CRA International Director Avery Aiken Receives 989-Share Award

What Happened
Avery Thomas Aiken, a director of CRA International, Inc. (CRAI), was granted 989 shares on 2026-07-16. The shares were issued at $0.00 per share (total value reported $0) as an award/acquisition reported on a Form 4. This is an equity grant (award), not an open-market purchase or sale.

Key Details

• Transaction date: 2026-07-16; reported on Form 4 filed 2026-07-20.
• Transaction type: Award/Grant (code A) — 989 shares at $0.00 per share (total $0).
• Shares owned after transaction: not specified in the provided filing excerpt.
• Vesting: per footnote F1, the shares vest in four equal annual installments beginning on the first anniversary of the grant.
• Filing timeliness: Form 4 was filed on 2026-07-20 (within the typical 2-business-day reporting window for Form 4s in this case).
• No tax-withholding sale or 10b5-1 plan noted in the provided disclosure.

Context
Grants to directors are common part of compensation and typically have vesting restrictions; because the award vests over four years, these shares are not immediately liquid. Such awards are informational about compensation but do not, by themselves, indicate the insider’s short-term sentiment about the stock.