EARLY CREIGHTON K 4

4 · Willdan Group, Inc. · Filed Mar 17, 2026

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Updated Mar 17, 2026

Willdan (WLDN) CFO Creighton K. Early Receives Award; Shares Withheld

What Happened

Creighton K. Early, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Willdan Group, had 4,158 performance-based restricted stock units (RSUs) vest effective March 16, 2026 (grant originally made March 17, 2025). The RSUs converted into 4,158 shares of common stock (acquired at $0.00 per share).
To satisfy tax withholding obligations, 2,356 of those shares were withheld/disposed at an effective value of $78.61 per share, totaling $185,205. Net to Early after withholding was 1,802 shares.

Key Details

Transaction dates: Vesting and acquisition on 2026-03-16; Form 4 filed 2026-03-17 (timely).
Reported transactions and codes: A = Award/Grant (4,158 shares @ $0.00 acquired); F = Tax withholding (2,356 shares @ $78.61 disposed = $185,205).
Net change from the vesting event: +1,802 shares.
Footnotes of note:
- F1: These were performance-based RSUs granted 3/17/2025; performance conditions were certified satisfied 3/16/2026, triggering vesting.
- F3: The 2,356-share disposition reflects shares withheld to cover tax withholding on the vested RSUs.
- F2: Separately, Early holds additional unvested RSUs (5,625; 4,620; and 2,800 shares) that vest on future dates subject to continued service.
Shares owned after transaction: total post-transaction holdings not disclosed in the provided data; transaction produced a net increase of 1,802 shares for Early.

Context

This was not an open-market sale or option exercise. It was the vesting of performance RSUs with a portion of shares withheld to meet tax obligations (a common administrative step).
Such withholding transactions are routine and reflect tax compliance rather than a deliberate market-sale decision.

Form 4

Period: 2026-03-16

EXECUTIVE VP AND CFO

Transactions

Award
Common Stock
[F1][F2]
2026-03-16+4,158→ 81,049 total
Tax Payment
Common Stock
[F3][F2]
2026-03-16$78.61/sh−2,356$185,205→ 78,693 total

Footnotes (3)

[F1]Represents performance-based restricted stock units previously granted to the Reporting Person by the Issuer on March 17, 2025. The performance conditions applicable to the award were determined to have been satisfied by the Issuer's Compensation Committee effective on March 16, 2026, resulting in the immediate vesting of the restricted stock units as to 4,158 shares of Common Stock.
[F2]Includes (i) 5,625 shares of restricted stock units that vest in three substantially equal installments on each of March 3, 2027, March 3, 2028 and March 3, 2029, (ii) 4,620 shares of restricted stock units that vest in three substantially equal installments on each of March 17, 2026, March 17, 2027 and March 17, 2028, and (iii) 2,800 shares of restricted stock units that vest in two substantially equal installments on each of March 20, 2026 and March 20, 2027, subject to the Reporting Person's continued service to the Issuer through the applicable vesting date.
[F3]Represents shares of the Issuer's Common Stock withheld to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the vesting of the performance-based restricted stock units referenced in footnote (1).

Signature

/s/ Creighton K. Early|2026-03-17

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