Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On January 12, 2021, CRA International, Inc. (the "Company") and its subsidiaries CRA International (UK) Limited (the "UK Borrower"), CRA International Limited (the "Canadian Borrower"), and CRA International (Netherlands) B.V. (the "Dutch Borrower" and, together with the Canadian Borrower and the UK Borrower, the "Designated Borrowers"; the Designated Borrowers, together with the Company, the "Borrowers"), entered into an incremental amendment (the "Incremental Amendment") to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2017 (as amended, restated, waived, or otherwise modified prior to the Incremental Amendment, the "Credit Agreement"), among the Borrowers, Citizens Bank, N.A., as a lender and a letter of credit issuing bank and as administrative agent, Bank of America, N.A., as a lender and a letter of credit issuing bank, and Santander Bank, N.A., as a lender.

Pursuant to the Incremental Amendment, the aggregate principal amount of the revolving credit facility commitments extended to the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement was increased from $125 million to $175 million (subject to the existing sublimits under the Credit Agreement with respect to the maximum amount of the revolving credit loans to be made to the Designated Borrowers and certain other matters).

The Company may use the proceeds of the revolving credit loans to provide working capital and for other general corporate purposes, subject to compliance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The Company may repay any borrowings under the revolving credit facility at any time (without any premium or penalty), but must repay all borrowings thereunder in no event later than October 24, 2022.

The foregoing description of the Incremental Amendment is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Incremental Amendment, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.02 Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

In connection with the Incremental Amendment, the Company issued a press release that disclosed that the Company had no outstanding loan borrowings on its revolving credit facility as of the end of its fiscal year ended January 2, 2021. A copy of the Company's press release is hereby furnished to the Commission and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99.1.

The information in the press release attached as Exhibit 99.1 is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933 or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an


           Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.





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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.






(d)  Exhibits



   Number    Title

    10.1       Incremental Amendment to Amended and Restated Credit Agreement,
             dated as of January 12, 2021, by and among CRA International, Inc.,
             CRA International (UK) Limited, CRA International (Netherlands)
             B.V., and CRA International Limited, as the Borrowers, Citizens
             Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent and a 2021 Incremental Revolving
             Lender, and Bank of America, N.A., as a 2021 Incremental Revolving
             Lender

    99.1       Press release of CRA International, Inc. dated January 14, 2021

    104      Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL
             document)




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