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INVESTMENT SUBADVISERS
The Portfolios of the Fund each have one more or more investment Subadvisers providing the day-to-day investment management of
the Portfolio. PI provides for the day-to-day investment management of the AST Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolios. AST pays each
investment Subadviser a subadvisory fee out of the fee that AST receives from the Fund. The investment Subadvisers for each Portfolio
of the Fund are described below:
AllianceBernstein L.P. (AllianceBernstein) has helped investors build and preserve wealth through disciplined investment strategies
for over 40 years. AllianceBernstein is a globally recognized leader in growth, value, fixed income, and style-blend investing.
AllianceBernstein’s assets under management totaled $496 billion, as of December 31, 2009. AllianceBernstein’s address is 1345
Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105.
AlphaSimplex Group, LLC (AlphaSimplex), which maintains its headquarters at One Cambridge Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts
02142, is a subsidiary of Natixis Global Asset Management. As of December 31, 2009, AlphaSimplex had approximately $668
million in assets under management (including notional assets covered by overlay strategies).
American Century Investment Management, Inc. (American Century) has been providing investment advisory services to investment
companies and institutional clients since 1958. As of December 31, 2009, American Century and its affiliates managed assets totaling
approximately $85.9 billion. American Century’s address is American Century Tower, 4500 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64111.
ClearBridge Advisors, LLC (ClearBridge) has offices at 620 8th Avenue, New York, New York, 10018. ClearBridge is a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Legg Mason. Legg Mason, whose principal executive offices are at 100 Light Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202, is a
global asset management company. As of December 31, 2009, ClearBridge had assets under management of approximately $53.7
billion.
CLS Investments, LLC (CLS). CLS was formed in 1989. As of December 31, 2009, CLS had approximately $4,449,861,320.56 in
assets under management. CLS’ address is 4020 South 147th Street, Omaha, NE 68137.
Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc. (Cohen & Steers) is a manager of income-oriented equity portfolios specializing in U.S.
and international real estate securities, large cap value stocks, utilities and listed infrastructure, and preferred securities. As of
December 31, 2009, Cohen & Steers managed approximately $24.8 billion in assets. Cohen & Steers is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Cohen & Steers, Inc. (“CNS”), a publicly traded company whose common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Cohen &
Steers’ address is 280 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10017.
Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc. (DIMA) was founded in 1838 as Morgan Grenfell Inc., is part of Deutsche Asset
Management group (DeAM), and has provided asset management services since 1953. As of December 31, 2009, DeAM managed
approximately $709 billion in assets. DIMA’s address is 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
Eagle Asset Management, Inc. (Eagle) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial, Inc. that was founded in 1976.
Eagle employs approximately 40 investment professionals, and has approximately $17 billion in assets under management as of
December 31, 2009. Eagle’s address is 880 Carillon Parkway, St. Petersburg, Florida 33716.
Eaton Vance Management (Eaton Vance) is one of the oldest financial services firms in the United States, with a history dating to
1924. Eaton Vance was created in 1979 by the merger of two Boston-based investment management companies - Eaton Howard, Inc.
(founded in 1924) and Vance Sanders Company, Inc. (founded in 1934). As such, Eaton Vance is the product of a union between two
Boston-based money managers whose roots date to the founding days of the U.S. investment management industry. Eaton Vance, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Eaton Vance Corp., has its principal offices at Two International Place, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. As
of December 31, 2009, Eaton Vance and its affiliates had over $160 billion in assets under management.
EARNEST Partners LLC (EARNEST) was founded in 1998 and as of December 31, 2009, managed approximately $15.5 billion in
assets. EARNEST’s address is 1180 Peachtree Street NE, Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania (Federated Equity). Federated Advisory Services Company (Federated
Services), an affiliate of the Adviser, provides research, quantitative analysis, equity trading and transaction settlement and certain
support services to Federated Equity. The fee for these services is paid by the Federated Equity and not by the Fund. Federated Global
Investment Management Corp. (Federated Global), 450 Lexington Avenue, Suite 3700, New York, New York 10017-3943 serves as
Subadviser, pursuant to a Sub-Subadvisory Agreement between Federated Equity Management Company and Federated Global
Investment Management Corp.. Federated Equity was organized in 2003, and Federated Global was organized in 1995. Federated
Equity, Federated Global and their affiliates serve as investment advisors to a number of investment companies and private accounts.
Total assets under management or administration by Federated and its affiliates as of December 31, 2009 were approximately $389.3
billion. Federated Equity’s address is Federated Investors Tower, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779.
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