<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001558370-16-007389.txt : 20160804
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001558370-16-007389
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	S-8
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
FILED AS OF DATE:		20160804
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20160804
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20160804

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Willdan Group, Inc.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001370450
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-ENGINEERING SERVICES [8711]
		IRS NUMBER:				141951112
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		S-8
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-212907
		FILM NUMBER:		161807396

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300
		CITY:			ANAHEIM
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92806
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-424-9144

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2401 EAST KATELLA AVENUE, SUITE 300
		CITY:			ANAHEIM
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			92806
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">John-Paul Motley,&nbsp;Esq.</font><br /><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-size:8pt;">O&#x2019;Melveny&nbsp;&amp; Myers LLP</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">Title of</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">Securities</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">Amount Of</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">500,000</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;font-size:4pt;top:-2.8pt;position:relative;line-height:90.83%">(1)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">$10.51</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;font-size:4pt;top:-2.8pt;position:relative;line-height:90.83%">(2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">$5,255,000</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;font-size:4pt;top:-2.8pt;position:relative;line-height:90.83%">(2)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;">$530</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:7pt;font-size:4pt;top:-2.8pt;position:relative;line-height:90.83%">(2)</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;color:#000000;">This Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of shares of Willdan Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D; or the &#x201C;Registrant&#x201D;), common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Common Stock&#x201D;), stated above, options and other rights to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Stock covered by this Registration Statement and, pursuant to Rule 416 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#x201C;Securities Act&#x201D;), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and rights that may be offered or issued pursuant to the Willdan Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Performance Incentive Plan (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;) as a result of one or more adjustments under the Plan to prevent dilution resulting from one or more stock splits, stock dividends or similar transactions.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;color:#000000;">Pursuant to Securities Act Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Stock on August 2, 2016, as quoted on the Nasdaq Global Market.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">The Exhibit Index for this Registration Statement is at page </font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">7</font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-size:8pt;">.</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M33"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:5.88235294117647%;margin-right:5.88235294117647%;">
		<p><font size="1"> </font></p></div><div style="margin-left:5.88235294117647%;margin-right:5.88235294117647%;"><hr align="center" style='background-color:#000000; border-width:0; color:#000000; height:2pt; lineheight:0; width:100%;'></hr><p style="page-break-after:always">&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;"><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">EXPLANATORY NOTE</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<a name="_DV_M34"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"></font><font style="display:inline;">This Registration Statement is filed by the Company to register additional securities issuable pursuant to the Plan and consists of only those items required by General Instruction E to Form S-8.</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M35"></a><font style="display:inline;">__________________________</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M36"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">PART I</font>
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		<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
			<a name="_DV_M37"></a><font style="display:inline;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M38"></a><font style="display:inline;">SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M39"></a><font style="display:inline;">The document(s) containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to participants as specified by Securities Act Rule 428(b)(1).</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">2</font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font>

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			<a name="_DV_M41"></a><font style="display:inline;">INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M42"></a><font style="display:inline;">REGISTRATION STATEMENT</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M43"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Item 3.</font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 43.8pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incorporation of Certain Documents by Reference</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M44"></a><font style="display:inline;">The following documents of the Company filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#x201C;Commission&#x201D;) are incorporated herein by reference: </font>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:12pt;;"> (a)</font>
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			<p style="border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
			<a name="_DV_M45"></a><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The Company&#x2019;s Registration Statements on Form S-8, filed with the Commission on August 12, 2008, August 12, 2010, and November 8, 2012 (Commission File Nos. 333-152951, 333-168787, and 333-184823, respectively);</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:12pt;;"> (b)</font>
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			<p style="border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
			<a name="_DV_M46"></a><a name="_DV_M47"></a><a name="_DV_M52"></a><a name="_DV_M55"></a><font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The Company&#x2019;s Annual Report on Form 10-K for its fiscal year ended January 1, 2016, filed with the Commission on March 16, 2016 (Commission File No. 001-33076);</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<p style="border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
				<font style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:12pt;;"> (c)</font>
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			<p style="border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The Company&#x2019;s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for its fiscal quarters ended April 1, 2016 filed, with the Commission on May 5, 2016, and July 1, 2016, filed with the Commission on August 4, 2016 (each Commission File No. 001-33076);</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:12pt;;"> (d)</font>
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			<p style="border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;border-bottom:1pt none #D9D9D9 ;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;">
			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The Company&#x2019;s Current Reports on Form 8-K, filed with the Commission on March 3, 2016 (with respect to Items 1.01, 2.03, 3.02, and 9.01 only), March 9, 2016, June 13, 2016, and June 14, 2016 (each, Commission File No.&nbsp;001-33076); and </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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				<font style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;border-top:1pt none #D9D9D9;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size:12pt;;"> (e)</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;color:#000000;">The description of the Company&#x2019;s Common Stock contained in its Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on October 11, 2006, (Commission File No. 001-33076), and any other amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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			<a name="_DV_M57"></a><font style="display:inline;">All documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#x201C;Exchange Act&#x201D;), prior to the filing of a post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement and to be a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents; provided, however, that documents or information deemed to have been furnished and not filed in accordance with Commission rules shall not be deemed incorporated by reference into this Registration Statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any statement contained herein or in a document, all or a portion of which is incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference herein, shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement.&nbsp;&nbsp;Any such statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified or amended, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M58"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;"></font></p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;">
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			<font style="display:inline;">3</font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font>

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			<a name="_DV_M59"></a><font style="display:inline;">Not applicable.</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M60"></a><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Item 8. </font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 40.2pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Exhibits</font>
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			<a name="_DV_M61"></a><font style="display:inline;">See the attached Exhibit Index at page </font>7<font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;">, which is incorporated herein by reference.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">4</font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font>

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</div></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"><hr align="center" style='background-color:#000000; border-width:0; color:#000000; height:2pt; lineheight:0; width:100%;'></hr><p style="page-break-after:always">&nbsp;</p></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"></div><div style="margin-left:10.2941176470588%;margin-right:10.2941176470588%;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;"><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S</font><font style="display:inline;">&#8209;8 and has duly caused this Form S-8 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Anaheim, State of California, on August 4, 2016.</font>
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						<font style="display:inline;">WILLDAN GROUP, INC.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">By: </font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;"> /s/ Stacy B. McLaughlin</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Stacy B. McLaughlin</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Vice President and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">POWER OF ATTORNEY</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Thomas D. Brisbin and Stacy B. McLaughlin, and each of them, acting individually and without the other, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place, and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective amendments, exhibits thereto and other documents in connection therewith) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or either of them individually, or their or his substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act, this Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
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					<p style="margin:0pt;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Title</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Date</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Thomas D. Brisbin</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">President, Chief Executive</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:99.00pt;border-top:1pt solid #000000 ;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Thomas D. Brisbin</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:153.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Officer and Director</font><br /><font style="display:inline;">(Principal Executive Officer)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:99.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Stacy B. McLaughlin</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:153.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Vice President and Chief</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:99.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Stacy B. McLaughlin</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Financial Officer</font><br /><font style="display:inline;">(Principal Financial and</font><br /><font style="display:inline;">Accounting Officer)</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Win Westfall</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Chairman of the Board</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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				<td valign="top" style="width:99.00pt;padding:0pt;">
					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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			</tr>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Win Westfall</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
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			<font style="display:inline;">5</font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font>

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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Steven A. Cohen</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Director</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Steven A. Cohen</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Raymond W. Holdsworth</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Director</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Raymond W. Holdsworth</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Douglas J. McEachern</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">Director</font></p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						&nbsp;</p>
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					<p style="margin:0pt;line-height:90.83%;text-align:center;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;font-size: 12pt;">
						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Douglas J. McEachern</font></p>
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						&nbsp;</p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Keith W. Renken</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ Mohammed Shahidehpour</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">/s/ John M. Toups</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">August 4, 2016</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Exhibit</font><br /><font style="display:inline;text-decoration:underline;"></font><font style="display:inline;">Number</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">4.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Willdan Group, Inc. Amended and Restated 2008 Performance Incentive Plan. (Filed as Exhibit 10.1 to the Company&#x2019;s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on June 14, 2016 (Commission File No. 001-33076) and incorporated herein by this reference.)</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">5.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Opinion of O&#x2019;Melveny &amp; Myers LLP.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">23.1</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">23.2</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Consent of KPMG LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Consent of Ernst &amp; Young, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">23.3</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).</font></p>
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						<font style="display:inline;">24.</font></p>
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			<font style="display:inline;">August 4,</font><font style="display:inline;"> 2016</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Willdan Group, Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">2401 East Katella Avenue, Suite 300</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Anaheim, California 92806</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;">Re:</font><font style="display:inline;;font-size: 12pt;font-family:Times New Roman,Times,serif;text-indent:0pt;margin-left:0pt;padding:0pt 36pt 0pt 0pt;"></font><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;">Registration of Securities of Willdan Group, Inc.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">In connection with the registration of up to </font><font style="display:inline;">5</font><font style="display:inline;">00</font><font style="display:inline;">,000</font><font style="display:inline;"> shares of Common Stock of Willdan Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the &#x201C;Company&#x201D;), par value $0.01 per share (the &#x201C;Shares&#x201D;), under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the &#x201C;Registration Statement&#x201D;), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on or about the date hereof, such Shares to be issued or delivered pursuant to the Willdan Group, Inc. </font><font style="display:inline;">Amended and Restated </font><font style="display:inline;">2008 Performance Incentive Plan (the &#x201C;Plan&#x201D;), you have requested our opinion set forth below.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">In our capacity as counsel, we have examined originals or copies of those corporate and other records of the Company we considered appropriate.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">On the basis of such examination and our consideration of those questions of law we considered relevant, and subject to the limitations and qualifications in this opinion, we are of the opinion that the Shares have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and, when issued in accordance with such authorization, the provisions of the Plan and relevant agreements duly authorized by and in accordance with the terms of the Plan, and upon payment for and delivery of the Shares as contemplated in accordance with the Plan, and either (a) the countersigning of the certificate or certificates representing the Shares by a duly authorized signatory of the registrar for the Company&#x2019;s Common Stock, or (b) the book-entry of the Shares by the transfer agent for the Company&#x2019;s Common Stock in the name of The Depository Trust Company or its nominee, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.&nbsp; </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.</font>
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			<a name="ki10601_consent_of_independent__ki102312"></a><a name="toc_ki10601_2"></a><font style="display:inline;">The Board of Directors</font><br /><font style="display:inline;">Willdan Group, Inc.: </font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">We consent to the use of our report dated March 15, 2016, and with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of Willdan Group, Inc. as of January 1, 2016, and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders&#x2019; equity, and cash flows for the year then ended, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of January 1, 2016, incorporated herein by reference.&nbsp;&nbsp;Our report refers to the adoption of FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2015-17, Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes.</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;">Irvine</font><font style="display:inline;">, California</font><br /><font style="display:inline;"></font><font style="display:inline;">August </font><font style="display:inline;">3</font><font style="display:inline;">,</font><font style="display:inline;"> 2016</font>
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			<font style="display:inline;font-size:12pt;">We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement (Form S-8 No. 333-00000) pertaining to the Amended and Restated 2008 Performance Incentive Plan of Willdan Group, Inc. of our report dated March 31, 2015, except for Note 12, for which the date is March 15, 2016, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of Willdan Group, Inc. and subsidiaries included in its Annual Report (Form 10-K) for the year ended January 1, 2016, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.</font>
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