ClearRidge Transaction Announcement:

Thacher Associates, the New York City investigative consulting firm was acquired by K2 Intelligence to expand Integrity Monitoring Model nationally and internationally. The Company was advised by Managing Directors of ClearRidge Capital, acting in their capacity as registered representatives of Burch & Company, Inc.

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TULSA, OKLAHOMA – December 31, 2013 – ClearRidge Capital, an Oklahoma Investment Banking firm, announces the acquisition of Thacher Associates, the New York City investigative consulting firm by K2 Intelligence, the business investigative and intelligence firm founded by Jules and Jeremy Kroll. The Company was advised by Managing Directors of ClearRidge Capital, acting in their capacity as registered representatives of Burch & Company, Inc.

The combined firm will employ 120 professionals in New York, London, Madrid and Washington, DC.
In addition to providing due diligence, investigative/audit and loss prevention services to both private and public sector clients, Thacher Associates is recognized as the nation’s leading construction project integrity monitor. Thacher Associates’ President and CEO, Thomas D. (“Toby”) Thacher II, and Executive Vice President and Chief of Operations, Joseph A. DeLuca, built Thacher Associates in part by serving as integrity monitors on such high profile projects as the post 9/11 Ground Zero clean-up, the ongoing rebuilding of the World Trade Center, the construction of the new Yankee Stadium, The East Side Access and the Second Avenue subway lines, and the building of headquarters for such corporate giants as the Bank of America, AOL/Time Warner, I.A.C and The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

Both Thacher and DeLuca will continue in their present positions to lead Thacher Associates as it expands its innovative and cost saving monitoring models across the U.S. and internationally.

Thacher Associates was formed in 1996, after Thacher and DeLuca had achieved high acclaim for the unique Inspector General program they designed and implemented in 1990 to protect the New York City School Construction Authority’s $4.3 billion construction program.

Toby Thacher served as SCA’s first Vice President and Inspector General for from 1990 to 1996. In that capacity, Thacher made innovative use of criminal, civil and administrative law to combat fraud and build a community of independent private-sector inspectors general who work with contractors and vendors on site and in real time to prevent and detect fraud instead of the usual path of investigating it after the fact.

Terms of the transaction are not disclosed.

About ClearRidge Capital
ClearRidge provides Corporate Finance, Merger & Acquisition and Restructuring services for midsized companies. Principals of ClearRidge have completed M&A transactions, provided restructuring advice and secured new and replacement capital for midsized companies across the US and Canada. Advisory services are provided with a focus to maximize value for shareholders and ensure that the process is confidential, timely and professional. ClearRidge has worked with many of the leading private equity groups, banks, law firms, audit and accounting firms across the US. For further information, visit www.clearridgecapital.com.

About Burch & Co., Inc.
Licensed in all fifty states and registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, FINRA and SIPC, Burch & Company, Inc. is a registered broker/dealer. For further information, visit www.burchco.com.


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