UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
(Mark One)
☒
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2026
OR
☐
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: 001-33045
ICF International, Inc.
(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
Delaware
22-3661438
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1902 Reston Metro Plaza, Reston, VA
20190
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (703) 934-3000
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.
Title of each class
Trading Symbols(s)
Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock
ICFI
The Nasdaq Global Select Market
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, 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
As of May 1, 2026, there were 18,104,180 shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock.
ICF INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q FOR THE
PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item 1.
Financial Statements
Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2026 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2025
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
4
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Unaudited) including the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
5
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited) for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 and 2025
6
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
7
Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
16
Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
21
Item 4.
Controls and Procedures
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
22
Legal Proceedings
Item 1A.
Risk Factors
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Defaults Upon Senior Securities
Mine Safety Disclosures
Item 5.
Other Information
Item 6.
Exhibits
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Item 1. Financial Statements
ICF International, Inc. and Subsidiaries
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
March 31, 2026
(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
December 31, 2025
ASSETS
Cash and cash equivalents
$
3,883
5,297
Restricted cash
49,357
47,984
Accounts receivable, net
239,999
237,996
Contract assets
192,231
186,684
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
19,920
18,390
Income tax receivable
19,055
18,087
Total Current Assets
524,445
514,438
Property and Equipment, net
55,393
58,357
Goodwill
1,251,427
1,252,207
Other intangible assets, net
73,644
81,555
Operating lease - right-of-use assets
102,844
106,274
Other assets
45,223
37,340
Total Assets
2,052,976
2,050,171
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accounts payable
93,252
123,524
Contract liabilities
44,635
43,444
Lease liabilities - current
19,652
21,491
Accrued salaries and benefits
65,694
95,578
Accrued subcontractors and other direct costs
45,673
48,900
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
86,100
71,340
Total Current Liabilities
355,006
404,277
Debt
439,184
401,355
Lease liabilities - non-current
143,466
148,493
Deferred income taxes
15,375
6,837
Other long-term liabilities
68,036
60,727
Total Liabilities
1,021,067
1,021,689
Commitments and Contingencies (Note 13)
Stockholders’ Equity:
Preferred stock, par value $.001; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued
—
Common stock, par value $.001; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 24,513,156 and 24,378,749 shares issued at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively; 18,117,062 and 18,247,837 shares outstanding at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively
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Additional paid-in capital
470,476
465,779
Retained earnings
974,042
956,077
Treasury stock, 6,396,094 and 6,130,912 shares at March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively
(398,536
)
(379,970
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(14,097
(13,428
Total Stockholders’ Equity
1,031,909
1,028,482
Total Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
2026
2025
Revenue
437,500
487,618
Direct Costs
270,637
302,542
Operating costs and expenses:
Indirect and selling expenses
118,827
131,891
Depreciation and amortization
13,180
14,795
Total operating costs and expenses
132,007
146,686
Operating income
34,856
38,390
Interest, net
(6,709
(7,337
Other expense
(757
(1,052
Income before income taxes
27,390
30,001
Provision for income taxes
6,868
3,150
Net income
20,522
26,851
Earnings per Share:
Basic
1.12
1.45
Diluted
1.44
Weighted-average Shares:
18,242
18,506
18,347
18,613
Cash dividends declared per common share
0.14
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax
(669
(2,713
Comprehensive income, net of tax
19,853
24,138
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
AdditionalPaid-in
Retained
Treasury Stock
AccumulatedOtherComprehensive
(in thousands)
Shares
Amount
Capital
Earnings
Loss
Total
Balance at January 1, 2026
18,248
6,130
Other comprehensive loss
Equity compensation
4,697
Issuance of shares pursuant to vesting of restricted stock units
134
Payments for share repurchases
(265
266
(18,566
Dividends declared
(2,557
Balance at March 31, 2026
18,117
6,396
Balance at January 1, 2025
18,666
443,463
874,772
5,520
(320,054
(15,746
982,459
4,186
116
(356
356
(39,343
(2,572
Balance at March 31, 2025
18,426
447,649
899,051
5,876
(359,397
(18,459
968,868
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Provision for credit losses
541
(92
Deferred income taxes and unrecognized income tax benefits
8,166
(2,594
Non-cash equity compensation
Other operating adjustments, net
839
1,435
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effects of acquisitions:
Net contract assets and liabilities
(5,093
(34,610
Accounts receivable
(2,846
21,340
(1,174
(1,314
Operating lease assets and liabilities, net
(2,711
(1,862
(30,122
(37,674
(29,754
(30,465
(2,895
2,064
15,809
80
Income tax receivable and payable
(984
5,235
Other liabilities
8,683
(409
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities
(3,142
(33,034
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Payments for purchase of property and equipment and capitalized software
(2,830
(3,452
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Advances from working capital facilities
307,122
512,430
Payments on working capital facilities
(269,569
(422,406
Proceeds from other short-term borrowings
8,961
2,780
Repayments of other short-term borrowings
(9,808
(9,172
Dividends paid
(2,553
(2,620
(18,348
(39,342
Other financing, net
(668
(646
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities
15,137
41,024
Effect of Exchange Rate Changes on Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash
(232
737
Net Change in Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash
8,933
5,275
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash, Beginning of Period
56,324
18,817
Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash, End of Period
65,257
24,092
Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information
Cash paid during the period for:
Interest
5,926
4,544
Income taxes, net of refunds
82
1,095
(dollar amounts in tables in thousands, except share and per share data)
NOTE 1 – BASIS OF PRESENTATION
Basis of Presentation
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are of ICF International, Inc. (“ICFI”) and its wholly-owned principal subsidiary, ICF Consulting Group, Inc. (“Consulting,” and together with ICFI, the “Company”), and have been prepared in accordance with United States (“U.S.”) generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). ICFI is a holding company with no operations or assets other than its investment in the common stock of Consulting. All other subsidiaries of the Company are wholly owned by Consulting. Intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses. Management evaluates these estimates on an ongoing basis including those that relate to revenue recognition (including estimates of variable considerations and remaining costs to complete fixed-price contracts), expected credit losses, valuation and lives of tangible and intangible assets acquired from business combinations, and reserves for tax benefits and valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Actual results experienced by the Company may differ from management’s estimates.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized net income of $0.4 million and $5.9 million, respectively, as a result of net changes in estimates related to fixed-price contracts accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method.
Interim Results
The unaudited consolidated financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). These rules and regulations permit some of the information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements, prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, to be condensed or omitted. In management’s opinion, the unaudited consolidated financial statements contain all adjustments that are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations and financial position of the Company for the interim periods presented. The Company reports operating results and financial data in as a single operating segment and reporting unit. Operating results for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year. These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025 and the notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted
Income Statement—Reporting Comprehensive Income—Expense Disaggregation Disclosures
In November 2024, the FASB issued ASU 2024-03: Disaggregation of Income Statement Expenses (“ASU 2024-03”), which requires additional disaggregation of certain costs and expenses. ASU 2024-03 specifically requires all public entities to disclose within a tabular format the amounts of (a) purchases of inventory, (b) employee compensation, (c) depreciation, (d) intangible asset amortization, and (e) depreciation, depletion, and amortization recognized as part of oil- and gas-producing activities in each relevant expense caption as well as certain amounts that are already required to be disclosed under current U.S. GAAP. ASU 2024-03 also requires public entities to disclose a qualitative description of the composition of any amounts in relevant expense captions that are not separately disaggregated and the amount and definition of the entity’s selling expenses. ASU 2024-03 will be effective for the Company for the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2026, and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2027, with early adoption permitted. The amendments may be adopted on a prospective or retrospective basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2024-03.
Intangibles—Goodwill and Other—Internal-Use Software
In September 2025, the FASB issued ASU 2025-06: Targeted Improvements to the Accounting for Internal-Use Software (“ASU 2025-06”), which modernizes the accounting for internal-use software costs by removing all references to software development project stages so that the guidance is neutral to different software development methods. ASU 2025-06 will be effective for the Company for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2027, and interim reporting periods within those annual reporting periods, with early adoption permitted. The amendments may be adopted on a prospective, retrospective, or modified basis. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the adoption of ASU 2025-06.
NOTE 2 – RESTRICTED CASH
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash as of March 31, 2026 and 2025 to cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
March 31, 2025
5,718
Restricted cash (1)
61,374
18,374
Total of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash shown in the consolidated statements of cash flows
Restricted cash is primarily related to the Company’s energy incentive management business for its public utility clients and restricted cash advances on certain programs.
NOTE 3 – ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE, NET
Accounts receivable, net consists of contract and other customer receivables. A reconciliation of accounts receivable, net is as follows:
Billed and billable (1)
243,686
241,129
Allowance for expected credit losses
(3,687
(3,133
The Company sells certain billed accounts receivable in accordance with its Amended Master Receivables Purchase Agreement with MUFG Bank, Ltd. (“MUFG”) that are accounted for as sales under the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 860, Transfers and Servicing (“ASC 860”). The accounts receivable are sold without recourse and the Company does not retain any ongoing financial interest in the transferred accounts receivable, other than providing servicing activities. The following is a reconciliation of billed accounts receivable sold to MUFG:
As of and for the Three Months Ended
Beginning balance, billed accounts receivable sold and not yet collected
38,206
25,966
Billed accounts receivable sold (1)
119,898
123,685
Collections from customers (1)
(120,247
(118,472
Ending balance, billed accounts receivable sold and not yet collected
37,857
31,179
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The following is a reconciliation of cash collections from customers of billed accounts receivable previously sold to MUFG that were eligible and accounted for as sales under ASC 860:
Beginning balance, cash collected but not yet remitted to MUFG
3,840
23,339
120,247
118,472
Remittances to MUFG (1)
(112,005
(112,970
Ending balance, cash collected but not yet remitted to MUFG
12,082
28,841
The aggregate impact of the sale of billed accounts receivable on the Company’s operating cash flows was net inflows of $7.9 million and $10.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the amounts due to MUFG for cash collected and not yet remitted for billed accounts receivable sold that did not qualify as sales under ASC 860 totaled $2.5 million and $3.4 million, respectively. These amounts are included as part of “Accrued expenses and other current liabilities” on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, and included within cash flows from financing activities on the Company’s consolidated statements of cash flows.
NOTE 4 – LEASES
At March 31, 2026, the Company had operating and finance leases for facilities and equipment with remaining duration ranging from 1 to 13 years. Future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating and finance leases as of March 31, 2026 were as follows:
Operating
Finance
March 31, 2027
21,690
3,041
March 31, 2028
18,237
March 31, 2029
15,447
2,967
March 31, 2030
13,590
2,225
March 31, 2031
13,268
Thereafter
101,715
Total future minimum lease payments
183,947
11,274
Less: Interest
(31,423
(680
Total lease liabilities
152,524
10,594
Operating lease liabilities
Finance lease liabilities
163,118
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NOTE 5 – LONG-TERM DEBT
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, long-term debt consisted of:
AverageInterest Rate
OutstandingBalance
Term Loan
200,250
Delayed-Draw Term Loan
154,000
Revolving Credit
86,037
48,484
5.0%
440,287
5.6%
402,734
Unamortized debt issuance costs
(1,103
(1,379
As of March 31, 2026, the Company had $512.4 million of unused borrowing capacity under the $600.0 million revolving line of credit under a credit agreement with a group of lenders (the “Credit Facility”). The unused borrowing capacity is inclusive of outstanding letters of credit totaling $1.6 million. The average interest rate on borrowings under the Credit Facility was 5.0% and 5.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and 5.6% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025. Inclusive of the impact of floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps (see “Note 7 – Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”), the average interest rate was 5.1% for both the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and 5.4% for the twelve months ended December 31, 2025.
Future scheduled repayments of debt principal are as follows:
Payments due by
May 6, 2027 (Maturity) (1)
NOTE 6 – REVENUE
Substantially all of the Company’s revenue is recognized over time as control of the related goods or services is transferred to customers.
Disaggregation of Revenue
The Company disaggregates revenue from clients into categories that depict how the nature, amount, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic and business factors. Those categories are client market, client type, and contract mix.
Three Months Ended March 31,
Dollars
Percent
Client Market:
Energy, environment, infrastructure, and disaster recovery
232,310
53
%
238,716
49
Health and social programs
142,429
33
169,270
35
Security and other civilian & commercial
62,761
14
79,632
100
Client Type:
U.S. federal government
182,287
42
238,996
U.S. state and local government
77,043
18
77,111
International government
31,838
27,089
Total Government
291,168
67
343,196
70
Commercial
146,332
144,422
30
10
Contract Mix:
Time-and-materials
191,955
44
208,993
43
Fixed-price
213,769
238,120
Cost-based
31,776
40,505
Contract Assets and Liabilities
Contract assets consist of unbilled receivables on contracts where revenue recognized exceeds the amount billed. Contract liabilities result from advance payments received on a contract or from billings in excess of revenue recognized.
The following table summarizes the contract assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025:
Financial Statement Classification
$ Change
5,547
Contract liabilities - current
(44,635
(43,444
(1,191
Contract liabilities - non-current
(12,017
(3,043
(8,974
Net contract assets (liabilities)
135,579
140,197
(4,618
The decrease in net contract assets (liabilities) is primarily due to the timing difference between the performance of services and billings to customers. During the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, the Company recognized $13.9 million and $12.8 million in revenue related to the contract liabilities balance at December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.
Unfulfilled Performance Obligations
In computing unfulfilled performance obligations (“UPO”), the Company excludes contracts with stated term of one year or less (practical expedient), and contracts with the U.S. federal government. As of March 31, 2026, the UPO was $0.2 billion, of which 46% is expected to be recognized as revenue by December 31, 2026, 64% by December 31, 2027, 86% by December 31, 2028, and the remainder by December 31, 2029.
NOTE 7 – DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND HEDGING ACTIVITIES
At March 31, 2026, the Company had floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements (the “Swaps”) for an aggregate notional amount of $175.0 million, of which $50.0 million will mature on February 28, 2030, $25.0 million will mature on June 26, 2030, and $100.0 million will mature on July 31, 2030. The Company has designated the Swaps as cash flow hedges. See “Note 5 – Long-Term Debt” for details on the impact of the Swaps on the Company’s interest rates, and “Note 12 – Fair Value” for the fair value of these Swaps.
NOTE 8 – INCOME TAXES
The Company’s effective tax rate (the “ETR”) was 25.1% and 10.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The change in the ETR was primarily due to an income tax benefit of $4.5 million, or 14.8%, recognized in the first quarter of 2025 related to the regulations under Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) 987, and income tax provisions of $1.9 million, or 6.9%, in the first quarter of 2026 attributable to stock-based compensation vesting.
NOTE 9 – STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
Accumulated other comprehensive loss as of March 31, 2026 and 2025 included the following:
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2026
ForeignCurrencyTranslationAdjustments
Change inFair Value ofInterest RateHedgeAgreements
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income at December 31, 2025
(11,689
(1,739
Current period other comprehensive (loss) income:
Other comprehensive (loss) income before reclassifications
(1,703
1,240
(463
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income (1)
141
Effect of taxes
(347
Total current period other comprehensive (loss) income
1,034
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income at March 31, 2026
(13,392
(705
Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income at December 31, 2024
(16,383
637
3,273
(1,854
1,419
(4,094
(691
(4,785
653
(821
(1,892
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income at March 31, 2025
(17,204
(1,255
Share Repurchases
The Company repurchases shares under the $300.0 million share repurchase program authorized by the Company’s board of directors. In addition, the Company repurchases shares in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and performance share awards (“PSAs”) granted to employees.
Repurchases for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 are as follows:
Amount Paid
Share Repurchase Program
217,513
15,042
313,048
35,052
Vesting of RSUs and PSAs
47,669
3,524
42,810
4,296
265,182
18,566
355,858
39,348
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NOTE 10 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION
The Company’s 2018 Amended and Restated Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “2018 A&R Omnibus Plan”) allows the Company to grant up to 2,050,000 total shares of common stock to officers, key employees, and non-employee directors. As of March 31, 2026, the Company had 579,300 shares available for grant under the 2018 A&R Omnibus Plan.
The following awards were granted during the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
Awards Granted
Average Grant Date Fair Value
Employee Stock Awards - RSUs
131,991
142,721
65.89
84.83
Employee Stock Awards - PSAs
70,836
75,313
66.40
76.42
Cash-Settled RSUs
68,613
73,078
271,440
291,112
The total stock-based compensation expense was $5.4 million and $4.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The unrecognized compensation expense at March 31, 2026 was $36.2 million, which is expected to vest over the next 2.1 years.
NOTE 11 – EARNINGS PER SHARE
Earnings per share (“EPS”), including the dilutive effect of stock awards for each period reported is summarized below:
(in thousands, except per share data)
Net Income
Weighted-average number of basic shares outstanding during the period
Dilutive effect of stock awards
105
107
Weighted-average number of diluted shares outstanding during the period
Basic EPS
Diluted EPS
There were 2,243 and 79,863 of potentially dilutive shares of restricted stock awards that were excluded from the calculation of weighted-average diluted share computations for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, because they were anti-dilutive.
NOTE 12 – FAIR VALUE
Financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis and their location within the accompanying consolidated balance sheets are as follows:
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Location on Balance Sheet
Assets:
Company-owned life insurance policies
25,832
Liabilities:
Interest rate swaps - current portion
173
Interest rate swaps - long-term portion
4,854
13
26,373
615
2,060
4,311
NOTE 13 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
Letters of Credit and Guarantees
The Company had open standby letters of credit totaling $1.6 million at both March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025. Open standby letters of credit reduce the Company’s borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility.
At March 31, 2026 and December 31, 2025, the Company had $5.8 million and $7.0 million, respectively, of bank guarantees for facility leases and contract performance obligations.
Litigation and Claims
The Company is involved in various legal matters and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While these matters and proceedings cause it to incur costs, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, the Company currently believes that any ultimate liability arising out of these matters and proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
NOTE 14 – SEGMENT INFORMATION
The Company provides a broad array of professional services to its clients across several markets, primarily within the U.S. The Company operates as a single reportable and operating segment because the Chief Operating Decision Maker (the “CODM”), which is the Chief Executive Officer, manages the business activities on a consolidated basis. Although the Company disaggregates its revenue by client market and client type, it does not manage its business or allocate resources based on client market or type.
The CODM assesses performance of the segment based on consolidated net income that is reported on the Company’s consolidated statements of comprehensive income. The CODM uses consolidated net income to evaluate the Company’s performance against budgets and decide whether to use the profits to invest in the business, paydown debt, repurchase stock, pay dividends, or fund acquisitions. Asset information provided to the CODM is not used for the purpose of making decisions and assessing performance of the Company.
The segment revenue, significant segment expenses, and segment profit are as follows:
Significant segment expenses:
Direct labor and related fringe benefit costs
167,983
191,930
Subcontractors and other direct costs
102,654
110,612
5,571
5,318
Amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations
7,609
9,477
Interest expense
6,806
7,423
Other segment expense (1)
660
966
(1) Other segment expense includes interest income and gains/losses on foreign currency and disposition of assets.
NOTE 15 – SUBSEQUENT EVENT
On April 10, 2026, the Company completed the refinancing of its current Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated May 6, 2022 (the “Existing Credit Agreement”) by entering into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with PNC Bank, National Association as administrative agent, BOFA Securities, Inc., and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as the joint lead arrangers, certain other financial institutions as lenders, and certain guarantors party thereto.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement: (a) maintains a $600 million revolving credit facility (together and inclusive of a $75 million swing line sublimit and $100 million sublimit for letters of credit); (b) increases the existing term loan facility from $300 million to $450 million; (c) maintains a delayed draw term loan facility of $400 million; (d) increases the existing incremental credit facility from an aggregate principal amount of not more than $300.0 million, to an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the greater of (i) $300.0 million and (ii) 100% of Consolidated EBITDA, plus the amounts of voluntary prepayments of Term Loans and Delayed Draw Term Loans; (e) amends the definition of “Consolidated Indebtedness” to net Unrestricted Cash and replaces the existing maximum Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant with a maximum Consolidated Net Leverage Ratio covenant, which is maintained at a maximum of 4.50 to 1.00 (with temporary increases to 5.00 to 1.00 for the three fiscal quarters following a “Material Permitted Acquisition”); (f) extends the maturity date of the Credit Facility until April 10, 2031; and (g) modifies certain definitions and covenants.
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (this “Quarterly Report”) constitute forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “plan,” “potential,” “should,” “will,” “would,” or similar words. You should read statements that contain these words carefully.
Our forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of our management and the information available to our management at the time these disclosures were prepared. Although we believe the expectations reflected in these statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements. You should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Quarterly Report. We undertake no obligation to update these forward-looking statements, even if our situation changes in the future.
The terms “we,” “our,” “us,” and “the Company,” as used throughout this Quarterly Report, refer to ICF International, Inc. and its subsidiaries, unless otherwise indicated. The terms “federal” or “federal government” refer to the U.S. federal government, and “state and local” or “state and local government” refer to U.S. state and local governments and the governments of U.S. territories. The following discussion and analysis is intended to help the reader understand our business, financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity and capital resources. You should read this discussion in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2026 (our “Annual Report”).
OVERVIEW AND OUTLOOK
We provide professional services and technology-based solutions, including management, technology, and policy consulting and implementation services. We help our clients conceive, develop, implement, and improve solutions that address complex business, natural resource, social, technological, and public safety issues. Our clients include U.S. federal, state, local and international governments or their agencies, as well as commercial entities. Our services primarily support clients that operate in these key markets:
We provide services to our diverse client base that deliver value throughout the entire life cycle of a policy, program, project, or initiative. Our primary services include:
We believe that, in the long-term, demand for our services will continue to grow as government, industry, and other stakeholders seek to address critical long-term societal and natural resource issues due to heightened concerns about the environment and use of clean energy and energy efficiency; health promotion, treatment, and cost control; the means by which healthcare can be delivered effectively on a cross-jurisdiction basis; natural disaster relief and rebuild efforts; and ongoing homeland security threats. In the wake of the major hurricanes that devastated communities in Texas, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico, and the impact of wildfires in Hawaii, Oregon, and southern California, the affected areas remain in various stages of evacuation, relief, and recovery efforts. We believe our prior and current experience with disaster relief and rebuild efforts, including after hurricanes (Katrina, Rita, and more recently Helene and Milton) and Superstorm Sandy, and the wildfires in Oregon, put us in a favorable position to continue to provide recovery and housing assistance, and environmental and infrastructure solutions, including disaster mitigation, on behalf of federal departments and agencies, state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, and regional agencies.
As the federal government continues to sharpen its focus on efficiency, transparency, consolidation, and accountability, we see growth opportunities for our fit-for-purpose technology solutions. Our offerings are innovative, agile, scalable, and aligned with commercial best practices, delivering clear and measurable outcomes. By combining deep institutional knowledge of our clients’ markets and data with our proven expertise in artificial intelligence, open source, cloud-native, and commercially available off the shelf low-code and no-code platforms, we are able to deliver highly functional, cost-effective solutions that meet the evolving demands of our customers while driving greater value and impact for taxpayers.
Our future results will depend on the success of our strategy to enhance our client relationships and seek larger engagements that span the entire program life cycle, and to complete and successfully integrate additional strategic acquisitions. We will continue to focus on building scale in our vertical and horizontal domain expertise, developing business with our existing clients as well as new customers, and replicating our business model in selective geographies. In doing so, we will continue to evaluate strategic acquisition opportunities that enhance our subject matter knowledge, broaden our service offerings, gain access to or expand customer relationships, and/or provide scale in specific geographies.
Although we continue to see favorable long-term market opportunities, there are certain business challenges facing all government service providers. The very nature of opportunities arising out of disaster recovery means they can involve unusual challenges. Factors such as the overall stress on communities and people affected by disaster recovery situations, political complexities, challenges among involved government agencies, and a higher-than-normal risk of audits and investigations may result in a reduction to our revenue and profit and adversely affect cash flow; however, we believe we are well positioned to provide a broad range of services in support of initiatives that will continue to be priorities to the federal government, as well as to state and local and international governments and commercial clients.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND POLICIES
There have been no material changes to our critical accounting estimates and policies from those disclosed in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended March 31, 2026 Compared to Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
The table below sets forth select line items of our unaudited consolidated statements of comprehensive income, the percentage of revenue for these select items, and the period-over-period rate of change and percentage of revenue for the periods indicated.
Percentages of Revenue
Year-to-Year Change
(dollars in thousands)
100.0
(50,118
(10.3
%)
Direct Costs:
38.4
39.4
(23,947
(12.5
Subcontractor and other direct costs
23.5
22.7
(7,958
(7.2
Total Direct Costs
61.9
62.0
(31,905
(10.5
Operating Costs and Expenses:
27.2
27.0
(13,064
(9.9
Depreciation and Amortization:
1.3
1.1
253
4.8
1.7
1.9
(1,868
(19.7
Total Depreciation and Amortization
3.0
(1,615
(10.9
Total Operating Costs and Expenses
30.2
30.0
(14,679
(10.0
Operating Income
7.9
8.0
(3,534
(9.2
(1.5
628
(8.6
(0.2
295
(28.0
Income before Income Taxes
6.2
6.3
(2,611
(8.7
Provision for Income Taxes
1.6
0.6
3,718
118.0
4.6
5.7
(6,329
(23.6
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Revenue. The decrease in revenue was driven by a reduction of $56.7 million from our U.S. federal government clients primarily as a result of terminated contracts during the first half of 2025 due to the Administration’s changing priorities and the actions recommended by the Department of Government Efficiency. Revenue from our commercial, U.S. state and local government, and international government clients increased a combined $6.6 million to offset the decrease of revenue from our U.S. federal government clients. The following were changes in revenue from our various client markets:
Revenue for the three months ended March 31, 2026 includes subcontractor and other direct costs, which decreased $8.0 million, or 7.2%, from the first quarter of 2025 and totaled $102.7 million and $110.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and the margin on such costs.
Direct Costs. For the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, direct labor and related fringe benefit costs as a percentage of direct costs were 62.1% and 63.4%, respectively, and subcontractor and other direct costs as a percentage of direct costs were 37.9% and 36.6%, respectively. As a percentage of revenue, direct labor and related fringe benefit costs were 38.4% and 39.4%, respectively, and subcontractor and other direct costs were 23.5% and 22.7%, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025.
Indirect and selling expenses. The change in total indirect and selling expenses were due to decreases of $10.5 million and $2.6 million, respectively, in indirect labor and related fringe benefit costs and general and administrative costs for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to the same period in 2025. Indirect labor and related fringe benefit costs as a percentage of indirect and selling expenses were 73.6% and 74.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively, and general and administrative costs as a percentage of indirect and selling expenses were 26.4% and 25.7% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively.
Depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was $5.6 million which was comparable to $5.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025.
The decrease of $1.9 million in amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations from $9.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025 to $7.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily due to certain intangible assets previously acquired becoming fully amortized.
Interest, net. The decrease of $0.6 million in interest, net, was primarily due to lower average debt balance of $453.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to $514.3 million for the same period in 2025. Interest from debt facilities was $5.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026, compared to $7.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Use of floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements to hedge the variable interest portion of debt facilities resulted in an increase of interest by less than $0.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to a reduction of $0.7 million for the same period in 2025. The average interest rate for our debt facilities was 5.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to 5.7% for the same period in 2025. Inclusive of the impact of the swap agreements, our interest rate was 5.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 compared to 5.1% for the same period in 2025.
Other expense. The decrease in other expense for the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily due to foreign currency expense in 2026 of $0.3 million compared to $1.0 million in 2025, partially offset by losses from disposal of assets of $0.5 million in 2026 associated with early exits from certain leased facilities.
Provision for Income Taxes. Our effective income tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 was 25.1% and 10.5%, respectively. A reconciliation of the Company’s statutory rate to the effective tax rate (the “ETR”) for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025 is as follows:
Statutory tax rate
21.0
State taxes, net of federal benefit
6.0
IRC 987 regulations
(14.8
Stock-based compensation
6.9
1.5
Uncertain tax position
2.5
3.9
Tax credits
(9.1
(11.3
Other
(2.2
4.2
Effective tax rate
25.1
10.5
NON-GAAP MEASURES
The following tables provide reconciliations of financial measures that are not calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the U.S. (“non-GAAP”) to their most comparable U.S. GAAP measures. While we believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide additional information to investors and may be useful in evaluating our financial information and assessing ongoing trends to better understand our operations, they should be considered supplemental in nature and not as a substitute for financial information prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Other companies may define similarly titled non-GAAP measures differently, thus limiting their use for comparability.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA
Earnings before interest, tax, and depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) is a measure we use to evaluate operating performance. Adjusted EBITDA is EBITDA further adjusted to eliminate the impact of certain items that we do not consider to be indicative of the performance of our ongoing operations (“Adjusted EBITDA”). We evaluate these adjustments on an individual basis based on both the quantitative and qualitative aspects of the item, including their size and nature, as well as whether we expect them to recur as part of our normal business on a regular basis.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not intended to be measures of free cash flow as these measures do not include certain cash requirements such as interest payments, tax payments, capital expenditures, and debt service.
The following table presents a reconciliation of net income to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA for the periods indicated.
6,709
7,337
EBITDA
47,279
52,133
Acquisition and divestiture-related expenses (1)
649
259
Severance and other costs related to staff realignment (2)
2,550
Charges and adjustments related to facility consolidations and office closures (3)
972
256
Total Adjustments
1,621
3,065
Adjusted EBITDA
55,198
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Non-GAAP Diluted Earnings per Share
Non-GAAP diluted earnings per share (“Non-GAAP Diluted EPS”) represents diluted U.S. GAAP earnings per share (“U.S. GAAP Diluted EPS”) excluding the impact of certain items noted above, amortization of acquired intangible assets, and the related income tax effects. While these adjustments may be recurring and not infrequent or unusual, we do not consider these adjustments to be indicative of the performance of our ongoing operations. We believe that the supplemental adjustments provide additional useful information to investors.
The following table presents a reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Diluted EPS to Non-GAAP Diluted EPS for the periods indicated.
U.S. GAAP Diluted EPS
Acquisition and divestiture-related expenses
0.04
0.01
Severance and other costs related to staff realignment
Charges and adjustments related to facility consolidations and office closures
0.06
Amortization of intangible assets acquired in business combinations (1)
0.41
0.51
Income tax effects of the adjustments (2)
(0.13
(0.17
Non-GAAP Diluted EPS
1.50
1.94
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Liquidity and Borrowing Capacity. In addition to cash and cash equivalents on hand and cash generated from operations, our primary source of liquidity is the Credit Facility with a syndicate of commercial banks, as described in “Note 5 – Long-Term Debt” in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report. The Credit Facility requires that we remain in compliance with certain financial and non-financial covenants (as defined by the Credit Agreement, see “Note 8 - Debt” in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in our Annual Report for additional details). As of March 31, 2026, we remained in compliance with these covenants, and we had $512.4 million available under the Credit Facility to fund our ongoing operations, future acquisitions, dividend payments, and share repurchase program. On April 10, 2026, we completed the refinancing of the Credit Facility, see “Note 15 - Subsequent Events” in the “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements” in this Quarterly Report.
We have entered into floating-to-fixed interest rate swap agreements for a total notional value of $175.0 million to hedge a portion of our floating-rate Credit Facility. The interest rate swaps will expire in 2030, but we may consider entering into additional swap agreements prior to the expiration of these existing hedges. As of March 31, 2026, the percentage of our fixed-rate debt to total debt from our Credit Facility was 40%.
We provide support services to the U.S. federal government and any prolonged federal government shutdown may affect our abilities to generate cash from that business to certain degrees. There are other conditions, such as the ongoing wars in Ukraine, instabilities in the Middle East, and volatility in global trade (including the imposition of tariffs), that create uncertainty in the global economy, which in turn may impact, among other things, our ability to generate positive cash flows from operations and our ability to successfully execute and fund key initiatives. However, our current belief is that the combination of internally generated funds, available bank borrowing capacity, and cash and cash equivalents on hand will provide the required liquidity and capital resources necessary to fund ongoing operations, customary capital expenditures, quarterly cash dividends, share repurchases, and organic growth. Additionally, we continuously analyze our capital structure to ensure we have capital to fund future strategic acquisitions.
We continuously monitor the state of the financial markets to assess the availability of borrowing capacity under the Credit Facility and the cost of additional capital from both debt and equity markets. At present, we believe we will be able to continue to access these markets on commercially reasonable terms and conditions if we need additional capital in the near term.
Dividends. We have historically paid quarterly cash dividends to our stockholders of record at $0.14 per share. Total dividend payments during the three months ended March 31, 2026 were $2.6 million.
Cash dividends declared thus far in 2026 are as follows:
Dividend Declaration Date
Dividend Per Share
Record Date
Payment Date
February 26, 2026
March 27, 2026
April 14, 2026
May 7, 2026
June 5, 2026
July 10, 2026
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Cash Flow. The following table sets forth our sources and uses of cash for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025:
Net cash used in operations decreased by $29.9 million, primarily due to higher cash collections from customers and timing of payment of vendors.
Cash used in investing activities decreased by $0.6 million as a result of lower capital expenditures in the first quarter of 2026 compared to 2025.
Cash provided by financing activities decreased by $25.9 primarily due to lower net borrowings from our Credit Facility and short-term borrowings, partially offset by reduced share repurchases.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes in the disclosures discussed in the section entitled “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A of our Annual Report.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures and Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting. Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and have concluded that as of March 31, 2026, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. There have been no significant changes in our internal controls over financial reporting during the quarterly period covered by this report that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
We are involved in various legal matters and proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. While these matters and proceedings cause us to incur costs, including, but not limited to, attorneys’ fees, we currently believe that any ultimate liability arising out of these matters and proceedings will not have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
There have been no material changes in the risk factors discussed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” disclosed in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities, Use of Proceeds, and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Share Repurchase Program. One of the objectives of our share repurchase program has been to offset dilution resulting from our employee incentive plan. The timing and extent to which we repurchase our shares will depend upon the approval by our board of directors, market conditions, and other corporate considerations, as may be considered in our sole discretion. Repurchases are funded from our existing cash balances and/or borrowings, and repurchased shares are held as treasury stock.
During the three months ended March 31, 2026, we repurchased 217,513 shares under our share repurchase program at an aggregate price of $15.0 million. As of March 31, 2026, $78.9 million of repurchase authority remained available for future approved share repurchases.
Repurchases of Equity Securities. The following table summarizes the share repurchase activity for the three months ended March 31, 2026 for our share repurchase program and shares purchased in satisfaction of employee tax withholding obligations related to the settlement of restricted stock units.
Period
Total Numberof SharesPurchased (1)
Average PricePaid perShare
Total Number ofShares Purchased asPart of PubliclyAnnounced Plans orPrograms
ApproximateDollar Value ofShares that MayYet Be PurchasedUnder the Plansor Programs (2)
January 1 - January 31
13,248
94.53
93,965,514
February 1 - February 28
313
March 1 - March 31
251,621
68.71
78,919,258
70.03
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
On March 7, 2026, John Wasson, our Chair and Chief Executive Officer, (and his spouse) adopted a Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement intended to satisfy the affirmative defense conditions under Rule 10b5-1(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The trading arrangement provides for the sale of up to 37,133 shares held in trusts associated with Mr. Wasson and terminates on the earlier of the date all shares covered by the trading arrangement have been sold and July 8, 2028.
Item 6. Exhibits
Exhibit
Number
10.1
Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated April 10, 2026 (Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Form 8-K, filed April 15, 2026).
31.1
Certificate of the Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a). *
31.2
Certificate of the Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a). *
32.1
Certification of the Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
32.2
Certification of the Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. *
101
The following materials from the ICF International, Inc. Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 formatted in Inline eXtensible Business Reporting Language (iXBRL): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows and (iv) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.*
104
Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101).
* Submitted electronically herewith.
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, thereunto duly authorized.
ICF INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By:
/s/ John Wasson
John Wasson
Chair and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ James Morgan
James Morgan
Chief Operating and Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)