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. may provide compensation to LPL in accordance with the terms of a letter of understanding. These payments are made at the discretion of American Funds Distributors, Inc. and may vary in any given year, but will not exceed the sum of (a) 0.10% of the previous year’s American Funds sales by LPL, and (b) 0.02% of the assets of the American Funds held by LPL customers. The actual payment to LPL in any given year will depend on LPL’s sales, customer assets and customer redemption rates, and LPL’s relationship with American Funds.

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 addition, LPL also receives from mutual fund sponsors up to $10 per trade ticket charge for mutual fund purchases. 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. may provide compensation to LPL in accordance with the terms of a letter of understanding. These payments are made at the discretion of American Funds Distributors, Inc. and may vary in any given year, but will not exceed the sum of (a) 0.10% of the previous year’s American Funds sales by LPL, and (b) 0.02% of the assets of the American Funds held by LPL customers. The actual payment to LPL in any given year will depend on LPL’s sales, customer assets and customer redemption rates, and LPL’s relationship with American Funds.