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Exhibit 99.1
801 Nicollet Mall
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CONTACTS: | |
11th Floor, West Tower
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For RSM McGladrey: | |
Minneapolis, MN 55402
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Terri Andrews | |
T 612.573.8750
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RSM McGladrey | |
www.rsmmcgladrey.com
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T: 704.877.1730 | |
| terri.andrews@rsmi.com | ||
| Twitter: @McGladreyPRNews | ||
| For McGladrey & Pullen: | ||
| Sean Murphy | ||
| Hill & Knowlton | ||
| T: 312-475-5972 | ||
| sean.murphy@hillandknowlton.com |
RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen Finalize Definitive Agreements
Chicago, IL — Feb. 5, 2010 — RSM McGladrey, Inc., one of the nation’s leading accounting, tax and
business consulting firms, and McGladrey & Pullen, LLP (M&P), an independent, partner-owned public
accounting firm, today announced they have signed definitive agreements to continue their
decade-long business relationship. The two firms previously announced their intention to extend
their collaboration subject to this definitive documentation.
“With the completion of these agreements, our focus is on moving forward and building the success
of our respective firms by enhancing client service and accelerating growth,” said C.E. Andrews,
president of RSM McGladrey, a wholly-owned subsidiary of H&R Block. “We have a clear opportunity
to enhance our competitive position by taking the collaboration between our firms to a new level.”
“We now have the framework to build on our heritage of delivering the highest quality services to
all our clients, while providing growth opportunities for our people and ensuring the independence
of M&P,” said Dave Scudder, managing partner of McGladrey & Pullen. “We look forward to increased
collaboration with RSM McGladrey and the renewed sense of enthusiasm and commitment that both firms
have brought to this process.”
About RSM McGladrey and McGladrey & Pullen LLP
RSM McGladrey is a leading professional services firm providing accounting, tax and business
consulting. RSM McGladrey operates in an alternative practice structure with McGladrey & Pullen,
LLP, a partner-owned CPA firm that delivers audit and attest services. Through separate and
independent legal entities, they work together to serve clients’ business needs. Together, the
companies rank as the fifth largest U.S. provider of accounting, tax and business consulting
services (source: Accounting Today), with 7,000 professionals and associates in nearly 90 offices.
RSM McGladrey, Inc. and
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP are member firms of RSM International, an affiliation of independent
accounting and consulting firms.
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