Household's Frank Mercer Joins Centrix Financial, LLC

CENTENNIAL, Colo., May 5 -- Centrix Financial, LLC, a financial and risk management firm, announced today that Frank Mercer, most recently Regional General Sales Manager at Household, has joined Centrix as Director of Sales and Marketing, Western Region. Mr. Mercer will be involved with management of Centrix's dealer representatives and sales in the Company's Southwest and Western Regions.

"Frank is exactly the type of accomplished professional we need to add to our already successful team as we continue to grow," said Robert E. Sutton, Chairman and CEO of Centrix Financial. "Frank's experience in this business has provided him with a know-how that will be of tremendous benefit to us. I expect him to be instrumental in not only expanding our dealer base, but in helping us to evolve our offerings to provide our clients with a solution for every one of their needs."

Mr. Mercer brings over 34 years of experience in sales management and financial services to Centrix. Most recently Mr. Mercer managed Household's 45 person sales staff in the Western US. During his nearly ten-year engagement with Household, Mr. Mercer served in a variety of senior management positions including Group Director of National Sales and Chief Credit Officer, the second-highest ranking executive in the company. Prior to joining Household, he managed the sales team and provided mortgage consulting services at Olympian Bancorp, served as Senior Vice President of Consumer Lending at Imperial Savings, provided mortgage brokering services at RFM Financial Services and was District Manager of eleven company offices for Melon Financial Services. Mr. Mercer was honorably discharged from the United States Air Force in 1968, at rank of Staff Sergeant.

About Centrix Financial, LLC

Centrix Financial, a financial and risk management firm founded in 1990, specializes in developing and providing innovative financial programs that enable credit unions to safely, profitably and conveniently enter the special financing auto loan market. In 1998, Centrix introduced its patent-pending Portfolio Management Program (PMP), which includes securitization on a loan- by-loan basis and a large network of participating financial institutions that make the loans. Centrix is the only company that provides credit unions with a safe, turnkey financial product for the special finance market. Centrix, a rapidly growing, Denver-based company, offers its services nationwide. For more information, please visit www.centrixfinancial.com.

For further information, please contact: Brandon Borrman, Manager of Corporate Communications of Centrix Financial, +1-303-225-3585, bborrman@centrixfinancial.com

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