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Transition Period Financial Information | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2011
Transition Period Financial Information |
Transition Period Financial Information |
17. Transition Period Financial Information On December 17, 2010, the Company's Board of Directors approved a change in the Company's fiscal year end from the last Saturday in November to the Saturday closest to December 31 of each year. Accordingly, the Company is presenting audited financial statements for the five-week transition period ended January 1, 2011. The following table provides certain unaudited comparative financial information of the same period of the prior year. The five-week periods ended January 1, 2011 and January 2, 2010, both included 35 days (in thousands, except per share data):
|  | 5 Weeks Ended |
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|  | January 1, 2011 |  | January 2, 2010 |
|  | (audited) |  | (unaudited) |
Statement of operations data: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net revenue |  | $ | 22,250 |  | $ | 20,360 |
Gross profit |  |  | 5,850 |  |  | 5,351 |
Loss from operations |  |  | (800 | ) |  | (1,490 | )
Benefit for income taxes |  |  | 288 |  |  | 1,232 |
Net loss attributable to CRA International, Inc. |  |  | (626 | ) |  | (358 | )
Basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to CRA International, Inc. |  | $ | (0.06 | ) | $ | (0.03 | )
Basic and diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding |  |  | 10,567 |  |  | 10,639 |
|  | January 1, 2011 |  | January 2, 2010 |
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|  | (audited) |  | (unaudited) |
Balance Sheet Data: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Working capital |  | $ | 100,533 |  | $ | 144,972 |
Total assets |  |  | 367,365 |  |  | 408,363 |
Convertible debt |  |  | 21,651 |  |  | 60,422 |
Total shareholders' equity |  |  | 255,424 |  |  | 254,257 |

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