COINCO NAMES AREA ACCOUNT MANAGERS FOR INTERMOUNTAIN AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREAS

ST. LOUIS - October 4, 2002 - As part of Coinco’s recently announced Area Account Manager program, Coinco has named Chris Mattingly as account manager for the Intermountain area. Mattingly will be responsible for serving the needs of Coinco customers in Arizona, Colorado, western Kansas, western Nebraska, New Mexico and Wyoming. Mattingly has more than 27 years experience serving Coinco customers.

Mike Blankenship has been named account manager for the Southern California area. He will be responsible for serving the needs of customers in southern California and Las Vegas. Blankenship has over two years of experience serving Coinco customers and 30+ years of vending experience.

Founded in 1957, Coinco is a privately owned manufacturer of coin acceptors, coin changers, bill acceptors, control systems and other component parts for the vending industry.