Lincoln Financial Distributors Selects CFG for Centralized Fulfillment Program

Hingham, MA - March 13, 2003

/PRNewswire/ -- Capital Fulfillment Group (CFG), a leading provider of marketing and fulfillment solutions to the financial services industry, announced today that Lincoln Financial Distributors, Inc. (LFD), headquartered in Philadelphia, PA, has entered into a new agreement for fulfillment services. Over the next several months, LFD will be transferring all of its marketing communications and sales support materials from across the Lincoln Financial Group enterprise into CFG's state-of-the-art fulfillment center located in Weymouth, MA.

"Lincoln Financial has long been recognized as an industry leader in meeting the investment needs of individuals and businesses," said Thomas Matson, Vice President of National Accounts at CFG. "We are excited about the opportunity to partner with a client who will not only leverage our existing expertise, but will continue to drive CFG in new technological directions, a practice that ultimately benefits all of our clients."

"This transition of fulfillment capabilities will have a significant impact on our ease of doing business and overall expense management," said David M. Kittredge, Vice President, Product Market Development/Communications, for LFD.

"CFG entered into this service sector with the belief that we could bring real value to financial fulfillment at a time when our competitors were commoditizing this critical part of the sales process," said Ric McConkey, President & CEO of Capital Fulfillment Group. "We continue to introduce new ideas and concepts that help our clients and distribution channels position their products in this difficult market environment. We have been positively received by the Financial Services Industry for taking a 'Top Down' approach to marketing fulfillment. For example, our new Marketing-On-Demand offering, 'JumpStart', targets the industry's wholesaler/top producer relationship and offers participants a way to differentiate themselves in today's crowded financial marketplace."

About Lincoln Financial Distributors

Lincoln Financial Distributors is the wholesaling organization for Lincoln Financial Group's retail products and services, including Delaware Investments' investment products. With the support of a large, customer- focused wholesaling force, LFD offers financial professionals a single source for a broad array of competitive products, business-building resources and customized solutions for their affluent and business owner clients.

About Capital Fulfillment Group

Capital Fulfillment Group (CFG) brings a new paradigm and a 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.

Capital Fulfillment Group
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Hingham, MA 02043
781.783.6500
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