MBAH Forms Extended Warranty Sales Alliance

Thursday January 19, 8:30 am ET

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 19, 2006 -- MBA Holdings, Inc. (OTC BB: MBAH.OB), Scottsdale, Arizona and its subsidiary, Mechanical Breakdown Administrators, Inc. www.mbadirect.com, have signed an agreement with the Trident Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona, to market extended warranties via direct mail and inbound telemarketing, market Gap Coverage, and related vehicle programs and products.

MBA, Inc. markets extended warranties and related insurance and non-insurance products direct to Consumers and through its Credit Unions, Banks, New and Used Auto, Recreational Vehicle, and Motorcycle Dealers across the United States.

This agreement will allow Trident shared use of the MBA facilities, including phone equipment, websites, office space, fixtures and computer facilities, and Trident will furnish employees, telephone charges, direct mail expenses; in return, MBA will share the Revenues of Trident Corporation.

Gaylen Brotherson stated, "This Co-operative venture projections should make the warranty side of MBA profitable in 2006. These joint venture discussions have been in the works since the spring of 2004 and we are pleased to get this program completed. The move was started in mid December 2005, the transferring of phone lines and the transferring of staff was completed in late December 2005. Operations started the first week in January 2006. In a related cost-cutting matter, MBA, Inc. has been able to close its direct mail warehouse, moving out of 5,200 sq. ft. of leased spaced, which will help to reduce overhead."

Trident direct-mail-markets extended warranties nationwide, and expects to employ approximately twenty (20) employees and as many as sixty (60) Sales Agents as operations grow over the next six months. According to the NADA (National Automobile Dealers Association), more than 67 million vehicles were registered between 2001 and 2004, and with more than 135 million passengers cars in use on America's roads and highways, the extended warranty market represents a more than $270 Billion opportunity. Trident management has been in the extended warranty marketing business since the 1996.

"Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to business conditions and the amount of growth in the insurance or associated automotive industries and general economy, competitive factors, and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including but not limited to its annual report on Form 10-K and its quarterly reports on Forms 10-Q. The company does not undertake any obligation to update forward-looking statements.

For additional information contact:

Gaylen Brotherson
(480) 860-2288 ext. #317

MBA Holdings
http://www.mbadirect.com

Source: MBA Holdings, Inc.

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