The Advisory Board Company Reports Fiscal Year 2008 Third Quart...( Revenues $55912...),Health

Revenues $55,912 $48,611 15.0%

Cost of services $26,107 $23,334

Member relations

and marketing $11,869 $10,562

General and administrative $6,754 $5,938

Income from operations $10,234 $8,215

Net income $7,912 $6,545 20.9%

Basic earnings per share $0.44 $0.35 25.7%

Diluted earnings per share $0.42 $0.34 23.5%

Weighted average common

shares outstanding

Basic 18,090 18,694

Diluted 18,871 19,461

Financial Highlights

(Adjusted) (1)

Adjusted cost of

services $24,631 $22,293

Adjusted member relations

and marketing $11,168 $9,859

Adjusted general and

administrative $5,351 $4,770

Adjusted income from

operations $13,814 $11,127 24.1%

Adjusted net income $10,300 $8,469 21.6%

Adjusted diluted earnings

per share $0.55 $0.44 25.0%

Diluted weighted average

common shares outstanding 18,871 19,461

Adjusted percentages of

revenues (1)

Adjusted cost of services 44.1% 45.9%

Adjusted member relations

and marketing 20.0% 20.3%

Adjusted general and

administrative 9.6% 9.8%

Adjusted income from

operations 24.7% 22.9%

Nine Months Ended Selected

December 31, Growth

2007
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