ET todiscuss its fourthquarter and fiscal 2008 financial results

Conference Call InformationCRA International will host a conference call this morning at 9:00 a.m. ET todiscuss its fourth-quarter and fiscal 2008 financial results. To listen to the call via telephone, dial (201)689-8328 or (877) 407-5790. Interested parties unable to participate in the livecall may access an archived version of the webcast on CRAs website.

About CRA InternationalFounded in 1965, CRA International is a leading global consulting firm thatoffers economic, financial, and business management expertise to major lawfirms, businesses, accounting firms, and governments. CRAs consultants combineuncommon analytical rigor with practical experience and in-depth understandingof industries and markets. CRA is adept at handling critical, tough assignmentswith high-stakes outcomes. CRAs analytical strength enables it to reachobjective, factual conclusions that help clients make important business andpolicy decisions and resolve critical disputes.

Headquartered in Boston, CRA hasoffices throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Detailedinformation about CRA is available at NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURESIn addition to reporting its financial results in accordance with generallyaccepted accounting principles, or GAAP, the Company has also provided in thisrelease non-GAAP revenue, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP net income pershare. The Company believes the use of non-GAAP measures in addition to GAAPmeasures is an additional useful method of evaluating its results of operations.The Company believes that presenting its financial results excluding theseinfrequent or unusual restructuring costs, foreign currency exchange gain/loss,tax provision credit, gain from repurchase of convertible bonds and related taxeffect, and NeuCos results is important to investors and management because itis more indicative of its ongoing operating results and financial condition.These non-GAAP financial measures should be considered in conjunction with, butnot as a substitute for, the financial information presented in accordance withGAAP, and the expected results calculated in accordance with GAAP andreconciliations to those expected results should be carefully evaluated. Thenon-GAAP financial measures used by the Company may be calculated differentlyfrom, and therefore may not be comparable to, similarly titled measures used byother companies. Specifically, for fiscal 2008, the Company has excluded amountsassociated with the divesting or shutting down of the Companys Australian andNew Zealand-based operations, its capital projects and legal business consultingpractices, office space reductions, and employee separation and othercompensation associated with a workforce reduction, all offset by related taxbenefits, as well as excluding the gain from repurchase of convertible bonds andrelated tax effect, and NeuCos results.