T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Fund (PREIX) DEF 14A Definitive proxy

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T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund, Inc. 033-38791/811-6275T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. 033-49581/811-7059T. Rowe Price California Tax-Free Income Trust 033-08093/811-4525T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund 033-05646/811-4519T. Rowe Price Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. 033-56015/811-07225T. Rowe Price Corporate Income Fund, Inc. 033-62275/811-07353T. Rowe Price Developing Technologies Fund, Inc. 333-40558/811-10003T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 333-109958/811-21454T. Rowe Price Diversified Small-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 333-26323/811-08203T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund, Inc. 033-49187/811-7055T. Rowe Price Equity Income Fund 033-00070/811-4400T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. 033-52161/811-07143T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc. 333-09551/811-07749T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Series, Inc. 033-52749/811-07153T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund, Inc. 333-40086/811-09995T. Rowe Price GNMA Fund 033-01041/811-4441T. Rowe Price Growth & Income Fund, Inc. 002-79190/811-3566T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund, Inc. 002-10780/811-579T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund, Inc. 033-63759/811-07381T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund, Inc. 002-93707/811-4119T. Rowe Price Index Trust, Inc. 033-32859/811-5986T. Rowe Price Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Inc. 333-99241/811-21185T. Rowe Price Institutional Equity Funds, Inc. 333-04753/811-07639T. Rowe Price Institutional Income Funds, Inc. 333-84634/811-21055T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. 033-29697/811-5833T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc. 002-65539/811-2958T. Rowe Price International Index Fund, Inc. 333-44964/811-10063T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. 033-52171/811-07145T. Rowe Price Media & Telecommun ications Fund, Inc. 333-27963/811-07075T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 033-47806/811-6665T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. 333-02993/811-07605T. Rowe Price New America Growth Fund 002-99122/811-4358T. Rowe Price New Era Fund, Inc. 002-29866/811-1710

T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc. 002-18099/811-958T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc. 002-48848/811-2396T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Funds, Inc. 033-53675/811-07173T. Rowe Price Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. 002-54926/811-2603T. Rowe Price Real Estat e Fund, Inc. 333-36137/811-08371T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds, Inc. 811-08279T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc. 333-92380/811-21149T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund, Inc. 033-16567/811-5299T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. 002-87568/811-3894T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc. 002-12171/811-696T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc. 002-43237/811-2215T. Rowe Price Spectrum Fund, Inc. 033-10992/811-4998T. Rowe Price State Tax-Free Income Trust 033-06533/811-4521T. Rowe Price Summit Funds, Inc. 033-50319/811-7093T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Funds, Inc. 033-50321/811-7095T. Rowe Price Tax-Efficient Funds, Inc. 333-26441-811-08207T. Rowe Price Tax-Exempt Money Fund, Inc. 002-67029/811-3055T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund, Inc. 002-94641/811-4163T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc. 002-57265/811-2684T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Intermediate Bond Fund, Inc. 033-49117/811-7051T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. 002-87059/811-3872T. Rowe Price U.S. Bond Index Fund, Inc. 333-45018/811-10093T. Rowe Price U.S. Treasury Funds, Inc. 033-30531/811-5860T. Rowe Price Value Fund, Inc. 033-54963/811-07209

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