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Forgivable Loans | 6 Months Ended
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Jul. 04, 2026
Forgivable Loans |
Forgivable Loans | Forgivable Loans In order to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, CRA may issue forgivable loans to employees and non-employee experts, certain of which may be denominated in local currencies. A portion of these loans is collateralized. The forgivable loans have terms that are generally between two and eight years with interest rates currently between 1.26% and 5.12%. The principal amount of forgivable loans and accrued interest is forgiven by CRA over the term of the loans, so long as the employee or non-employee expert continues employment or affiliation with CRA and complies with certain contractual requirements. During the fiscal year-to-date period ended July 4, 2026 and fiscal year ended January 3, 2026 there were no balances due under these loans for which the full principal and interest were not forgiven or not collected upon termination of employment or affiliation with CRA. The forgiveness of the principal amount of the loans is recorded as compensation over the service period, which is consistent with the term of the loans. The following table presents forgivable loan activity for the respective periods (in thousands):
|  | Fiscal Year-to-Date Period Ended |  | Fiscal Year Ended
|  | July 4, 2026 |  | January 3, 2026
Beginning balance |  | $ | 106,997 |  |  | $ | 55,492 |
Advances |  | 81,974 |  |  | 87,909 |
Repayments |  | (1,433) |  |  | (1,933) |
Reclassifications from accrued expenses or to other assets (1) |  | (23,670) |  |  | (2,203) |
Amortization (2) |  | (22,143) |  |  | (32,721) |
Effects of foreign currency translation |  | (130) |  |  | 453 |
Ending balance |  | $ | 141,595 |  |  | $ | 106,997 |
Current portion of forgivable loans |  | $ | 22,265 |  |  | $ | 16,726 |
Non-current portion of forgivable loans |  | $ | 119,330 |  |  | $ | 90,271 |
_______________________________ (1)Relates to the reclassification of performance awards previously recorded as accrued expenses or forgivable loans that have been reclassified to other receivables. (2)During the fiscal year-to-date period ended July 4, 2026, approximately $0.1 million of amortization was accelerated due to involuntary terminations. During the fiscal year ended January 3, 2026, approximately $1.1 million of amortization was accelerated due to terminations.

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