{News­room: Phoenix Suns Part­ner­ship}

THE ANNEXUS GROUP, PHOENIX SUNS ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP FEATURING SPONSORSHIP OF PRACTICE JERSEY AND PRACTICE COURT.

PHOENIX – On the heels of the NBA’s approval to allow spon­sor­ship of team prac­tice jer­seys for the first time, the Phoenix Suns and The Annexus Group, a Phoenix-based annu­ity prod­uct devel­op­ment and mar­ket­ing firm, announced today a new multi-year mar­ket­ing part­ner­ship agree­ment. Suns Pres­i­dent and CEO Rick Welts, Suns Gen­eral Man­ager Steve Kerr, Suns Head Coach Alvin Gen­try, and Ron Shurts and Don Dady, Part­ners in The Annexus Group made the announce­ment at US Air­ways Center.

The multi-year, mid-six fig­ure deal (annu­ally) includes exclu­sive logo place­ment on the team’s offi­cial prac­tice jer­seys for a two-year period, the length cur­rently autho­rized by the NBA. The logo will be affixed on the upper right side of the jer­sey. The jer­seys will be worn dur­ing offi­cial team prac­tice and shootaround as well as dur­ing press inter­views imme­di­ately fol­low­ing. The team’s coach­ing staff will also wear The Annexus Group branded gear dur­ing these times.

“We’re proud to part­ner with The Annexus Group, an inno­v­a­tive locally-based com­pany that con­tin­ues to build a grow­ing national busi­ness,” said Welts Pres­i­dent and CEO of the Suns.

As part of the part­ner­ship, the Suns prac­tice court will be named the Annexus Prac­tice Court. The facil­ity will fea­ture The Annexus Group logos on each end of the prac­tice court and var­i­ous other spaces. The Annexus Group will uti­lize the facil­ity for sem­i­nars, meet­ings and busi­ness build­ing opportunities.

“On a daily basis, we have the priv­i­lege of work­ing with the “best of the best’ in our busi­ness. One of the keys to our growth has been help­ing Advi­sors ele­vate their game by hav­ing access to inno­va­tion and tech­nol­ogy to serve indi­vid­u­als with the retire­ment plan­ning. This prac­tice facil­ity spon­sor­ship rep­re­sents one more link in that value chain,” said Dady. As we now bring top advi­sors to train in this facil­ity we will be offer­ing them a “game chang­ing” expe­ri­ence in a world–class facility.”

The Annexus Group designs and mar­kets inno­v­a­tive “Prin­ci­pal Pro­tected” retire­ment invest­ment prod­ucts. The Annexus Group has become a leader in their indus­try by using their inno­v­a­tive prod­uct design to help Advi­sors enhance the poten­tial of their client’s retire­ment portfolios.

We can attribute a large share of our suc­cess to hav­ing brought to mar­ket a num­ber of indus­try firsts. We cur­rently have 5 Patents issued 5 pend­ing. It is the “Annexus Inno­va­tion Inside” that sep­a­rates our prod­ucts and gives our Advi­sors a com­pet­i­tive advan­tage. Our being part of one of the first prac­tice facil­ity spon­sor­ships was really impor­tant to us,” said Shurts. “We are most excited about being asso­ci­ated with an orga­ni­za­tion of qual­ity peo­ple like the Suns who will rep­re­sent us well on and off the court and share our inno­v­a­tive spirit.”