8-K 1 a06-23016_18k.htm CURRENT REPORT OF MATERIAL EVENTS OR CORPORATE CHANGES

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC  20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):      October 26, 2006

 

CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Massachusetts

 

000-24049

 

04-2372210

(State or other jurisdiction

 

(Commission

 

(IRS employer

of incorporation)

 

file number)

 

identification no.)

 

 

 

 

 

200 Clarendon Street, Boston, Massachusetts

 

02116

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 425-3000

 

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o               Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

o               Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

o               Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

o               Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 



Item 1.01                                            Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On October 26, 2007 we entered into an agreement with 99 Bishopsgate (No.1) Limited and 99 Bishopsgate (No.2) Limited, Hammerson UK Properties PLC and 99 Bishopsgate Management Limited pursuant to which we have committed to sign leases that will consolidate our office space in London.  We will be leasing three floors of the office building located at 99 Bishopsgate in London, consisting of an aggregate of approximately 32,000 square feet.  The lease agreements for two of the floors, covering an aggregate of 21,345 square feet, will commence on March 1, 2007, with aggregate cash rent of £1,227,338 per annum commencing on October 1, 2007.  The additional floor lease, covering 10,723 square feet, will commence on November 1, 2007, with cash rent of £605,850 per annum, commencing on October 1, 2008.  Each of the three leases terminate on October 2, 2016. The rent for each lease is subject to increase on June 24, 2011, based on rental market conditions at that time.

A copy of the agreement is attached as exhibit 10.1 to this current report on form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01               Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits

 

Number

 

Title

 

 

10.1

 

Agreement dated as of October 26, 2006 by and among 99 Bishopsgate (No.1) Limited and 99 Bishopsgate (No.2) Limited, Hammerson UK Properties PLC, 99 Bishopsgate Management Limited, CRA International (UK) Limited, and CRA International, Inc. (including forms of lease agreement).

 

2



 

SIGNATURES

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

CRA INTERNATIONAL, INC.

 

 

Dated: November 1, 2006

By:

/s/ Wayne D. Mackie

 

 

Wayne D. Mackie

 

 

Executive Vice President, Treasurer,

 

 

and Chief Financial Officer

3



 

Exhibit Index

 

Number

 

Title

 

 

10.1

 

Agreement dated as of October 26, 2006 by and among 99 Bishopsgate (No.1) Limited and 99 Bishopsgate (No.2) Limited, Hammerson UK Properties PLC, 99 Bishopsgate Management Limited, CRA International (UK) Limited, and CRA International, Inc. (including forms of lease agreement).

 

4