Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.

On February 19, 2013, Exponent, Inc. (the "Company") announced that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.15 per share of the Company's common stock, payable March 29, 2013, to shareholders of record as of March 8, 2013.

On February 19, 2013, the Company announced that its Board of Directors has authorized an additional $35 million for the repurchase of its common stock. Purchases may be made in the open market or privately negotiated transactions in compliance with the Securities and Exchange Commission's Rule 10b-18. In total the Company currently has $50.6 million of total authorization available to repurchase shares.

A copy of the press release announcing the dividend and authorization of additional stock repurchases is attached hereto as exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Form 8-K, including Exhibit 99.1 attached hereto, is being furnished under Item 7.01 and shall not be deemed "filed" for purposes of
Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), or otherwise subject to the liability of such section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing of the Company under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filing, unless expressly incorporated by specific reference in such filing.