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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q


☒			QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023


☐			TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number: 001-14875

FTI CONSULTING, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Maryland									52-1261113
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)									(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

555 12th Street NW
Washington,
DC									20004
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)									(Zip Code)

(202) 312-9100

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, $0.01 par value

FCN

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.


Large accelerated filer	☒	Accelerated filer	☐
Non-accelerated filer	☐	Smaller reporting company	☐
		Emerging growth company	☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.


Class			Outstanding at July 20, 2023
Common Stock, $0.01 par value			34,029,357

FTI CONSULTING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

INDEX


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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements	3

	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets—June 3 0 , 2023 and December 31, 2022	3

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income—Three and Six Months Ended June 3 0 , 2023 and 2022	4

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity—Three and Six Months Ended June 3 0 , 2023 and 2022	5

	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows—Six Months Ended June 3 0 , 2023 and 2022	7

	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	8

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	18

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	38

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	38

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	39

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	39

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	39

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	40

Item 4.	Mine Safety Disclosures	40

Item 5.	Other Information	40

Item 6.	Exhibits	41

SIGNATURES		42

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except per share data)


Item 1.			Financial Statements


	June 30,		December 31,
	2023		2022
	(Unaudited)
Assets
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$	203,539	$	491,688




Accounts receivable, net	1,138,061		896,153
Current portion of notes receivable	30,629		27,292
Prepaid expenses and other current assets	108,054		95,469
Total current assets	1,480,283		1,510,602
Property and equipment, net	164,886		153,466
Operating lease assets	206,819		203,764
Goodwill	1,231,769		1,227,593
Intangible assets, net	20,741		25,514
Notes receivable, net	75,273		55,978
Other assets	66,540		64,490
Total assets	$	3,246,311	$	3,241,407
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
Current liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other	$	172,288	$	173,953
Accrued compensation	420,885		541,892
Billings in excess of services provided	51,528		53,646

Total current liabilities	644,701		769,491
Long-term debt, net	340,548		315,172
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	223,403		221,604
Deferred income taxes	155,754		162,374
Other liabilities	86,753		91,045
Total liabilities	1,451,159		1,559,686
Commitments and contingencies (Note 10)
Stockholders’ equity
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; shares authorized — 5,000; none outstanding	—		—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; shares authorized — 75,000; shares issued and outstanding 34,034 (2023) and 34,026 (2022)	340		340
Additional paid-in capital	5,473		—
Retained earnings	1,949,815		1,858,103
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(160,476)		(176,722)
Total stockholders’ equity	1,795,152		1,681,721
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	3,246,311	$	3,241,407

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Revenues	$	864,591	$	754,992	$	1,671,297	$	1,478,612
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	588,094		520,080		1,141,603		1,013,184
Selling, general and administrative expenses	186,371		167,940		370,584		316,911


Amortization of intangible assets	1,417		2,737		3,599		5,005
	775,882		690,757		1,515,786		1,335,100
Operating income	88,709		64,235		155,511		143,512
Other income (expense)
Interest income and other	(584)		2,994		(1,926)		2,647
Interest expense	(3,022)		(2,448)		(5,961)		(5,090)

	(3,606)		546		(7,887)		(2,443)
Income before income tax provision	85,103		64,781		147,624		141,069
Income tax provision	22,708		13,353		37,682		30,320
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Earnings per common share — basic	$	1.87	$	1.52	$	3.30	$	3.29
Earnings per common share — diluted	$	1.75	$	1.43	$	3.09	$	3.10
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax
Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of tax expense of $0	$	6,396	$	(40,679)	$	16,246	$	(46,870)
Total other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	6,396		(40,679)		16,246		(46,870)
Comprehensive income	$	68,791	$	10,749	$	126,188	$	63,879

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)


								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings
	Shares	Amount								Total
Balance at December 31, 2022	34,026	$	340	$	—	$	1,858,103	$	(176,722)	$	1,681,721
Net income	—	$	—	$	—	$	47,547	$	—	$	47,547
Other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		9,850		9,850
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options	14	—		449		—		—		449
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 55	55	1		(9,514)		—		—		(9,513)
Stock units issued under incentive compensation plan	—	—		2,274		—		—		2,274
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(112)	(1)		(17,798)		—		—		(17,799)

Conversion of convertible senior notes due 2023	—	—		(6)		—		—		(6)
Share-based compensation	—	—		6,365		—		—		6,365
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital	—	—		18,230		(18,230)		—		—
Balance at March 31, 2023	33,983	$	340	$	—	$	1,887,420	$	(166,872)	$	1,720,888
Net income	—	$	—	$	—	$	62,395	$	—	$	62,395
Other comprehensive income:
Cumulative translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		6,396		6,396
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options	21	—		718		—		—		718
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 13	30	—		(2,408)		—		—		(2,408)



Conversion of convertible senior notes due 2023	—	—		(375)		—		—		(375)
Share-based compensation	—	—		7,538		—		—		7,538

Balance at June 30, 2023	34,034	$	340	$	5,473	$	1,949,815	$	(160,476)	$	1,795,152


								Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
	Common Stock			Additional Paid-in Capital		Retained Earnings
	Shares	Amount								Total
Balance at December 31, 2021	34,333	$	343	$	13,662	$	1,698,156	$	(128,840)	$	1,583,321
Net income	—	$	—	$	—	$	59,321	$	—	$	59,321
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		(6,191)		(6,191)
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options	26	—		923		—		—		923
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 54	134	2		(7,836)		—		—		(7,834)
Stock units issued under incentive compensation plan	—	—		1,664		—		—		1,664
Purchase and retirement of common stock	(22)	—		(3,098)		—		—		(3,098)
Cumulative effect due to adoption of new accounting standard	—	—		(34,131)		22,078		—		(12,053)
Conversion of convertible senior notes due 2023	—	—		(2)		—		—		(2)
Share-based compensation	—	—		5,967		—		—		5,967
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital	—	—		22,851		(22,851)		—		—
Balance at March 31, 2022	34,471	$	345	$	—	$	1,756,704	$	(135,031)	$	1,622,018
Net income	—	$	—	$	—	$	51,428	$	—	$	51,428
Other comprehensive loss:
Cumulative translation adjustment	—	—		—		—		(40,679)		(40,679)
Issuance of common stock in connection with:
Exercise of options	22	—		687		—		—		687
Restricted share grants, less net settled shares of 55	47	—		(8,907)		—		—		(8,907)



Conversion of convertible senior notes due 2023	—	—		(11)		—		—		(11)
Share-based compensation	—	—		6,083		—		—		6,083
Reclassification of negative additional paid-in capital	—	—		2,647		(2,647)		—		—
Balance at June 30, 2022	34,540	$	345	$	499	$	1,805,485	$	(175,710)	$	1,630,619

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

(Unaudited)


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022
Operating activities
Net income	$	109,942	$	110,749
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash used in operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	19,547		18,095
Amortization of intangible assets	3,599		5,005
Acquisition-related contingent consideration	3,543		133
Provision for expected credit losses	11,188		8,752
Share-based compensation	13,903		12,050
Amortization of debt issuance costs and other	1,296		1,068

Deferred income taxes	(6,571)		2,713

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions:
Accounts receivable, billed and unbilled	(245,999)		(180,737)
Notes receivable	(22,539)		(1,985)
Prepaid expenses and other assets	(6,718)		(810)
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other	(159)		13,854
Income taxes	(13,122)		(14,834)
Accrued compensation	(130,625)		(147,209)
Billings in excess of services provided	(2,485)		4,425
Net cash used in operating activities	(265,200)		(168,731)
Investing activities

Payments for acquisition of businesses, net of cash received	—		(6,698)
Purchases of property and equipment and other	(29,027)		(25,637)


Net cash used in investing activities	(29,027)		(32,335)
Financing activities
Borrowings under revolving line of credit	245,000		165,000

Repayments under revolving line of credit	(220,000)		(165,000)

Purchase and retirement of common stock	(20,982)		(3,098)
Share-based compensation tax withholdings and other	(10,755)		(14,827)
Payments for business acquisition liabilities	(2,660)		(4,161)
Deposits and other	454		4,887

Net cash used in financing activities	(8,943)		(17,199)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	15,021		(20,490)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents	(288,149)		(238,755)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	491,688		494,485
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$	203,539	$	255,730
Supplemental cash flow disclosures
Cash paid for interest	$	4,144	$	4,279
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	$	57,376	$	42,440
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
Issuance of stock units under incentive compensation plans	$	2,274	$	1,664

Business acquisition liabilities not yet paid	$	—	$	5,370
Non-cash additions to property and equipment	$	717	$	3,695

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

FTI Consulting, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(dollar and share amounts in tables in thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of FTI Consulting, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “FTI Consulting”), presented herein, have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (“GAAP”) and under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Some of the information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements have been condensed or omitted pursuant to those rules and regulations. Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation. In management’s opinion, the interim financial statements reflect all adjustments that are necessary for a fair presentation of the results for the interim periods presented. All adjustments made were normal recurring accruals. Results of operations for the interim periods presented herein are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the SEC.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

3. Earnings per Common Share

Basic earnings per common share is calculated by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share adjusts basic earnings per common share for the effects of potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive common shares include the dilutive effects of shares issuable under our equity compensation plans, including stock options and share-based awards (restricted share awards, restricted stock units and performance stock units), each using the treasury stock method.

We use the if-converted method for calculating the potential dilutive effect of the conversion feature of the principal amount of our 2.0% convertible senior notes due 2023 (“2023 Convertible Notes”) on earnings per common share. The conversion feature had a dilutive impact on earnings per common share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, as the average market price per share of our common stock for the periods exceeded the conversion price of $101.38 per share. See Note 8, “Debt” for additional information about the 2023 Convertible Notes.


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Numerator — basic and diluted
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Denominator
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — basic	33,359		33,790		33,331		33,705
Effect of dilutive share-based awards	550		586		562		639
Effect of dilutive stock options	297		331		301		334
Effect of dilutive convertible notes	1,444		1,202		1,372		1,100
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding — diluted	35,650		35,909		35,566		35,778
Earnings per common share — basic	$	1.87	$	1.52	$	3.30	$	3.29
Earnings per common share — diluted	$	1.75	$	1.43	$	3.09	$	3.10
Antidilutive stock options and share-based awards	3		23		6		15

4. Revenues

We generate the majority of our revenues by providing consulting services to our clients. Revenues are recognized when we satisfy a performance obligation by transferring services promised in a contract to a customer and in an amount that reflects the consideration that we expect to receive in exchange for those services. Performance obligations in our contracts represent distinct or separate services that we provide to our customers. If, at the outset of an arrangement, we determine that a contract with enforceable rights and obligations does not exist, revenues are deferred until all criteria for an enforceable contract are met.

Revenues recognized during the current period may include revenues from performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in previous periods. This primarily occurs when the estimated transaction price has changed based on our current probability assessment over whether the agreed-upon outcome for our performance-based and contingent arrangements will be achieved. The aggregate amount of revenues recognized related to a change in the transaction price in the current period, which related to performance obligations satisfied or partially satisfied in a prior period, was $7.8 million and $5.4 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $11.6 million and $13.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

Unfulfilled performance obligations primarily consist of fees not yet recognized on certain fixed-fee arrangements and performance-based and contingent arrangements. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the aggregate amount of the remaining contract transaction price allocated to unfulfilled performance obligations was $6.5 million and $3.6 million, respectively. We expect to recognize the majority of the related revenues over the next 18 months. We elected to utilize the optional exemption to exclude from this disclosure fixed-fee and performance-based and contingent arrangements with an original expected duration of one year or less and to exclude our time and expense arrangements for which revenues are recognized using the right-to-invoice practical expedient.

Contract assets are defined as assets for which we have recorded revenues but are not yet entitled to receive our fees because certain events, such as completion of the measurement period or client approval, must occur. The contract asset balance was immaterial as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Contract liabilities are defined as liabilities incurred when we have received consideration but have not yet performed the agreed-upon services. This may occur when clients pay fees before work begins. The contract liability balance was immaterial as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

5. Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Expected Credit Losses

The following table summarizes the components of “Accounts receivable, net” as presented on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:


	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Accounts receivable:
Billed receivables	$	705,316	$	633,055
Unbilled receivables	483,711		308,873
Allowance for expected credit losses	(50,966)		(45,775)
Accounts receivable, net	$	1,138,061	$	896,153

The following table summarizes the total provision for expected credit losses and write-offs:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Provision for expected credit losses	$	4,176	$	3,894	$	11,188	$	8,752
Write-offs	$	1,665	$	3,249	$	9,553	$	6,040

Our provision for expected credit losses includes recoveries, direct write-offs and charges to other accounts. Billed accounts receivables are written off when the potential for recovery is considered remote.

6. Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill

The table below summarizes the changes in the carrying amount of goodwill by reportable segment:


	Corporate Finance & Restructuring (1)		Forensic and Litigation Consulting (1)		Economic Consulting (1)		Technology (1)		Strategic Communications (2)		Total
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	516,500	$	234,872	$	268,055	$	96,727	$	111,439	$	1,227,593

Foreign currency translation adjustment and other	(282)		1,332		262		63		2,801		4,176
Balance at June 30, 2023	$	516,218	$	236,204	$	268,317	$	96,790	$	114,240	$	1,231,769

(1) There were no accumulated impairment losses for the Corporate Finance & Restructuring (“Corporate Finance”), Forensic and Litigation Consulting (“FLC”), Economic Consulting or Technology segments as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

(2) Amounts for our Strategic Communications segment include gross carrying values of $308.3 million and $305.6 million as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively, and accumulated impairment losses of $194.1 million as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Intangible Assets

Intangible assets were as follows:


	June 30, 2023						December 31, 2022
	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Amount
Amortizing intangible assets
Customer relationships	$	26,836	$	14,939	$	11,897	$	78,223	$	63,810	$	14,413
Trademarks	9,584		6,240		3,344		10,950		5,554		5,396
Acquired software and other	856		456		400		846		241		605
	37,276		21,635		15,641		90,019		69,605		20,414
Non-amortizing intangible assets
Trademarks	5,100		—		5,100		5,100		—		5,100
Total	$	42,376	$	21,635	$	20,741	$	95,119	$	69,605	$	25,514

Intangible assets with finite lives are amortized over their estimated useful lives. We recorded amortization expense of $1.4 million and $3.6 million during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, respectively, and $2.7 million and $5.0 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022, respectively.

We estimate our future amortization expense for our intangible assets with finite lives to be as follows:


Year	As of June 30, 2023 (1)
2023 (remaining)	$	2,563
2024	3,788
2025	2,968
2026	1,742
2027	1,670
Thereafter	2,910
	$	15,641

(1)Actual amortization expense to be reported in future periods could differ from these estimates as a result of new intangible asset acquisitions, impairments, changes in useful lives, or other relevant factors or changes.

7. Financial Instruments

The following tables present the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our financial instruments by hierarchy level as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022:


	June 30, 2023
			Hierarchy Level (Fair Value)
	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Liabilities
Acquisition-related contingent consideration (1)	$	12,983	$	—	$	—	$	12,983
2023 Convertible Notes (2)	315,548		—		596,402		—
Total	$	328,531	$	—	$	596,402	$	12,983


	December 31, 2022
			Hierarchy Level (Fair Value)
	Carrying Amount		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Liabilities
Acquisition-related contingent consideration (1)	$	14,988	$	—	$	—	$	14,988
2023 Convertible Notes (2)	315,172		—		509,682		—
Total	$	330,160	$	—	$	509,682	$	14,988

(1)The short-term portion is included in “Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other” and the long-term portion is included in “Other liabilities” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

(2)The carrying amount includes unamortized deferred debt issuance costs.

The fair values of financial instruments not included in the tables above are estimated to be equal to their carrying values as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

We estimate the fair value of our 2023 Convertible Notes based on their last actively traded prices. The fair value of our 2023 Convertible Notes is classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because it is traded in less active markets.

We estimate the fair value of acquisition-related contingent consideration using either a probability-weighted discounted cash flow model or a Monte Carlo pricing model. These fair value estimates represent Level 3 measurements as they are based on significant inputs not observed in the market and reflect our own assumptions. Significant increases (or decreases) in these unobservable inputs in isolation would result in significantly lower (or higher) fair values. We reassess the fair value of our acquisition-related contingent consideration at each reporting period based on additional information as it becomes available.

The change in our liability for our Level 3 financial instruments is as follows:


	Contingent Consideration
Balance at December 31, 2022	$	14,988

Accretion expense (1)	$	1,284
Payments	(3,430)

Foreign currency translation adjustment (2)	238
Balance at March 31, 2023	$	13,080

Accretion expense (1)	2,259
Payments	(2,423)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (2)	67

Balance at June 30, 2023	$	12,983


	Contingent Consideration
Balance at December 31, 2021	$	15,110
Additions	$	5,370
Accretion expense (1)	(979)
Payments	(4,430)

Foreign currency translation adjustment (2)	(115)
Balance at March 31, 2022	$	14,956

Accretion expense (1)	1,112
Payments	(2,240)
Foreign currency translation adjustment (2)	(465)

Balance at June 30, 2022	$	13,363

(1)Accretion expense is included in SG&A expenses on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

(2)Foreign currency translation adjustments are included in “Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income.

8. Debt

The table below presents the components of the Company’s debt:


	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
2023 Convertible Notes	$	315,757	$	316,219
Credit Facility	25,000		—
Total debt	340,757		316,219

Less: deferred debt issuance costs	(209)		(1,047)
Long-term debt, net (1)	$	340,548	$	315,172

(1)There were no current portions of long-term debt as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022. The 2023 Convertible Notes due on August 15, 2023 are classified as long-term debt as of June 30, 2023 because we have the ability and intent to refinance the outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Convertible Notes on a long-term basis utilizing borrowings under our Credit Facility, which matures on November 21, 2027.

2023 Convertible Notes

On August 20, 2018, we issued the 2023 Convertible Notes in an aggregate principal amount of $316.3 million. The 2023 Convertible Notes bear interest at a fixed rate of 2.0% per year, payable semiannually in arrears on February 15 and August 15 of each year. The 2023 Convertible Notes will mature on August 15, 2023, unless earlier converted or repurchased. The 2023 Convertible Notes are currently convertible through the close of business on August 14, 2023 at a conversion rate of

9.8643 shares of our common stock per $1,000 principal amount of the 2023 Convertible Notes (equivalent to a conversion price of approximately $101.38 per share of common stock). Upon conversion, the principal amount of the 2023 Convertible Notes being converted is required to be paid in cash. We have elected to settle the premium, if any, due upon conversion, in shares of FTI Consulting’s common stock. The 2023 Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company. Based on the Company’s stock price on June 30, 2023, the if-converted value of the 2023 Convertible Notes exceeded the principal amount by $276.7 million.

The 2023 Convertible Notes were convertible in each of the quarters ended September 30, 2021 through June 30, 2023. The number of conversions in each quarter was immaterial.

We may not redeem the 2023 Convertible Notes prior to the maturity date. If we undergo a fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture), subject to certain conditions, holders may require us to repurchase for cash all or part of their 2023 Convertible Notes in principal amounts of $1,000 or a multiple thereof. The fundamental change repurchase price will be equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2023 Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date. In addition, in certain circumstances, we may be required to increase the conversion rate for any 2023 Convertible Notes converted in connection with a make-whole fundamental change (as defined in the Indenture).

Contractual interest expense for the 2023 Convertible Notes was $1.6 million and $3.2 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

Credit Facility

In November 2022, we amended and restated our credit agreement for our senior secured bank revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”), to, among other things, (i) extend the maturity to November 21, 2027, (ii) increase the revolving line of credit limit from $550.0 million to $900.0 million and (iii) increase the incremental facility from $150.0 million to a maximum of $300.0 million, subject to certain conditions, and incurred an additional $4.0 million of debt issuance costs. The Credit Facility is guaranteed by substantially all of our wholly owned domestic subsidiaries and is secured by a first priority security interest in substantially all of the assets of FTI Consulting and such domestic subsidiaries.

Borrowings under the Credit Facility bear interest at a rate equal to, in the case of: (i) U.S. Dollars (“USD”), at our option, Adjusted Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”) or Adjusted Daily Simple SOFR, (ii) euro, Euro Interbank Offered Rate, (iii) British pound, Sterling Overnight Index Average Reference Rate, (iv) Australian dollars, Bank Bill Swap Reference Bid Rate, (v) Canadian dollars, Canadian Dollar Offered Rate, (vi) Swiss franc, Swiss Average Rate Overnight and (vii) Japanese yen, Tokyo Interbank Offered Rate, in each case, plus an applicable margin that will fluctuate between 1.25% per annum and 2.00% per annum based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the Credit Facility) at such time or, in the case of USD borrowings, an alternative base rate plus an applicable margin that will fluctuate between 0.25% per annum and 1.00% per annum based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio at such time. The alternative base rate is a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (1) the federal funds rate plus the sum of 50 basis points, (2) the rate of interest in effect for such day as the prime rate announced by Bank of America, and (3) the one-month Term SOFR plus 100 basis points.

Under the Credit Facility, we are required to pay a commitment fee rate that fluctuates between 0.20% and 0.35% per annum and a letter of credit fee rate that fluctuates between 1.25% and 2.00% per annum, in each case, based upon the Company’s Consolidated Total Net Leverage Ratio.

The Company classified the borrowings under the Credit Facility as long-term debt in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, as amounts due under the Credit Facility are not contractually required or expected to be liquidated for more than one year from the applicable balance sheet date. As of June 30, 2023, $0.4 million of the borrowing limit under the Credit Facility was utilized (and, therefore, unavailable) for letters of credit.

There were $3.9 million and $4.3 million of unamortized debt issuance costs related to the Credit Facility as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. These amounts are included in “Other assets” on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

9. Leases

We lease office space and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases. We recognize operating lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term, which may include renewal or termination options that are reasonably certain of exercise. Most leases include one or more options to renew, with renewal terms that can extend the lease term up to seven years. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion. Certain of our lease agreements include rental payments that are

adjusted periodically for inflation. Our lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

The table below summarizes the carrying amount of our operating lease assets and liabilities:


Leases	Classification	June 30, 2023		December 31, 2022
Assets
Operating lease assets	Operating lease assets	$	206,819	$	203,764
Total lease assets		$	206,819	$	203,764
Liabilities
Current
Operating lease liabilities	Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other	$	31,042	$	31,922
Noncurrent
Operating lease liabilities	Noncurrent operating lease liabilities	223,403		221,604
Total lease liabilities		$	254,445	$	253,526

The table below summarizes total lease costs:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Lease Cost	2023		2022		2023		2022
Operating lease costs	$	12,965	$	12,092	$	25,948	$	24,453
Short-term lease costs	708		727		1,400		1,132
Variable lease costs	3,305		2,749		6,416		5,977
Sublease income	(320)		(196)		(638)		(386)
Total lease cost, net	$	16,658	$	15,372	$	33,126	$	31,176

The maturity analysis below summarizes the remaining future undiscounted cash flows for our operating leases and includes a reconciliation to operating lease liabilities reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:


	As of June 30, 2023
2023 (remaining)	$	24,491
2024	51,048
2025	42,832
2026	38,566
2027	38,205
Thereafter	128,717
Total future lease payments	323,859
Less: imputed interest	(69,414)
Total	$	254,445

The table below includes cash paid for our operating lease liabilities, other non-cash information, our weighted average remaining lease term and weighted average discount rate:


	Six Months Ended June 30,
		2023			2022
Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of operating lease liabilities		$	28,039		$	24,831

Operating lease assets obtained in exchange for lease liabilities		$	19,671		$	5,756

Weighted average remaining lease term (years)
Operating leases		8.1			8.9

Weighted average discount rate
Operating leases		5.7		%	5.4		%

10. Commitments and Contingencies

We are subject to legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, we believe we have adequate legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to the eventuality of such actions. We are not aware of any asserted or unasserted legal proceedings or claims that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of our operations.

11. Share-Based Compensation

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we granted 63,741 restricted share awards, 91,434 restricted stock units and 79,682 performance stock units under the FTI Consulting, Inc. 2017 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan, our employee equity compensation plan. Our performance stock units are presented at the maximum potential payout percentage of 150% of target shares granted. These awards are recorded as equity on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, 830 shares of restricted stock, 1,609 restricted stock units and no stock options were forfeited prior to the completion of the applicable vesting requirements. Additionally, 7,815 performance stock units were forfeited during the six months ended June 30, 2023 as the award targets were not achieved.

Total share-based compensation expense, net of forfeitures is detailed in the following table:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
Income Statement Classification	2023		2022		2023		2022
Direct cost of revenues	$	4,562	$	3,977	$	9,261	$	7,946
Selling, general and administrative expenses	3,863		4,146		8,907		7,223

Total share-based compensation expense	$	8,425	$	8,123	$	18,168	$	15,169

12. Stockholders’ Equity

On June 2, 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $100.0 million (the “Repurchase Program”). On each of May 18, 2017, December 1, 2017, February 21, 2019 and February 20, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $100.0 million. On each of July 28, 2020 and December 3, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $200.0 million. On December 1, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $400.0 million, increasing the Repurchase Program to an aggregate authorization of $1.3 billion. No time limit has been established for the completion of the Repurchase Program, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, discontinued or replaced by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice. As of June 30, 2023, we had $460.7 million available under the Repurchase Program to repurchase additional shares.

The following table details our stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Shares of common stock repurchased and retired	—		—		112		22
Average price paid per share	$	—	$	—	$	158.70	$	143.36
Total cost	$	—	$	—	$	17,797	$	3,098

As we repurchase our common shares, we reduce stated capital on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the $0.01 of par value of the shares repurchased, with the excess purchase price over par value recorded as a reduction to additional paid-in capital. If additional paid-in capital is reduced to zero, we record the remainder of the excess purchase price over par value as a reduction of retained earnings.

Common stock outstanding was approximately 34.0 million shares as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively. Common stock outstanding includes unvested restricted stock awards, which are considered issued and outstanding under the terms of the restricted stock award agreements.

13. Segment Reporting

We manage our business in five reportable segments: Corporate Finance, FLC, Economic Consulting, Technology and Strategic Communications.

Our Corporate Finance segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial, transactional and capital needs of our clients around the world. Our clients include companies, boards of directors, investors, private equity sponsors, lenders, and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Business Transformation & Strategy, Transactions and Turnaround & Restructuring.

Our FLC segment provides law firms, companies, boards of directors, government entities, private equity firms and other interested parties with a multidisciplinary and independent range of services in risk and investigations and disputes, including cybersecurity, and a focus on highly regulated industries such as our Construction & Environmental Solutions and Health Solutions services. These services are supported by our data & analytics technology-enabled solutions, which help our clients analyze large, disparate sets of data related to their business operations and support our clients during regulatory inquiries and commercial disputes. We deliver a wide range of services centered around five core offerings: Construction & Environmental Solutions, Data & Analytics, Disputes, Health Solutions and Risk and Investigations.

Our Economic Consulting segment, including subsidiary Compass Lexecon LLC, provides law firms, companies, government entities and other interested parties with analyses of complex economic issues for use in international arbitration, legal and regulatory proceedings, and strategic decision making and public policy debates around the world. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Antitrust & Competition Economics, Financial Economics and International Arbitration.

Our Technology segment provides companies, law firms, private equity firms and government entities with a comprehensive global portfolio of digital insights and risk management consulting services. Our professionals help organizations better address risk as the growing volume and variety of enterprise data intersects with legal, regulatory and compliance needs. We deliver a wide range of expert solutions driven by investigations, litigation, mergers & acquisitions, antitrust and competition, and compliance and risk through three core offerings: Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security services.

Our Strategic Communications segment develops and executes communications strategies to help management teams, boards of directors, law firms, governments and regulators manage change and mitigate risk surrounding transformational and disruptive events, including transactions, investigations, disputes, crises, regulation and legislation. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Corporate Reputation, Financial Communications and Public Affairs.

We evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on Adjusted Segment EBITDA, a GAAP financial measure. We define Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a segment’s share of consolidated operating income before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges and goodwill impairment charges. We define Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. We use Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a basis to internally evaluate the financial performance of our segments because we believe it reflects current core operating performance and provides an indicator of the segment’s ability to generate cash.

The table below presents revenues and Adjusted Segment EBITDA for our reportable segments:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Revenues
Corporate Finance	$	300,449	$	277,067	$	600,436	$	530,396
FLC	182,223		164,248		355,627		318,144
Economic Consulting	201,822		164,041		371,417		330,018
Technology	97,444		77,782		188,062		158,266
Strategic Communications	82,653		71,854		155,755		141,788
Total revenues	$	864,591	$	754,992	$	1,671,297	$	1,478,612
Adjusted Segment EBITDA
Corporate Finance	$	50,028	$	54,950	$	105,048	$	108,490
FLC	21,080		16,707		39,691		33,964
Economic Consulting	35,523		21,646		49,716		42,841
Technology	20,087		8,365		35,453		21,728
Strategic Communications	12,263		11,472		21,819		27,185
Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	138,981	$	113,140	$	251,727	$	234,208

The table below reconciles net income to Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Add back:
Income tax provision	22,708		13,353		37,682		30,320
Interest income and other	584		(2,994)		1,926		(2,647)
Interest expense	3,022		2,448		5,961		5,090

Unallocated corporate expenses	39,026		37,716		73,761		69,055
Segment depreciation expense	9,829		8,452		18,856		16,636
Amortization of intangible assets	1,417		2,737		3,599		5,005


Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	138,981	$	113,140	$	251,727	$	234,208


Item 2.			Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following is a discussion and analysis of our consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity and capital resources for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, and significant factors that could affect our prospective financial condition and results of operations. This discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes and with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the United States (“U.S.”) Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition to historical information, the following discussion includes forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, such as our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements contained herein are reasonable, these expectations or any of the forward-looking statements could prove to be incorrect, and actual results could differ materially from those projected or assumed in the forward-looking statements.

BUSINESS OVERVIEW

FTI Consulting, Inc., including its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company,” “we,” “our” or “FTI Consulting”), is a global business advisory firm dedicated to helping organizations manage change, mitigate risk and resolve disputes: financial, legal, operational, political & regulatory, reputational and transactional. Individually, each of our segments and practices is staffed with experts recognized for the depth of their knowledge and a track record of making an impact. Collectively, FTI Consulting offers a comprehensive suite of services designed to assist clients across the business cycle, from proactive risk management to rapid response to unexpected events and dynamic environments.

We report financial results for the following five reportable segments:

Our Corporate Finance & Restructuring (“Corporate Finance”) segment focuses on the strategic, operational, financial, transactional and capital needs of our clients around the world. Our clients include companies, boards of directors, investors, private equity sponsors, lenders, and other financing sources and creditor groups, as well as other parties-in-interest. We deliver a wide range of services centered around three core offerings: Business Transformation & Strategy, Transactions and Turnaround & Restructuring.

Our Forensic and Litigation Consulting (“FLC”) segment provides law firms, companies, boards of directors, government entities, private equity firms and other interested parties with a multidisciplinary and independent range of services in risk and investigations and disputes, including cybersecurity, and a focus on highly regulated industries such as our Construction & Environmental Solutions and Health Solutions services. These services are supported by our data & analytics technology-enabled solutions, which help our clients analyze large, disparate sets of data related to their business operations and support our clients during regulatory inquiries and commercial disputes. We deliver a wide range of services centered around five core offerings: Construction & Environmental Solutions, Data & Analytics, Disputes, Health Solutions and Risk and Investigations.

Our Technology segment provides companies, law firms, private equity firms and government entities with a comprehensive global portfolio of digital insights and risk management consulting services. Our professionals help organizations better address risk as the growing volume and variety of enterprise data intersects with legal, regulatory and compliance needs. We deliver a wide range of expert solutions driven by investigations, litigation, mergers & acquisitions (“M&A”), antitrust and competition, and compliance and risk through three core offerings: Corporate Legal Department Consulting, E-discovery Services and Expertise, and Information Governance, Privacy & Security services.

We derive substantially all of our revenues from providing professional services to both U.S. and global clients. Most of our services are rendered under time and expense contract arrangements, which require the client to pay us based on the number of hours worked at contractually agreed-upon rates. Under this arrangement, we typically bill our clients for reimbursable expenses, including those relating to travel, out-of-pocket expenses, outside consultants and other outside service costs. Certain

contracts are rendered under fixed-fee arrangements, which require the client to pay a fixed fee in exchange for a predetermined set of professional services. Fixed-fee arrangements may require certain clients to pay us a recurring retainer. Our contract arrangements may also contain success fees or performance-based arrangements in which our fees are based on the attainment of contractually defined objectives with our client. This type of success fee may supplement a time and expense or fixed-fee arrangement. Success fee revenues may cause variations in our revenues and operating results due to the timing of when achieving the performance-based criteria becomes probable. Seasonal factors, such as the timing of our employees’ and clients’ vacations and holidays, may impact the timing of our revenues across our segments.

In our Technology segment, certain clients are billed based on the amount of data storage used or the volume of information processed. Unit-based revenues are defined as revenues billed on a per item, per page or another unit-based method and include revenues from data processing and hosting. Unit-based revenues include revenues associated with the software products that are made available to customers via a web browser (“on-demand”). On-demand revenues are charged on a unit or monthly basis and include, but are not limited to, processing and review related functions.

Our financial results are primarily driven by:

•the number, size and type of engagements we secure;

•the rate per hour or fixed charges we charge our clients for services;

•the utilization rates of the revenue-generating professionals we employ;

•the timing of revenue recognition related to revenues subject to certain performance-based contingencies;

•the number of revenue-generating professionals;

•the types of assignments we are working on at different times;

•the length of the billing and collection cycles; and

•the geographic locations of our clients or locations in which services are rendered.

We define acquisition growth as revenues of acquired companies in the first 12 months following the effective date of an acquisition. When significant, we identify the impact of acquisition-related revenue growth.

When significant, we identify the estimated impact of foreign currency (“FX”) driven by our businesses with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar (“USD”). The estimated impact of FX on the period-to-period performance results is calculated as the difference between the prior period results, multiplied by the average FX exchange rates to USD in the current period and the prior period results, multiplied by the average FX exchange rates to USD in the prior period.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In the accompanying analysis of financial information, we sometimes use information derived from consolidated and segment financial information that may not be presented in our financial statements or prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“GAAP”). Certain of these financial measures are considered not in conformity with GAAP (“non-GAAP financial measures”) under the SEC rules. Specifically, we have referred to the following non-GAAP financial measures:

•Total Segment Operating Income

•Adjusted EBITDA

•Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

•Adjusted EBITDA Margin

•Adjusted Net Income

•Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share

•Free Cash Flow

We have included the definitions of Segment Operating Income and Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which are GAAP financial measures, below in order to more fully define the components of certain non-GAAP financial measures in the

accompanying analysis of financial information. As described in Note 13, “Segment Reporting” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we evaluate the performance of our operating segments based on Adjusted Segment EBITDA, and Segment Operating Income is a component of the definition of Adjusted Segment EBITDA.

We define Segment Operating Income as a segment’s share of consolidated operating income. We define Total Segment Operating Income, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Segment Operating Income for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. We use Segment Operating Income for the purpose of calculating Adjusted Segment EBITDA. We define Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a segment’s share of consolidated operating income before depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges and goodwill impairment charges. We use Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a basis to internally evaluate the financial performance of our segments because we believe it reflects current core operating performance and provides an indicator of the segment’s ability to generate cash.

We define Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as the total of Adjusted Segment EBITDA for all segments, which excludes unallocated corporate expenses. We define Adjusted EBITDA, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as consolidated net income before income tax provision, other non-operating income (expense), depreciation, amortization of intangible assets, remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges, goodwill impairment charges, gain or loss on sale of a business and losses on early extinguishment of debt. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with our GAAP financial results and GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with a more complete understanding of our operating results, including underlying trends. In addition, EBITDA is a common alternative measure of operating performance used by many of our competitors. It is used by investors, financial analysts, rating agencies and others to value and compare the financial performance of companies in our industry. Therefore, we also believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, considered along with corresponding GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with additional information for comparison of our operating results with the operating results of other companies. We define Adjusted EBITDA Margin, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as Adjusted EBITDA as a percentage of total revenues.

We define Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per Diluted Share (“Adjusted EPS”), which are non-GAAP financial measures, as net income and earnings per diluted share (“EPS”), respectively, excluding the impact of remeasurement of acquisition-related contingent consideration, special charges, goodwill impairment charges, losses on early extinguishment of debt, non-cash interest expense on convertible notes and the gain or loss on sale of a business. We use Adjusted Net Income for the purpose of calculating Adjusted EPS. Management uses Adjusted EPS to assess total Company operating performance on a consistent basis. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures, when considered together with our GAAP financial results and GAAP financial measures, provide management and investors with an additional understanding of our business operating results, including underlying trends.

We define Free Cash Flow, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, as net cash provided by (used in) operating activities less cash payments for purchases of property and equipment. We believe this non-GAAP financial measure, when considered together with our GAAP financial results, provides management and investors with an additional understanding of the Company’s ability to generate cash for ongoing business operations and other capital deployment.

Non-GAAP financial measures are not defined in the same manner by all companies and may not be comparable with other similarly titled measures of other companies. Non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in addition to, but not as a substitute for or superior to, the information contained in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income and Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures are included elsewhere in this report.

EXECUTIVE HIGHLIGHTS


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)				(dollar amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues	$	864,591	$	754,992	$	1,671,297	$	1,478,612

Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Adjusted EBITDA	$	100,230	$	76,160	$	178,657	$	166,612
Earnings per common share — diluted	$	1.75	$	1.43	$	3.09	$	3.10
Adjusted earnings per common share — diluted	$	1.75	$	1.43	$	3.09	$	3.10
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(10,994)	$	35,047	$	(265,200)	$	(168,731)
Total number of employees	7,853		7,048		7,853		7,048

Second Quarter 2023 Executive Highlights

Revenues

Revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $109.6 million, or 14.5%, to $864.6 million, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022, primarily due to higher demand across all our business segments.

Net income

Net income for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $11.0 million, or 21.3%, to $62.4 million, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in net income was primarily due to higher revenues, which was partially offset by increased direct compensation expenses, which included the impact of an 11.3% increase in billable headcount, and higher selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses, which included the impact of an 11.8% increase in non-billable headcount, a higher effective tax rate and an FX remeasurement loss compared to a gain in the same quarter in the prior year.

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $24.1 million, or 31.6%, to $100.2 million, compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022. Adjusted EBITDA Margin of 11.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 10.1% for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was due to higher revenues, which was partially offset by higher direct compensation expenses, which included the impact of an 11.3% increase in billable headcount, and an increase in SG&A expenses, which included the impact of an 11.8% increase in non-billable headcount, compared to the same quarter in the prior year.

EPS and Adjusted EPS

EPS for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.32 to $1.75 compared to $1.43 for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in EPS was primarily due to higher net income as described above.

Adjusted EPS was equal to EPS for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Liquidity and Capital Allocation

Net cash used in operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $46.0 million to $11.0 million, compared to net cash provided by operating activities of $35.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to an increase in salaries largely related to headcount growth, higher operating expenses and income tax payments, which was partially offset by an increase in cash collected resulting from higher revenues compared to the same quarter in the prior year. Days sales outstanding (“DSO”) was 111 days at June 30, 2023 compared to 102 days at June 30, 2022. The increase in DSO was primarily due to cash collections that have not kept pace with higher revenues, as well as the transition of billing activities to our new enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system.

Free Cash Flow was an outflow of $22.0 million and inflow of $22.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The decrease in Free Cash Flow for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was primarily due to higher net cash used in operating activities, as described above.

Headcount

The following table includes the net headcount additions (reductions) by segment and in total for the six months ended June 30, 2023.


	Billable Headcount
		Corporate Finance	FLC	Economic Consulting	Technology	Strategic Communications	Total	Non-Billable Headcount	Total Headcount
December 31, 2022		1,946	1,584	1,007	556	970	6,063	1,572	7,635
Additions (reductions), net		56	(7)	24	25	25	123	36	159
March 31, 2023		2,002	1,577	1,031	581	995	6,186	1,608	7,794
Additions (reductions), net		41	(9)	8	8	(3)	45	14	59
June 30, 2023		2,043	1,568	1,039	589	992	6,231	1,622	7,853
Percentage change in headcount from December 31, 2022		5.0%	(1.0)%	3.2%	5.9%	2.3%	2.8%	3.2%	2.9%

CONSOLIDATED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Segment and Consolidated Operating Results:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(in thousands, except per share data)				(in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues
Corporate Finance	$	300,449	$	277,067	$	600,436	$	530,396
FLC	182,223		164,248		355,627		318,144
Economic Consulting	201,822		164,041		371,417		330,018
Technology	97,444		77,782		188,062		158,266
Strategic Communications	82,653		71,854		155,755		141,788
Total revenues	$	864,591	$	754,992	$	1,671,297	$	1,478,612
Segment operating income
Corporate Finance	$	46,727	$	50,935	$	97,943	$	100,989
FLC	19,274		15,014		36,322		30,556
Economic Consulting	34,024		20,439		46,724		40,382
Technology	16,432		4,930		28,322		15,173
Strategic Communications	11,278		10,633		19,961		25,467
Total segment operating income	127,735		101,951		229,272		212,567
Unallocated corporate expenses	(39,026)		(37,716)		(73,761)		(69,055)
Operating income	88,709		64,235		155,511		143,512
Other income (expense)
Interest income and other	(584)		2,994		(1,926)		2,647
Interest expense	(3,022)		(2,448)		(5,961)		(5,090)

	(3,606)		546		(7,887)		(2,443)
Income before income tax provision	85,103		64,781		147,624		141,069
Income tax provision	22,708		13,353		37,682		30,320
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Earnings per common share — basic	$	1.87	$	1.52	$	3.30	$	3.29
Earnings per common share — diluted	$	1.75	$	1.43	$	3.09	$	3.10

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Add back:
Income tax provision	22,708		13,353		37,682		30,320
Interest income and other	584		(2,994)		1,926		(2,647)
Interest expense	3,022		2,448		5,961		5,090

Depreciation and amortization	10,104		9,188		19,547		18,095
Amortization of intangible assets	1,417		2,737		3,599		5,005


Adjusted EBITDA	$	100,230	$	76,160	$	178,657	$	166,612

Reconciliation of Net Income and EPS to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS:

Net Income and EPS were equal to Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EPS, respectively, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022.

Reconciliation of Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities to Free Cash Flow:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities	$	(10,994)	$	35,047	$	(265,200)	$	(168,731)
Purchases of property and equipment	(11,052)		(13,028)		(29,085)		(25,635)
Free Cash Flow	$	(22,046)	$	22,019	$	(294,285)	$	(194,366)

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues and operating income

See “Segment Results” for an expanded discussion of revenues, gross profit and SG&A expenses.

Unallocated corporate expenses

Unallocated corporate expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $1.3 million, or 3.5%, to $39.0 million compared with $37.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher compensation expenses.

Interest income and other

Interest income and other, which includes FX gains and losses, decreased $3.6 million to a $0.6 million loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with a $3.0 million gain for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The decline was primarily due to a $2.4 million FX loss for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to a $1.9 million FX gain for the three months ended June 30, 2022, which was partially offset by a $0.8 million increase in interest income.

FX gains and losses, both realized and unrealized, relate to the remeasurement or settlement of monetary assets and liabilities that are denominated in a currency other than an entity’s functional currency. These monetary assets and liabilities include cash, as well as third-party and intercompany receivables and payables.

Interest expense

Interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.6 million to $3.0 million compared to $2.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher interest rates on increased borrowings, as well as higher commitment fees due to an increased line of credit limit on our senior secured bank revolving credit facility (“Credit Facility”).

Income tax provision

Our income tax provision increased $9.4 million, or 70.1%, to $22.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $13.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. Our effective tax rate of 26.7% for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 20.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in the income tax provision was due to an increase in income before income tax and an increase in the effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was unfavorably impacted by a less favorable tax benefit related to share-based compensation as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2022 due to fewer shares vesting and an increase in foreign taxes, which was partially offset by a foreign tax credit benefit.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues and operating income

See “Segment Results” for an expanded discussion of revenues, gross profit and SG&A expenses.

Unallocated corporate expenses

Unallocated corporate expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2023 increased $4.7 million, or 6.8%, to $73.8 million compared with $69.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher compensation expenses, which was partially offset by higher infrastructure support expenses that were not previously allocated to the segments.

Interest income and other

Interest income and other, which includes FX gains and losses, decreased $4.6 million to a $1.9 million loss for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with a $2.6 million gain for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily due to a $6.7 million FX loss for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to a $0.8 million FX gain for the six months ended June 30, 2022, which was partially offset by a $3.0 million increase in interest income.

Interest expense

Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 increased $0.9 million to $6.0 million compared to $5.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily due to higher commitment fees due to an increased line of credit limit, as well as higher interest rates on borrowings under our Credit Facility.

Income tax provision

Our income tax provision increased $7.4 million, or 24.3%, to $37.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to $30.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. Our effective tax rate of 25.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to 21.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in the income tax provision was due to an increase in income before income tax and an increase in the effective tax rate. The effective tax rate for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was unfavorably impacted by a less favorable tax benefit related to share-based compensation as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2022 due to fewer shares vesting and an increase in foreign taxes, which was partially offset by a foreign tax credit benefit.

SEGMENT RESULTS

Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA

We evaluate the performance of each of our operating segments based on Adjusted Segment EBITDA, which is a GAAP financial measure. The following table reconciles net income to Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022:


	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022		2023		2022

	(in thousands)				(in thousands)
Net income	$	62,395	$	51,428	$	109,942	$	110,749
Add back:
Income tax provision	22,708		13,353		37,682		30,320
Interest income and other	584		(2,994)		1,926		(2,647)
Interest expense	3,022		2,448		5,961		5,090

Unallocated corporate expenses	39,026		37,716		73,761		69,055
Total segment operating income	127,735		101,951		229,272		212,567
Add back:
Segment depreciation expense	9,829		8,452		18,856		16,636
Amortization of intangible assets	1,417		2,737		3,599		5,005


Total Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	138,981	$	113,140	$	251,727	$	234,208

Other Segment Operating Data


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end):
Corporate Finance	2,043			1,769			2,043			1,769
FLC	1,568			1,509			1,568			1,509
Economic Consulting	1,039			935			1,039			935
Technology (1)	589			507			589			507
Strategic Communications	992			877			992			877
Total revenue-generating professionals	6,231			5,597			6,231			5,597
Utilization rates of billable professionals: (2)
Corporate Finance	59		%	62		%	60		%	62		%
FLC	57		%	56		%	56		%	56		%
Economic Consulting	69		%	70		%	68		%	71		%
Average billable rate per hour: (3)
Corporate Finance	$	488		$	471		$	483		$	458
FLC	$	386		$	360		$	384		$	357
Economic Consulting	$	557		$	477		$	520		$	476

(1)The number of revenue-generating professionals for the Technology segment excludes as-needed professionals, who we employ based on demand for the segment’s services. We employed an average of 630 as-needed employees during the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 600 as-needed employees during the three months ended June 30, 2022.

(2)We calculate the utilization rate for our billable professionals by dividing the number of hours that all of our billable professionals worked on client assignments during a period by the total available working hours for all of our billable professionals during the same period. Available hours are determined by the standard hours worked by each employee, adjusted for part-time hours, U.S. standard work weeks and local country holidays. Available working hours include vacation and professional training days, but exclude holidays. Utilization rates are presented for our segments that primarily bill clients on an hourly basis. We have not presented utilization rates for our Technology and Strategic Communications segments as most of the revenues of these segments are not generated on an hourly basis.

(3)For engagements where revenues are based on number of hours worked by our billable professionals and fixed-fee arrangements, average billable rate per hour is calculated by dividing revenues (excluding revenues from success fees, pass-through revenues and outside consultants) for a period by the number of hours worked on client assignments during the same period. We have not presented average billable rates per hour for our Technology and Strategic Communications segments as most of the revenues of these segments are not based on billable hours.

CORPORATE FINANCE & RESTRUCTURING


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022

	(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)						(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)
Revenues	$	300,449		$	277,067		$	600,436		$	530,396
Percentage change in revenues from prior year	8.4		%	20.0		%	13.2		%	16.0		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	204,922			181,221			402,750			347,467
Selling, general and administrative expenses	47,690			42,604			96,721			77,813

Amortization of intangible assets	1,110			2,307			3,022			4,127
	253,722			226,132			502,493			429,407
Segment operating income	46,727			50,935			97,943			100,989
Percentage change in segment operating income from prior year	-8.3		%	27.0		%	-3.0		%	35.7		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets	3,301			4,015			7,105			7,501


Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	50,028		$	54,950		$	105,048		$	108,490
Gross profit (1)	$	95,527		$	95,846		$	197,686		$	182,929
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year	-0.3		%	32.4		%	8.1		%	31.1		%
Gross profit margin (2)	31.8		%	34.6		%	32.9		%	34.5		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues	16.7		%	19.8		%	17.5		%	20.5		%
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end)	2,043			1,769			2,043			1,769
Percentage change in number of revenue-generating professionals from prior year	15.5		%	8.4		%	15.5		%	8.4		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals	59		%	62		%	60		%	62		%
Average billable rate per hour	$	488		$	471		$	483		$	458

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $23.4 million, or 8.4%, to $300.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to higher realized bill rates and demand for our restructuring services, and increased demand for business transformation services, which was partially offset by lower demand for transaction services.

Gross profit decreased $0.3 million, or 0.3%, to $95.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin decreased 2.8 percentage points for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included the impact of a 15.5% increase in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses increased $5.1 million, or 11.9%, to $47.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 15.9% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 15.4% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher infrastructure support and acquisition-related contingent consideration expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $70.0 million, or 13.2%, to $600.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 1.0% estimated negative impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $75.1 million, or 14.2%, primarily due to higher realized bill rates and demand for our restructuring services and increased demand for business transformation services, which was partially offset by lower demand for our transaction services, as well as a decrease in success fees.

Gross profit increased $14.8 million, or 8.1%, to $197.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin decreased 1.6 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included the impact of a 15.5% increase in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses increased $18.9 million, or 24.3%, to $96.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 16.1% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 14.7% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher infrastructure support, business development, acquisition-related contingent consideration, and other general and administrative expenses.

FORENSIC AND LITIGATION CONSULTING


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022

	(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)						(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)
Revenues	$	182,223		$	164,248		$	355,627		$	318,144
Percentage change in revenues from prior year	10.9		%	9.0		%	11.8		%	5.5		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	127,258			117,551			249,319			228,029
Selling, general and administrative expenses	35,468			31,438			69,579			59,066


Amortization of intangible assets	223			245			407			493
	162,949			149,234			319,305			287,588
Segment operating income	19,274			15,014			36,322			30,556
Percentage change in segment operating income from prior year	28.4		%	-9.0		%	18.9		%	-31.3		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets	1,806			1,693			3,369			3,408

Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	21,080		$	16,707		$	39,691		$	33,964
Gross profit (1)	$	54,965		$	46,697		$	106,308		$	90,115
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year	17.7		%	10.8		%	18.0		%	-3.8		%
Gross profit margin (2)	30.2		%	28.4		%	29.9		%	28.3		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues	11.6		%	10.2		%	11.2		%	10.7		%
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end)	1,568			1,509			1,568			1,509
Percentage change in number of revenue-generating professionals from prior year	3.9		%	7.9		%	3.9		%	7.9		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals	57		%	56		%	56		%	56		%
Average billable rate per hour	$	386		$	360		$	384		$	357

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $18.0 million, or 10.9%, to $182.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to higher demand and realized bill rates for our investigations and data & analytics services.

Gross profit increased $8.3 million, or 17.7%, to $55.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 1.8 percentage points for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to a 1 percentage point increase in utilization, which was partially offset by higher contractor costs on several health solutions engagements.

SG&A expenses increased $4.0 million, or 12.8%, to $35.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 19.5% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 19.1% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, compensation and bad debt expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $37.5 million, or 11.8%, to $355.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 1.0% estimated negative impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $40.7 million, or 12.8%, primarily due to higher demand and realized bill rates for our investigations and data & analytics services.

Gross profit increased $16.2 million, or 18.0%, to $106.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 1.6 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher realized pricing across all services and lower compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which was partially offset by higher contractor costs on several health solutions engagements.

SG&A expenses increased $10.5 million, or 17.8%, to $69.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 19.6% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 18.6% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, compensation, bad debt, and travel and entertainment expenses.

ECONOMIC CONSULTING


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022

	(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)						(dollars in thousands, except rate per hour)
Revenues	$	201,822		$	164,041		$	371,417		$	330,018
Percentage change in revenues from prior year	23.0		%	-10.5		%	12.5		%	-6.4		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	142,278			122,006			274,124			246,476
Selling, general and administrative expenses	25,520			21,596			50,569			43,160


	167,798			143,602			324,693			289,636
Segment operating income	34,024			20,439			46,724			40,382
Percentage change in segment operating income from prior year	66.5		%	-30.0		%	15.7		%	-25.8		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization	1,499			1,207			2,992			2,459

Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	35,523		$	21,646		$	49,716		$	42,841
Gross profit (1)	$	59,544		$	42,035		$	97,293		$	83,542
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year	41.7		%	-11.9		%	16.5		%	-9.1		%
Gross profit margin (2)	29.5		%	25.6		%	26.2		%	25.3		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues	17.6		%	13.2		%	13.4		%	13.0		%
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end)	1,039			935			1,039			935
Percentage change in number of revenue-generating professionals from prior year	11.1		%	5.8		%	11.1		%	5.8		%
Utilization rate of billable professionals	69		%	70		%	68		%	71		%
Average billable rate per hour	$	557		$	477		$	520		$	476

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $37.8 million, or 23.0%, to $201.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in revenues was primarily due to higher realized bill rates, primarily from the recognition of revenues previously deferred and increased demand for our non-M&A-related antitrust services, as well as higher demand for M&A-related antitrust and international arbitration services.

Gross profit increased $17.5 million, or 41.7%, to $59.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 3.9 percentage points for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was

primarily due to higher realized bill rates and lower compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which was partially offset by a 1 percentage point decline in utilization.

SG&A expenses increased $3.9 million, or 18.2%, to $25.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 12.6% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 13.2% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, compensation, rent and occupancy and outside services expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $41.4 million, or 12.5%, to $371.4 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 1.4% estimated negative impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $46.0 million, or 13.9%, primarily due to higher realized bill rates for our non-M&A-related antitrust services and higher demand for our M&A-related antitrust and international arbitration services, which was partially offset by lower realized bill rates for our M&A-related antitrust services.

Gross profit increased $13.8 million, or 16.5%, to $97.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 0.9 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to higher realized bill rates and lower compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which was partially offset by a 3 percentage point decline in utilization.

SG&A expenses increased $7.4 million, or 17.2%, to $50.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 13.6% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 13.1% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, compensation, outside services, and travel and entertainment expenses.

TECHNOLOGY


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022

	(dollars in thousands)						(dollars in thousands)
Revenues	$	97,444		$	77,782		$	188,062		$	158,266
Percentage change in revenues from prior year	25.3		%	-1.1		%	18.8		%	0.1		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	60,550			53,556			114,528			104,471
Selling, general and administrative expenses	20,462			19,296			45,212			38,622


	81,012			72,852			159,740			143,093
Segment operating income	16,432			4,930			28,322			15,173
Percentage change in segment operating income from prior year	233.3		%	-67.9		%	86.7		%	-55.2		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization	3,655			3,435			7,131			6,555

Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	20,087		$	8,365		$	35,453		$	21,728
Gross profit (1)	$	36,894		$	24,226		$	73,534		$	53,795
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year	52.3		%	-26.5		%	36.7		%	-19.6		%
Gross profit margin (2)	37.9		%	31.1		%	39.1		%	34.0		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues	20.6		%	10.8		%	18.9		%	13.7		%
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end) (3)	589			507			589			507
Percentage change in number of revenue-generating professionals from prior year	16.2		%	18.2		%	16.2		%	18.2		%

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

(3)Includes personnel involved in direct client assistance and revenue-generating consultants and excludes professionals employed on an as-needed basis.

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $19.7 million, or 25.3%, to $97.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily due to higher demand for investigations and litigation services, which was partially offset by lower demand for information governance, privacy & security services.

Gross profit increased $12.7 million, or 52.3%, to $36.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 6.8 percentage points for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to increased profitability of our consulting and hosting services, which was partially offset by the impact of lower margins in our processing services.

SG&A expenses increased $1.2 million, or 6.0%, to $20.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 21.0% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 24.8% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher infrastructure support expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $29.8 million, or 18.8%, to $188.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 1.1% estimated negative impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $31.5 million, or 19.9%. The increase in revenues was primarily due to increased demand for investigations and litigation services, which was partially offset by lower demand for information governance, privacy & security services.

Gross profit increased $19.7 million, or 36.7%, to $73.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin increased 5.1 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The increase in gross profit margin was primarily due to increased mix and profitability of our consulting, hosting and processing services.

SG&A expenses increased $6.6 million, or 17.1%, to $45.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 24.0% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 24.4% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily due to higher infrastructure support, compensation, travel and entertainment and bad debt expenses.

STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS


	Three Months Ended June 30,						Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023			2022			2023			2022

	(dollars in thousands)						(dollars in thousands)
Revenues	$	82,653		$	71,854		$	155,755		$	141,788
Percentage change in revenues from prior year	15.0		%	6.0		%	9.9		%	10.5		%
Operating expenses
Direct cost of revenues	53,078			45,747			100,882			86,741
Selling, general and administrative expenses	18,213			15,289			34,742			29,195


Amortization of intangible assets	84			185			170			385
	71,375			61,221			135,794			116,321
Segment operating income	11,278			10,633			19,961			25,467
Percentage change in segment operating income from prior year	6.1		%	-12.8		%	-21.6		%	19.5		%
Add back:
Depreciation and amortization of intangible assets	985			839			1,858			1,718


Adjusted Segment EBITDA	$	12,263		$	11,472		$	21,819		$	27,185
Gross profit (1)	$	29,575		$	26,107		$	54,873		$	55,047
Percentage change in gross profit from prior year	13.3		%	2.3		%	-0.3		%	17.8		%
Gross profit margin (2)	35.8		%	36.3		%	35.2		%	38.8		%
Adjusted Segment EBITDA as a percentage of revenues	14.8		%	16.0		%	14.0		%	19.2		%
Number of revenue-generating professionals (at period end)	992			877			992			877
Percentage change in number of revenue-generating professionals from prior year	13.1		%	13.7		%	13.1		%	13.7		%

(1)Revenues less direct cost of revenues

(2)Gross profit as a percentage of revenues

Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Three Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $10.8 million, or 15.0%, to $82.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023, primarily driven by higher demand for our corporate reputation and public affairs services.

Gross profit increased $3.5 million, or 13.3%, to $29.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin decreased 0.5 percentage points for the three months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily driven by higher compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included the impact of a 13.1% increase in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses increased $2.9 million, or 19.1%, to $18.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023. SG&A expenses of 22.0% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 21.3% of revenues for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, rent, outside services, compensation, and other general and administrative expenses.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Revenues increased $14.0 million, or 9.9%, to $155.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 2.1% estimated negative impact from FX. Excluding the estimated impact from FX, revenues increased $17.0 million, or 12.0%, primarily driven by higher demand for our corporate reputation and public affairs services.

Gross profit decreased $0.2 million, or 0.3%, to $54.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. Gross profit margin decreased 3.6 percentage points for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The decrease in gross profit margin was primarily driven by higher compensation expenses as a percentage of revenues, which included the impact of a 13.1% increase in billable headcount.

SG&A expenses increased $5.5 million, or 19.0%, to $34.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023, which included a 1.9% estimated positive impact from FX. SG&A expenses of 22.3% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with 20.6% of revenues for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in SG&A expenses was primarily driven by higher infrastructure support, travel and entertainment, compensation, and other general and administrative expenses.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our condensed consolidated financial statements, which we have prepared in accordance with GAAP. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Note 1 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 describes the significant accounting policies and methods used in preparation of the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. We evaluate our estimates, including those related to revenues, goodwill and intangible assets, income taxes and contingencies, on an ongoing basis. Our estimates are based on current facts and circumstances, historical experience and various other assumptions that we believe are reasonable, which form the basis for making judgments about the values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. The accounting estimates that reflect our more significant judgments, and which we believe are the most critical to aid in fully understanding and evaluating our reported financial results, include the following:

•Revenue Recognition

•Goodwill and Intangible Assets

There were no material changes to our critical accounting estimates from the information provided in “Critical Accounting Estimates” in the Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, in Part II, Item 7, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, or from the information provided in Part II, Item 8, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Liquidity

Our annual cash flows from operations generally exceed our cash needs for capital expenditures and debt service requirements. We typically finance our day-to-day operations, capital expenditures, acquisitions and share repurchases through cash flows from operations. During the first quarter of each fiscal year, our cash needs generally exceed our cash flows from operations due to the payment of annual incentive compensation. Our operating cash flows generally exceed our cash needs subsequent to the second quarter of each fiscal year. We believe that our cash flows from operations, supplemented by borrowings under our Credit Facility, as necessary, will provide adequate cash to fund our cash needs for at least the next 12 months, including the repayment of our 2.0% convertible senior notes due 2023 (“2023 Convertible Notes”) at maturity on August 15, 2023, unless earlier converted or repurchased.

Our operating assets and liabilities consist primarily of billed and unbilled accounts receivable, notes receivable from employees, accounts payable, accrued expenses and accrued compensation expenses. The timing of billings and collections of receivables, as well as compensation and vendor payments, affects the changes in these balances.

Results of operations for our non-U.S. subsidiaries are translated from the designated functional currency to our reporting currency of USD. Revenues and expenses are translated at average exchange rates for each month, while assets and liabilities are translated at balance sheet date exchange rates. Resulting net translation adjustments are recorded as a component of stockholders’ equity in “Accumulated other comprehensive loss.”

Uncertainties and Trends Affecting Liquidity

Our conclusion that we will be able to fund our cash requirements for at least the next 12 months by using existing capital resources and cash generated from operations does not take into account events beyond our control that could result in a material adverse impact on our business, the impact of any future acquisitions or unexpected significant changes in the number of employees or other unanticipated uses of cash. The anticipated cash needs of our business could change significantly if we pursue and complete additional business acquisitions, if our business plans change, if events such as economic and workforce disruptions arise, including any future impact of pandemics such as COVID-19 or other future public health crises, or economic or business conditions change from those currently prevailing or from those now anticipated, or if unexpected circumstances or other events beyond our control arise that may have a material effect on the cash flow or profitability of our business, including material negative changes in the health and welfare of our employees or those of our clients, and the operating performance or financial results of our business. Any of these events or circumstances, including any new business opportunities, could involve significant additional funding and could require us to borrow under our Credit Facility or raise additional debt or equity funding to meet those needs. Our ability to borrow or raise additional capital, if necessary, is subject to a variety of factors that we cannot predict with certainty, including:

•our future profitability;

•the quality of our accounts receivable;

•our relative levels of debt and equity;

•the volatility and overall condition of the capital markets; and

•the market prices of our securities.

Any new debt funding, if available, may be on terms less favorable to us than our Credit Facility or the 2023 Convertible Notes. See “Forward-Looking Statements” in Part I, Item 2, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, and the information contained under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Cash Flows


	Six Months Ended June 30,
	2023		2022

Cash Flows	(dollars in thousands)
Net cash used in operating activities	$	(265,200)	$	(168,731)
Net cash used in investing activities	$	(29,027)	$	(32,335)
Net cash used in financing activities	$	(8,943)	$	(17,199)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents	$	15,021	$	(20,490)
DSO (1)	111		102

(1)DSO is a performance measure used to assess how quickly revenues are collected by the Company. We calculate DSO at the end of each reporting period by dividing net accounts receivable reduced by billings in excess of services provided, by revenues for the quarter, adjusted for changes in foreign exchange rates. We multiply the result by the number of days in the quarter.

Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 Compared with Six Months Ended June 30, 2022

Net cash used in operating activities of $265.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with $168.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase of $96.5 million, or 57.2%, in net cash used in operating activities was primarily due to an increase in salaries largely related to headcount growth and higher operating expenses, forgivable loan issuances and income tax payments, which was partially offset by an increase in cash collected resulting from higher revenues compared to the same period in the prior year. DSO was 111 and 102 days as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. The increase in DSO was primarily due to cash collections that have not kept pace with higher revenues, as well as the transition of billing activities to our new ERP system.

Net cash used in investing activities of $29.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with $32.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease of $3.3 million, or 10.2%, in net cash used in investing activities

was primarily due to a $6.7 million decrease in payments for the acquisition of businesses, as there were no acquisitions of businesses during the six months ended June 30, 2023, which was partially offset by an increase of $3.4 million in capital expenditures.

Net cash used in financing activities of $8.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with $17.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease of $8.3 million, or 48.0%, in net cash used in financing activities was primarily due to an increase in net borrowings of $25.0 million under our Credit Facility, which was partially offset by an increase of $17.9 million in payments for common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program as compared to the same period in the prior year.

The effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents had a favorable impact of $15.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared to an unfavorable impact of $20.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022.

Principal Sources of Capital Resources

As of June 30, 2023, our capital resources included $203.5 million of cash and cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity of $874.6 million under the $900.0 million revolving line of credit under our Credit Facility. As of June 30, 2023, we had $25.0 million of outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility and $0.4 million of outstanding letters of credit, which reduced the availability of borrowings under the Credit Facility. We use letters of credit primarily in lieu of security deposits for our leased office facilities. The $900.0 million revolving line of credit under our Credit Facility includes a $125.0 million sublimit for borrowings in currencies other than USD, including the euro, British pound, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Japanese yen.

The availability of borrowings, as well as issuances and extensions of letters of credit under our Credit Facility are subject to specified conditions. Subject to certain conditions, at any time prior to maturity, we will be able to invite existing and new lenders to increase the size of the facility up to a maximum of $1.2 billion. See Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a further discussion of borrowing rates and guarantees under the Credit Facility.

The second amended and restated credit agreement entered into on November 21, 2022 (the “Credit Agreement”) governing the Credit Facility and our other indebtedness outstanding from time to time contains covenants that, among other things, may limit our ability to: incur additional indebtedness; create liens; pay dividends on our capital stock, make distributions or repurchases of our capital stock or make specified other restricted payments; consolidate, merge or sell all or substantially all of our assets; guarantee obligations of other entities or our foreign subsidiaries; enter into hedging agreements; enter into transactions with affiliates or related persons; or engage in any business other than consulting-related businesses. In addition, the Credit Agreement includes a financial covenant that requires us not to exceed a maximum consolidated total net leverage ratio (the ratio of funded debt (less unrestricted cash up to $300.0 million) to Consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the Credit Agreement). As of June 30, 2023, we were in compliance with the covenants contained in the Credit Agreement and the indenture, dated as of August 20, 2018, as amended by the first supplemental indenture, dated as of January 1, 2022, between us and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, governing the 2023 Convertible Notes. See Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1, of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a further discussion of the 2023 Convertible Notes.

Principal Uses of Capital Resources

Future Capital Requirements

We anticipate that our future capital requirements will principally consist of funds required for:

•operating and general corporate expenses relating to the operation of our businesses;

•capital expenditures, primarily for information technology equipment and information or financial systems, office furniture and leasehold improvements;

•debt service requirements, including interest payments on our long-term debt and payment of the 2023 Convertible Notes principal at maturity or upon earlier conversion or repurchase;

•compensation to designated executive management and senior managing directors under our various long-term incentive compensation programs;

•discretionary funding of the Repurchase Program;

•contingent obligations related to our acquisitions;

•potential acquisitions of businesses; and

•other known future contractual obligations.

Capital Expenditures

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we spent $29.1 million in capital expenditures to support our organization, including direct support for specific client engagements. For the remainder of 2023, we currently expect additional capital expenditures to support our organization in an aggregate amount of between $22 million and $27 million. Our estimate takes into consideration the needs of our existing businesses but does not include the impact of any purchases that we may be required to make as a result of future acquisitions or specific client engagements that are not completed or not currently contemplated. Our capital expenditure requirements may change if our staffing levels or technology needs change significantly from what we currently anticipate, if we are required to purchase additional equipment specifically to support new client engagements or if we pursue and complete additional acquisitions.

Share Repurchase Program

During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we made $21.0 million in payments for common stock repurchases under the Repurchase Program. We had $460.7 million remaining under the Repurchase Program to repurchase additional shares as of June 30, 2023.

Future Contractual Obligations

Our future contractual obligations as of June 30, 2023 include both current and non-current obligations. We have short-term obligations related to the 2023 Convertible Notes, which will mature on August 15, 2023, unless earlier converted or repurchased. We have remaining interest payments associated with the 2023 Convertible Notes of $3.2 million, of which $2.4 million is accrued as of June 30, 2023 and classified as a current liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The principal portion of the 2023 Convertible Notes of $315.8 million is classified as a non-current liability on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. The 2023 Convertible Notes are classified as long-term debt as of June 30, 2023 because we have the ability and intent to refinance the outstanding principal amount of the 2023 Convertible Notes on a long-term basis utilizing borrowings under our Credit Facility, which matures on November 21, 2027. As of June 30, 2023, there were $25.0 million in outstanding borrowings under our Credit Facility. For more information on our 2023 Convertible Notes and Credit Facility, refer to Note 8, “Debt” in Part I, Item 1. Future contractual obligations related to our debt assume that payments will be made based on the current payment schedule and that interest payments will be at their stated rates and exclude any additional revolving line of credit borrowings or repayments subsequent to June 30, 2023 and prior to the November 21, 2027 maturity date of our Credit Facility. Under our operating leases as described in Note 9, “Leases” in Part I, Item 1, we have current obligations of $31.0 million and non-current obligations of $223.4 million.

These amounts reflect future unconditional payments and are based on the terms of the relevant agreements, appropriate classification of items under GAAP currently in effect and certain assumptions such as interest rates. Future events could cause actual payments to differ from these amounts.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes “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”), that involve uncertainties and risks. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning our plans, initiatives, projections, prospects, policies and practices, objectives, goals, commitments, strategies, future events, future revenues, future results and performance, future capital allocations and expenditures, expectations, plans or intentions relating to acquisitions, share repurchases and other matters, business trends, new, or changes to, laws and regulations, including U.S. and foreign tax laws, environmental, social and governance (“ESG”)-related issues, climate change-related matters, scientific or technological developments and other information that is not historical. Forward-looking statements often contain words such as “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “commits,” “aspires,” “forecasts,” “future,” “goal,” “seeks” and variations of such words or similar expressions. All forward-looking statements, including, without limitation, management’s financial guidance and examination of operating trends, are based upon our historical performance and our current plans, estimates, intentions and expectations at the time we make them, and various assumptions. Our actual financial results, performance or achievements and outcomes could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, any forward-looking statements. Any references to standards of measurement and performance made regarding our climate change-, ESG- or other sustainability-related plans, goals, commitments, intentions, aspirations, forecasts or projections, or expectations are developing and based on assumptions. There can be no assurance that management’s plans, performance, expectations, intentions, aspirations, beliefs, goals, estimates, forecasts and projections, including any that are ESG- or other sustainability-related, will result or be achieved, and the inclusion of any forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates, forecasts, intentions, aspirations,

beliefs or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

There are a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements contained in, or implied by, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include those set forth under the heading “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, as well as in other information that we file with the SEC from time to time. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements we make in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q include, but are not limited to, the following:

•changes in demand for our services;

•our ability to recruit and retain qualified professionals and senior management, including segment, industry and regional leaders;

•conflicts resulting in our inability to represent certain clients;

•our former employees joining or forming competing businesses;

•our ability to manage our headcount needs and our professionals’ utilization and billing rates and maintain or increase the pricing of our services and products;

•our ability to identify suitable acquisition candidates, negotiate favorable terms, take advantage of opportunistic acquisition situations and integrate the operations of acquisitions, as well as the costs of integration;

•our ability to adapt to and manage the risks associated with operating in non-U.S. markets;

•our ability to replace key personnel, including former executives, officers, senior managers and practice and regional leaders who have highly specialized skills and experience;

•our ability to protect the confidentiality of internal and client data and proprietary and confidential information, including from cyberattacks, systems failures or other similar events, or the use or misuse of social media;

•legislation or judicial rulings, including legislation or rulings regarding data privacy and the discovery process;

•periodic fluctuations in revenues, operating income and cash flows;

•damage to our reputation as a result of claims involving the quality of our services, failures of our internal information technology systems controls or adverse publicity relating to certain clients or engagements;

•fee discounting or renegotiation, lower pricing, less advantageous contract terms and unexpected termination of client engagements;

•competition for clients and key personnel;

•general economic factors, industry trends, restructuring and bankruptcy rates, legal or regulatory requirements, capital market conditions, merger and acquisition activity, major litigation activity and other events outside of our control;

•our ability to manage growth;

•risk of non-payment of receivables;

•the amount and terms of our outstanding indebtedness;

•uncertainty from the expected discontinuance of LIBOR and transition to any other interest rate benchmark;

•risks relating to the obsolescence, replacement or the protection of our information and financial systems and software, proprietary software products, intellectual property rights and trade secrets, which could adversely affect our ability to retain or win clients, conduct business, preserve or enhance our reputation, maintain business continuity or report financial results;

•foreign currency disruptions and currency fluctuations between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies;

•risks related to the implementation and operation of new financial management or other systems;

•U.S. and foreign tax law changes, including the enactment of proposed U.S. tax legislation into law, which could increase our effective tax rate and cash tax expenditures;

•physical risks related to climate change, including rising temperatures, severe storms, energy disruptions and rising sea levels, among others, which could adversely impact our ability to conduct business or maintain business continuity, including by affecting our access to our leased office space in affected geographies and the integrity of our information technology systems;

•our climate change and ESG-related initiatives and goals, including our policies and practices relating to the environment and climate change, sustainability, and diversity and inclusion, if they do not meet or keep pace with evolving governmental, investor or other stakeholder expectations and standards or rules and regulations;

•fluctuations in the mix of our services and the geographic locations in which our clients are located or our services are rendered; and

•the future impact of any pandemics such as COVID-19 or other future public health crises could have adverse and disparate impacts on the Company, our employees, clients and geographic regions in which we conduct business.

There may be other factors that may cause our actual results to differ materially from our forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements included herein. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances and do not intend to do so.


Item 3.			Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

For information regarding our exposure to certain market risks, see “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. There have been no material changes in our market risk exposure during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


Item 4.			Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. An evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, was made under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer. Based upon this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (a) were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is timely recorded, processed, summarized and reported and (b) included, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting. During the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company implemented a new ERP system. As part of the implementation, we designed new internal controls and modified and/or enhanced existing internal controls in order to align with the new system and business processes. The Company does not believe this implementation has had or will have in the future a material adverse effect on the Company's internal control over financial reporting. Except as disclosed above, there have not been any additional changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three months ended June 30, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION


Item 1.			Legal Proceedings

From time to time in the ordinary course of business, we are subject to claims, asserted or unasserted, or named as a party to lawsuits or investigations. Litigation, in general, and intellectual property and securities litigation in particular, can be expensive and disruptive to normal business operations. Moreover, the results of legal proceedings cannot be predicted with any certainty and in the case of more complex legal proceedings such as intellectual property and securities litigation, the results are difficult to predict at all. We are not aware of any asserted or unasserted legal proceedings or claims that we believe would have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or results of our operations.


Item 1A.			Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in any risk factors previously disclosed in Part I, Item 1A, of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). We may disclose changes to risk factors or disclose additional factors from time to time in our future filings with the SEC. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently deem immaterial also may impair our business operations.


Item 2.			Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Unregistered sales of equity securities.

None.

Repurchases of our common stock.

The following table provides information with respect to purchases we made of our common stock during the three months ended June 30, 2023:


	Total Number of Shares Purchased		Average Price Paid per Share		Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Program (1)	Approximate Dollar Value That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Program

	(in thousands, except per share data)
April 1 through April 30, 2023	2	(2)	$	204.07	—	$	460,653
May 1 through May 31, 2023	1	(3)	$	177.11	—	$	460,653
June 1 through June 30, 2023	10	(4)	$	188.07	—	$	460,653
	13				—

(1)On June 2, 2016, our Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program of up to $100.0 million (the “Repurchase Program”). On each of May 18, 2017, December 1, 2017, February 21, 2019 and February 20, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $100.0 million. On each of July 28, 2020 and December 3, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $200.0 million. On December 1, 2022, our Board of Directors authorized an additional $400.0 million, increasing the Repurchase Program to an aggregate authorization of $1.3 billion. No time limit has been established for the completion of the Repurchase Program, and the Repurchase Program may be suspended, discontinued or replaced by the Board of Directors at any time without prior notice. There were no repurchases of shares of our common stock pursuant to the Repurchase Program during the quarter ended June 30, 2023.

(2)Includes 1,916 shares of common stock withheld to cover payroll tax withholdings related to the lapse of restrictions on restricted stock.

(3)Includes 540 shares of common stock withheld to cover payroll tax withholdings related to the lapse of restrictions on restricted stock.

(4)Includes 10,215 shares of common stock withheld to cover payroll tax withholdings related to the lapse of restrictions on restricted stock.


Item 3.			Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.


Item 4.			Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicable.


Item 5.			Other Information

During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, no director or Section 16 officer of the Company adopted or terminated any Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements or non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangements (in each case, as defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation S-K).


Item 6.			Exhibits


Exhibit Number						Description

3.1						Articles of Incorporation of FTI Consulting, Inc., as amended and restated. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2003 as an exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 21, 2003 and incorporated herein by reference.)

3.2						Articles of Amendment of FTI Consulting, Inc. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2011 as an exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated June 1, 2011 and incorporated herein by reference.)

3.3						Bylaws of FTI Consulting, Inc., as Amended and Restated Adopted February 20, 2023. (Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 21, 2023 as an exhibit to FTI Consulting, Inc.’s Current Report on Form 8-K dated February 20, 2023 and incorporated herein by reference.)

31.1†						Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)

31.2†						Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)

32.1†**						Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)

32.2†**						Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 (Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.)

101						The following financial information from the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FTI Consulting, Inc., included herewith, and formatted in Inline XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022; (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022; (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022; (iv) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022; and (v) Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text.

104						The cover page from the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, formatted in Inline XBRL (included as Exhibit 101).


†			Filed herewith.




**			This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

Date: July 27, 2023


FTI CONSULTING, INC.

By:						/s/ Brendan Keating
						Brendan Keating
						Chief Accounting Officer and Controller
						(principal accounting officer)

Document

Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)

(Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

I, Steven H. Gunby, certify that:


1.			I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FTI Consulting, Inc.;


2.			Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.			Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.			The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a)Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b)Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c)Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d)Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and


5.			The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a)All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 27, 2023


By:						/S/ STEVEN H. GUNBY
						Steven H. Gunby
						President and Chief Executive Officer
						(principal executive officer)

Document

Exhibit 31.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a)

(Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

I, Ajay Sabherwal, certify that:


1.			I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of FTI Consulting, Inc.;


2.			Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;


3.			Based on my knowledge, the financial statements and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;


4.			The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:


5.			The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(b)Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date: July 27, 2023


By:						/S/ AJAY SABHERWAL
						Ajay Sabherwal
						Chief Financial Officer
						(principal financial officer)

Document

Exhibit 32.1

Certification of Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

(Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

In connection with the Quarterly Report of FTI Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Steven H. Gunby, President and Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:


1.			the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and


2.			the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: July 27, 2023


By:						/S/ STEVEN H. GUNBY
						Steven H. Gunby
						President and Chief Executive Officer
						(principal executive officer)

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.

Document

Exhibit 32.2

Certification of Principal Financial Officer

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350

(Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002)

In connection with the Quarterly Report of FTI Consulting, Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Ajay Sabherwal, Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:


1.			the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and


2.			the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Date: July 27, 2023


By:						/S/ AJAY SABHERWAL
						Ajay Sabherwal
						Chief Financial Officer
						(principal financial officer)