Wednesday, February 4, 2009

CPI International to Announce First Quarter 2009 Financial Results

PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CPI International, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPII) expects to file its Form 10-Q for the first fiscal quarter ended January 2, 2009, with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, and to issue a press release regarding its financial results for the quarter after the close of the Nasdaq Stock Market on the same day. CPI International will hold a telephonic conference call in conjunction with this release that will be broadcast live simultaneously over the Internet on the company's Web site on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. (EST). Joe Caldarelli, chief executive officer of CPI International, and Joel Littman, chief financial officer, will host the call. Topics discussed on the call will include the company's first quarter fiscal 2009 financial performance and the status of its business. CPI International is the parent company of Communications & Power Industries, Inc., a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications.

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To participate in the conference call, please dial (877) 874-1569, or (719) 325-4814 for international callers, enter participant pass code 6691410 and ask for the CPI International First Quarter 2009 Financial Results Conference Call.

A replay of the call will be available until Friday, February 20, 2009. To access the replay, please dial (888) 203-1112, or (719) 457-0820 for international callers, and enter pass code 6691410.

To access the call via the Web, please visit http://investor.cpii.com on the morning of the call. Interested parties should allow extra time prior to the call to visit the site and download the streaming media software required to listen to the Internet broadcast. After the live call, the online archive of the broadcast will remain available on the site for one year. Additional information presented on the conference call may be made available in the Investors section of the company's Web site at http://investor.cpii.com.

About CPI International, Inc.

CPI International, Inc., headquartered in Palo Alto, California, is the parent company of Communications & Power Industries, Inc., a leading provider of microwave, radio frequency, power and control solutions for critical defense, communications, medical, scientific and other applications. Communications & Power Industries, Inc. develops, manufactures and distributes products used to generate, amplify, transmit and receive high-power/high-frequency microwave and radio frequency signals and/or provide power and control for various applications. End-use applications of these systems include the transmission of radar signals for navigation and location; transmission of deception signals for electronic countermeasures; transmission and amplification of voice, data and video signals for broadcasting, Internet and other types of commercial and military communications; providing power and control for medical diagnostic imaging; and generating microwave energy for radiation therapy in the treatment of cancer and for various industrial and scientific applications.