Amendment to Subadvisory Agreement for AST T. ROWE PRICE ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

Amendment to Subadvisory Agreement

for AST X. XXXX PRICE ASSET ALLOCATION PORTFOLIO

AST Investment Services, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC and X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. (“Subadviser”) hereby agree to amend the Subadvisory Agreement, dated as of November 29, 2005, by and among AST Investment Services, Inc., Prudential Investments LLC, and Subadviser, pursuant to which Subadviser has been retained to provide investment advisory services to the AST X. Xxxx Price Asset Allocation Portfolio as follows;

1. Schedule A is hereby deleted and replaced with the attached Schedule A.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, AST Investment Services, Inc., Prudential Investments LLC, and X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. have duly executed this Amendment as of the effective date of this Amendment.

AST Investment Services, Inc.

By: /s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: VP, ASTISI

PRUDENTIAL INVESTMENTS LLC

By: /s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxx

Title: VP, PI

X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc.

By: /s/Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxx

Title: Vice President

Effective Date as Revised: February 1, 2016

SCHEDULE A

Advanced Series Trust

AST X. Xxxx Price Asset Allocation Portfolio

As compensation for services provided by X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc., AST Investment Services, Inc. and Prudential Investments LLC (PI), as applicable, will pay X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. an advisory fee on the net assets managed by X. Xxxx Price Associates, Inc. that is equal, on an annualized basis, to the following:

Portfolio Name	Advisory Fee
AST X. Xxxx Price Asset Allocation Portfolio	0.50% of average daily net assets to $25 million;  0.35% of average daily net assets over $25 million to $50 million;  0.26% of average daily net assets over $50 million to $10 billion;  0.25% of average daily net asset over $10 billion

Effective Date as Revised: February 1, 2016