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                                                                    EXHIBIT 11.1
 
         THE PROFIT RECOVERY GROUP INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
          STATEMENT RE: COMPUTATION OF PRO FORMA EARNINGS PER SHARE(1)
                 (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE DATA)
 


                                                            THREE MONTHS
                                                           ENDED SEPTEMBER      NINE MONTHS ENDED
                                                                 30,              SEPTEMBER 30,
                                                          -----------------     -----------------
                                                           1996      1995        1996      1995
                                                          -------   -------     -------   -------
                                                                              
Pro forma net earnings..................................  $ 2,742   $ 1,463     $ 4,581   $ 2,163
Interest accrued on convertible debt, net of income
  taxes(2)..............................................       --       122          97       137
                                                          -------   -------     -------   -------
          Adjusted pro forma net earnings...............  $ 2,742   $ 1,585     $ 4,678   $ 2,300
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding(3)........   17,621    12,000      15,810    12,000
Weighted average number of common equivalent shares
  (computed using the treasury stock method)............      665       348         562       348
Common shares from convertible debt(2)..................       --     2,157         719     2,157
Common equivalent shares from the distribution payable
  $(4,875,576) divided by the initial public offering
  price of $11.00 per share (and weighted since the
  initial public offering)..............................       --       443         140       443
                                                          -------   -------     -------   -------
          Weighted average number of common and common
            equivalent
            shares......................................   18,286    14,948      17,231    14,948
                                                          =======   =======     =======   =======
Pro forma earnings per common and common equivalent
  share.................................................  $   .15   $   .11     $   .27   $   .15
                                                          =======   =======     =======   =======

 
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(1) All share and per share data has been adjusted to reflect the effect of the
     2-for-1 stock split (effected in the form of a stock dividend) at the time
     of the March 1996 initial public offering.
(2) Assumes convertible debentures were converted, as a component of the initial
     public offering-related reorganization, as of the beginning of the period
     and the related interest expense, net of income taxes, is added back to pro
     forma net earnings.
(3) Assumes number of shares outstanding, after giving effect to the initial
     public offering-related reorganization, as of the beginning of the period.