Common use of Mutual Fund and Variable Annuity Sponsors Clause in Contracts

Mutual Fund and Variable Annuity Sponsors. LPL receives compensation from the distributors or other affiliates of mutual funds and variable annuities that are available to LPL customers. These payments are made in connection with programs that support LPL’s marketing and sales force education and training efforts, such as our annual national sales and education conference and other conferences (referred to here as “Sponsorship Programs”) and offset a portion of LPL’s costs of such training and conferences. The payments made under the Sponsorship Programs are calculated based upon the assets of LPL customers that are invested at the participating investment provider, including any 529 college savings plan assets. In the case of mutual funds, LPL receives compensation of up to 0.15% on an annual basis of customer assets invested with a mutual fund family. For example, if the Plan held an investment worth $10,000 dollars in a product of a participating investment provider for one year, LPL could receive a payment of up to $15 from that provider. In the case of variable annuities, LPL receives compensation that is based on customer assets (up to 0.15% annually), based on sales of such products (up to 0.35% annually) or based on a formula that is a combination of a fixed fee, customer assets and/or product sales. American Funds Distributors, Inc. LPL receives compensation of up to 0.035% on an annual basis of customer assets invested with American Funds as determined by American Funds Distributors, Inc. at its discretion. LPL is also eligible for a flat annual payment of up to $5,000,000 from American Funds Distributors, Inc. as support for LPL’s product marketing and the education and training efforts for LPL Financial Advisors in connection with the sale of American Funds products.