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Ryan & Company Continues Rapid Growth with Kansas City Office

Press Release Oct 01, 2003

Dallas, Texas -- Ryan & Company, America's fastest growing major state and local tax consulting firm, announced that it has opened a new office in Overland Park outside Kansas City. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the firm established the Kansas City office to serve as the home of its national fuel and excise tax practice and to enhance its existing national presence. Ryan & Company now has 11 offices nationwide, with several more underway.

"Kansas City is a welcome addition to the growing list of Ryan & Company offices. Our presence in this market will allow us to further enhance our ability to deliver exceptional service to clients with operations in Kansas and the surrounding states, such as ChevronTexaco and Tyson Foods," said G. Brint Ryan, Ryan & Company Managing Principal. "In addition, the launch of the fuel and excise tax practice offers us an even greater ability to provide full-service state and local tax consulting to our national clients."

"I am excited to be joining Ryan & Company and look forward to developing the fuel and excise tax practice," said Robert D. Jones, who will manage Ryan & Company's new Kansas City office. "Ryan & Company is a leading provider of state and local tax services and I welcome the opportunities to continue strategic business development, quality service delivery and recruiting efforts in this market."

Prior to joining Ryan & Company, Mr. Jones served as a director for Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, managing their national fuels tax practice. Mr. Jones has 10 years of experience in the multi-state and federal operating tax areas, with prior experience managing those disciplines at Yellow Freight System, Inc.

About Ryan

Ryan, an award-winning global tax services and software provider, is the largest Firm in the world dedicated exclusively to business taxes. With global headquarters in Dallas, Texas, the Firm provides an integrated suite of federal, state, local, and international tax services on a multijurisdictional basis, including tax recovery, consulting, advocacy, compliance, and technology services. Ryan is an 11-time recipient of the International Service Excellence Award from the Customer Service Institute of America (CSIA) for its commitment to world-class client service. Empowered by the dynamic myRyan work environment, which is widely recognized as the most innovative in the tax services industry, Ryan’s multidisciplinary team of more than 4,800 professionals and associates serves over 30,000 clients in more than 80 countries, including many of the world’s most prominent Global 5000 companies. More information about Ryan can be found at ryan.com.

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