Mutual Service Corp's Poff to Retire

In an interview, Poff denied speculation that his retirement was in any way connected to reports that MSC parent company Pacific Life was planning to sell its broker/dealers. Instead, he said he had planned to retire this year, when he turns 60, and admitted that while some “nagging health problems” contributed to his decision, “I’m not dying of anything.” For the balance of 2007, Poff said he would assist Dixon in the “internal and external search” for a new CEO, and since “my principal role within the firm over the past few years has been running the strategic planning group,” he anticipates that he will continue working on some strategic initiatives for MSC.