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The portfolio managers primarily responsible for setting target asset allocations and selecting Underlying ETFs for the <strong>AST</strong> Horizon<br />
Growth <strong>Asset</strong> Allocation Portfolio and the <strong>AST</strong> Horizon Moderate <strong>Asset</strong> Allocation Portfolio as described in this Prospectus are Robert<br />
J. Cannon, and Jeffrey J. Roach, PhD.<br />
Mr. Cannon is President, CEO, Co-Founder and Managing Member of Horizon. He is a graduate of Furman University. Mr. Roach<br />
joined Horizon in 2006 and is Chief Economist at Horizon. He is a graduate of Bob Jones University and Clemson University.<br />
<strong>AST</strong> T. Rowe Price <strong>Asset</strong> Allocation Portfolio<br />
The Portfolio has an Investment Advisory Committee that has day-to-day responsibility for managing the Portfolio and developing and<br />
executing the Portfolio’s investment program. Edmund M. Notzon, III, Ph.D., CFA and Charles M. Shriver, CFA are Co-Chairmen of<br />
the Investment Advisory Committee and are responsible for implementing and monitoring the Portfolio’s overall investment strategy,<br />
as well as the allocation of the Portfolio’s assets. Ned Notzon is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and a Senior Portfolio Manager in<br />
the firm’s Fixed Income Group. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price in 1989, Ned was a charter member of the U.S. Senior Executive<br />
Service and the Director of the Analysis and Evaluation Division in the Office of Water Regulations and Standards of the U.S.<br />
Environmental Protection Agency. Charles Shriver is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and a Portfolio Manager within the <strong>Asset</strong><br />
Allocation Group. He has been with the firm since 1991.<br />
Ken D. Uematsu, CFA is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and a portfolio manager and quantitative analyst in the U.S. Quantitative<br />
Equity Group. He is responsible for the Portfolio’s U.S. small cap equity investments. Ken joined the firm in 1997 as a portfolio<br />
assistant in the Fixed Income Division and later moved to the position of investment liaison. In 2000, he joined the Equity Division as<br />
an associate research analyst.<br />
Raymond A. Mills, Ph.D., CFA is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price International, and is responsible for making<br />
recommendations regarding the Portfolio’s foreign equity holdings. Prior to joining the firm in 1997 he was a Principal Systems<br />
Engineer on large space systems with The Analytic Sciences Corporation.<br />
Daniel O. Shackelford, CFA, is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and chairman of the firm’s Fixed Income Strategy Committee. He is<br />
responsible for making recommendations regarding the Portfolio’s high grade bond investments. Prior to joining the firm in 1999,<br />
Dan was the principal and head of fixed income for Investment Counselors of Maryland. The Portfolio’s U.S. large cap equity<br />
investments are selected based on a research-driven strategy utilizing the investment recommendations of a group of the firm’s equity<br />
research analysts.<br />
Anna Dopkin, CFA, is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price, Co-Director of U.S. Equity Research and a member of the firm’s Equity<br />
Steering Committee. Anna is responsible for implementing the Portfolio’s overall strategy. Prior to joining the firm in 1996, Ms.<br />
Dopkin worked at Goldman Sachs in its Mortgage Securities Department in New York and London.<br />
Paul A. Karpers, CFA is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and a high yield portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division. He is<br />
responsible for the Portfolio’s investments in high-yield securities. Prior to joining the firm in 1994, Paul was with the Vanguard<br />
Group in Philadelphia.<br />
<strong>AST</strong> T. Rowe Price Global Bond Portfolio<br />
The Portfolio has an investment advisory group that has day-to-day responsibility for managing the Portfolio and developing and<br />
executing the Portfolio’s investment program. The advisory group consists of Ian Kelson, Christopher Rothery, Daniel O. Shackelford,<br />
Brian Brennan and Michael Conelius.<br />
Mr. Kelson is the lead member of the Portfolio’s advisory group, responsible for implementing and monitoring the Portfolio’s overall<br />
investment strategy. Mr. Kelson joined T. Rowe Price International in November 2000 and is the firm’s Head of International Fixed<br />
Income. From 1989 to 1999, Mr. Kelson was Head of Fixed Income at Morgan Grenfell/Deutsche <strong>Asset</strong> Management (“Morgan<br />
Grenfell”) where he was responsible for $50 billion in global fixed income assets.<br />
Mr. Rothery joined T. Rowe Price International in 1994 and has 16 years of experience managing multi-currency fixed-income<br />
portfolios. Mr. Rothery is responsible for making recommendations regarding the Portfolio’s non-U.S. investment grade investments.<br />
Mr. Shackelford joined T. Rowe Price in 1999; prior to that he was the Principal and Head of Fixed Income for Investment Counselors<br />
of Maryland.<br />
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