities. We believe that environmentally and socially responsible operating practices go hand-in-hand with generating value for our stockholders and clients, being an employer of choice, and being good neighbors within our communities. We continuously look for new and better ways to foster a diverse and inclusive work environment, minimize our environmental footprint and engage our surrounding communities, all while creating value for our stockholders. We are also committed to enhanced transparency of, and best practices in, our corporate responsibility and ESG policies and practices.

Below are some of the ways in which we demonstrate our commitment to the environment, our employees and communities, and responsible governance.

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Our Culture and Values In a world of digital transformation, we are unified under the vision that we must keep business as human first. Our culture is built upon our shared, core values of Loyalty, Integrity, Focus, Enthusiasm, Accountability and Talent, and we believe this is a key reason for our success.
LOYALTY	INTEGRITY	FOCUS	ENTHUSIASM	ACCOUNTABILITY	TALENT

Along with our core values, we act in accordance with our Code of Conduct, which sets forth the standards our employees and board members must adhere to at all times in the execution of their duties, and our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy. Our Code of Conduct covers topics such as honest and candid conduct, conflicts of interest, disclosure controls and procedures, protecting confidential information, anti-corruption, compliance with laws, rules and regulations, fair dealing, equal opportunities and non-harassment, maintaining a safe workplace, and the reporting of violations. The Code of Conduct reflects our commitment to operating in a fair, honest, responsible and ethical manner and also provides direction for reporting complaints in the event of alleged violations of our policies (including through an anonymous hotline). Our Corporate Social Responsibility Policy sets forth the principles to which we adhere and that guide our conduct, including our commitment to human rights, diversity and inclusion, labor health and safety, anti-bribery, anti-corruption, community involvement, responsible environmental management and commitment to our people.

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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)

DE&I are critical underpinnings of our shared values and guide our conduct in our interactions with both clients and each other. As a human-first company, we recognize diversity as a strength that is cultivated through our culture, our people, our business and our clients. Our workforce reflects diversity in all its forms, including gender and gender identity, race and ethnicity, age, sexual orientation and a variety of cultural and personal backgrounds. We believe a diverse workforce is essential to our continued success, and we strive to maintain a diverse and inclusive workforce at all levels.

We are proud that 100% of our Executive Leadership Team⁽³⁾ identify as women or racially or ethnically diverse, with 67% identifying as women and 50% identifying as racially or ethnically diverse. Additionally, as of September 2023, 45% of our directors on our Board identify as women or racially or ethnically diverse, with four directors identifying as female and one director identifying as racially or ethnically diverse. We are also a Paradigm for Parity Coalition company, which is a coalition of companies committed to addressing gender and diversity gaps in corporate leadership.

We aim to have a workforce that reflects the diversity of qualified talent that is available in the markets that we serve. As of May 2023, 68.4% of our U.S.-based employees identified as women or racially or ethnically diverse. Our gender and racial diversity representation in the Executive Leadership Team, Board and U.S.-based workforce is presented in the following table:

DIVERSITY REPRESENTATION*

* Data for our Executive Leadership Team and Board is as of the date of this Proxy Statement and data for our total U.S.-based employees is as of May 2023.

Our fiscal 2023 DE&I strategic priorities remained focused on increasing DE&I awareness, education and involvement among our workforce, increasing diversity in our workforce, and promoting diversity in our Go-to-Market activities. To guide our actions, we launched our second global DE&I survey in fiscal 2023 to collect employee feedback on how we can continue to be an inclusive workplace where all feel welcome and have a sense of belonging. The feedback showed improvements in all categories since the previous survey in fiscal 2021 and provided valuable insights to establish plans to create meaningful change for our global team.

In fiscal 2023, we continued our DE&I Council and DE&I Ambassador programs, which consist of employees representing a cross-section of functions and levels across the globe and are open to all employees, regardless of race, gender or ethnicity. These programs support our DE&I priorities by designing and delivering measurable and impactful solutions. The DE&I Council serves an important role in working closely with senior leaders to facilitate alignment between our DE&I efforts and overall business strategy. Our DE&I Council hosts periodic town hall meetings that are accessible to our global workforce. These meetings serve as important learning opportunities and connection points that broaden our perspectives and foster a greater sense of community among colleagues. During these sessions, we engage external speakers and communicate our current year DE&I strategy and initiatives. These sessions also serve as important listening forums by which we learn what additional DE&I activities would be most meaningful to our workforce. We have received strong positive feedback from our workforce around these education and engagement sessions, which has helped us to prioritize DE&I topics for building cultural and inclusive capability across our global team.

The DE&I Ambassador program is comprised of employee volunteers, with a mission to “meet people where they are” in relationship to DE&I and to promote DE&I awareness in existing business forums (e.g., to raise a DE&I topic in existing business meetings or planned social gatherings). The DE&I Ambassador program has had a positive impact on our culture as it generates meaningful opportunities for people, who work in a hybrid and geographically dispersed way, to come together for connection and community. The DE&I Ambassadors operate at a regional level and meet quarterly to share success stories and practices across the regions.

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Engagement with our Communities

Through both volunteerism and philanthropic efforts, we are dedicated to contributing to the communities in which we operate. We encourage everyone in our organization to volunteer their time and donate as they deem appropriate to local, and in some cases national, charitable causes. Our employees give generously of their time to help those charities, and the people those organizations serve. Since fiscal 2020, we have sponsored Brightpath STEAM Academy, which is a robotics summer camp organized by one of our employees for underprivileged and under-represented students in St. Louis, Missouri. In fiscal 2023, we continued our Social Justice Charitable Matching Fund, which has allowed us to help raise DE&I awareness internally across our organization by matching employees’ contributions to charitable organizations that promote social justice. As of May 27, 2023, we achieved our goal of matching $100,000 in contributions during fiscal 2023 and since fiscal 2021, we have supported over 150 unique charitable organizations with over $300,000 in contributions. We intend to continue our commitment toward this Fund in fiscal 2024.

Employee Wellbeing, Resilience and Growth

Employee safety and wellbeing is of paramount importance to us. Our Global Business Continuity Team continued to improve our disaster preparedness plans and implement strategies to manage the health and security of our employees, business continuity, client confidence and excellent customer service.

To promote employee wellbeing and collaboration, we evolved our work-from-home policy to a hybrid work policy, where employees are invited to work collaboratively with colleagues in the office but are permitted to work from home as desired. Our goal is to help every human in our workforce maintain a positive, productive and connected work experience. We provide productivity and collaboration tools and resources for employees working remotely. During fiscal 2023, we also enhanced and promoted programs to support our employees’ physical and mental wellbeing, including the offering of regular wellness and self-care sessions, supporting our You Matter recognition program that allows employees to share gratitude and kudos for colleagues, and launching a new Spirit of Volunteerism initiative to share stories, foster community connections and promote organizations and causes that are important to our employees. We also offer all global employees participation in programs and resources to support personal and family health and wellbeing, including our Employee Assistance Program in the U.S.

Building Strong Leaders and Talent Management

Strong “human” leadership is critical to fostering employee engagement and positioning employees to perform at their best. In fiscal 2023, we saw a continued and strengthened desire from employees seeking authentic, empathetic and adaptive behaviors from their leaders. For these reasons, we invest in the ongoing professional development of our employees and leaders. We designed and delivered curated programs to onboard and acclimate employees to the business and promote personal, professional and leadership growth. In fiscal 2023, we launched “Leadership U” to foster leadership development, peer mentorship opportunities and to support the building and maintenance of high-performing teams.

Successful talent development starts with hiring the right people. We seek to recruit and hire candidates that demonstrate skills and competencies that align with our core values and that have an aptitude to further develop and expand those capabilities. After onboarding, our Life + Learning team remains committed to providing employees with training and development opportunities to allow our employees to progress in their careers. We offer newly hired employees the opportunity to participate in our “RGP U” program to accelerate and support their integration into our organization. This program gives our new hires a connected cohort to drive a sense of belonging early in their career at RGP and offers their leaders a more efficient use of individual coaching time with new employees. In fiscal 2023, we expanded this program to RGP U Consultant to ensure strong connectivity and supported success in a consultant’s first year with RGP. We also launched a Sales Effectiveness curriculum that focused on deepening sales and client service acumen and effectiveness.

In addition, we continued to invest in the professional development and growth of our employees as we focused on employee experience, effectiveness, upskilling and reskilling in a changing work environment. This support was focused and delivered to all employees with emphasis in the areas of leadership development, on-boarding, functional/technical learning and digital fluency. We continued to actively engage with our internal leaders by integrating wellness and leadership development topics into our quarterly senior leadership meetings. We also conducted intentional leader listening forums and mentorship programs to help guide our leaders during fiscal 2023.

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY

We maintain a Global Environmental Responsibility Policy, which sets forth our commitment to operate our business as a responsible corporate citizen committed to sound environmental management and with concern for the well-being of our common environment. Our goals are to (1) operate our offices in an environmentally sound manner, (2) conserve natural resources by recycling materials, purchasing recycled materials when practical, and reducing waste produced by our business, (3) reduce our impact on global climate change and pollution by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions through reduced commuting and business travel by our employees and smarter electricity usage, (4) improve our energy conservation and efficiency practices through improved technologies and employee education, and (5) sustainably use natural resources to ensure minimal impact on the quality of these resources.

As a global human capital company, our environmental footprint is relatively small. We nevertheless continue to take actions to reduce our footprint and be environmentally responsible, including (1) reducing our global real estate footprint by over 31,000 square feet during fiscal 2023 by creating designated virtual offices, utilizing shared work spaces and expanding our use of technology to allow more employees to work virtually; (2) reducing our use of paper by transitioning nearly all of our client invoices to electronic billing, implementing electronic paystubs for all U.S. employees, reducing our use of print-based marketing materials in favor of digital assets and distributing our proxy statement and annual report electronically; and (3) minimizing our Company’s carbon emissions through reduced air travel and commuting due to our use of virtual offices and hybrid approach to remote and in-office work and maximizing the use of technology for virtual meetings. Cumulatively since fiscal 2021, we have reduced our real estate footprint by 143,000 square feet and we have plans to reduce our physical footprint by an additional 88,000 square feet over the next few years.

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Director Compensation

Under our director compensation policy, annual compensation for the members of our Board who are not employed by us or any of our subsidiaries (referred to herein as a “non-employee directors”) consists of an annual cash retainer, an additional cash retainer for non-employee directors serving in certain positions as described below and an annual equity award. In the case of a non-employee director who is newly elected or appointed to our Board, such director is eligible to receive a pro-rated cash retainer and pro-rated equity award. Our Board reserves the right to modify the director compensation policy from time to time.

CASH COMPENSATION

Pursuant to the terms of our director compensation policy, each non-employee director then in office receives an annual cash retainer (“Annual Board Retainer”) and an additional cash retainer for holding certain positions (“Additional Retainers”). The following table sets forth the schedule of Annual Board Retainer and Additional Retainers as in effect since January 2023:

Type of Fee	Dollar Amount
Annual Board Retainer	$	50,000
Additional Annual Retainer for Chairman of the Board	$	250,000
Additional Annual Lead Independent Director Retainer⁽¹⁾	$	30,000
Additional Retainer for Audit Committee Chairperson⁽¹⁾	$	35,000
Additional Retainer for Compensation Committee Chairperson	$	15,000
Additional Retainer for Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee Chairperson	$	10,000
Additional Retainer for Service on the Audit Committee	$	5,000
Additional Retainer for Service on the Compensation Committee	$	5,000
Additional Retainer for Service on the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee	$	2,500

(1)

Prior to January 2023, the additional annual retainer for the lead independent director was $15,000, and the additional annual retainer for the chair of the Audit Committee was $20,000.

Each such retainer is paid at the start of each calendar year, and as a result, covers different fiscal years. Newly elected or appointed non-employee directors will receive a pro-rata portion of the Annual Board Retainer and any applicable Additional Retainers, with the pro-ration based on the number of calendar days remaining in the calendar year that the director first serves as a non-employee director or held the particular position, as the case may be. Non-employee directors are also generally reimbursed for out-of-pocket expenses they incur serving as directors.

EQUITY COMPENSATION

Type of Award	Amount of Award
Annual Equity Award	Restricted stock (or restricted stock units or cash, as described below) with a fair value of $100,000 on the grant date
New Director Award	Pro-rata portion of Annual Equity Award

Annual Equity Awards for Continuing Board Members

On the first trading day of each calendar year, each non-employee director then in office will automatically be granted an award of restricted stock (or, as discussed below, restricted stock units) with respect to shares of the Company’s common stock with a grant value of approximately $100,000 (the “Annual Equity Award”). The number of shares of the Company’s common stock subject to such restricted stock (or restricted stock unit) award will be determined by dividing the Annual Equity Award grant value of $100,000 by the per-share closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant and rounding down to the nearest whole share. Directors who own Company stock in excess of ten times the applicable guideline level under our stock ownership guidelines, set forth below under “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Stock Ownership Guidelines for Directors,” are permitted to elect a vested cash payment in lieu of the annual equity award. In fiscal 2023, Mr. Murray elected to receive cash in lieu of his annual equity award.

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Initial Equity Awards for New Directors

Each newly elected or appointed non-employee director is granted an initial award of restricted stock (or, as discussed below, restricted stock units) upon joining the Board. The number of shares subject to such restricted stock (or restricted stock unit) award will be determined by dividing the Annual Equity Award grant value of $100,000 (pro-rated based on the number of days remaining in the calendar year that the director first serves as a non-employee director) by the per-share-closing price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant (rounded down to the nearest whole share).

An employee or former employee of the Company or one of its subsidiaries who ceases or has ceased to be so employed and becomes a non-employee director will be eligible for an initial equity award grant and will also be eligible for cash compensation and annual equity awards on the same basis as other non-employee directors, as described above.

Provisions Applicable to All Non-Employee Director Equity Awards

For fiscal 2023, each equity award granted to the non-employee directors was made under and subject to the terms and conditions of the 2020 Plan. Non-employee director equity awards are evidenced by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, an award agreement in the form approved by our Board to evidence such type of grant pursuant to the 2020 Plan. Each award vests in equal annual installments over the four-year period following the grant date. Non-employee directors are also entitled to cash dividend and stockholder voting rights with respect to outstanding and unvested restricted stock awards.

Restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards are generally forfeited as to the unvested portion of the award upon the non-employee director’s termination of service as a director of the Company for any reason. However, in the event the non-employee director ceases to serve as a director due to his or her mandatory retirement as may be required pursuant to the Company’s retirement policy as then in effect for members of our Board, each restricted stock and restricted stock unit award held by the director that is then outstanding and otherwise unvested will generally become immediately vested and nonforfeitable. Restricted stock and restricted stock unit awards granted to non-employee directors, to the extent then outstanding and unvested, will become fully vested and nonforfeitable in the event of a change in control of the Company.

Directors Deferred Compensation Plan

Our non-employee directors may elect, pursuant to our Directors Deferred Compensation Plan, to defer payment of all or a portion of their compensation for service on our Board.

In the case of a deferral of an equity award, the non-employee director is granted restricted stock units in lieu of restricted stock. Restricted stock units granted in lieu of a restricted stock award are subject to the four-year vesting requirement noted above.

In the case of a deferral of cash compensation, the director receives a number of restricted stock units equal to the amount of the cash compensation being deferred, divided by the per-share closing price of a share of our common stock on the date that the cash compensation would have been paid but for the deferral. Restricted stock units credited in lieu of cash compensation are fully vested.

Restricted stock units credited with respect to deferrals by non-employee directors (“deferred stock units”) cannot be voted or sold. Deferred stock units accrue dividend equivalents, credited in the form of additional stock units, if and when dividends are paid on our common stock. The dividend equivalent stock units are subject to the same payment terms as the stock units to which they relate, provided that dividend equivalents are fully vested. Deferred stock units generally become payable, in a lump sum or a series of installment payments as elected by the director, when the director no longer serves on our Board. Deferred stock units are settled in cash, based on the value of a share of common stock at the time of payment.

Messrs. Dimick, von Maltzan, and Kistinger and Ms. Sarkis each elected to defer their equity award for the 2023 plan year. None of the directors elected to defer their cash compensation for the 2023 plan year.

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Director Compensation — Fiscal 2023

The following table presents information regarding the compensation paid for fiscal 2023 to our non-employee directors who served on the Board at any point during the fiscal year. The compensation paid to Ms. Duchene, our President and Chief Executive Officer, is presented below in the “Executive Compensation Tables for Fiscal 2023 — Summary Compensation Table — Fiscal 2021 to 2023” and the related explanatory tables. Ms. Duchene did not receive separate compensation for her service on our Board.

Name	Fees Earned or Paid in Cash ($)	Stock Awards ($) (1)(2)	Option Awards ($)	All Other Compensation ($)	Total ($)
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)	(f)
DONALD B. MURRAY (3)	400,000	0	0	0	400,000
ANTHONY CHERBAK	50,000	99,986	0	0	149,986
NEIL DIMICK	90,000	99,986	0	0	189,986
ROBERT KISTINGER	57,500	99,986	0	0	157,486
MARCO VON MALTZAN	55,000	99,986	0	0	154,986
LISA M. PIEROZZI	55,000	99,986	0	0	154,986
A. ROBERT PISANO	95,000	99,986	0	0	194,986
JOLENE SARKIS	65,000	99,986	0	0	164,986
DAVID P. WHITE	57,500	99,986	0	0	157,486

(1)

The amounts reported in column (c) of the table above reflect the fair value on the grant date of the restricted stock (or restricted stock unit) award granted to our non-employee directors during fiscal 2023, as determined under the principles used to calculate the value of equity awards for purposes of the Company’s financial statements. For a discussion of the assumptions and methodologies used to calculate the amounts referred to above, please see the discussion of stock awards contained in Note 15 (Stock-Based Compensation Plans) to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements, included as part of the Fiscal 2023 Annual Report.

(2)

As described above, on January 3, 2023, each of our non-employee directors then serving on our Board was granted an award of 5,393 shares of restricted stock, or a grant of 5,393 restricted stock units if they chose to defer the equity portion of their compensation, with the exception of Mr. Murray who elected to receive cash in lieu of his annual restricted stock award. Each such non-employee director’s restricted stock (or restricted stock unit) award had a fair value for financial statement reporting purposes equal to $99,986 on the grant date (5,393 shares times the $18.54 per share closing price of a share of Company common stock on the grant date). The cash paid to Mr. Murray in lieu of his annual equity award is included as part of his cash fees reflected in column (b) of the table above.

(3)

Mr. Murray’s fees earned listed in this table reflect both the director retainer fees to which he was entitled that were paid in January 2023 for Board service through calendar 2023 and cash in lieu of his annual restricted stock award as described in footnote (2) above.

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AGGREGATE OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS

The following table presents the aggregate number of outstanding unexercised options to acquire shares of Company common stock, number of unvested shares of Company restricted stock and number of unvested Company restricted stock units held by each of our non-employee directors as of May 27, 2023.

Director	Number of Options Outstanding	Number of Shares of Unvested Restricted Stock and Unvested Restricted Stock Units
DONALD B. MURRAY	80,000	0
ANTHONY CHERBAK	220,000	15,105
NEIL DIMICK	0	15,105
ROBERT KISTINGER	0	15,105
MARCO VON MALTZAN	0	15,105
LISA M. PIEROZZI	0	13,412
A. ROBERT PISANO	0	15,105
JOLENE SARKIS	0	15,105
DAVID P. WHITE	0	11,600

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STOCK OWNERSHIP GUIDELINES FOR DIRECTORS

We maintain Stock Ownership Guidelines for the non-employee members of our Board. Please see “Compensation Discussion and Analysis — Stock Ownership Guidelines for NEOs” below for information on the guidelines applicable to our NEOs.

All of our non-employee directors should own Company common stock equal in value to the lesser of two times the annual board retainer or 10,000 shares. Stock that counts towards satisfaction of the ownership guidelines (“Qualifying Shares”) includes:

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Shares of common stock beneficially held, either directly or indirectly;

•

Restricted stock issued and held whether vested or unvested;

•

Restricted stock units, whether vested or unvested, as well as vested but deferred stock units; and

•

Shares of common stock held following the exercise of a stock option or payment of other equity award.

All individuals covered by these guidelines should satisfy the applicable share ownership guidelines within five years of first becoming subject to them. If a covered individual’s guideline level of ownership changes as a result of a change in position or change in retainer, the individual should satisfy the applicable guidelines within a five-year period beginning in January following the year of such change. The Company’s Stock Ownership Guidelines are available on the Investor Relations — Corporate Governance page of the Company’s website at https://ir.rgp.com/corporate-governance.

As shown in the table below, as of August 21, 2023, each of our current non-employee directors meets the share ownership guidelines or has time remaining to fulfill such guidelines.

Non-Employee Director Stock Ownership Status
Guideline		$100,000 (1)
	Qualifying Shares Held (2)	Value as of the Record Date (3)
DONALD B. MURRAY	1,091,272	$	17,307,574
ANTHONY CHERBAK	71,188	$	1,129,042
SUSAN M. COLLYNS	2,336	$	37,049
NEIL DIMICK	78,511	$	1,245,184
ROBERT KISTINGER	78,511	$	1,245,184
MARCO VON MALTZAN	40,789	$	646,914
LISA M. PIEROZZI	18,662	$	295,979
A. ROBERT PISANO	92,418	$	1,465,749
JOLENE SARKIS	78,511	$	1,245,184
DAVID P. WHITE	13,668	$	216,774

(1)

The relevant guideline is $100,000, as this is the lesser of (i) two times the annual board retainer (i.e. $100,000) and (ii) the value of 10,000 shares (which was valued on the record date at $15.86).

(2)

Represents the Qualifying Shares held by the director on August 21, 2023.

(3)

Determined by multiplying the number of Qualifying Shares held by the director on August 21, 2023 by the closing price of a share of Company common stock on that date ($15.86).

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Policy Regarding Treatment of Related Party Transactions

The Company’s policies and procedures for the review, approval or ratification of related-party transactions required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K are set forth in the written charter of the Audit Committee. Pursuant to its charter, the Audit Committee must review and approve all proposed related-person transactions that are subject to disclosure pursuant to Item 404 of Regulation S-K before the Company is permitted to enter into any such transaction. In fiscal 2023, there were no reportable related-party transactions under Regulation S-K.

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Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial
Owners and Management

The following table contains information about the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of August 21, 2023 for:

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each person known by the Company who beneficially owns more than five percent of the common stock of the Company;

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each of our directors;

•

each NEO named in the Summary Compensation Table; and

•

all current directors and executive officers as a group.

Unless otherwise indicated, the address for each person or entity named below is c/o Resources Connection, Inc., 17101 Armstrong Avenue, Irvine, CA 92614.

Beneficial ownership is determined in accordance with the rules of the SEC and generally includes voting or investment power with respect to securities. Except as indicated by footnote, and except for community property laws where applicable, the persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common stock shown as beneficially owned by them. Except as otherwise indicated below, the percentage of beneficial ownership is based on 33,697,769 shares of the Company’s common stock outstanding as of August 21, 2023.

Name of Beneficial Owner	Number of Shares Beneficially Owned	Percentage of Shares Outstanding**
Directors and Named Executive Officers
DONALD B. MURRAY (1)	1,171,272	3.47%
KATE W. DUCHENE (2)	573,448	1.68%
ANTHONY CHERBAK (3)	291,188	*
TIMOTHY L. BRACKNEY (4)	225,518	*
A. ROBERT PISANO (5)	92,418	*
JENNIFER Y. RYU (6)	48,784	*
NEIL DIMICK (7)	35,273	*
ROBERT KISTINGER (8)	35,273	*
JOLENE SARKIS (9)	35,273	*
LISA M. PIEROZZI (10)	18,662	*
DAVID P. WHITE	13,668	*
SUSAN M. COLLYNS	2,336	*
MARCO VON MALTZAN (11)	2,000	*
Executive Officers and Directors as a group (13 persons) (12)	2,545,113	7.36%
5% Stockholders
BlackRock Inc. (13)	5,365,661	15.9%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (14)	2,475,422	7.3%
The Vanguard Group (15)	2,321,305	6.88%
Royce & Associates, LP (16)	1,832,158	5.43%

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Represents less than 1%.

We determine beneficial ownership in accordance with the rules of the SEC. We deem (i) shares subject to options that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days after August 21, 2023 and (ii) restricted stock units (including dividend equivalents credited with respect to such restricted stock units) vesting within 60 days after August 21, 2023, as outstanding for purposes of computing the share amount and the percentage ownership of the person(s) holding such awards, but we do not deem them outstanding for purposes of computing the percentage ownership of any other person. For those listed in the 5% Stockholders section of the table, we have reflected the percentage ownership as provided in the filing.

(1)

Includes 770,304 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Murray in The Murray Family Trust, Donald B. Murray and Carol E. Murray, Trustees; and 300,000 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Murray in the Murray Family Income Trust, Donald B. Murray and Carol E. Murray, Trustees. Donald B. Murray and Carol E. Murray share voting and investment power over the shares held in these trusts. Also includes 80,000 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(2)

Includes 376,000 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(3)

Includes 25,000 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Cherbak in The Cherbak Family Trust, Anthony C. Cherbak and Debra L. Cherbak Trustees and 400 shares owned by Mr. Cherbak as custodian of a child’s account. Mr. Cherbak has sole voting and investment power over shares held in these trusts. Also includes 220,000 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(4)

Includes 191,448 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(5)

Includes 10,536 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Pisano in the Pisano Living Trust, Robert A. Pisano Trustee. Mr. Pisano has sole voting and investment power over shares held in the trust.

(6)

Includes 26,250 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(7)

Does not include 43,238 deferred restricted stock units that will be paid out in cash at the end of service to the extent then-vested.

(8)

Includes 35,273 shares beneficially owned by Mr. Kistinger in the Anne T. Kistinger Trust, Anne Kistinger Trustee. Anne Kistinger has sole voting and investment power over the shares held in this trust. Does not include 43,238 deferred restricted stock units that will be paid out in cash at the end of service to the extent then-vested.

(9)

Does not include 43,238 deferred restricted stock units that will be paid out in cash at the end of service to the extent then-vested.

(10)

Includes 18,662 shares beneficially owned by Ms. Pierozzi in the Apsley Belgrave Trust, Lisa M. Pierozzi as Trustee. Ms. Pierozzi has sole voting and investment power over shares held in the trust.

(11)

Does not include 38,789 deferred restricted stock units that will be paid out in cash at the end of service to the extent then vested.

(12)

Includes 893,968 shares of common stock subject to options exercisable within 60 days of August 21, 2023.

(13)

According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 23, 2023, by BlackRock, Inc., as of December 31, 2022, BlackRock, Inc. has sole voting power with respect to 5,290,110 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power with respect to 5,365,661 shares of common stock. The subsidiaries of BlackRock, Inc. that hold shares of our common stock being reported are listed in the Schedule 13G/A. The address of BlackRock, Inc., as listed in the Schedule 13G/A, is 55 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10055.

(14)

According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 10, 2023, by Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, as of December 30, 2022, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP has sole voting power with respect to 2,434,086 shares of common stock, and sole dispositive power with respect to 2,475,422 shares of common stock. The address of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, as listed in the Schedule 13G/A, is 6300 Bee Cave Road, Building One, Austin, TX 78746. As disclosed in the Schedule 13G/A, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, furnishes investment advice to four investment companies registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, and serves as investment manager or sub-adviser to certain other commingled funds, group trusts and separate accounts (such investment companies, trusts and accounts, collectively referred to as the “Dimensional Funds”). In certain cases, subsidiaries of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP may act as an adviser or sub-adviser to certain Dimensional Funds. In its role as investment advisor, sub-adviser and/or manager to certain Dimensional Funds, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP or its subsidiaries (collectively, “Dimensional”) may possess voting and/or investment power over the shares of the Company’s common stock that are owned by the Dimensional Funds and may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the shares of the common stock of the Company held by the Dimensional Funds. However, all the shares of the Company’s common stock reported in the table above are owned by the Dimensional Funds. Dimensional disclaims beneficial ownership of such shares of the Company’s common stock.

(15)

According to a Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on February 9, 2023, by The Vanguard Group, as of December 30, 2022, The Vanguard Group has shared voting power with respect to 27,501 shares of common stock, sole dispositive power with respect to 2,266,165 shares of common stock and shared dispositive power with respect to 55,140 shares of common stock. The address of The Vanguard Group, as listed in the Schedule 13G/A is 100 Vanguard Blvd., Malvern, PA 19355.

(16)

According to a Schedule 13G filed with the SEC on January 24, 2023, by Royce & Associates, LP, as of December 31, 2022, Royce & Associates, LP has sole voting power with respect to 1,832,158 shares of common stock and sole dispositive power with respect to 1,832,158 shares of common stock. The address of The Vanguard Group, as listed in the Schedule 13G is 745 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10151.

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Delinquent Section 16(A) Reports

Section 16 of the Exchange Act requires our executive officers (as defined under Section 16), directors and persons who beneficially own greater than 10% of a registered class of our equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC. We are required to disclose any failure of these executive officers, directors and 10% stockholders to file these reports by the required deadlines. Based solely on our review of the copies of such forms received by us, or written representations from certain reporting persons that no report on Form 5 was required for such persons, we believe that, for the reporting period covering fiscal 2023, with the exception of a Form 4 filed by Mr. Kistinger on July 27, 2023 reporting the transfer of shares to a family trust of which Mr. Kistinger’s wife is a trustee, all executive officers and directors complied, on a timely basis, with all their reporting requirements under Section 16(a) for such fiscal year.

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Proposal 2. Ratification of Appointment of
Independent Registered Public Accounting
Firm for Fiscal Year 2024

The Audit Committee of the Board has appointed the accounting firm of RSM US LLP as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to conduct the annual audit of the Company’s financial statements for fiscal 2024. If the stockholders fail to ratify the appointment, the Audit Committee may reconsider whether or not to retain RSM US LLP. Even if the appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee, in its discretion, may appoint a different independent auditor at any time during the year if the Audit Committee determines that such a change would be in the best interests of the Company and our stockholders.

A representative of RSM US LLP will be available at the Annual Meeting to answer any appropriate questions concerning the independent registered public accounting firm’s areas of responsibility and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she desires to do so.

Fees

The following table shows information about RSM US LLP’s fees for services provided to the Company in fiscal 2023 and 2022.

Kate W. Duchene (60)
President, Chief Executive Officer and Director

Jennifer Y. Ryu (48)
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Timothy L. Brackney (51)
President and Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Duchene has served as our President and Chief Executive Officer since December 2016. Biographical information regarding Ms. Duchene is set forth above under the caption “Continuing Directors.”

Effective February 3, 2020, Jennifer Y. Ryu was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Ryu served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer since August 14, 2019. Prior to her appointment as Interim Chief Financial Officer, Ms. Ryu served as the Company’s Senior Vice President of Finance and Accounting, a position she held since April 2019. From February 2014 to April 2019, Ms. Ryu was the Chief Accounting Officer of Young’s Holdings, a holding company for wine and spirits sales and marketing companies.

Effective April 3, 2019, Timothy L. Brackney was named our President and Chief Operating Officer. Prior to his appointment as Chief Operating Officer, Mr. Brackney served as our President North America & EVP, Revenue from 2017 to April 2019. From 2014 to 2017, Mr. Brackney served as our SVP, West Region. He led the North Pacific Region from 2011 to 2014. From 2007 to 2011, Mr. Brackney was a Regional Managing Director for the Company. Before that time, he served as Regional Director and Managing Director of our Portland, Oregon office.

Mr. Brackney has provided notice of his resignation and his last day with the Company will be October 1, 2023.

SEC Form DEF 14A filed by Resources Connection Inc.