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Exhibit 99.1

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NEWS RELEASE

ICF International Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2010 Results

Fourth Quarter Highlights

Total Revenue Increased 11 Percent

Operating Income Up 21 Percent

Announced Acquisition of Leading Canadian Energy and Environmental Consulting Firm

Full Year 2010 Highlights

Total Revenue Increased 13 Percent

Operating Income Up 20 Percent

Organic Revenue Growth Was 15 Percent

Funded Backlog of $649 Million at Year-End, Up 21 Percent

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contacts:

Douglas Beck, ICF International, 1.703.934.3820

Lynn Morgen / Betsy Brod, MBS Value Partners, 1.212.750.5800

Fairfax, Va. - March 2, 2011 - ICF International, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICFI), a leading provider of consulting services and technology solutions to government and commercial clients, reported results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2010.

Fourth Quarter 2010 Results and Highlights

Total revenue for the fourth quarter was $192.9 million, an increase of 10.8 percent compared to total revenue of $174.1 million reported in the 2009 fourth quarter. Organic revenue growth was 7.5 percent.

Net income was $7.2 million, a 15.6 percent increase compared to the $6.2 million reported for last year’s fourth quarter. Earnings per diluted share were $0.36 compared to $0.37 in the fourth quarter of 2009. For the 2010 fourth quarter, the fully diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding was 19.8 million compared to 16.5 million in the 2009 fourth quarter. The increase resulted primarily from the full quarter effect of the 3.6 million shares issued in connection with the Company’s secondary public offering, which was completed in December 2009.

Commenting on the results, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sudhakar Kesavan said, “Fourth quarter growth was broad-based, reflecting solid revenue increases across all of our client categories and markets. Federal Government revenue was up 10.2 percent, state and local government revenue increased 28.0 percent, and commercial and international revenue was up 5.5 percent. In the fourth quarter, our commercial business benefitted from both our growing energy efficiency business as well as a modest pickup in advisory and valuation work related to energy transactions and transportation markets.”


“With respect to revenues from end markets, Health, Education and Social Programs were up 11.8 percent, Energy, Environment and Transportation revenues increased 8.4 percent, and Homeland Security and Defense grew 15.4 percent. Additionally, we won more than 400 contracts in the fourth quarter that represent future work across all of our markets.”

“Our acquisition of Marbek Resource Consultants Ltd. was completed in early January 2011 and gives us important cross-selling opportunities in Canada, which is a growing market for energy and environmental services to both government and commercial clients,” Mr. Kesavan said.

Full Year 2010 Operating and Financial Highlights

 

   

Total revenue was $764.7 million, an increase of 13.4 percent from 2009; exclusive of Road Home contract revenue reported in 2009, revenue increased 24.6 percent

 

   

Organic revenue1 growth was 14.6 percent

 

   

Net income was $27.2 million, an increase of 21.5 percent

 

   

Earnings per diluted share were $1.38 compared to $1.40, calculated on a 23.3 percent increase in the weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

   

Net cash provided by operating activities was $68.2 million compared to $48.6 million last year

 

   

Funded backlog was up 21 percent at $649 million compared to $536 million at the end of 2009.

“This was another strong year for ICF International, reflecting significant increases in total revenues and operating income, and strong organic revenue growth,” Mr. Kesavan said. “We ended 2010 with a strong balance sheet and cash flow generation, which provide the resources to continue to invest in organic growth and potential acquisitions.”

Backlog and New Business Awards

Backlog was $1.4 billion at the end of the fourth quarter. Funded backlog was $649.0 million, or 47.5 percent of the total.

The total value of contracts awarded in the fourth quarter of 2010 was $150 million, bringing total contract awards for 2010 to $834 million.

Key contracts won in the fourth quarter included:

 

   

Energy Efficiency: A new three-year $14.4 million energy efficiency contract with a major U.S. utility to administer energy efficiency programs that focus on residential homes, commercial prescriptive measures, and commercial custom measures.

 

   

Leadership Development: A new multiple-award Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences (ARI) to support the Research, Development, and Analysis in Army Training (TRAIN II) program. The contract has a ceiling for ICF of $30 million and a term of one base year and four option years.

 

   

Veterans Affairs IT: A new contract through High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), to support the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in providing technical and IT program assistance for the VA Veterans Relationship Management programs. The contract has a value to ICF of $10 million and a term of one base year and four option years.

 

   

Other Important Contract Wins: Thirty additional new contract wins individually valued at $1 million or more in the areas of environmental management for new infrastructure, energy efficiency program management, health IT and health research, housing program support, federal emergency response planning, and corporate environmental management.

 

1 Organic revenue excludes revenue from The Road Home contract and revenue from acquisitions closed during the previous four quarters.


   

Commercial Sector: More than 180 other contract wins in the domestic and international commercial sector in the areas of energy efficiency programs, utility industry transmission and fuels planning, and aviation and airport planning.

Summary and Outlook

Mr. Kesavan continued, “In 2010, in addition to winning important new contracts in our traditional mission support areas, we were awarded several large capacity contracts to implement IT services in the health and environment markets. This was the first time that we have won multiple opportunities of this magnitude, and we believe they could represent significant growth potential for ICF in the periods ahead.”

“Funded backlog levels at 2010 year-end and our growing business development pipeline provide good visibility, enabling us to reaffirm our full year 2011 guidance of revenues in the range of $830 million to $865 million, which represents growth of 10.8 percent at the midpoint. We expect to continue to achieve operating leverage in 2011 and are guiding to a range of earnings per diluted share of $1.63 to $1.73, based on approximately 20.1 million weighted average number of shares outstanding and an effective tax rate of 40.5 percent.”

“For the 2011 first quarter, we expect revenues to range from $192 million to $197 million, representing year-over-year growth of 11.5 percent at the midpoint. Earnings per diluted share are expected to be in the range of $0.34 to $0.38, a year-over-year increase of 28.6 percent at the midpoint,” Mr. Kesavan noted.

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About ICF International

ICF International (NASDAQ:ICFI) partners with government and commercial clients to deliver professional services and technology solutions in the energy, environment and transportation; health, education, and social programs; and homeland security and defense markets. The firm combines passion for its work with industry expertise and innovative analytics to produce compelling results throughout the entire program life cycle, from research and analysis through implementation and improvement. Since 1969, ICF has been serving government at all levels, major corporations, and multilateral institutions. More than 3,700 employees serve these clients worldwide. ICF’s Web site is www.icfi.com.

Caution Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

Statements that are not historical facts and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties are “forward-looking statements” as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements may concern our current expectations about our future results, plans, operations and prospects and involve certain risks, including those related to the government contracting industry generally; our particular business, including our dependence on contracts with U.S. federal government agencies; and our ability to acquire and successfully integrate businesses. These and other factors that could cause our actual results to differ from those indicated in forward-looking statements are included in the “Risk Factors” section of our securities filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements included herein are only made as of the date hereof, and we specifically disclaim any obligation to update these statements in the future.


ICF International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Earnings

(in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Three months ended
December 31,
    Twelve months ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  
     (Unaudited)              

Gross Revenue

   $ 192,938      $ 174,061      $ 764,734      $ 674,399   

Direct Costs

     119,437        106,576        476,187        411,334   

Operating costs and expenses:

        

Indirect and selling expenses

     56,025        52,011        218,533        203,428   

Depreciation and amortization

     2,747        2,808        10,775        9,416   

Amortization of intangible assets

     3,082        3,071        12,326        11,137   
                                

Total operating costs and expenses

     61,854        57,890        241,634        223,981   
                                

Operating Income

     11,647        9,595        46,913        39,084   

Interest expense

     (747     (1,400     (3,403     (5,107

Other income (expense)

     (25     580        172        1,005   
                                

Income before income taxes

     10,875        8,775        43,682        34,982   

Provision for income taxes

     3,718        2,586        16,511        12,626   
                                

Net income

   $ 7,157      $ 6,189      $ 27,171      $ 22,356   
                                

Earnings per Share:

        

Basic

   $ 0.37      $ 0.38      $ 1.40      $ 1.45   
                                

Diluted

   $ 0.36      $ 0.37      $ 1.38      $ 1.40   
                                

Weighted-average Shares:

        

Basic

     19,489        16,187        19,375        15,433   
                                

Diluted

     19,751        16,522        19,626        15,914   
                                

Reconciliation of EBITDA

        

Operating Income

     11,647        9,595        46,913        39,084   

Depreciation and amortization

     5,829        5,879        23,101        20,553   
                                

EBITDA

     17,476        15,474        70,014        59,637   

Transaction related costs

     —          367        —          1,354   
                                

Adjusted EBITDA

     17,476        15,841        70,014        60,991   
                                


ICF International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands)

 

     December 31, 2010     December 31, 2009  

Current Assets:

    

Cash

   $ 3,301      $ 2,353   

Contract receivables, net

     176,963        174,120   

Prepaid expenses and other

     6,995        6,666   

Income tax receivable

     1,628        4,175   

Deferred income taxes

     4,973        1,337   
                

Total current assets

     193,860        188,651   
                

Total property and equipment, net

     18,887        22,600   

Other assets:

    

Goodwill

     323,467        323,467   

Other intangible assets, net

     26,148        38,474   

Restricted cash

     3,179        2,123   

Other assets

     7,278        6,912   
                

Total assets

   $ 572,819      $ 582,227   
                

Current Liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 29,866      $ 27,075   

Accrued salaries and benefits

     40,750        32,762   

Accrued expenses

     25,522        21,080   

Deferred revenue

     20,034        19,370   
                

Total current liabilities

     116,172        100,287   
                

Long-term liabilities:

    

Long-term debt

     85,000        145,000   

Deferred rent

     5,142        2,914   

Deferred income taxes

     10,068        11,656   

Other

     3,704        4,810   
                

Total Liabilities

     220,086        264,667   

Commitments and Contingencies

     —          —     

Stockholders’ Equity:

    

Preferred stock, par value $.001 per share; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none issued

     —          —     

Common stock, $.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 19,618,659 and 19,278,591 shares issued; and 19,567,571 and 19,278,591 shares outstanding as of December 31, 2010, and December 31, 2009, respectively

     20        19   

Additional paid-in capital

     220,891        211,412   

Retained earnings

     133,637        106,466   

Treasury stock

     (1,291     —     

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (524     (337
                

Total stockholders’ equity

     352,733        317,560   
                

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 572,819      $ 582,227   
                


ICF International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(in thousands)

 

     Twelve months ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income

   $ 27,171      $ 22,356   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Bad debt expense

     543        241   

Deferred income taxes

     (5,224     2,203   

(Gain) loss on disposal of fixed assets

     110        (14

Non-cash equity compensation

     7,533        7,192   

Depreciation and amortization

     23,101        20,553   

Deferred rent

     1,153        106   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of the effect of acquisitions:

    

Contract receivables

     (3,386     15,948   

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (778     (3,962

Accounts payable

     2,396        (3,763

Accrued salaries and benefits

     8,677        (2,517

Accrued expenses

     5,832        (17,503

Deferred revenue

     664        4,341   

Income tax receivable

     2,547        1,150   

Restricted cash

     (1,056     2,135   

Other liabilities

     (1,105     88   
                

Net cash provided by operating activities

     68,178        48,554   
                

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Capital expenditures

     (7,283     (8,068

Capitalized software development costs

     (394     (437

Payments for business acquisitions, net of cash received

     —          (188,672
                

Net cash used in investing activities

     (7,677     (197,177
                

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Advances from working capital facilities

     43,317        315,784   

Payments on working capital facilities

     (103,317     (250,784

Debt issue costs

     (21     (655

Proceeds from secondary offering, net

     —          83,294   

Proceeds from exercise of options

     966        2,832   

Tax benefits of stock option exercises and award vesting

     914        3,113   

Issuances of stock

     66        88   

Shares reacquired in net share issuance

     (1,291     (4,179

Payments received on stockholder notes

     —          12   
                

Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities

     (59,366     149,505   

Effect of exchange rate on cash

     (187     (65
                

Increase in cash

     948        817   

Cash, beginning of period

     2,353        1,536   
                

Cash, end of period

   $ 3,301      $ 2,353   
                

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information

    

Cash paid during the period for:

    

Interest

   $ 3,873      $ 4,664   
                

Income taxes

   $ 18,977      $ 7,644   
                


ICF International, Inc. and Subsidiaries

Supplemental Schedule (Unaudited)

 

Revenue by market    Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Energy, environment, and transportation

     41     42     40     42

Health, education, and social programs

     45     45     46     44

Homeland security and defense

     14     13     14     14
                                

Total

     100     100     100     100
                                
Revenue by client    Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

U.S. federal government

     69     69     71     60

U.S. state and local government

     11     9     10     19

Domestic commercial

     15     16     14     16

International

     5     6     5     5
                                

Total

     100     100     100     100
                                
Revenue by contract type    Three Months Ended
December 31,
    Twelve Months Ended
December 31,
 
     2010     2009     2010     2009  

Time-and-materials

     49     45     49     51

Cost-based

     23     23     23     20

Fixed-price

     28     32     28     29
                                

Total

     100     100     100     100