Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp

Unless the context otherwise indicates or requires, as used in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2024, references to: (i) “we,” “us,” “our,” or our “company” refer to Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, its consolidated subsidiaries and predecessors; (ii) “Booz Allen Holding” refers to Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corporation, exclusive of its subsidiaries; (iii) “Booz Allen Investor” refers to Booz Allen Hamilton Investor Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Booz Allen Holding; (iv) “Booz Allen Hamilton” and “Booz Allen” refer to Booz Allen Hamilton Inc., our primary operating company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Booz Allen Holding; and (v) “fiscal,” when used in reference to any twelve-month period ended March 31, refers to our fiscal years ended March 31. Unless otherwise indicated, information contained in this Annual Report is as of March 31, 2024. We have made rounding adjustments to reach some of the figures included in this Annual Report and, unless otherwise indicated, percentages presented in this Annual Report are approximate.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained or incorporated in this Annual Report include forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “may,” “will,” “could,” “should,” “forecasts,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “outlook,” “believes,” “estimates,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “preliminary,” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we can give you no assurance these expectations will prove to have been correct. These forward-looking statements relate to future events or our future financial performance and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements to differ materially from any future results, levels of activity, performance, or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and other factors include:

•any issue that compromises our relationships with the U.S. government or damages our professional reputation, including negative publicity concerning government contractors in general or us in particular;

•changes in U.S. government spending, including a continuation of efforts by the U.S. government to decrease spending for management support service contracts, and mission priorities that shift expenditures away from agencies or programs that we support, or as a result of U.S. administration transitions;

•efforts by Congress and other U.S. government bodies to reduce U.S. government spending and address budgetary constraints and the U.S. deficit, as well as associated uncertainty around the timing, extent, nature, and effect of such efforts;

•delayed long-term funding of our contracts, including uncertainty relating to funding the U.S. government and increasing the debt ceiling;

•U.S. government shutdowns as a result of the failure by elected officials to fund the government;

•failure to comply with numerous laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”), the False Claims Act, the Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (“DFARS”), and FAR Cost Accounting Standards and Cost Principles;

•the effects of disease outbreaks, pandemics, or widespread health epidemics, including disruptions to our workforce and the impact on government spending and demand for our solutions;

•our ability to compete effectively in the competitive bidding process and delays or losses of contract awards caused by competitors’ protests of major contract awards received by us;

•variable purchasing patterns under U.S. government General Services Administration Multiple Award schedule contracts, or General Services Administration (“GSA”) schedules, blanket purchase agreements, and indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (“IDIQ”) contracts;

•the loss of GSA schedules or our position as prime contractor on government-wide acquisition contract vehicles (“GWACs”);

•changes in the mix of our contracts and our ability to accurately estimate or otherwise recover expenses, time, and resources for our contracts;

•changes in estimates used in recognizing revenue;

•our ability to realize the full value of and replenish our backlog, generate revenue under certain of our contracts, and the timing of our receipt of revenue under contracts included in backlog;

•internal system or service failures and security breaches, including, but not limited to, those resulting from external or internal threats, including cyber attacks on our network and internal systems;

•risks related to the operations of financial management systems;

•an inab ility to attract, train, or retain employees with the requisite skills and experience;

•an inability to timely hire, assimilate, and effectively utilize our employees, ensure that employees obtain and maintain necessary security clearances, and/or effectively manage our cost structure;

•risks related to inflation that could impact the cost of doing business and/or reduce customer buying power;

•the loss of members of senior management or failure to develop new leaders;

•misconduct or other improper activities from our employees, subcontractors, or suppliers, including the improper access, use or release of our or our clients’ sensitive or classified information;

•increased competition from other companies in our industry;

•failure to maintain strong relationships with other contractors, or the failure of contractors with which we have entered into a sub- or prime-contractor relationship to meet their obligations to us or our clients;

•inherent uncertainties and potential adverse developments in legal or regulatory proceedings, including litigation, audits, reviews, and investigations, which may result in materially adverse judgments, settlements, withheld payments, penalties, or other unfavorable outcomes including debarment, as well as disputes over the availability of insurance or indemnification;

•failure to comply with special U.S. government laws and regulations relating to our international operations;

•risks associated with increased competition, new relationships, clients, capabilities, and service offerings in our U.S. and international businesses;

•risks related to changes to our operating structure, capabilities, or strategy intended to address client needs, grow our business, or respond to market developments;

•the adoption by the U.S. government of new laws, rules, and regulations, such as those relating to organizational conflicts of interest issues or limits;

•risks related to a possible recession and volatility or instability of the global financial system, including the failures of financial institutions and the resulting impact on counterparties and business conditions generally;

•risks related to a deterioration of economic conditions or weakening in credit or capital markets;

•risks related to pending, completed, and future acquisitions and dispositions, including the ability to satisfy specified closing conditions for pending transactions, such as those related to receipt of regulatory approval or lack of regulatory intervention, and to realize the expected benefits from completed acquisitions and dispositions;

•the incurrence of additional tax liabilities, including as a result of changes in tax laws or management judgments involving complex tax matters;

•risks inherent in the government contracting environment;

•continued efforts to change how the U.S. government reimburses compensation related costs and other expenses or otherwise limits such reimbursements, and an increased risk of compensation being deemed unreasonable and unallowable or payments being withheld as a result of U.S. government audit, review, or investigation;

•increased insourcing by various U.S. government agencies due to changes in the definition of “inherently governmental” work, including proposals to limit contractor access to sensitive or classified information and work assignments;

•the size of our addressable markets and the amount of U.S. government spending on private contractors;

•risks related to our indebtedness and credit facilities which contain financial and operating covenants;

•the impact of changes in accounting rules and regulations, or interpretations thereof, that may affect the way we recognize and report our financial results, including changes in accounting rules governing recognition of revenue;

•the impact of ESG-related risks and climate change generally on our and our clients' businesses and operations; and

•other risks and factors listed under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” and elsewhere in this Annual Report.

In light of these risks, uncertainties, and other factors, the forward-looking statements might not prove to be accurate and you should not place undue reliance upon them. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and we undertake no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.