American Funds Outsources Annuity Fulfillment Program To Capital Fulfillment Group

Hingham, MA - March 8, 2004

Capital Fulfillment Group (CFG), a leading provider of marketing and fulfillment solutions to the financial services industry, announced today that American Funds has selected Capital Fulfillment Group to outsource their Variable Annuity and Variable Universal Life (American Legacy) product fulfillment.

American Legacy has one of the longest histories among variable annuities, and accounts for more than $28 billion in assets under management. American Legacy is a suite of variable annuities and variable universal life insurance, issued and distributed by The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company, with investment management from American Funds.

"With realized value, comes opportunity, and Lincoln Financial continues to introduce us to new fulfillment opportunities," said Thomas Matson, Vice President of National Accounts at CFG. "We are very pleased with the decision to select our fulfillment program for American Funds' American Legacy suite of variable annuity products."

About Capital Fulfillment Group

Capital Fulfillment Group (www.cfgweb.com) brings a new paradigm and new standard of excellence in sophisticated fulfillment solutions exclusively to the mutual fund, investment, and insurance industries. CFG's customized fulfillment programs offer the most responsive, efficient, and cost-effective way to support the literature distribution needs of sales and marketing. Each program features the real-time, online system, CapitalDIRECT, for ordering, tracking, reporting, and managing all fulfillment activities and outcomes. CFG continues its philosophy of building sound business relationships and will continue to make strategic investments in complementary companies to create the powerful leverage opportunities that support the marketing initiatives of the financial service industry.

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