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AST First Trust Capital Appreciation Target Portfolio Primary Blended Index. The Primary Blended Index consists of the Russell 3000
Index (55%), the MSCI EAFE Index (25%) and the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Bond Index (20%). These returns
do not include the effect of any investment management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they included the effect of
these expenses.
AST First Trust Capital Appreciation Target Portfolio Secondary Blended Index. The Secondary Blended Index consists of the
Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (80%) and the Dow Jones Corporate Bond Index (20%). These returns do not include the effect of any
investment management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
AST Horizon Growth Asset Allocation Portfolio Blended Index. The Blended Index consists of the Russell 3000 Index (60%), MSCI
EAFE Index (10%), and the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index (30%). These returns do not include the effect of any investment
management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
AST Horizon Moderate Asset Allocation Portfolio Blended Index. The Blended Index consists of the Russell 3000 Index (40%),
Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (50%) and MSCI EAFE (Morgan Stanley Capital International Europe, Australasia, Far
East) Index (GD) (10%). The GD (gross dividends) version does not reflect the impact of withholding taxes on reinvested dividends.
These returns do not include the effect of any investment management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they
included the effect of these expenses.
AST Lord Abbett Bond-Debenture Portfolio Blended Index. The Blended Index consists of the Barclays Capital High Yield 2% Issuer
Capped Index (60%), the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (20%) and the Bank of America All Convertible Index (20%).
These returns do not include the effect of any investment management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they
included the effect of these expenses.
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio Primary Blended Index. The Primary Blended Index consists of Russell 3000 Index
(28%), MSCI EAFE Index (GD) (7%), and Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index (65%). The GD (gross dividends) version of the MSCI
EAFE Index does not reflect the impact of withholding taxes on reinvested dividends. These returns would have been lower if they
included the effect of these expenses.
AST Preservation Asset Allocation Portfolio Secondary Blended Index. The Secondary Blended Index consists of the Standard &
Poor’s 500 Index (35%) and the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index (65%). These returns do not include the effect of any
investment management expenses. These returns would have been lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
AST Schroders Multi-Asset World Strategies Portfolio Blended Index. The Blended Index consists of the MSCI World Index (70%) and
the US Three-Month Libor (30%). These returns do not include the effect of any investment management expenses. These returns
would have been lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
AST T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Portfolio Blended Index. The Blended Index consists of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index (60%)
and the Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Credit Index (40%). These returns do not include the effect of any investment management
expenses. These returns would have been lower if they included the effect of these expenses.
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