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T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund, Inc. 033-38791/811-6275
T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. 033-49581/811-7059
T. Rowe Price Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. 033-56015/811-07225
T. Rowe Price Corporate Income Fund, Inc. 033-62275/811-07353
T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 333-109958/811-21454
T. Rowe Price Diversified Small-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 333-26323/811-08203
T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund, Inc. 033-49187/811-7055
T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. 033-52161/811-07143
T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc. 333-09551/811-07749
T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Series, Inc. 033-52749/811-07153
T. Rowe Price Floating Rate Fund, Inc. 333-174605/811-22557
T. Rowe Price Global Allocation Fund, Inc. 333-187446/811-22810
T. Rowe Price Global Real Estate Fund, Inc. 333-153130/811-22218
T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund, Inc. 333-40086/811-09995
T. Rowe Price Growth & Income Fund, Inc. 002-79190/811-3566
T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund, Inc. 002-10780/811-579
T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund, Inc. 033-63759/811-07381
T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund, Inc. 002-93707/811-4119
T. Rowe Price Index Trust, Inc. 033-32859/811-5986
T. Rowe Price Inflation Focused Bond Fund, Inc. 333-136805/811-21919
T. Rowe Price Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Inc. 333-99241/811-21185
T. Rowe Price Institutional Equity Funds, Inc. 333-04753/811-07639
T. Rowe Price Institutional Income Funds, Inc. 333-84634/811-21055
T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. 033-29697/811-5833
T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc. 002-65539/811-2958
T. Rowe Price International Index Fund, Inc. 333-44964/811-10063
T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. 033-52171/811-07145
T. Rowe Price Media & Telecommunications Fund, Inc. 333-27963/811-07075
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. 033-47806/811-6665
T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. 333-02993/811-07605
T. Rowe Price Multi-Sector Account Portfolios, Inc. 333-178660/811-22620
T. Rowe Price New Era Fund, Inc. 002-29866/811-1710
T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc. 002-18099/811-958
T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc. 002-48848/811-2396
T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Funds, Inc. 033-53675/811-07173
T. Rowe Price Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. 002-54926/811-2603
T. Rowe Price Real Assets Fund, Inc. 333-166395/811-22410
T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund, Inc. 333-36137/811-08371
T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds, Inc. 811-08279
T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc. 333-92380/811-21149
T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund, Inc. 033-16567/811-5299
T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. 002-87568/811-3894
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc. 002-12171/811-696
T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc. 002-43237/811-2215
T. Rowe Price Spectrum Fund, Inc. 033-10992/811-4998
T. Rowe Price Strategic Income Fund, Inc. 333-154155/811-22243
T. Rowe Price Summit Funds, Inc. 033-50319/811-7093
T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Funds, Inc. 033-50321/811-7095
T. Rowe Price Tax-Efficient Funds, Inc. 333-26441-811-08207
T. Rowe Price Tax-Exempt Money Fund, Inc. 002-67029/811-3055
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund, Inc. 002-94641/811-4163
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc. 002-57265/811-2684
T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. 002-87059/811-3872
T. Rowe Price U.S. Bond Enhanced Index Fund, Inc. 333-45018/811-10093
T. Rowe Price U.S. Large-Cap Core Fund, Inc. 333-158764/811-22293
T. Rowe Price U.S. Treasury Funds, Inc. 033-30531/811-5860
T. Rowe Price Value Fund, Inc. 033-54963/811-07209
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Proxy Information | |
This proxy material concerns the: T. Rowe Price Family of Funds | Dear Shareholder: We cordially invite you to attend an annual shareholder meeting of the T. Rowe Price Funds on Tuesday, October 22, 2013. There are several items on the agenda. We ask you to read the enclosed information carefully and to submit your vote. |
The following matters will be considered and acted upon. More information on each proposal is included in the enclosed materials.
· Proposal No. 1 - All Funds. Elect directors to serve on the Boards of the funds until the next annual meeting, if any, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
· Proposal No. 2 - Dividend Growth Fund, Equity Income Portfolio, Equity Index 500 Fund, Equity Index 500 Portfolio, Extended Equity Market Index Fund, Growth & Income Fund, Growth Stock Fund, International Growth & Income Fund. Change the investment objectives of the funds.
· Proposal No. 3 - Summit Municipal Income Fund and Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund. Eliminate certain fundamental investment restrictions.
· Proposal No. 4 - All Funds (other than Global Allocation Fund, Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, and the T. Rowe Price money market funds). Adopt a new fundamental policy regarding commodities.
· Transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting.
Several directors have retired over the past few years and new directors have been added, so it has become necessary to seek shareholder approval to elect Boards for the funds. If all proposed nominees are elected, each Board will be composed of at least 75% independent directors and the same independent directors would serve on each fund’s Board. Most of the directors standing for election already serve on the Boards of the T. Rowe Price Funds. We are also taking the opportunity to seek shareholder approval to make changes to certain funds’ investment policies. You are being asked to vote on those proposals only if you own shares of those funds.
You are receiving these combined proxy materials for any fund(s) you own that are organized under Maryland law. We have combined all of the above proposals into this single proxy statement for the funds organized under Maryland law to reduce fund expenses associated with doing a separate
mailing for each impacted fund. However, please note that this proxy statement pertains only to the T. Rowe Price Funds that are listed on the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting. There are other T. Rowe Price Funds that are organized under Massachusetts law for which proxy materials have not been included. If you own shares of those funds, you will receive another letter and proxy statement in early September with instructions on how to vote your shares of those funds. Although the proposal to elect directors is common to all T. Rowe Price Funds, the funds organized in Maryland are permitted to send their proxy materials earlier, which affords more time to complete these administrative procedures.
We realize that it may be difficult for most shareholders to attend the meeting and vote their shares in person. However, we do need your vote in order to reach a quorum for each fund. You can vote by mail, by telephone, or through the internet, as explained in the enclosed materials. By voting promptly, you can help the funds that you own avoid the expense of additional mailings.
If you have any questions or would like additional information concerning the matters proposed for action at the meeting, please call one of our service representatives at 1-800-541-5910. Your participation in this vote is extremely important.
As always, thank you for investing with T. Rowe Price.
Sincerely,
Edward C. Bernard
Chairman of the Board
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Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders
T. Rowe Price Family of Funds | T. Rowe Price Funds |
Patricia B. Lippert | |
August 2, 2013 | |
Notice is hereby given that an annual meeting of shareholders of the T. Rowe Price family of funds will be held on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, at the New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022. The following matters will be considered and acted upon at that time: | |
1. To elect directors to serve on the Boards of the funds until the next annual meeting, if any, or until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified; 2. To change the investment objectives for the Dividend Growth Fund; Equity Income Portfolio; Equity Index 500 Fund; Equity Index 500 Portfolio; Extended Equity Market Index Fund; Growth & Income Fund; Growth Stock Fund; and International Growth & Income Fund; 3. To eliminate the fundamental policy prohibiting the purchase of equity securities and securities convertible into equity securities for each of the Summit Municipal Income Fund and the Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund; 4. To revise the fundamental policy regarding commodities that applies to all of the T. Rowe Price Funds (other than the Global Allocation Fund, Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, and any of the T. Rowe Price money market funds); and 5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments thereof. | |
Only shareholders of record at the close of business on July 24, 2013, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this meeting or any adjournment thereof. The Boards of Directors of the funds recommend that you vote in favor of all the proposals. PATRICIA B. LIPPERT |
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT |
Shareholders are urged to designate their choice on the matters to be acted upon by using one of the following three methods: 1. Vote by Internet.* · Read the proxy statement. · Go to the proxy voting link found on your proxy card. · Enter the control number found on your proxy card. · Follow the instructions using your proxy card as a guide. 2. Vote by telephone.* · Read the proxy statement. · Call the toll-free number found on your proxy card. · Enter the control number found on your proxy card. · Follow the recorded instructions using your proxy card as a guide. 3. Vote by mail. · Date, sign, and return the enclosed proxy card in the envelope provided, which requires no postage if mailed in the United States. *If you vote by telephone or access the Internet voting site, your vote must be received no later than 7:59 a.m. on October 22, 2013. Your prompt response will help assure a quorum at the meeting and avoid the additional expenses to the funds of further solicitation. |
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Annual Meeting of Shareholders — October 22, 2013
T. ROWE PRICE FAMILY OF FUNDS
(each a “fund” and collectively, the “funds” or “Price Funds”)
T. Rowe Price Balanced Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Capital Opportunity Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Corporate Income Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Diversified Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Diversified Small-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Portfolio and its II Class T. Rowe Price Equity Income Portfolio and its II Class T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Portfolio T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Portfolio and its II Class T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio and its II Class T. Rowe Price New America Growth Portfolio T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio T. Rowe Price Financial Services Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Series, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Limited-Term Bond Portfolio and its II Class T. Rowe Price Prime Reserve Portfolio T. Rowe Price Floating Rate Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Global Allocation Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Global Real Estate Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Global Technology Fund, Inc. | T. Rowe Price Growth & Income Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Growth Stock Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Health Sciences Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price High Yield Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Index Trust, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Equity Index 500 Fund T. Rowe Price Extended Equity Market Index Fund T. Rowe Price Total Equity Market Index Fund T. Rowe Price Inflation Focused Bond Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Inflation Protected Bond Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Institutional Equity Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Institutional Large-Cap Core Growth Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Large-Cap Growth Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Large-Cap Value Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Small-Cap Stock Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional U.S. Structured Research Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Income Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Institutional Core Plus Fund and its F Class T. Rowe Price Institutional Floating Rate Fund and its F Class T. Rowe Price Institutional High Yield Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund |
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T. Rowe Price Institutional International Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Institutional Africa & Middle East Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Emerging Markets Bond Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Emerging Markets Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Large-Cap Value Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Value Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional International Bond Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional Concentrated International Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional International Core Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Institutional International Growth Equity Fund T. Rowe Price International Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Africa & Middle East Fund T. Rowe Price Emerging Europe Fund T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond Fund T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Stock Fund T. Rowe Price European Stock Fund T. Rowe Price Global Infrastructure Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Global Large-Cap Stock Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Global Stock Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price International Bond Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price International Discovery Fund T. Rowe Price International Growth & Income Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price International Stock Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Japan Fund T. Rowe Price Latin America Fund T. Rowe Price New Asia Fund T. Rowe Price Overseas Stock Fund | T. Rowe Price International Index Fund, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price International Equity Index Fund T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price International Stock Portfolio T. Rowe Price Media & Telecommunications Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Growth Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Mid-Cap Value Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Multi-Sector Account Portfolios, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Local Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price Floating Rate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price High Yield Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio T. Rowe Price New Era Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price New Income Fund, Inc. and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Balanced Fund T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Growth Fund T. Rowe Price Personal Strategy Income Fund T. Rowe Price Prime Reserve Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Real Assets Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Real Estate Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Government Reserve Investment Fund T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Fund T. Rowe Price Short-Term Reserve Fund |
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T. Rowe Price Retirement Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Retirement 2005 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2010 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2015 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2020 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2025 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2030 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2035 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2040 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2045 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2050 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement 2055 Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Retirement Income Fund and its Advisor and R Classes T. Rowe Price Science & Technology Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Ultra Short-Term Bond Fund T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Stock Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Small-Cap Value Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Spectrum Fund, Inc. consisting of its series: Spectrum Growth Fund Spectrum Income Fund Spectrum International Fund | T. Rowe Price Strategic Income Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Summit Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Summit Cash Reserves Fund T. Rowe Price Summit GNMA Fund T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Income Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Summit Municipal Money Market Fund T. Rowe Price Tax-Efficient Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Tax-Efficient Equity Fund T. Rowe Price Tax-Exempt Money Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price Tax-Free High Yield Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Income Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund, Inc. consisting of its series: T. Rowe Price Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price U.S. Bond Enhanced Index Fund, Inc. T. Rowe Price U.S. Large-Cap Core Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class T. Rowe Price U.S. Treasury Funds, Inc. consisting of its series: U.S. Treasury Intermediate Fund U.S. Treasury Long-Term Fund U.S. Treasury Money Fund T. Rowe Price Value Fund, Inc. and its Advisor Class |
PROXY STATEMENT
This proxy material concerns the funds listed above in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. This document provides you with the information you need in order to vote on the matters coming before the annual meeting and is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the funds. If you have any questions, please feel free to call us toll-free, 1-800-541-5910.
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Who is asking for my vote?
The Boards of Directors (the “Boards”) of the funds, as well as the funds’ investment adviser, T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (“T. Rowe Price”), encourage you to vote on the matters listed in the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. The votes will be formally counted at the annual meeting on Tuesday, October 22, 2013, and if the annual meeting is adjourned, at any later meeting. You may vote in person at the annual meeting, by Internet, by telephone, or by returning your completed proxy card in the prepaid envelope provided. Please do not mail the proxy card if you are voting by Internet or telephone.
Who is eligible to vote?
Shareholders of record at the close of business on July 24, 2013, (the “record date”) are entitled to one vote for each full share and a proportionate vote for each fractional share of the fund(s) they held as of July 24, 2013. The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, the proxy card, and the proxy statement (or appropriate notice of where to access these materials) were first mailed to shareholders of record on August 2, 2013. In some cases, the funds may mail only one copy of this proxy statement to households in which more than one person in the household is a fund shareholder of record. If you need additional copies of this proxy statement or if you do not want the mailing of this proxy statement to be combined with those for other members of your household, please contact us at 1-800-541-5910.
Although the annual meeting will be held to elect directors/trustees for all of the Price Funds, this proxy statement applies only to those funds that are organized as Maryland corporations. There are other Price Funds that are organized as Massachusetts business trusts and not listed on the accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders. Proxy materials for the funds organized under Massachusetts law will be mailed separately to shareholders beginning on September 4, 2013. Under Maryland law, shares owned by two or more persons (whether as joint tenants, co-fiduciaries, or otherwise) will be voted as follows, unless a written instrument or court order providing to the contrary has been filed with the fund(s): (1) if only one votes, that vote will bind all; (2) if more than one votes, the vote of the majority will bind all; and (3) if more than one votes and the vote is evenly divided, the vote will be cast proportionately.
What are shareholders being asked to vote on?
At a meeting held on April 24, 2013, the Boards of the funds, including a majority of the independent directors, unanimously approved submitting the following proposals to be considered and acted upon:
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Proposals | Funds Affected |
1. Electing directors to serve on the Boards of the funds until the next annual meeting, if any, or until their successors shall have been duly elected and qualified. | All funds |
2. Changing the investment objective. | Dividend Growth Fund; Equity Income Portfolio; Equity Index 500 Fund; Equity Index 500 Portfolio; Extended Equity Market Index Fund; Growth & Income Fund; Growth Stock Fund; and International Growth & Income Fund |
3. Eliminating the fundamental policy that prohibits the purchase of equity securities and convertible securities. | Summit Municipal Income Fund and Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund |
4. Revising the fundamental policy regarding commodities. | All funds (other than Global Allocation Fund, Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, and money market funds) |
5. Transacting such other business as may properly come before the meeting and any adjournments thereof. | All funds |
How can I get more information about the funds?
A copy of each fund’s most recent prospectus, annual and semiannual shareholder reports, and Statement of Additional Information are available at no cost through troweprice.com; by calling
1-800-541-5910; or by writing to T. Rowe Price, Three Financial Center, 4515 Painters Mill Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117. Please note that the prospectus and shareholder reports for the Multi-Sector Account Portfolios and Reserve Investment Funds are not available through the T. Rowe Price Web site.
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PROPOSAL NO. 1 — Election of Directors
ALL FUNDS
Why are directors being elected?
Under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”), a certain percentage of each Board must be elected by shareholders. Due to the retirement of several directors over the past few years and vacancies having been filled by action of the Boards, it has become necessary for the funds to hold a shareholder meeting in order to add any new directors or replace any current directors. All of the present Boards are composed of at least 75% independent directors and that will continue to be the case if the proposed nominees are elected.
If the entire slates are approved, there will be ten independent directors and two interested directors on each fund Board. An important benefit of these elections is that the same independent directors/trustees will serve on the Boards of all of the Price Funds. This approach is designed to provide effective governance by exposing the directors/trustees to a wider range of business issues and market trends, allowing the directors/trustees to better share their knowledge, background, and experience, and permitting the Boards to operate more efficiently, particularly with respect to matters common to all funds.
What are the primary responsibilities of the Boards and how often do they meet?
The directors/trustees are responsible for the general oversight of each fund’s business and for assuring that each fund is managed in the best interests of its shareholders. The directors/trustees meet regularly to review a wide variety of matters affecting or potentially affecting the funds, including performance, investment programs, compliance matters, advisory fees and expenses, service providers, and business and regulatory affairs.
The Boards of the Price Funds held five regularly scheduled formal meetings during calendar year 2012. Each director/trustee attended 75% or more of the meetings of the Price Funds held in 2012. The funds are not required to hold an annual meeting of shareholders. Accordingly, no annual meeting of shareholders shall be held in any year in which is not otherwise required to be held unless the Boards determine otherwise. If an annual meeting is held, the policy is that all directors/trustees should attend, subject to availability. Although the Boards have direct responsibility over various matters (such as approval of advisory contracts and review of fund performance), each Board also exercises certain of its oversight responsibilities through several committees that it has established and which report back to the full Board. The Boards believe that a committee structure is an effective means to permit directors/trustees to focus on particular operations or issues affecting the
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funds, including risk oversight. Each Board currently has three standing committees, a Committee of Independent Directors, a Joint Audit Committee, and an Executive Committee, which are described in greater detail in the following paragraphs.
The Committee of Independent Directors, which consists of all of the independent directors of the funds, is responsible for, among other things, reviewing and selecting candidates for election as independent directors/trustees to fill vacancies on each fund’s Board. Anthony W. Deering, as the lead independent director, serves as chairman of the committee. The committee will consider written recommendations from shareholders for possible nominees. Shareholders should submit their recommendations to the secretary of the funds. The committee met five times in 2012 in conjunction with the full Board.
The Joint Audit Committee consists of only independent directors/ trustees. The current members of the committee are Anthony W. Deering, Robert J. Gerrard, Jr., John G. Schreiber, and Mark R. Tercek. Mr. Tercek serves as chairman of the committee. The Joint Audit Committee holds three regular meetings during each fiscal year. Two of the meetings include the attendance of the independent registered public accounting firm of the Price Funds as the Joint Audit Committee reviews: (1) the services provided; (2) the findings of the most recent audits; (3) management’s response to the findings of the most recent audits; (4) the scope of the audits to be performed; (5) the accountants’ fees; and (6) any accounting, valuation, tax, or compliance questions relating to particular areas of the Price Funds’ operations or the operations of parties dealing with the Price Funds, as circumstances indicate. A third meeting is devoted primarily to a review of the risk management program of the funds’ investment adviser. The Joint Audit Committee met three times in 2012.
The Executive Committee, which consists of the interested directors/trustees, has been authorized by its respective Board to exercise all powers of the Boards of the funds in the intervals between regular meetings of the Boards, except for those powers prohibited by statute from being delegated. All actions of the Executive Committee must be approved in advance by one independent director/trustee and reviewed after the fact by the full Board. The Executive Committee for each fund does not hold regularly scheduled meetings. The Executive Committee was not called upon to take any action on behalf of any funds during 2012.
Like other mutual funds, the funds are subject to risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks, among others. The Boards oversee risk as part of their oversight of the funds. Risk oversight is addressed as part of various Board and committee activities. The Board, directly or through its committees, interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, the investment adviser or its affiliates, the funds’ Chief Compliance Officer, the funds’ independent registered public accounting firm, legal counsel, and internal auditors for T. Rowe Price or
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its affiliates, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the funds and the risk management programs of the investment adviser and certain other service providers. Also, the Joint Audit Committee receives periodic reports from members of the investment adviser’s Risk Management Oversight Committee on the significant risks inherent to the adviser’s business, including aggregate investment risks, reputational risk, business continuity risk, and operational risk. The actual day-to-day risk management functions with respect to the funds are subsumed within the responsibilities of the investment adviser, its affiliates that serve as investment sub-advisers to the funds, and other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk) that carry out the funds’ investment management and business affairs. Although the risk management policies of T. Rowe Price and its affiliates, and the funds’ other service providers, are reasonably designed to be effective, those policies and their implementation vary among service providers over time, and there is no guarantee that they will always be effective. Not all risks that may affect the funds can be identified. Processes and controls developed may not eliminate or mitigate the occurrence or effects of all risks, and some risks may be simply beyond any control of the funds, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates, or other service providers.
In addition to the Boards and the three standing committees, the directors/trustees have established a Fixed Income Advisory Board with respect to the domestic fixed income Price Funds. The Advisory Board is composed of Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. and Cecilia E. Rouse. Advisory Board members serve in a consultative capacity to the Board of each of the domestic fixed income Price Funds and, in doing so, participate in Board discussions and review Board materials relating to the domestic fixed income Price Funds. However, Advisory Board members are not eligible to vote on any matter presented to the Boards of the domestic fixed income Price Funds and have no power to act on behalf of or bind the directors or any committee of the Board. It should be noted that the relevant Boards have decided to terminate the Fixed Income Advisory Board once the necessary votes are obtained at the annual shareholder meeting, and any adjournments thereto, to elect Mr. Gerrard and Dr. Rouse as directors/trustees of the domestic fixed income Price Funds as well.
If a shareholder wishes to send a communication to any of the Boards, or to a specified director/trustee, the communication should be submitted in writing to Patricia B. Lippert, Secretary of the T. Rowe Price Funds, 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, who will forward such communication to the directors/trustees.
Who are the nominees for director?
The Boards have proposed the slate of persons listed below and in the tables that follow for election as director, each to hold office until the next annual meeting (if any), retirement, or resignation, or until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Shareholders are being asked to elect the directors of their respective fund(s) only.
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A shareholder using the enclosed proxy card can vote for all or any of the nominees or withhold his or her vote from all or any of such nominees. If the proxy card is properly executed but unmarked, it will be voted for all of the nominees. Each of the nominees has agreed to serve as a director if elected; however, should any nominee become unable or unwilling to accept nomination or election, the persons named in the proxy will exercise their voting power in favor of such other person or persons as the Boards may recommend. There are no family relationships among these nominees.
Independent Directors/Trustees. William R. Brody, Anthony W. Deering, Donald W. Dick, Jr., Karen N. Horn, John G. Schreiber and Mark R. Tercek currently serve as independent directors/trustees to all of the Price Funds. Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. and Cecilia E. Rouse currently serve as independent directors/trustees to all of the Price Funds, other than the domestic fixed income Price Funds. Shareholders are being asked to elect all of these current independent directors/trustees to the Boards of all the Price Funds. Shareholders are also being asked to elect Bruce W. Duncan and Paul F. McBride, neither of whom currently serves as independent director/trustee to any of the Price Funds, to the Boards of all the Price Funds.
Theo C. Rodgers, an independent director of the Price Funds since 2005, is retiring from the Boards and will not be standing for reelection.
Interested Directors/Trustees. Interested directors/trustees are considered as such because of their relationships with T. Rowe Price and its affiliates. They are also shareholders of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., the parent company of the funds’ investment adviser. Edward C. Bernard currently serves as interested director/trustee and Chairman of the Board for all of the Price Funds. Michael C. Gitlin currently serves as interested director/trustee for all of the fixed income Price Funds. Brian C. Rogers currently serves as interested director/trustee for the asset allocation Price Funds and most of the equity Price Funds. Shareholders are being asked to elect Mr. Bernard to the Boards of all of the Price Funds, to elect Mr. Gitlin to each of the Boards of the Price Funds on which he currently serves, and to elect Mr. Rogers to each of the Boards of the Price Funds on which he currently serves as well as those Boards on which John H. Laporte currently serves.
Mr. Laporte, an interested director of certain equity Price Funds since 1985, is retiring from T. Rowe Price and the Boards and will not be standing for reelection.
Each nominee’s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of the other nominees, has led to the conclusion that each nominee should serve on the Boards of the Price Funds. Attributes common to all nominees include the ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the funds’ management and counsel and the various service providers to the funds, and to exercise reasonable
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business judgment in the performance of their duties as director. In addition, the actual service and commitment of the directors during their tenure on the funds’ Boards is taken into consideration in concluding that each should continue to serve. A director’s ability to perform his or her duties effectively may have been attained through his or her educational background or professional training; business, consulting, public service or academic positions; experience from service as a director of the Price Funds, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; or other experiences.
Each nominee brings a diverse perspective to the Boards. Some of the specific experience, qualifications, and attributes that led to the conclusion that each nominee should serve as director/trustee are set forth below.
Edward C. Bernard has been an interested director/trustee, and Chairman of the Board, of all the Price Funds for the past 7 years. Mr. Bernard has over 24 years of experience in the investment management industry, all of which have been with T. Rowe Price. In addition to his responsibilities with T. Rowe Price and the Price Funds, Mr. Bernard served as chairman (from 2009 to 2011) and is currently the vice chairman of the board of governors of the Investment Company Institute, the national trade association for the mutual fund industry.
William R. Brody has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for the past 4 years. Dr. Brody has substantial experience in the public health and research fields, as well as academia. He has served on the boards of John Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins Health System, Salk Institute for Biological Studies, IBM, and Novartis. He has also served on the boards of a number of other private companies and non-profit entities, including Kool Smiles, Novamed, Stanford University, and the Commonwealth Fund, which funds health services research.
Anthony W. Deering has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for more than 20 years. He currently serves as the lead independent director/trustee and as a member of the Joint Audit Committee. Mr. Deering brings a wealth of financial services and investment management experience to the Boards. He is the former chair and chief executive officer of the Rouse Company and has also served on the boards of a number of public companies, including Deutsche Bank North America, Vornado Real Estate Trust, Mercantile Bank, and Under Armour. He has also served on the boards of a number of private companies and non-profit entities, including the Investment Company Institute, Baltimore Museum of Art, Parks & People Foundation, and the Rouse Company Foundation, among others.
Donald W. Dick, Jr. has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for more than 20 years. He has significant investment and business experience from serving as a principal in a private equity firm and has previously served on the boards of machinery and construction companies.
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Bruce W. Duncan has substantial experience in the fields of commercial real estate and property management. He has served as chief executive officer of First Industrial Realty Trust, as well as held a variety of senior roles and board positions with Starwood Hotels & Resorts.
Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. became an independent director/trustee of certain Price Funds in May 2012 and currently serves as a member of the Joint Audit Committee. He has substantial legal and business experience in the industries relating to communications and interactive data services. He has served on the board and compensation committee for Syniverse Holdings and as general counsel to Scripps Networks.
Michael C. Gitlin has been an interested director/trustee of certain fixed income Price Funds for the past three years. He has served as the Director of Fixed Income for T. Rowe Price since 2009. He joined T. Rowe Price in 2007, where he initially served as the Global Head of Trading until becoming the Director of Fixed Income. Prior to joining T. Rowe Price, he held several roles in the securities industry, including Head of U.S. Equity Sales at Citigroup Global Markets.
Karen N. Horn has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for the past 10 years. Ms. Horn has substantial experience in the financial services industry and the arts. She has served on the boards of a number of public companies, including Brock Capital Group, Eli Lilly, Simon Property Group, the Federal National Mortgage Association, and Norfolk Southern. She has also served on the boards of a number of private companies and non-profit entities, including the National Bureau of Economic Research and the Florence Griswold Museum.
Paul F. McBride has served in various management and senior leadership roles with the Black & Decker Corporation and General Electric. He has also served on the boards of a number private companies and non-profit entities, including Dunbar Armored, Gilman School, and Living Classrooms Foundation.
Brian C. Rogers has been an interested director/trustee of certain Price Funds for more than 20 years. Mr. Rogers has served in a variety of senior leadership roles since joining T. Rowe Price in 1982. Prior to that, he was employed by Bankers Trust Company. In addition to his various offices held with T. Rowe Price and its affiliates, he serves as the portfolio manager of the Equity Income Fund and Equity Income Portfolio, and as a member of the T. Rowe Price Asset Allocation Committee.
Cecilia E. Rouse became an independent director/trustee of certain Price Funds in May 2012. Dr. Rouse has extensive experience in the fields of higher education and economic research. She has served in a variety of roles at Princeton University, including as a dean, professor and leader of economic research. She has also served on the board of the National Economic Association and as a member of numerous entities, including the President’s Council of Economic Advisors, National Academy of Education, and the Association of Public Policy and Management Policy Council.
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John G. Schreiber has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for more than 20 years and currently serves as a member of the Joint Audit Committee. He brings substantial financial services and investment management experience to the boards. He has served on the boards of General Growth Properties, JMB Realty Corporation and Hilton Hotels, and as chairman of the board of Capital Trust. He has also served on the boards of private companies and non-profit entities, including Centaur Capital Partners (where he also serves as owner/president) and Blackstone Real Estate Advisors.
Mark R. Tercek has been an independent director/trustee of the Price Funds for the past four years and currently serves as chairman of the Joint Audit Committee. He brings substantial financial services experience to the boards. He was a managing director of Goldman Sachs and is currently president and chief executive officer of The Nature Conservancy.
The following table entitled “Nominees for Election as Independent Director” provides biographical information for the nominated independent directors, along with their principal occupation(s) during the past five years and any directorships of public companies and other investment companies. The directors of the funds believe it is important to have an investment in the Price Funds. Directors are expected to invest the equivalent of at least one year of their directors’ fees in the Price Funds and new directors are given at least 3 years to reach this threshold. The nominees allocate their investments among the Price Funds based on their own investment objectives. Accordingly, the table also shows their ownership in the funds on which they currently serve or to which they are being nominated to serve as director, as well as their total ownership in all of the Price Funds. The table entitled “Nominees for Election as Interested Director” provides similar information, except the information pertains to the nominated interested directors.
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Nominees for Election as Independent Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
William R. Brody, 1944 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) President and Trustee, Salk Institute for Biological Studies (2009 to present); President and Trustee, Johns Hopkins University (1996 to 2009); Chairman of Executive Committee and Trustee, John Hopkins Health System (1996 to 2009); Novartis, Inc. (2009 to present); IBM (2007 to present) | New Horizons Retirement 2015 Retirement 2020 | over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
Anthony W. Deering, 1945 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) Chairman, Exeter Capital, LLC, a private investment firm (2004 to present); Director and Member of the Advisory Board, Deutsche Bank North America (2004 to present); Under Armour (2008 to present); Vornado Real Estate Investment Trust (2004 to 2012); Deutsche Bank North America (2004 to present) | Equity Income Global Technology Institutional Floating Rate | over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
Donald W. Dick, Jr., 1943 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) Principal, EuroCapital Partners, LLC, an acquisition and management advisory firm (1995 to present) | Balanced Blue Chip Growth Capital Appreciation Dividend Growth Equity Income Growth & Income Growth Stock Health Sciences High Yield Inflation Protected Bond Science & Technology Short-Term Bond Summit Cash Reserves U.S. Treasury Intermediate | over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 $1-$10,000 | over $100,000 |
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Nominees for Election as Independent Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
Bruce W. Duncan, 1951 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 President and Chief Executive Officer, First Industrial Realty Trust, owner and operator of industrial properties (2009 to present); Chairman of the Board (2005 to present), Trustee of REIT subsidiary of Starwood (1995 to 2006), Interim Chief Executive Officer (2007), and Director (1999 to present), Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, hotel and leisure company; Trustee, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, a real estate investment trust and former subsidiary of Starwood (1995 to present); Senior Advisor, Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co. LP, a global investment firm (2008 to 2009) | None | None | None |
Robert J. Gerrard, Jr., 1952 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all equity and international fixed income Price Funds (91 portfolios) Chairman of Compensation Committee, Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (2008 to 2011); Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Scripps Networks, LLC (1997 to 2009); and Advisory Board member, Pipeline Crisis/Winning Strategies (1997 to present) | Capital Appreciation Financial Services Global Real Estate Global Technology Health Sciences Media & Telecommunications New Horizons New Income Retirement 2020 Small-Cap Stock Small-Cap Value Ultra Short-Term Bond | $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $50,001-$100,000 $1-$10,000 $1-$10,000 $10,001-$50,000 | over $100,000 |
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Nominees for Election as Independent Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
Karen N. Horn, 1943 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) Senior Managing Director, Brock Capital Group, an advisory and investment banking firm (2004 to present); Eli Lilly and Company (1987 to present); Simon Property Group (2004 to present); Norfolk Southern (2008 to present); Fannie Mae (2006 to 2008) | Retirement 2015 Retirement 2020 | over $100,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
Paul F. McBride, 1956 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Former Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Corporate Initiatives (2004 to 2010) and Executive Vice President, Black & Decker Corporation, a diversified global provider of hand tools, and related accessories, mechanical access solutions, electronic security solutions, and engineered fastening systems. | Capital Appreciation Health Sciences New America Growth Real Estate | over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
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Nominees for Election as Independent Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
Cecilia E. Rouse, 1963 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all equity and international fixed income Price Funds (91 portfolios) Dean, Woodrow Wilson School (2012 to present); Professor and Researcher, Princeton University (1992 to present); Director, MDRC (2011 to present); Member of National Academy of Education (2010 to present); Research Associate, National Bureau of Economic Research’s Labor Studies Program (1998 to 2009 and 2011 to present); Member of President’s Council of Economic Advisers (2009 to 2011); Member of The MacArthur Foundation Network on the Transition to Adulthood and Public Policy (2000 to 2008); Member of National Advisory Committee for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Scholars in Health Policy Research Program (2008); Member of and Director, National Economic Association (2006 to 2008); Member of Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management Policy Council (2006 to 2008); Member of Hamilton Project’s Advisory Board at The Brookings Institute (2006 to 2008); and Chair of Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economic Profession, American Economic Association (2006 to 2008) and (2012 to present) | Personal Strategy Balanced | $50,001-$100,000 | $50,001-$100,000 |
Nominees for Election as Independent Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 |
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John G. Schreiber, 1946 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) Owner/President, Centaur Capital Partners, Inc., a real estate investment company (1991 to present); Cofounder and Partner, Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, L.P. (1992 to present); Director, Capital Trust, Inc., a real estate investment company (2012 to present); General Growth Properties, Inc. (2010 to present) | Blue Chip Growth GNMA Growth & Income High Yield Japan New Income Prime Reserve Short-Term Bond Summit Cash Reserves Summit Municipal Income Summit Municipal Intermediate Summit Municipal Money Market Tax-Free High Yield U.S. Treasury Intermediate U.S. Treasury Long-Term U.S. Treasury Money Value | over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 $1-$10,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $1-$10,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
Mark R. Tercek*, 1957 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy (2008 to present); Managing Director, The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (1984 to 2008) | Summit Cash Reserves | over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
* Holdings of Price Funds are as of July 8, 2013.
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Nominees for Election as Interested Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
Edward C. Bernard, 1956 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee and Chairman of the Board of all Price Funds (144 portfolios) Director and Vice President, T. Rowe Price; Vice Chairman of the Board, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Director, and President, T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc.; Chairman of the Board and Director, T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc., T. Rowe Price Savings Bank, and T. Rowe Price Services, Inc.; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Director, T. Rowe Price International; Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Director, and President, T. Rowe Price Trust Company | Emerging Markets Stock Equity Income Global Stock Growth & Income Growth Stock High Yield International Discovery International Stock New Asia New Horizons Prime Reserve Retirement 2055 Science & Technology Small-Cap Value Spectrum Growth Spectrum Income Spectrum International Summit Cash Reserves | over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 $50,001-$100,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 $10,001-$50,000 $10,001-$50,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
Michael C. Gitlin, 1970 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of all fixed income Price Funds (51 portfolios) Vice President, Price Hong Kong, Price Singapore, T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International; President, Multi-Sector Account Portfolios | Capital Appreciation Dividend Growth Fund Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Floating Rate Global Allocation Retirement 2035 Short-Term Bond Summit Cash Reserves Ultra Short-Term Bond | over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 | over $100,000 |
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Nominees for Election as Interested Director | |||
Name, Year of Birth, Address, Position on Fund Board, and Principal Occupations and Other Directorships of Public Companies | Dollar Range of Fund Shares Beneficially Owned, Directly or Indirectly, as of 6/30/13 | Total Dollar Range of Shares Owned, Directly or Indirectly, in All Funds Overseen or to be Overseen, as of 6/30/13 | |
Brian C. Rogers, 1955 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 Director/Trustee of certain asset allocation and equity Price Funds (76 portfolios) Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price; Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.; Vice President, T. Rowe Price Trust Company; President, Equity Income Fund, Equity Series, and Institutional Equity Funds; Vice President, Personal Strategy Funds, Retirement Funds, Spectrum Funds, and Value Fund | Corporate Income Equity Income Global Stock Japan Media & Telecommunications New America Growth New Horizons Prime Reserve Science & Technology Spectrum Income Summit Cash Reserves Value | over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 $50,001-$100,000 $50,001-$100,000 over $100,000 over $100,000 $50,001-$100,000 | over $100,000 |
Some nominees have served as a director of the Price Funds for more than 20 years, including as members and/or chairs of the Boards’ standing committees. The following table entitled “Term of Price Funds Directorship” shows the year from which each nominated director has served on each fund’s Board (or that of the corporation of which the fund is a part). Please note that Messrs. Duncan and McBride are not shown in the table because they do not currently serve on the Board of any Price Fund.
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Term of Price Funds Directorship | |||||||||||
T. Rowe Price Corporation | Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | Bernard | Gitlin | Rogers |
Balanced | 2009 | 2001 | 1991 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Blue Chip Growth | 2009 | 2001 | 1993 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Capital Opportunity | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Corporate Income | 2009 | 1995 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1995 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Diversified Mid-Cap Growth | 2009 | 2003 | 2003 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2003 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | 2009 | 2001 | 1997 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Dividend Growth | 2009 | 2001 | 1992 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Equity Series | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Financial Services | 2009 | 2001 | 1996 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Fixed Income Series | 2009 | 1994 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1994 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Floating Rate | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | — | 2011 | — | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 | — |
Global Allocation | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | — | 2013 |
Global Real Estate | 2009 | 2008 | 2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2012 | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | — | 2008 |
Global Technology | 2009 | 2001 | 2000 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Growth & Income | 2009 | 2001 | 1982 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Growth Stock | 2009 | 2001 | 1980 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Health Sciences | 2009 | 2001 | 1995 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
High Yield | 2009 | 1984 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Index Trust | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
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Term of Price Funds Directorship | |||||||||||
T. Rowe Price Corporation | Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | Bernard | Gitlin | Rogers |
Inflation Focused Bond | 2009 | 2006 | 2006 | — | 2006 | — | 2006 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Inflation Protected Bond | 2009 | 2002 | 2002 | — | 2003 | — | 2002 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Institutional Equity | 2009 | 2001 | 1996 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Institutional Income | 2009 | 2002 | 2002 | — | 2003 | — | 2002 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Institutional International | 2009 | 1991 | 1989 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
International | 2009 | 1991 | 1988 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
International Index | 2009 | 2000 | 2000 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
International Series | 2009 | 1994 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Media & Telecommunications | 2009 | 2001 | 1997 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Mid-Cap Growth | 2009 | 2001 | 1992 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Mid-Cap Value | 2009 | 2001 | 1996 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Multi-Sector Account Portfolios | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | — | 2012 | — | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | 2012 | — |
New Era | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
New Horizons | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
New Income | 2009 | 1980 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Personal Strategy | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Prime Reserve | 2009 | 1979 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Real Assets | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2012 | 2010 | 2010 | 2010 | — | 2010 |
Real Estate | 2009 | 2001 | 1997 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
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Term of Price Funds Directorship | |||||||||||
T. Rowe Price Corporation | Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | Bernard | Gitlin | Rogers |
TRP Reserve Investment | 2009 | 1997 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1997 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Retirement | 2009 | 2002 | 2002 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2002 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Science & Technology | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Short-Term Bond | 2009 | 1983 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Small-Cap Stock | 2009 | 2001 | 1992 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Small-Cap Value | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | — |
Spectrum | 2009 | 2001 | 1999 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Strategic Income | 2009 | 2008 | 2008 | — | 2008 | — | 2008 | 2009 | 2008 | 2010 | — |
Summit | 2009 | 1993 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1993 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Summit Municipal | 2009 | 1993 | 2001 | — | 2003 | 2012 | 1993 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Tax-Efficient | 2009 | 2001 | 1997 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
Tax-Exempt Money | 2009 | 1983 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Tax-Free High Yield | 2009 | 1984 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Tax-Free Income | 2009 | 1983 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | 2009 | 1983 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | 2009 | 2000 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 2000 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | 2012 | 2009 | 2012 | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | — | 2009 |
U.S. Treasury | 2009 | 1989 | 2001 | — | 2003 | — | 1992 | 2009 | 2006 | 2010 | — |
Value | 2009 | 2001 | 1994 | 2012 | 2003 | 2012 | 2001 | 2009 | 2006 | — | 2006 |
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What are the directors/trustees paid for their services to the funds?
Messrs. Bernard, Gitlin, and Rogers are considered “interested persons” of the funds because they are employed by, and also serve as officers of, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates. The officers of the funds and interested directors/trustees do not receive any compensation or benefits from the funds for their service.
The independent directors are paid $250,000 for their service on the Boards. The Lead Independent Director receives an additional $100,000 annually for serving in this capacity. An independent director serving on the Joint Audit Committee receives an additional $9,000 for his/her service and the chairman of the Joint Audit Committee receives an additional $18,000 for his/her service.
The following table entitled “Compensation to Fund Directors” shows the accrued amounts paid by each fund, and the total compensation that was paid from all of the funds, to the independent directors/trustees for the 2012 calendar year. The directors’ fees are allocated to each fund on a pro rata basis based on each fund’s net assets relative to the other funds. The independent directors/trustees of the funds do not receive any pension or retirement benefits from the funds or T. Rowe Price.
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
Africa & Middle East | 599 | 860 | 599 | 386 | 599 | 599 | 379 | 621 | 628 |
Balanced | 2,476 | 3,556 | 2,476 | 1,750 | 2,476 | 2,476 | 1,719 | 2,565 | 2,596 |
Blue Chip Growth | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Blue Chip Growth Portfolio | 673 | 966 | 673 | 443 | 673 | 673 | 435 | 697 | 705 |
Capital Opportunity | 724 | 1,040 | 724 | 483 | 724 | 724 | 474 | 750 | 759 |
Corporate Income | 890 | 1,278 | 890 | 603 | 890 | 890 | 592 | 922 | 932 |
Diversified Mid-Cap Growth | 627 | 901 | 627 | 407 | 627 | 627 | 399 | 650 | 657 |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | 657 | 943 | 657 | 434 | 657 | 657 | 426 | 681 | 689 |
Dividend Growth | 2,023 | 2,905 | 2,023 | 1,439 | 2,023 | 2,023 | 1,414 | 2,096 | 2,121 |
Emerging Europe | 771 | 1,108 | 771 | 504 | 771 | 771 | 496 | 799 | 808 |
Emerging Markets Bond | 2,628 | 3,774 | 2,628 | 1,892 | 2,628 | 2,628 | 1,859 | 2,723 | 2,756 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond | 284 | 407 | 284 | 289 | 284 | 284 | 284 | 294 | 300 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond | 538 | 772 | 538 | 342 | 538 | 538 | 336 | 557 | 563 |
Emerging Markets Local Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Emerging Markets Stock | 4,128 | 5,928 | 4,128 | 2,887 | 4,128 | 4,128 | 2,836 | 4,277 | 4,328 |
Equity Income Portfolio | 1,159 | 1,665 | 1,159 | 751 | 1,159 | 1,159 | 738 | 1,201 | 1,214 |
Equity Index 500 | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
Equity Index 500 Portfolio | 515 | 740 | 515 | 325 | 515 | 515 | 319 | 534 | 539 |
European Stock | 921 | 1,322 | 921 | 616 | 921 | 921 | 605 | 954 | 965 |
Extended Equity Market Index | 750 | 1,077 | 750 | 496 | 750 | 750 | 487 | 777 | 786 |
Financial Services | 699 | 1,004 | 699 | 461 | 699 | 699 | 452 | 724 | 732 |
Floating Rate | 544 | 781 | 544 | 354 | 544 | 544 | 348 | 564 | 570 |
Floating Rate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Georgia Tax-Free Bond | 642 | 922 | 642 | 419 | 642 | 642 | 411 | 665 | 673 |
Global Allocation(a) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Global Infrastructure | 535 | 768 | 535 | 339 | 535 | 535 | 333 | 554 | 560 |
Global Large-Cap Stock | 548 | 786 | 548 | 349 | 548 | 548 | 343 | 567 | 573 |
Global Real Estate | 553 | 794 | 553 | 357 | 553 | 553 | 350 | 573 | 580 |
Global Stock | 842 | 1,209 | 842 | 550 | 842 | 842 | 540 | 872 | 881 |
Global Technology | 907 | 1,303 | 907 | 621 | 907 | 907 | 610 | 940 | 951 |
TRP Government Reserve Investment | 1,373 | 1,972 | 1,373 | 970 | 1,373 | 1,373 | 953 | 1,423 | 1,440 |
Growth & Income | 1,209 | 1,737 | 1,209 | 827 | 1,209 | 1,209 | 812 | 1,253 | 1,267 |
Growth Stock | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Health Sciences | 3,069 | 4,407 | 3,069 | 2,295 | 3,069 | 3,069 | 2,252 | 3,179 | 3,221 |
Health Sciences Portfolio | 588 | 845 | 588 | 384 | 588 | 588 | 377 | 609 | 616 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
High Yield | 4,577 | 6,573 | 4,577 | 2,887 | 4,577 | 4,577 | 2,836 | 4,742 | 4,793 |
High Yield Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Inflation Focused Bond | 2,577 | 3,700 | 2,577 | 1,862 | 2,577 | 2,577 | 1,829 | 2,669 | 2,702 |
Inflation Protected Bond | 841 | 1,208 | 841 | 566 | 841 | 841 | 556 | 871 | 881 |
Institutional Africa & Middle East | 592 | 850 | 592 | 382 | 592 | 592 | 376 | 613 | 620 |
Institutional Concentrated International Equity | 514 | 738 | 514 | 324 | 514 | 514 | 318 | 532 | 538 |
Institutional Core Plus | 625 | 898 | 625 | 407 | 625 | 625 | 400 | 648 | 655 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Bond | 653 | 938 | 653 | 427 | 653 | 653 | 419 | 677 | 684 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Equity | 1,046 | 1,501 | 1,046 | 711 | 1,046 | 1,046 | 699 | 1,083 | 1,096 |
Institutional Floating Rate | 1,698 | 2,438 | 1,698 | 1,196 | 1,698 | 1,698 | 1,175 | 1,759 | 1,781 |
Institutional Global Equity | 606 | 870 | 606 | 389 | 606 | 606 | 382 | 628 | 635 |
Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity | 549 | 789 | 549 | 351 | 549 | 549 | 345 | 569 | 575 |
Institutional Global Value Equity | 199 | 286 | 199 | 205 | 199 | 199 | 199 | 206 | 212 |
Institutional High Yield | 2,035 | 2,923 | 2,035 | 1,466 | 2,035 | 2,035 | 1,441 | 2,109 | 2,134 |
Institutional International Bond | 602 | 865 | 602 | 387 | 602 | 602 | 381 | 624 | 631 |
Institutional International Core Equity | 540 | 775 | 540 | 348 | 540 | 540 | 342 | 559 | 565 |
Institutional International Growth Equity | 555 | 797 | 555 | 355 | 555 | 555 | 348 | 575 | 582 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
Institutional Large-Cap Core Growth | 740 | 1,062 | 740 | 499 | 740 | 740 | 490 | 767 | 776 |
Institutional Large-Cap Growth | 3,392 | 4,871 | 3,392 | 2,611 | 3,392 | 3,392 | 2,563 | 3,514 | 3,562 |
Institutional Large-Cap Value | 1,027 | 1,475 | 1,027 | 707 | 1,027 | 1,027 | 695 | 1,064 | 1,077 |
Institutional Long Duration Credit(b) | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth | 2,144 | 3,079 | 2,144 | 1,596 | 2,144 | 2,144 | 1,569 | 2,221 | 2,249 |
Institutional Small-Cap Stock | 1,009 | 1,449 | 1,009 | 697 | 1,009 | 1,009 | 684 | 1,045 | 1,058 |
Institutional U.S. Structured Research | 842 | 1,210 | 842 | 561 | 842 | 842 | 551 | 873 | 883 |
International Bond | 3,656 | 5,250 | 3,656 | 2,562 | 3,656 | 3,656 | 2,518 | 3,788 | 3,831 |
International Discovery | 2,054 | 2,949 | 2,054 | 1,456 | 2,054 | 2,054 | 1,431 | 2,128 | 2,153 |
International Equity Index | 728 | 1,045 | 728 | 478 | 728 | 728 | 469 | 754 | 763 |
International Growth & Income | 3,582 | 5,143 | 3,582 | 2,612 | 3,582 | 3,582 | 2,564 | 3,710 | 3,758 |
International Stock | 4,404 | 6,324 | 4,404 | 2,887 | 4,404 | 4,404 | 2,836 | 4,562 | 4,613 |
International Stock Portfolio | 678 | 973 | 678 | 442 | 678 | 678 | 434 | 702 | 710 |
Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
Japan | 611 | 878 | 611 | 392 | 611 | 611 | 385 | 633 | 640 |
Latin America | 1,688 | 2,424 | 1,688 | 1,119 | 1,688 | 1,688 | 1,100 | 1,748 | 1,768 |
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio | 617 | 886 | 617 | — | 617 | 617 | — | 639 | 646 |
Media & Telecommunications | 1,840 | 2,642 | 1,840 | 1,309 | 1,840 | 1,840 | 1,286 | 1,906 | 1,929 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
Mid-Cap Growth | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio | 708 | 1,017 | 708 | 462 | 708 | 708 | 454 | 734 | 742 |
Mid-Cap Value | 4,578 | 6,575 | 4,578 | 2,887 | 4,578 | 4,578 | 2,836 | 4,743 | 4,794 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 |
New America Growth Portfolio | 597 | 857 | 597 | 385 | 597 | 597 | 378 | 618 | 625 |
New Asia | 3,043 | 4,370 | 3,043 | 2,183 | 3,043 | 3,043 | 2,144 | 3,152 | 3,191 |
New Era | 3,253 | 4,671 | 3,253 | 2,224 | 3,253 | 3,253 | 2,186 | 3,370 | 3,409 |
New Horizons | 4,569 | 6,651 | 4,569 | 2,887 | 4,569 | 4,569 | 2,836 | 4,733 | 4,784 |
New Income | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Overseas Stock | 3,203 | 4,600 | 3,203 | 2,340 | 3,203 | 3,203 | 2,297 | 3,319 | 3,362 |
Personal Strategy Balanced | 1,504 | 2,160 | 1,504 | 1,033 | 1,504 | 1,504 | 1,015 | 1,558 | 1,576 |
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio | 602 | 865 | 602 | 388 | 602 | 602 | 381 | 624 | 631 |
Personal Strategy Growth | 1,197 | 1,719 | 1,197 | 816 | 1,197 | 1,197 | 801 | 1,240 | 1,254 |
Personal Strategy Income | 1,136 | 1,632 | 1,136 | 778 | 1,136 | 1,136 | 764 | 1,177 | 1,191 |
Prime Reserve | 3,985 | 5,722 | 3,985 | 2,807 | 3,985 | 3,985 | 2,759 | 4,128 | 4,177 |
Prime Reserve Portfolio | 525 | 754 | 525 | — | 525 | 525 | — | 544 | 550 |
Real Assets | 1,758 | 2,525 | 1,758 | 1,459 | 1,758 | 1,758 | 1,433 | 1,822 | 1,848 |
Real Estate | 2,620 | 3,762 | 2,620 | 1,913 | 2,620 | 2,620 | 1,879 | 2,714 | 2,748 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
TRP Reserve Investment | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Retirement 2005 | 1,289 | 1,851 | 1,289 | 887 | 1,289 | 1,289 | 872 | 1,335 | 1,351 |
Retirement 2010 | 3,980 | 5,715 | 3,980 | 2,823 | 3,980 | 3,980 | 2,774 | 4,123 | 4,172 |
Retirement 2015 | 4,218 | 6,057 | 4,218 | 2,887 | 4,218 | 4,218 | 2,836 | 4,370 | 4,421 |
Retirement 2020 | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Retirement 2025 | 4,413 | 6,337 | 4,413 | 2,887 | 4,413 | 4,413 | 2,836 | 4,572 | 4,623 |
Retirement 2030 | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Retirement 2035 | 3,913 | 5,619 | 3,913 | 2,846 | 3,913 | 3,913 | 2,795 | 4,054 | 4,105 |
Retirement 2040 | 4,416 | 6,341 | 4,416 | 2,887 | 4,416 | 4,416 | 2,836 | 4,575 | 4,626 |
Retirement 2045 | 2,349 | 3,373 | 2,349 | 1,699 | 2,349 | 2,349 | 1,668 | 2,434 | 2,464 |
Retirement 2050 | 1,621 | 2,327 | 1,621 | 1,161 | 1,621 | 1,621 | 1,140 | 1,679 | 1,700 |
Retirement 2055 | 767 | 1,101 | 767 | 517 | 767 | 767 | 508 | 795 | 804 |
Retirement Income | 2,156 | 3,097 | 2,156 | 1,529 | 2,156 | 2,156 | 1,502 | 2,234 | 2,261 |
Science & Technology | 2,217 | 3,183 | 2,217 | 1,512 | 2,217 | 2,217 | 1,487 | 2,297 | 2,322 |
Short-Term Bond | 4,054 | 5,822 | 4,054 | 2,887 | 4,054 | 4,054 | 2,836 | 4,200 | 4,251 |
Short-Term Reserve(c) | 2,222 | 3,191 | 2,222 | — | 2,222 | 2,222 | — | 2,302 | 2,302 |
Small-Cap Stock | 4,288 | 6,157 | 4,288 | 2,887 | 4,288 | 4,288 | 2,836 | 4,442 | 4,493 |
Small-Cap Value | 4,343 | 6,237 | 4,343 | 2,887 | 4,343 | 4,343 | 2,836 | 4,500 | 4,551 |
Spectrum Growth | 2,459 | 3,532 | 2,459 | 1,721 | 2,459 | 2,459 | 1,692 | 2,548 | 2,578 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
Spectrum Income | 4,135 | 5,937 | 4,135 | 2,887 | 4,135 | 4,135 | 2,836 | 4,283 | 4,334 |
Spectrum International | 922 | 1,324 | 922 | 625 | 922 | 922 | 614 | 955 | 967 |
Strategic Income | 666 | 957 | 666 | 437 | 666 | 666 | 429 | 690 | 698 |
Summit Cash Reserves | 3,995 | 5,737 | 3,995 | 2,785 | 3,995 | 3,995 | 2,736 | 4,139 | 4,187 |
Summit GNMA | 643 | 924 | 643 | 420 | 643 | 643 | 412 | 666 | 674 |
Summit Municipal Income | 935 | 1,342 | 935 | 641 | 935 | 935 | 630 | 968 | 980 |
Summit Municipal Intermediate | 1,790 | 2,570 | 1,790 | 1,264 | 1,790 | 1,790 | 1,242 | 1,854 | 1,877 |
Summit Municipal Money Market | 631 | 907 | 631 | 407 | 631 | 631 | 400 | 654 | 661 |
Tax-Efficient Equity | 566 | 813 | 566 | 362 | 566 | 566 | 356 | 586 | 593 |
Tax-Exempt Money | 1,049 | 1,506 | 1,049 | 700 | 1,049 | 1,049 | 688 | 1,086 | 1,098 |
Tax-Free High Yield | 1,848 | 2,654 | 1,848 | 1,332 | 1,848 | 1,848 | 1,309 | 1,915 | 1,939 |
Tax-Free Income | 2,325 | 3,338 | 2,325 | 1,635 | 2,325 | 2,325 | 1,606 | 2,408 | 2,437 |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | 1,607 | 2,308 | 1,607 | 1,135 | 1,607 | 1,607 | 1,115 | 1,665 | 1,685 |
Total Equity Market Index | 885 | 1,271 | 885 | 596 | 885 | 885 | 585 | 917 | 927 |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | 1,122 | 1,612 | 1,122 | 739 | 1,122 | 1,122 | 727 | 1,163 | 1,175 |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | 535 | 769 | 535 | 340 | 535 | 535 | 334 | 555 | 561 |
U.S. Treasury Intermediate | 849 | 1,219 | 849 | 577 | 849 | 849 | 567 | 880 | 890 |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term | 815 | 1,170 | 815 | 554 | 815 | 815 | 544 | 844 | 854 |
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Compensation to Fund Directors | |||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Aggregate Compensation From Fund | ||||||||
Brody | Deering | Dick | Gerrard | Horn | Rodgers* | Rouse | Schreiber | Tercek | |
U.S. Treasury Money | 1,659 | 2,383 | 1,659 | 1,143 | 1,659 | 1,659 | 1,123 | 1,719 | 1,739 |
Ultra Short-Term Bond | 45 | 64 | 45 | 46 | 45 | 45 | 45 | 46 | 48 |
Value | 4,584 | 6,582 | 4,584 | 2,887 | 4,584 | 4,584 | 2,836 | 4,749 | 4,800 |
Total Compensation From Funds and Fund Complex (d) | 250,000 | 359,000 | 250,000 | 169,667 | 250,000 | 250,000 | 166,667 | 259,000 | 262,000 |
* Theo C. Rodgers is retiring from the Boards and is not seeking re-election.
(a) Estimated for the period May 29, 2013, through December 31, 2013.
(b) Estimated for the period June 4, 2013, through December 31, 2013.
(c) Estimated for the period January 15, 2013, through December 31, 2013.
(d) Represents compensation actually paid for the calendar year 2012 for all Price Funds. This amount will not equal the sum of the individual fund amounts shown in the table, which include estimated amounts for funds that incepted in 2013 and do not include any funds that are organized as Massachusetts business trusts.
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What vote is required to elect the directors?
Each Board will consist of 12 directors. Proposal 1 requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares present and entitled to vote at the meeting to elect the Board members of that fund.
For each corporation that consists of a single series with no additional share classes, all shareholders vote together and the 12 nominees receiving the highest number of votes cast at the meeting shall be elected directors of that fund (provided a quorum is present). For each corporation that consists of multiple series and/or share classes, all series and classes of the corporation vote together. The 12 nominees receiving the highest number of the combined votes cast at the meeting by the shareholders of all series and classes of each corporation shall be elected directors of that corporation (provided a quorum is present).
The Board of Directors, including the funds’ independent directors, recommends that shareholders vote FOR all of the proposed nominees.
PROPOSAL NO. 2 — Amend Investment Objectives for the Dividend Growth Fund, Equity Income Portfolio, Equity Index 500 Fund, Equity Index 500 Portfolio, Extended Equity Market Index Fund, Growth & Income Fund, Growth Stock Fund, and International Growth & Income Fund
Dividend Growth Fund (and its Advisor Class)
The Dividend Growth Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to provide increasing dividend income over time, long-term growth of capital, and a reasonable level of current income through investments primarily in dividend-paying stocks.” In connection with the fund’s current investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies, as set forth in the fund’s prospectus, provide that the fund will normally invest at least 65% of its total assets in the common stocks of dividend-paying companies that are expected to increase their dividends over time and also provide long-term appreciation.
The Board proposes that the Dividend Growth Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks dividend income and long-term capital growth primarily through investments in stocks.” To conform to the new investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies would be revised to provide that the fund will normally invest at least 65% of its total assets in stocks with an emphasis on stocks issued by companies that have shown a strong track record of paying dividends or are expected to increase their dividends over time.
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment
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objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment strategies in the future. With respect to the term “dividend-paying stocks,” there is no set definition, interpretation, or industry position as to how frequently a stock would need to declare cash or stock dividends to deem it a dividend-paying stock. Therefore, removing the reference to “dividend-paying stocks” from the fund’s investment objective and principal investment strategies is not expected to alter the fund’s investment style as the portfolio manager will continue to seek stocks with strong track records of paying dividends or with expectations of increasing dividends. The fund continues to believe that dividends can serve as an excellent indicator of financial health and growth prospects and that, over the long-term, income can contribute significantly to the fund’s total return and help reduce the fund’s volatility during periods of market turbulence. However, the Board recognizes that requiring 65% of the fund’s assets in dividend-paying stocks and seeking increasing dividend income over time could prove difficult to achieve in certain market environments.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of these changes. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to allow the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment program.
Equity Income Portfolio (and its II Class)
The Equity Income Portfolio’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to provide substantial dividend income as well as long-term growth of capital through investments in the common stocks of established companies.” In connection with the fund’s current investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies, as set forth in the fund’s prospectus, provide that the fund will normally invest at least 80% of net assets in common stocks and 65% in the common stocks of well-established companies paying above-average dividends.
The Board proposes that the Equity Income Portfolio’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks a high level of dividend income and long-term capital growth primarily through investments in stocks.” To conform to the new investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies would be revised to provide that the fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in stocks with an emphasis on larger capitalization stocks with a strong track record of paying dividends or that are believed to be undervalued.
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general
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investment objective by allowing the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment strategies in the future. There are no generally accepted positions regarding what is considered substantial dividend income or above-average dividends, or what market capitalization should define a company as well-established. However, the fund’s principal investment strategies have interpreted the term “substantial dividend income” to mean that, under normal conditions, the yield on the fund’s portfolio securities generally exceeds the yield on the fund’s benchmark, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. Removing the references to “substantial dividend income” and “established companies “ from the fund’s investment objective is not expected to alter the fund’s investment style as the portfolio manager will continue to employ a value approach to stock selection and seek stocks of large-capitalization companies with strong track records of paying dividends. The fund continues to believe that income can be a significant contributor to the fund’s total return over time and it does not intend to depart from this approach. The reference to how the fund defines the term “substantial dividend income” will be removed from the fund’s principal investment strategies, although the strategies will be revised to explain that the fund’s yield is expected to normally be above that of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and to clarify that the fund’s investments will mainly be in large-capitalization stocks.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of these changes. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to allow the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment program.
Equity Index 500 Fund
The Equity Index 500 Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.”
The Board proposes that the Equity Index 500 Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization U.S. stocks.”
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund to more effectively continue tracking an appropriate large-cap U.S. stock benchmark should there be any unexpected changes to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. The specific reference in the investment objective to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index could potentially create challenges and unanticipated costs to the fund’s shareholders if Standard & Poor’s changed the benchmark’s name, including in connection with the sale of the benchmark to another
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data provider, which could require the fund to quickly seek shareholder approval to continue investing in accordance with its investment objective. While such an event could require the fund to change its name as well, the Board would be authorized to approve a name change without the need to seek shareholder approval.
If the proposed amendment is approved, the fund would continue to seek to match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index by using a full replication strategy, which involves investing substantially all of the fund’s assets in all of the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and maintaining holdings of each stock in approximately the same proportion to its weight in the index. To conform to the new investment objective, the only modification to the fund’s principal investment strategies (as set forth in the fund’s prospectus) would be to clarify that tracking the investment return of a large-capitalization U.S. stock index is achieved by seeking to track the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to avoid potential future issues that could arise from a name change involving the fund’s benchmark index. Further, such an approach is believed to be consistent with the approach employed by similarly managed index funds.
Equity Index 500 Portfolio
The Equity Index 500 Portfolio’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.”
The Board proposes that the Equity Index 500 Portfolio’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization U.S. stocks.”
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund to more effectively continue tracking an appropriate large-cap U.S. stock benchmark should there be any unexpected changes to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. The specific reference in the investment objective to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index could potentially create challenges and unanticipated costs to the fund’s shareholders if Standard & Poor’s changed the benchmark’s name, including in connection with the sale of the benchmark to another data provider, which could require the fund to quickly seek shareholder approval to continue investing in accordance with its investment objective. While such an event could require the fund to change its name as well, the
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Board would be authorized to approve a name change without the need to seek shareholder approval.
If the proposed amendment is approved, the fund would continue to seek to match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index by using a full replication strategy, which involves investing substantially all of the fund’s assets in all of the stocks in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and maintaining holdings of each stock in approximately the same proportion to its weight in the index. To conform to the new investment objective, the only modification to the fund’s principal investment strategies (as set forth in the fund’s prospectus) would be to clarify that tracking the investment return of a large-capitalization U.S. stock index is achieved by seeking to track the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to avoid potential future issues that could arise from a name change involving the fund’s benchmark index. Further, such an approach is believed to be consistent with the approach employed by similarly managed index funds.
Extended Equity Market Index Fund
The Extended Equity Market Index Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to match the performance of the U.S. stocks not included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index.”
The Board proposes that the Extended Equity Market Index Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of small- and mid-capitalization U.S. stocks.”
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund to more effectively continue seeking to match the performance of U.S. stocks, other than the 500 largest U.S. stocks, should there be any unexpected changes to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index. The specific reference in the investment objective to stocks not included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index could potentially create challenges and unanticipated costs to the fund’s shareholders if Standard & Poor’s changed the benchmark’s name, including in connection with the sale of the benchmark to another data provider, which could require the fund to quickly seek shareholder approval to continue investing in accordance with its investment objective.
If the proposed amendment is approved, the fund would continue to seek to match the performance of U.S. stocks that are not included in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index by using a sampling strategy to invest substantially all of its assets in a group of stocks representative of the
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Standard & Poor’s Completion Index. To conform to the new investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies (as set forth in the fund’s prospectus) would omit references to the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index and clarify that seeking to track the investment return of a small- and mid-capitalization U.S. stock index is achieved by using the Standard & Poor’s Completion Index as its benchmark index to represent this universe of stocks.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to avoid potential future issues that could arise from a name change involving the index referenced in the fund’s current investment objective. Further, such an approach is believed to be consistent with the approach employed by similarly managed index funds.
Growth & Income Fund
The Growth & Income Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth, a reasonable level of current income, and increasing future income through investments primarily in dividend-paying common stocks.”
The Board proposes that the Growth & Income Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks long-term capital growth and current income primarily through investments in stocks.”
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment strategies in the future. With respect to the term “dividend-paying common stocks,” there is no set definition, interpretation, or industry position as to how frequently a stock would need to declare cash or stock dividends to deem it a dividend-paying stock. Therefore, removing the reference to “dividend-paying common stocks” from the fund’s investment objective is not expected to alter the fund’s investment style as the portfolio manager will continue to seek income-producing stocks with both growth and value style characteristics. The fund continues to believe that income from dividend-paying stocks can contribute favorably to the fund’s total return and help reduce the fund’s volatility during periods of market turbulence. No modifications to the fund’s principal investment strategies, as set forth in the fund’s prospectus, are contemplated at this time.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s
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shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to allow the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment program.
Growth Stock Fund (and its Advisor and R Classes)
The Growth Stock Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks to provide long-term capital growth and, secondarily, increasing dividend income through investments in the common stocks of well-established growth companies.”
The Board proposes that the Growth Stock Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks long-term capital growth through investments in stocks.”
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment strategies in the future. As indicated in the fund’s principal investment strategies, the fund employs a growth approach to stock selection and generally seeks companies with strong cash flow and an above-average rate of earnings growth, the ability to sustain earnings momentum during economic downturns, or occupation of a lucrative niche in the economy and the ability to expand even during times of slow economic growth. Although some of the companies targeted by the fund have demonstrated the ability to pay increasing dividends, this attribute does not represent a primary focus of stock selection. Therefore, removing the reference to “increasing dividend income” from the fund’s investment objective is not expected to alter the fund’s investment style. Instead, the change is intended to offer flexibility and the only modification to the fund’s principal investment strategies (as set forth in the fund’s prospectus) will be to clarify that the fund’s investments will mainly be in large-capitalization stocks.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to allow the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment program.
International Growth & Income Fund (and its Advisor and
R Classes)
The International Growth & Income Fund’s current investment objective is as follows: “The fund seeks long-term growth of capital and reasonable income through investments primarily in the common stocks of well-established, dividend-paying, non-U.S. companies.” In connection with the fund’s current investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies, as set forth in the fund’s prospectus, provide that the fund will invest primarily (at least 65% of total assets) in the stocks of large,
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dividend-paying, well-established companies that have favorable prospects for capital appreciation.
The Board proposes that the International Growth & Income Fund’s investment objective be changed to the following: “The fund seeks long-term capital growth and current income primarily through investments in non-U.S. stocks.” To conform to the new investment objective, the fund’s principal investment strategies would be revised to provide that the fund will normally invest at least 65% of its total assets in non-U.S. stocks with an emphasis on larger capitalization stocks with a strong track record of paying dividends or that are believed to be undervalued.
While there will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program (nor are any anticipated as a result of the change in investment objective), the Board, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, believes that fund shareholders will benefit from the more general investment objective by allowing the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment strategies in the future. With respect to the term “dividend-paying” common stocks, there is no set definition, interpretation, or industry position as to how frequently a stock would need to declare cash or stock dividends to deem it a dividend-paying stock. Therefore, removing the reference to “well-established, dividend-paying” companies from the fund’s investment objective is not expected to alter the fund’s investment style as the portfolio manager will continue to employ a value approach to stock selection and seek stocks of large-capitalization non-U.S. companies with track records of paying dividends. The fund continues to believe that income from dividend-paying stocks can contribute favorably to the fund’s total return and help reduce the fund’s volatility during periods of market turbulence. No modifications to the fund’s principal investment strategies are contemplated at this time.
There will be no material changes to the fund’s current investment program, or to the fund’s overall risk profile, as a result of this change. However, the Board believes that it is in the interests of the fund’s shareholders to approve a more general investment objective to allow the fund greater flexibility to execute its investment program.
What vote is required to approve each fund’s amendment to its investment objective?
Proposal No. 2 requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the fund’s shares represented at the meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the fund’s outstanding shares. Shareholders of all classes of a particular fund vote together on the proposal affecting that fund. However, the approval to amend a particular fund’s investment objective is not contingent upon obtaining approval to amend the other funds’ investment objectives under this proposal.
If the proposed amendment to each fund’s investment objective is approved by shareholders, it is expected to become effective on or about
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November 1, 2013. An amendment to each fund’s prospectus or summary prospectus will be sent to shareholders to notify them of the changes.
The Boards of Directors of the funds, including the funds’ independent directors, recommend that shareholders of the relevant fund vote FOR the proposal affecting that fund.
PROPOSAL NO. 3 — Remove Fundamental Policy That Prohibits the Purchase of Equity Securities for the Summit Municipal Income Fund (and its Advisor Class) and Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund (and its Advisor Class)
The Summit Municipal Funds currently have an investment restriction which states that, as a matter of fundamental policy, the funds may not purchase equity securities or securities convertible into equity securities. The Board proposes, upon recommendation by the funds’ investment adviser, that this restriction be eliminated for each of the Summit Municipal Income Fund and Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund, but remains in place for the Summit Municipal Money Market Fund.
Under the current policy, purchases of shares of a closed-end municipal fund or other investment company would be prohibited by the policy. In addition, preferred stocks and other income-producing instruments that are technically classified as an equity security or convertible into an equity security could be suitable for the funds but would not be permitted under this fundamental policy. As a result, the Board believes that the funds’ shareholders will benefit by approving the removal of this restriction, which will allow the flexibility to pursue opportunities to achieve exposure to certain sectors of the municipal bond market through investments in these instruments that are currently permitted for the other T. Rowe Price tax-free funds. While the Board recommends that this policy be eliminated, it also recommends that the funds’ prospectuses be revised to clarify that investments in income-producing preferred stocks and investment companies would be permitted while more traditional equity investments like common stock would remain prohibited.
The Board is not recommending that the policy be removed for the Summit Municipal Money Market Fund since that fund is prohibited from purchasing equity securities under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Therefore, shareholders of the Summit Municipal Money Market Fund are not being asked to vote on this proposal.
What vote is required to approve the removal of the fundamental policy for each fund?
Proposal No. 3 requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the fund’s shares represented at the meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the fund’s outstanding shares. Shareholders of all
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classes of each fund vote together on the proposal affecting that fund. However, the approval to eliminate the fundamental policy for each fund is not contingent upon obtaining approval to eliminate the fundamental policy for the other fund under this proposal.
If the proposed removal of the fundamental policy is approved by shareholders, it is expected to become effective on or about November 1, 2013. The funds’ Statement of Additional Information will be revised accordingly and an amendment to each fund’s prospectus or summary prospectus will be sent to shareholders to notify them of the changes.
The Board of Directors of the funds, including the funds’ independent directors, recommends that shareholders of each fund vote FOR the proposal affecting that fund.
PROPOSAL NO. 4 — Adopt a New Fundamental Policy on Commodities for All Funds (other than Global Allocation Fund, Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, and the money market funds)
The Price Funds (except the Global Allocation, Institutional Long Duration Credit, Spectrum Growth, and Spectrum Income Funds), currently have an investment restriction which states that, as a matter of fundamental policy, the funds may not purchase or sell physical commodities, except that the funds (other than the money funds) may enter into futures contracts and options thereon. In addition, the Spectrum Growth and Spectrum Income Funds have an investment restriction which states that, as a matter of fundamental policy, the funds may not purchase or sell commodities or commodity or futures contracts.
Other than for the Global Allocation Fund, TRP Government Reserve Investment Fund, Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, Prime Reserve Fund, Prime Reserve Portfolio, TRP Reserve Investment Fund, Summit Cash Reserves Fund, Summit Municipal Money Market Fund, Tax-Exempt Money Fund, and U.S. Treasury Money Fund, each fund’s Board is proposing, upon recommendation by the fund’s investment adviser, that the funds adopt the following policy on commodities:
“The funds may not, as a matter of fundamental policy, purchase or sell commodities except to the extent permitted by applicable law.”
The 1940 Act requires an investment company to state its fundamental investment restriction regarding the purchase and sale of commodities. The Boards believe that changing the term “physical commodities” to “commodities” in the policy better conforms with the 1940 Act requirements, and the increased flexibility from broadening the policy from investments only in commodity-related futures and options to any commodity-related investments permitted by law will benefit fund shareholders.
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Since the initial adoption of this policy for the Price Funds, the financial markets have evolved and new types of financial instruments have become available as potential investment opportunities and additional regulatory guidance has made investments in commodity-linked investments generally more favorable for investment companies. The proposed fundamental investment policy has already been adopted by the newest Price Funds, the Global Allocation Fund and Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund, and the Boards and T. Rowe Price consider this policy to be well-suited to today’s regulatory and investment environments. The policy would provide that direct investments in commodities are prohibited, but would allow the funds to enter into a variety of derivative transactions relating to commodities. The proposed change is intended to give the funds maximum flexibility to invest in a variety of modern financial instruments that could technically be considered commodities and will allow the funds to buy and sell various financial instruments representing interests in commodities and enter into swaps and other commodity-related derivative transactions involving commodities. T. Rowe Price does not anticipate any immediate changes to the manner in which any of the Price Funds are managed as a result of this change. However, the policy reflects the notion that increasing numbers of mutual funds are using investments in commodity-related derivatives transactions to meet their investment objectives and should provide the funds with greater flexibility in the future to pursue new opportunities as they become available.
This change will not apply to any of the T. Rowe Price money market funds since such funds are prohibited from entering into derivatives transactions under Rule 2a-7 of the 1940 Act. Therefore, in addition to shareholders of the Global Allocation Fund and Institutional Long Duration Credit Fund not being asked to vote on this proposal, shareholders of the following funds are also not being asked to vote on this proposal: TRP Government Reserve Investment Fund; Prime Reserve Fund; Prime Reserve Portfolio; TRP Reserve Investment Fund; Summit Cash Reserves Fund; Summit Municipal Money Market Fund; Tax-Exempt Money Fund; and U.S. Treasury Money Fund.
What vote is required to adopt a new fundamental policy on commodities for each fund?
Proposal No. 4 requires the affirmative vote of the lesser of: (1) 67% or more of the fund’s shares represented at the meeting if the holders of more than 50% of the outstanding shares are present in person or by proxy; or (2) more than 50% of the fund’s outstanding shares. Shareholders of all classes of a particular fund vote together on the proposal affecting that fund. However, the approval to adopt a new fundamental policy on commodities for a particular fund is not contingent upon obtaining approval to adopt a new fundamental policy on commodities for the other funds under this proposal.
If the proposed amendment to the fundamental policy is approved by shareholders, it is expected to become effective on or about November 1,
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2013, and the funds’ Statement of Additional Information will be revised accordingly.
The Boards of Directors of the funds, including the funds’ independent directors, recommend that shareholders of the relevant fund vote FOR the proposal affecting that fund.
FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING AND THE SHAREHOLDER MEETING
What is the required quorum?
To hold a shareholders’ meeting for a Maryland corporation, one-third of the corporation’s shares entitled to be voted must have been received by proxy or be present in person at the meeting. In the event that a quorum is present but sufficient votes in favor of a proposal are not received by the meeting date, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments to permit further solicitation of proxies. Any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy at the meeting to be adjourned. Shares voted against a proposal will be voted against the proposed adjournment. The persons named as proxies will vote in favor of such adjournment if they determine that additional solicitation is reasonable and in the interests of the corporation’s shareholders.
How are the votes counted?
The individuals named as proxies (or their substitutes) on the enclosed proxy card (or cards, if you have multiple funds or accounts) will vote according to your directions if your proxy is received properly executed, or in accordance with your instructions given when voting by telephone or Internet. With respect to proposal 1 to elect directors, you may direct the proxy holders to vote your shares on the proposal by checking the appropriate box “FOR ALL NOMINEES” or “FOR ALL EXCEPT,” or instruct them not to vote those shares on the proposal by checking the “WITHHOLD AUTHORITY” box. With respect to proposals 2, 3, and 4, you may direct the proxy holders to vote FOR or AGAINST or ABSTAIN. Alternatively, you may simply sign, date, and return your proxy card(s) with no specific instructions as to the proposals. If you properly execute your proxy card and give no voting instructions with respect to the election of directors/trustees or any of the other proposals, your shares will be voted FOR ALL NOMINEES and FOR all of the other proposals on which you are entitled to vote.
Abstentions and “broker nonvotes” (as described below) are counted for purposes of determining whether a quorum is present for purposes of convening the meeting. Broker nonvotes are shares held by a broker or nominee for which an executed proxy is received by the fund but are not voted as to one or more proposals because instructions have not been
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received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote, and the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power. If a proposal must be approved by a plurality vote, abstentions and broker nonvotes will have no effect on the result of the vote. Because the proposals, other than the proposal for the election of directors, must be approved by a percentage of voting securities present at the meeting or a majority of the fund’s outstanding shares, abstentions and broker nonvotes will be considered to be voting securities that are present and will have the effect of being counted as votes against the applicable proposal.
For shares of a fund held in an individual retirement account (“IRA”) or Coverdell education savings account (“ESA”) that is sponsored by T. Rowe Price Trust Company and for which T. Rowe Price Trust Company serves as custodian, T. Rowe Price Trust Company shall, without written direction from the investor, vote shares for which no voting instructions are timely received in the same proportion as shares for which voting instructions from other shareholders are timely received.
For shares of the funds that are series of T. Rowe Price Equity Series, Inc., T. Rowe Price Fixed Income Series, Inc., and T. Rowe Price International Series, Inc. (collectively, the “Variable Insurance Portfolios”) held by insurance company separate accounts for which the insurance company has not received timely voting instructions, as well as shares the insurance company owns, those shares shall be voted in the same proportion as shares for which voting instructions from contract holders are timely received.
Shares of the Price Funds that are held by other Price Funds will be voted in the same proportion as shares for which voting instructions from other shareholders are timely received.
Can additional matters be acted upon at the annual meeting?
The management of the funds knows of no other business that may come before the meeting. However, if any additional matters are properly presented at the meeting, it is intended that the persons named in the enclosed proxy, or their substitutes, will vote on such matters in accordance with their judgment.
How are proxies delivered and votes recorded?
This proxy statement was mailed along with a proxy voting card and prepaid envelope. You may record your votes on the enclosed proxy card and mail it in the accompanying prepaid envelope to Proxy Tabulator, P.O. Box 55046, Boston, MA 02205-9836. Any mailed proxies sent to this address will be delivered to Boston Financial Data Services, Inc. (“BFDS”), whom the funds have retained to tabulate the votes. Some shareholders will not automatically receive a copy of this entire proxy statement in the mail, but will instead receive a notice that informs them of how to access all of the proxy materials on a publicly available website (commonly referred to as “notice and access”). Shareholders who receive
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such a notice will not be able to return the notice to have their vote recorded. However, they can access the proxy materials at eproxyvote.com/trp to vote eligible shares or may use the instructions on the notice to request a paper or email copy of the proxy materials at no charge.
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has adopted rules that permit investment companies, such as the funds, and intermediaries to satisfy the delivery requirements for proxy statements with respect to two or more shareholders sharing the same address by delivering a single proxy statement addressed to those shareholders. This process, which is commonly referred to as “householding,” could result in extra convenience and cost savings for the funds and their shareholders. Unless the funds have received contrary instructions, only one copy of this Proxy Statement will be mailed to two or more shareholders who share an address. If you need additional copies or do not want your mailings to be “householded,” please call 1-800-225-5132 or write us at P.O. Box 17630, Baltimore, MD 21297-1630.
In addition, the funds have arranged through BFDS to have votes recorded through the Internet through eproxyvote.com/trp or by telephone at
1-866-977-7699. The telephone and Internet voting procedures are reasonably designed to authenticate shareholders’ identities, to allow shareholders to authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their instructions, and to confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. BFDS is responsible for assisting the Price Funds in determining whether quorum is achieved and whether sufficient votes are received to approve a proposal.
Can I change my vote after I submit my proxy?
Any proxy, including those voted via the Internet or by telephone, may be revoked at any time before the votes have been submitted for tabulation at the meeting by filing a written notice of revocation with the funds, by delivering a properly executed proxy bearing a later date, or by attending the meeting and voting in person.
How can proxies be solicited?
Directors and officers of the funds, and employees of T. Rowe Price (and its affiliates), may solicit proxies by mail, in person, or by telephone. In the event that votes are solicited by telephone, shareholders will be called at the telephone number T. Rowe Price and its affiliates have in their records for their accounts, and would be asked for their Social Security number or other identifying information. The shareholders would then be given an opportunity to authorize proxies to vote their shares at the meeting in accordance with their instructions. To ensure that shareholders’ instructions have been recorded correctly, confirmation of the instructions is also mailed and a toll-free number provided in case the information contained in the confirmation is incorrect.
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To help ensure that sufficient shares of common stock are represented at the meeting to permit approval of the proposals outlined in the proxy statement, the funds will also use the services of BFDS to assist them in soliciting proxies.
Who pays for the costs involved with the proxy?
For managing the funds’ overall proxy campaign, BFDS will receive a management fee plus reimbursement for out-of-pocket expenses. BFDS will also receive fees in connection with the printing, preparing, assembling, mailing, and transmitting proxy materials on behalf of the funds, tabulating those votes that are received, and any solicitation of additional votes. While the fees received by BFDS will vary based on the level of additional solicitation necessary to achieve quorum and shareholder approval, the costs paid to BFDS are estimated to be approximately $4.7 million. In addition, securities brokers, custodians, fiduciaries, and other persons holding shares as nominees will be reimbursed, upon request, for their reasonable expenses in sending solicitation materials to the principals of the accounts. All costs of the shareholder meetings and the proxy solicitation, including the use of BFDS, will be paid for by each fund in proportion to its relative asset size. However, any of these expenses that would result in a fund’s total expense ratio exceeding its contractual expense limitation or its all-inclusive management fee rate will be borne by T. Rowe Price.
Are the funds required to hold annual meetings?
Under Maryland law, the funds are not required to hold annual meetings. The Board of Directors of each fund has determined that the funds will take advantage of this Maryland law provision to avoid the significant expense associated with holding annual meetings, including legal, accounting, printing, and mailing fees incurred in preparing proxy materials. Accordingly, no annual meetings of shareholders shall be held in any year in which a meeting is not otherwise required to be held by the 1940 Act or Maryland law, unless the Boards determine otherwise. However, special meetings of shareholders will be held in accordance with applicable law or when otherwise determined by each fund’s Board.
If a shareholder wishes to present a proposal to be included in a proxy statement for a subsequent shareholder meeting, the proposal must be submitted in writing and received by Patricia B. Lippert, Secretary of the T. Rowe Price Funds, 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202, within a reasonable time before the funds begin to print and mail their proxy materials. The timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee its consideration at the meeting.
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GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
Who are the funds’ investment adviser, principal underwriter, and other service providers?
T. Rowe Price serves as investment adviser to all of the Price Funds and provides the funds with investment management services. T. Rowe Price is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group Inc., a holding company listed on the Nasdaq® National Market. While T. Rowe Price is responsible for supervising and overseeing the funds’ investment programs, T. Rowe Price has entered into investment sub-advisory agreements with T. Rowe Price Hong Kong Limited (“Price Hong Kong”), T. Rowe Price International Ltd (“Price International”), and/or T. Rowe Price Singapore Private Ltd. (“Price Singapore”) on behalf of certain Price Funds. Price International is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price, and Price Hong Kong and Price Singapore are wholly owned subsidiaries of Price International.
Each fund also has an accounting services agreement with T. Rowe Price, an underwriting agreement with T. Rowe Price Investment Services, Inc. (“Investment Services”), and a transfer agency agreement with T. Rowe Price Services, Inc. (“Price Services”). The taxable funds also have a transfer agency agreement with T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. (“RPS”). Each of these service providers is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price.
T. Rowe Price Trust Company serves as trustee and/or custodian for certain IRAs, ESAs, and small business retirement plans that utilize the funds as investment options, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price.
The address for T. Rowe Price, Investment Services, and T. Rowe Price Trust Company is 100 East Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD 21202. The address for Price Services and RPS is 4515 Painters Mill Road, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The address for Price Hong Kong is 1 Connaught Place, Room 2101-2120, Jardine House 21st Floor, Central Hong Kong. The address for Price International is 60 Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4N 4TZ, United Kingdom. The address for Price Singapore is No. 290 Orchard Road, #14-04 Paragon, Singapore 238859.
Who are the funds’ executive officers?
John R. Gilner serves as Chief Compliance Officer for all of the Price Funds. In addition, Mr. Gilner is the Chief Compliance Officer and a Vice President of T. Rowe Price, as well as a Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Gregory K. Hinkle serves as Treasurer for all of the Price Funds. Mr. Hinkle is a Vice President of T. Rowe Price and T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. The following table, entitled “Executive Officers of the Funds,” lists the other executive officers of all of the funds covered by this proxy statement and their positions with each fund, T. Rowe Price, and T. Rowe
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Price Group, Inc. Each executive officer has been an officer of T. Rowe Price, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. and the funds for at least the last five years unless otherwise indicated.
Executive Officers of the Funds | |||
Officer, Year of Birth | Position With Fund | Position With T. Rowe Price | Position With T. Rowe Price Group |
Balanced | |||
Charles M. Shriver, 1967 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Blue Chip Growth | |||
Larry J. Puglia, 1960 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Capital Opportunity | |||
Anna M. Dopkin, 1967a | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Corporate Income | |||
David A. Tiberii, 1965a Steve Boothe, 1977d | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Diversified Mid-Cap Growth | |||
Donald J. Peters, 1959 Donald J. Easley, 1971 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | |||
Sudhir Nanda, 1959 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Dividend Growth | |||
Thomas J. Huber, 1966 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Equity Series | |||
Brian C. Rogers, 1955 E. Frederick Bair, 1969 Brian W.H. Berghuis, 1958 Daniel Martino, 1976 Larry J. Puglia, 1960 Charles M. Shriver, 1967 Taymour R. Tamaddon, 1976 Ken D. Uematsu, 1969 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President | Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
Fixed Income Series | |||
Edward A. Wiese, 1959 Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Financial Services | |||
Eric L. Veiel, 1972 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Floating Rate | |||
Mark J. Vaselkiv, 1959 Paul M. Massaro, 1975 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Global Allocation | |||
Charles M. Shriver, 1967 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Global Real Estate | |||
David M. Lee, 1962 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Global Technology | |||
Joshua K. Spencer, 1973 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Growth & Income | |||
Thomas J. Huber, 1966 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Growth Stock | |||
P. Robert Bartolo, 1972 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Health Sciences | |||
Taymour R. Tamaddon, 1976 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
High Yield | |||
Mark J. Vaselkiv, 1959 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
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Executive Officers of the Funds | |||
Officer, Year of Birth | Position With Fund | Position With T. Rowe Price | Position With T. Rowe Price Group |
Index Trust | |||
E. Frederick Bair, 1969 Ken D. Uematsu, 1969 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Inflation Focused Bond | |||
Daniel O. Shackelford, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Inflation Protected Bond | |||
Daniel O. Shackelford, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Institutional Equity Funds | |||
Brian C. Rogers, 1955 Brian W.H. Berghuis, 1958 Anna M. Dopkin, 1967a Mark S. Finn, 1963 John D. Linehan, 1965 Gregory A. McCrickard, 1958 Larry J. Puglia, 1960 Robert W. Sharps, 1971 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President | Chairman of the Board, Chief Investment Officer, Director, and Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
Institutional Income Funds | |||
Mark J. Vaselkiv, 1959 Brian J. Brennan, 1964a Paul A. Karpers, 1967 Paul M. Massaro, 1975 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
Institutional International Funds | |||
Christopher D. Alderson, 1962a,b,c Oliver D.M. Bell, 1969a.d R. Scott Berg, 1972 Richard N. Clattenburg, 1979a,b,d Michael J. Conelius, 1964a Mark J.T. Edwards, 1957a David J. Eiswert, 1972a Andrew J. Keirle, 1974a Ian D. Kelson, 1956a Sebastien Mallet, 1974a Raymond A. Mills, 1960a Joshua Nelson, 1977d Jason Nogueira, 1974 Gonzalo Pangaro, 1968a Christopher J. Rothery, 1963a Federico Santilli, 1974a Robert W. Smith, 1961 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | — — Vice President Vice President Vice President — Vice President — Vice President — Vice President Vice President Vice President — — — Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
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Executive Officers of the Funds | |||
Officer, Year of Birth | Position With Fund | Position With T. Rowe Price | Position With T. Rowe Price Group |
International Funds | |||
Christopher D. Alderson, 1962a,b,c Oliver D.M. Bell, 1969a,d R. Scott Berg, 1972 Richard N. Clattenburg, 1969a,b,c Michael J. Conelius, 1964a Jose Costa Buck, 1972a Mark J.T. Edwards, 1957a David J. Eiswert, 1972a M. Campbell Gunn, 1956a Leigh Innes, 1976a Andrew J. Keirle, 1974a Ian D. Kelson, 1956a Anh Lu, 1968c Jonathan H.W. Matthews, 1975a,d Susanta Mazumdar, 1968c Raymond A. Mills, 1960a Joshua Nelson, 1977d Jason Nogueira, 1974 Gonzalo Pangaro, 1968a Christopher J. Rothery, 1963a Federico Santilli, 1974a Robert W. Smith, 1961 Dean Tenerelli, 1964a Justin Thomson, 1968a | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | — — Vice President Vice President Vice President — — Vice President — — — Vice President — — — Vice President Vice President Vice President — — — Vice President — — | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
International Index Fund | |||
E. Frederick Bair, 1969 Neil Smith, 1972a,b,c | President Executive Vice President | Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
International Series | |||
Christopher D. Alderson, 1962a,b,c Robert W. Smith, 1961 | President Executive Vice President | — Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Media & Telecommunications | |||
Daniel Martino, 1974 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Mid-Cap Growth | |||
Brian W.H. Berghuis, 1959 John F. Wakeman, 1962 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Mid-Cap Value | |||
David J. Wallack, 1960 Heather K. McPherson, 1967 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Multi-Sector Account Portfolios | |||
Michael C. Gitlin, 1970a,b,c Michael J. Conelius, 1964a Andrew J. Keirle, 1974a Paul M. Massaro, 1975 Andrew C. McCormick, 1960 David A. Tiberii, 1965a Mark J. Vaselkiv, 1959 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President — Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
New Era | |||
Timothy E. Parker, 1974 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
New Horizons | |||
Henry M. Ellenbogen, 1973 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
New Income | |||
Daniel O. Shackelford, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Personal Strategy Funds | |||
Charles M. Shriver, 1967 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Prime Reserve | |||
Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
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Executive Officers of the Funds | |||
Officer, Year of Birth | Position With Fund | Position With T. Rowe Price | Position With T. Rowe Price Group |
Real Assets | |||
Wyatt A. Lee, 1971 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Real Estate | |||
David M. Lee, 1962 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
TRP Reserve Investment Funds | |||
Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Retirement Funds | |||
Jerome A. Clark, 1961 Wyatt A. Lee, 1971 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Science & Technology | |||
Kennard W. Allen, 1977 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Short-Term Bond | |||
Edward A. Wiese, 1959 Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Small-Cap Stock | |||
Gregory A. McCrickard, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Small-Cap Value | |||
Preston G. Athey, 1949 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Spectrum Funds | |||
Charles M. Shriver, 1967 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Strategic Income | |||
Steven C. Huber, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Summit Funds | |||
Andrew C. McCormick, 1960 Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Summit Municipal Funds | |||
Hugh D. McGuirk, 1960 Charles B. Hill, 1961 Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 Konstantine B. Mallas, 1963 | President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President Vice President Vice President |
Tax-Efficient Funds | |||
Donald J. Peters, 1959 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Tax-Exempt Money | |||
Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Tax-Free High Yield | |||
James M. Murphy, 1967 R. Lee Arnold, Jr., 1970 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Tax-Free Income | |||
Konstantine B. Mallas, 1963 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | |||
Charles B. Hill, 1961 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | |||
Robert M. Larkins, 1973 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | |||
Jeffrey Rottinghaus, 1970 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
U.S. Treasury Funds | |||
Brian J. Brennan, 1964a Joseph K. Lynagh, 1958 | President Executive Vice President | Vice President Vice President | Vice President Vice President |
Value | |||
Mark S. Finn, 1963 | President | Vice President | Vice President |
a Brian J. Brennan, Richard C. Clattenburg, Michael J. Conelius, Christopher J. Rothery, and David A. Tiberii have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price International Ltd since 2009. Anna M. Dopkin and Michael C. Gitlin have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price International Ltd since 2010. Christopher D. Alderson has been Director of T. Rowe Price International Ltd since 2010 and President-International Equity since 2011. Ian D. Kelson
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has been Director and President-International Fixed Income of T. Rowe Price International Ltd since 2011. Oliver D.M. Bell, Jose Costa Buck, Mark J.T. Edwards, Jonathan H.W. Matthews, Raymond A. Mills, Sebastien Mallet, Gonzalo Pangaro, Federico Santilli, Neil Smith, and Justin Thomson have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price International Ltd since 2011.
b Christopher D. Alderson has been Director of T. Rowe Price Singapore Ltd. since 2010 and Vice President since 2011. Richard Clattenburg, Michael C. Gitlin, and Neil Smith have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price Singapore Private Ltd. since 2011.
c Christopher D. Alderson has been Director and Company’s Representative of T. Rowe Price Hong Kong Ltd since 2011 and Vice President since 2011. Michael C. Gitlin, Anh Lu, Susanta Mazumdar, and Neil Smith have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price Hong Kong Limited since 2011.
d Richard N. Clattenburg and Jonathan H.W. Matthews have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price Group since 2009. Steven E. Boothe and Joshua Nelson have been Vice Presidents of T. Rowe Price Group since 2010. Oliver D.M. Bell has been Vice President of T. Rowe Price Group since 2012.
For all funds other than those referred to in the next sentence, the executive officers and directors of each fund, as a group, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, less than 1% of any of the fund’s outstanding shares as of June 30, 2013. For the following funds, the executive officers and directors/trustees of each fund, as a group, beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, the following percentages of each such fund’s outstanding shares as of June 30, 2013: Africa & Middle East Fund (1.11%); Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund (1.87%); Global Large-Cap Stock Fund (5.71%); Institutional Floating Rate Fund (4.19%); Institutional Floating Rate Fund–F Class (1.70%); Maryland Short-Term Tax-Free Bond Fund (2.66%); Maryland Tax-Free Bond Fund (1.06%); Summit Cash Reserve Fund (1.89%); Summit Municipal Money Market Fund (1.68%); Tax-Exempt Money Fund (11.94%); Tax-Efficient Equity Fund (6.48%); and U.S. Large-Cap Core Fund (3.44%).
How many outstanding shares are there of each fund?
The following table, entitled “Outstanding Shares of Capital Stock,” sets forth the outstanding shares of capital stock of each fund, as of May 31, 2013.
Outstanding Shares of Capital Stock | |
T. Rowe Price Fund | Outstanding Shares of |
Africa & Middle East | 20,665,019 |
Balanced | 163,039,656 |
Blue Chip Growth | 341,244,054 |
Blue-Chip Growth Portfolio | 24,189,036 |
Capital Opportunity | 25,245,143 |
Corporate Income | 64,977,974 |
Diversified Mid-Cap Growth | 12,603,238 |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | 26,766,639 |
Dividend Growth | 114,285,797 |
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Outstanding Shares of Capital Stock | |
T. Rowe Price Fund | Outstanding Shares of |
Emerging Europe | 19,850,480 |
Emerging Markets Bond | 293,755,936 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond | 4,801,301 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Multi-Section Account Portfolio | 2,359,193 |
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond | 6,714,267 |
Emerging Markets Local Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 3,885,833 |
Emerging Markets Stock | 223,285,502 |
Equity Income Portfolio | 44,122,498 |
Equity Index 500 | 401,729,759 |
Equity Index 500 Portfolio | 940,245 |
European Stock | 47,159,590 |
Extended Equity Market Index | 25,337,662 |
Financial Services | 28,707,393 |
Floating Rate | 15,800,708 |
Floating Rate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 4,703,629 |
Global Allocation | 2,700,433 |
Global Infrastructure | 4,181,683 |
Global Large-Cap Stock | 4,127,692 |
Global Real Estate | 12,255,354 |
Global Stock | 23,279,079 |
Global Technology | 64,746,740 |
TRP Government Reserve Investment | 1,668,923,361 |
Growth & Income | 50,694,836 |
Growth Stock | 813,224,595 |
Health Sciences | 134,754,689 |
Health Sciences Portfolio | 9,987,935 |
High Yield | 1,281,160,515 |
High Yield Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 1,493,421 |
Inflation Focused Bond | 862,375,068 |
Inflation Protected Bond | 38,264,130 |
Institutional Africa & Middle East | 27,999,690 |
Institutional Concentrated International Equity | 700,000 |
Institutional Core Plus | 25,052,925 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Bond | 28,171,809 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Equity | 34,600,822 |
Institutional Floating Rate | 270,564,016 |
Institutional Global Equity | 14,679,368 |
Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity | 6,520,966 |
Institutional Global Value Equity | 700,000 |
Institutional High Yield | 292,522,204 |
Institutional International Bond | 20,955,319 |
Institutional International Core Equity | 6,402,270 |
Institutional International Growth Equity | 4,749,011 |
Institutional Large-Cap Core Growth | 41,647,188 |
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Outstanding Shares of Capital Stock | |
T. Rowe Price Fund | Outstanding Shares of |
Institutional Large-Cap Growth | 320,147,491 |
Institutional Large-Cap Value | 78,995,293 |
Institutional Long Duration Credit | — |
Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth | 100,155,648 |
Institutional Small-Cap Stock | 73,305,570 |
Institutional U.S. Structured Research | 53,784,521 |
International Bond | 543,051,685 |
International Discovery | 65,458,794 |
International Equity Index | 36,169,541 |
International Growth & Income | 518,592,993 |
International Stock | 731,843,067 |
International Stock Portfolio | 20,987,375 |
Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 2,705,133 |
Japan | 28,926,603 |
Latin America | 41,961,128 |
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio | 31,941,466 |
Media & Telecommunications | 43,023,844 |
Mid-Cap Growth | 313,627,995 |
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio | 13,913,092 |
Mid-Cap Value | 380,413,770 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | 1,881,641 |
New America Growth Portfolio | 6,619,358 |
New Asia | 287,429,622 |
New Era | 100,443,556 |
New Horizons | 304,991,525 |
New Income | 2,239,963,538 |
Overseas Stock | 674,006,473 |
Personal Strategy Balanced | 83,151,729 |
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio | 7,994,187 |
Personal Strategy Growth | 45,830,540 |
Personal Strategy Income | 66,215,363 |
Prime Reserve | 5,850,823,645 |
Prime Reserve Portfolio | 19,851,731 |
Real Assets | 297,860,613 |
Real Estate | 173,503,928 |
TRP Reserve Investment | 16,898,777,838 |
Retirement 2005 | 111,729,141 |
Retirement 2010 | 346,587,800 |
Retirement 2015 | 598,525,991 |
Retirement 2020 | 948,476,045 |
Retirement 2025 | 774,544,085 |
Retirement 2030 | 784,134,182 |
Retirement 2035 | 526,585,812 |
Retirement 2040 | 519,683,979 |
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Outstanding Shares of Capital Stock | |
T. Rowe Price Fund | Outstanding Shares of |
Retirement 2045 | 310,703,496 |
Retirement 2050 | 237,507,178 |
Retirement 2055 | 63,632,641 |
Retirement Income | 219,860,984 |
Science & Technology | 88,167,948 |
Short-Term Bond | 1,403,916,919 |
Short-Term Reserve | 165,577,350 |
Small-Cap Stock | 220,174,094 |
Small-Cap Value | 200,255,231 |
Spectrum Growth | 165,585,366 |
Spectrum Income | 515,137,344 |
Spectrum International | 83,464,434 |
Strategic Income | 24,804,941 |
Summit Cash Reserves | 5,711,609,653 |
Summit GNMA | 19,591,935 |
Summit Municipal Income | 73,474,570 |
Summit Municipal Intermediate | 213,622,785 |
Summit Municipal Money Market | 188,489,250 |
Tax-Efficient Equity | 6,669,894 |
Tax-Exempt Money | 844,793,227 |
Tax-Free High Yield | 221,722,609 |
Tax-Free Income | 303,061,078 |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | 352,152,539 |
Total Equity Market Index | 42,125,801 |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | 62,535,678 |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | 3,535,092 |
U.S. Treasury Intermediate | 73,584,102 |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term | 32,788,774 |
U.S. Treasury Money | 1,927,308,023 |
Ultra Short-Term Bond | 35,540,122 |
Value | 499,873,004 |
Who are the principal holders of each fund’s shares?
The following table, entitled “Principal Holders of Fund Shares,” provides the shareholders of record that owned more than 5% of the indicated funds and/or classes, as of May 31, 2013.
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Africa & Middle East | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers University of Arkansas Foundation, Inc. | 1,048,058 | 5.07 | |
Balanced | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 62,279,335 | 38.20(c) | |
Blue Chip Growth | Edward D. Jones & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services | 34,648,458 | 11.46 | |
Blue Chip Growth Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 4,678,052 | 13.78 | |
Blue Chip Growth Fund– | American United Life Emjay Corporate Customer ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company Nationwide Trust Company FSB NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 307,402 | 6.22 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Blue Chip Growth Portfolio | Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation AUL American Individual Variable Annuity Unit Trust 1 CUNA Mutual Group Variable Annuity Account Great-West Life & Annuity Client Plans NYLIAC Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (US) Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada (US) Transamerica Life Insurance Company | 750,745 | 5.85 | |
Blue Chip Growth Portfolio-II | Ameritas Life Insurance Corporation Jefferson National Life Insurance Company Lincoln Benefit Life Company Nationwide Life Insurance Company Pacific Select Executive Principal Life Insurance Company | 2,975,855 | 26.19(a) |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Capital Opportunity | McWood & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Associates | 9,651,384 | 39.31(a) | |
Capital Opportunity Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Reliance Trust Company c/o Fascore LLC | 77,065 | 26.06(a) | |
Capital Opportunity Fund– | Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee FBO Jeff Wyler Auto Family Inc. RSP 401(k) Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111 Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. FIIOC as Agent FIIOC as Agent Nationwide Trust Company FSB NFS LLC | 21,480 | 5.81
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Corporate Income | Spectrum Income Fund | 26,659,115 | 41.05(d) | |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | Pershing LLC SEI Private Trust Company | 2,506,168 | 9.36 | |
Dividend Growth | Edward D. Jones & Company MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 14,097,853 | 13.15 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Dividend Growth Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Wells Fargo Bank | 573,838 | 8.13 | |
Emerging Europe | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 1,655,991 | 8.35 | |
Emerging Markets Bond | Retirement Portfolio 2010 Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Spectrum Income Fund | 16,003,819 | 5.45 | |
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond | T. Rowe Price Associates | 2,271,697 | 47.71(e) | |
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond Fund–Advisor Class | T. Rowe Price Associates | 25,117 | 94.07(e) | |
Emerging Markets Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | CBE of New Brunswick St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association T. Rowe Price Associates | 789,497 | 33.41(a) | |
Emerging Markets Stock | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2040 | 25,021,540 | 11.21 | |
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond | T. Rowe Price Associates | 1,179,063 | 17.87 | |
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates | 45,164 | 55.86(a) |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Emerging Markets Local Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | CBE of New Brunswick St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association T. Rowe Price Associates | 2,700,226 | 53.52(a) | |
Equity Income Portfolio | American United Life American United Life Pruco Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Transamerica Life Insurance Company | 4,388,492 | 14.40 | |
Equity Income Portfolio-II | Lincoln Benefit Life Company Nationwide Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance Company Pacific Select Executive | 907,036 | 6.65 | |
Equity Index 500 | Retirement Portfolio 2010 Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 | 34,698,707 | 8.64 | |
Equity Index 500 Portfolio | Great-West Life & Annuity Client Plans Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company FBO T. Rowe Price No-Load Variable Annuity | 84,499 | 8.99 | |
European Stock | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Spectrum International Fund | 2,996,461 | 6.35 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Extended Equity Market Index | TD Ameritrade, Inc. T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 1,699,319 | 6.71 | |
Financial Services | Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company T. Rowe Price Retail Class Funds | 5,492,951 | 19.12 | |
Floating Rate | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC TD Ameritrade, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates | 1,317,023 | 8.70 | |
Floating Rate Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. JP Morgan Clearing Corporation Omnibus Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers Pershing LLC | 194,373 | 28.22(a) | |
Floating Rate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | CBE of New Brunswick T. Rowe Price Associates | 2,213,418 | 46.96(a) | |
Global Allocation Fund | T. Rowe Price Associates | 2,475,000 | 85.55(e) | |
Global Allocation Fund–Advisor Class | T. Rowe Price Associates | 25,000 | 100.00(e) | |
Global Infrastructure | T. Rowe Price Associates | 560,714 | 13.55 | |
Global Infrastructure Fund–Advisor Class | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers SEI Private Trust Company TD Ameritrade, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates | 22,776 | 39.27(a) | |
Global Large-Cap Stock | San Gabriel III LLC T. Rowe Price Associates Trustees of T. Rowe Price U.S. Retirement Program | 243,477 | 5.95 | |
Global Large-Cap Stock Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Associates | 2,984 | 8.14 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Global Real Estate | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC TD Ameritrade, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates | 922,786 | 8.12 | |
Global Real Estate Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC | 268,534 | 32.32(a) | |
Global Stock | JPMorgan as Directed Trustee for Ernst & Young T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 3,279,697 | 14.13 | |
Global Stock Fund–Advisor Class | FIIOC as Agent National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC | 13,535 | 23.01 | |
Global Technology | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC | 9,236,014 | 14.27 | |
TRP Government Reserve Investment | Barnaclesail c/o T. Rowe Price Associates Bridgesail & Co. c/o T. Rowe Price Associates Heirloom & Company T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. Weatherboard & Company | 901,185,991 | 54.00(d)
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Growth & Income | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 3,651,074 | 7.20 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Growth Stock | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 41,933,727 | 5.76 | |
Growth Stock Fund–Advisor Class | ICMA Retirement Trust National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 3,847,025 | 5.96 | |
Growth Stock Fund–R Class | Hartford Life Insurance Company Nationwide Trust Company FSB State Street Corporation Trustee Suntrust Bank | 1,323,235 | 6.64 | |
Health Sciences | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. John Hancock Life Insurance Company USA National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 9,322,442 | 6.92 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Health Sciences Portfolio | American National Group First Security Benefit Life & Annuity Company of New York Great-West Life & Annuity Client Plans Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Transamerica Life Insurance Company | 254,852 | 17.44 | |
Health Sciences Portfolio-II | Nationwide Insurance Company National Life Insurance Company National Life Insurance Company Principal Life Insurance Company Separate Account 70 of the AXA Equitable Life Insurance Company | 624,393 | 7.32 | |
High Yield | Edward D. Jones & Company Retirement Portfolio 2020 Spectrum Income Fund | 79,595,261 | 7.00 | |
High Yield Fund–Advisor Class | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 124,567,184 | 87.72(a) | |
High Yield Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association T. Rowe Price Associates | 521,879 | 34.29(a) | |
Inflation Focused Bond | Retirement Portfolio 2005 Retirement Portfolio 2010 Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Income Portfolio | 44,937,610 | 5.21 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Inflation Protected Bond | Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 2,478,457 | 6.50 | |
Institutional Africa & Middle East | Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Inc. Bentonville, Arkansas 72712 John S. and James L. Knight Foundation National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers SEI Private Trust Company | 2,732,370 | 9.76 | |
Institutional Concentrated International Equity | T. Rowe Price Associates | 700,000 | 100.00(e) | |
Institutional Core Plus | JPMorgan Chase Bank Trustee for Janette Stump, James Carney & Howard Kline, Trustees National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers The Church Foundation T. Rowe Price Associates | 5,254,928 | 21.20 | |
Institutional Core Plus Fund–F Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. LPL Financial | 13,517 | 5.20 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Institutional Emerging Markets Bond | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Ladybird & Company Ladybug & Company Lakeside & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC Rockyledge & Company | 3,775,428 | 13.40 | |
Institutional Emerging Markets Equity | Goldman Sachs & Company JPMorgan Chase Bank NA as Directed Ladybug & Company Lakeside & Company Mac & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Wells Fargo Bank NA | 3,181,795 | 9.20 | |
Institutional Floating Rate | DPERS-Floating Rate Fund Account National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC Seamile & Company Taskforce & Company Tuna & Company | 35,994,632 | 19.11 | |
Institutional Floating Rate Fund–F Class | Mac & Company | 5,245,760 | 6.39 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Institutional Global Equity | Mac & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers SEI Private Trust Company | 7,924,570 | 53.98(a) | |
Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity | Croda Inc. Defined Benefit Plan Master TR Longwood Foundation Inc. State Street Bank & Trust Company as T. Rowe Price Associates | 384,869 | 5.91 | |
Institutional Global Value Equity | T. Rowe Price Associates | 700,000 | 100.00(e) | |
Institutional High Yield | Bread & Company Goldman Sachs & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Tuna & Company | 14,626,427 | 5.00 | |
Institutional International Bond | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Ladybird & Company Ladybug & Company Lakeside & Company | 2,721,005 | 13.03 | |
Institutional International Core Equity | Dekalb County Pension Plan | 6,357,628 | 99.30(a) |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Institutional International Growth Equity | Brics & Company BNA Foreign Equity Fund National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers State Street Bank & Trust Company Custodian State Street Bank & Trust Company Custodian The Church Foundation | 559,300 | 11.78 | |
Institutional Large-Cap Core Growth | Great-West Trust Company Mercer Trust Co. Trustee National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers PIMS/Prudential Retirement as Nominee for the Trustee/Custodian SEI Private Trust Company State Street Corporation TR | 3,372,270 | 8.10 | |
Institutional Large-Cap Growth | Bank of America NA Trustee for Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers SEI Private Trust Company | 43,527,690 | 13.60 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Institutional Large-Cap Value | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Prudential Bank & Trust | 10,019,070 | 12.68 | |
Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth | ING as Custodian/Recordkeeper JPMorgan Chase Trustee Mac & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Wells Fargo Bank | 6,745,612 | 6.74 | |
Institutional Small-Cap Stock | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers PIMS/Prudential Retirement Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company | 46,773,038 | 63.81(a) | |
Institutional U.S. Structured Research | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank NA Wells Fargo Bank NA | 17,513,562 | 32.56(a) |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
International Bond | Edward D. Jones & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Retirement Portfolio 2020 Spectrum Income Fund | 87,550,114 | 16.73 | |
International Bond Fund–Advisor Class | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Pershing LLC | 4,246,376 | 22.02 | |
International Discovery | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers State Street Bank & Trust Company as Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company | 5,108,564 | 7.81 | |
International Equity Index | T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 5,823,781 | 16.09 | |
International Growth & Income | Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 Spectrum Growth Fund | 29,079,558 | 5.76 | |
International Growth & Income Fund–Advisor Class | American United Life Pershing LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 753,962 | 7.06 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
International Growth & Income Fund–R Class | American United Life DCGT as Trustee and/or Custodian Emjay Corporation Customer Nationwide Trust Company FSB State Street Corporation Trustee | 605,641 | 17.54 | |
International Stock | Edward D. Jones & Company Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 | 61,729,952 | 8.64 | |
International Stock Fund–Advisor Class | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 15,384,121 | 89.49(a) | |
International Stock Fund– | American United Life American United Life Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee DCGT as Trustee and/or Custodian Nationwide Trust Company FSB | 37,431 | 9.79 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
International Stock Portfolio | Allamerica Financial Life Insurance and Annuity Company American National Group Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company NYLIAC Pruco Life Insurance Company Pruco Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company | 3,733,035 | 17.79 | |
Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | CBE of New Brunswick St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association T. Rowe Price Associates | 1,485,109 | 54.32(a) | |
Japan | Spectrum International Fund | 5,071,173 | 17.56 | |
Latin America | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Pershing LLC | 3,675,623 | 8.77 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio | AUL Individual Variable Annuity Unit Trust 1 Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance Company JP Morgan Chase Bank Customer FBO Nationwide Life Insurance Company NYLIAC Paragon Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company | 10,268,963 | 32.90(a) | |
Limited-Term Bond | First Security Benefit Life Jefferson National Life Insurance Company | 66,586 | 9.18 | |
Media & Telecommunications | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 2,655,694 | 6.18 | |
Mid-Cap Growth | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 23,383,676 | 7.95 | |
Mid-Cap Growth Fund–Advisor Class | MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of its Customers Morgan Stanley Smith Barney National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 1,048,154 | 6.97 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Mid-Cap Growth Fund–R Class | American United Life ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company Nationwide Trust Company FSB Suntrust Bank | 416,397 | 9.66 | |
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio | C.M. Life Insurance Company Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company MML Baystate Life Insurance Company Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Transamerica Life Insurance Company | 1,583,249 | 13.46 | |
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio-II | Lincoln National Life Insurance Company Nationwide Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance Company | 171,498 | 7.99 | |
Mid-Cap Value | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Retirement Portfolio 2030 T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 53,542,610 | 15.54 | |
Mid-Cap Value Fund–Advisor Class | Morgan Stanley Smith Barney National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 1,451,656 | 5.98 | |
Mid-Cap Value Fund–R Class | American United Life ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company Nationwide Trust Company FSB State Street Corporation Trustee Suntrust Bank | 597,444 | 5.20 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | CBE of New Brunswick St. Paul Teachers Retirement Fund Association T. Rowe Price Associates | 868,260 | 38.94(a) | |
New America Growth Portfolio | Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company Nationwide Insurance Company Nationwide Life Insurance Company NYLIAC Paragon Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Separate Account 65 of the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the US | 355,445 | 5.37 | |
New Asia | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC | 39,321,934 | 13.69 | |
New Era | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 8,581,132 | 8.57 | |
New Horizons | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 29,130,231 | 9.55 | |
New Income | Edward D. Jones & Company JP Morgan Clearing Corporation Retirement Portfolio 2010 Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Spectrum Income Fund | 156,032,658 | 6.98 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
New Income Fund–Advisor Class | Capital Bank & Trust Company Trustee Morgan Stanley Smith Barney National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers TD Ameritrade, Inc. | 239,900 | 5.08 | |
New Income Fund–R Class | Emjay Corporation Custodian Lincoln Retirement Services Company Nationwide Trust Company FSB State Street Corporation Trustee Wells Fargo Bank | 37,434 | 5.67 | |
Overseas Stock | Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 | 42,441,771 | 6.30 | |
Personal Strategy Balanced | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Mac & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers State Street Bank & Trust Company T. Rowe Price Trust Company TR | 4,341,756 | 5.22 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio | Farm Bureau Life Insurance Company Modern Woodmen of America NYLIAC Paragon Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Transamerica Life Insurance Company | 1,038,755 | 12.99 | |
Personal Strategy Growth | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers State Street Bank & Trust Company T. Rowe Price Trust Company TR | 3,003,462 | 6.55 | |
Personal Strategy Income | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company TR | 3,688,977 | 5.57 | |
Prime Reserve | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 456,846,467 | 7.80 | |
Prime Reserve Portfolio | American National Group Horace Mann Life Insurance Company Security Benefit Life Insurance Company Sentry Life Insurance Company | 1,778,746 | 8.96 | |
Real Assets | Retirement Portfolio 2015 Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 | 18,188,550 | 6.11 | |
Real Estate | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. First Clearing LLC Pershing LLC | 13,756,247 | 8.42 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Real Estate Fund–Advisor Class | Maxim Series Fund Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 2,176,056 | 21.95 | |
TRP Reserve Investment | Seamile & Company T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. Taskforce & Company Tuna & Company | 2,244,196,778 | 13.26 | |
Retirement 2005 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 6,471,705 | 6.40 | |
Retirement 2005 Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. DCGT as Trustee and/or Custodian Lincoln Retirement Services Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company | 211,052 | 5.06 | |
Retirement 2005 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC | 492,571 | 7.76 | |
Retirement 2010 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 26,780,648 | 9.74 | |
Retirement 2010 Fund–Advisor Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Taynik & Company | 3,014,378 | 6.89 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement 2010 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee Suntrust Bank Taynik & Company | 1,553,799 | 5.57 | |
Retirement 2015 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 54,011,171 | 10.28 | |
Retirement 2015 Fund–Advisor Class | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 10,194,020 | 22.57
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Retirement 2015 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 8,114,188 | 29.29(a) | |
Retirement 2020 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 88,941,608 | 12.24 | |
Retirement 2020 Fund–Advisor Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 11,060,393 | 8.29 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement 2020 Fund–R Class | Hartford Life Insurance Company ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee Suntrust Bank Taynik & Company | 4,461,954 | 5.04 | |
Retirement 2025 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 78,884,965 | 11.81 | |
Retirement 2025 Fund–Advisor Class | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company | 15,768,077 | 24.26 | |
Retirement 2025 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 14,265,453 | 34.46(a) | |
Retirement 2030 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 75,145,925 | 12.74 | |
Retirement 2030 Fund–Advisor Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Taynik & Company | 9,758,543 | 8.66 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement 2030 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company State Street Corporation Trustee Taynik & Company | 4,162,340 | 5.10 | |
Retirement 2035 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 56,159,870 | 12.47 | |
Retirement 2035 Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 2,424,031 | 5.34 | |
Retirement 2035 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 11,360,140 | 37.03(a) | |
Retirement 2040 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 49,630,726 | 13.00 | |
Retirement 2040 Fund–Advisor Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Taynik & Company Wells Fargo Bank | 7,146,543 | 8.65 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement 2040 Fund–R Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee Taynik & Company | 2,920,814 | 5.28 | |
Retirement 2045 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 33,090,084 | 12.48 | |
Retirement 2045 Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 1,767,339 | 6.57 | |
Retirement 2045 Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company NFS LLC State Street Corporation Trustee | 7,092,748 | 37.87(a) | |
Retirement 2050 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. Wells Fargo Bank | 22,699,811 | 13.71 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement 2050 Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 2,104,374 | 5.19 | |
Retirement 2050 Fund–R Class | State Street Corporation Trustee Taynik & Company | 10,762,363 | 34.19(a) | |
Retirement 2055 | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 5,797,600 | 10.80 | |
Retirement 2055 Fund–Advisor Class | Great-West Trust Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 514,592 | 9.32 | |
Retirement 2055 Fund–R Class | AXA Equitable ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company State Street Corporation Trustee | 250,501 | 5.66 | |
Retirement Income | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 20,148,026 | 11.58 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Retirement Income Fund–Advisor Class | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Reliance Trust Company Taynik & Company | 1,816,375 | 7.63 | |
Retirement Income Fund–R Class | ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company PIMS/Prudential Retirement State Street Corporation Trustee | 1,987,182 | 9.01 | |
Science & Technology | T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. Omnibus Plan | 13,421,098 | 17.43 | |
Science & Technology Fund–Advisor Class | John Hancock Life Insurance Company USA | 9,700,602 | 87.04(a) | |
Short-Term Bond | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Edward D. Jones & Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Spectrum Income Fund T. Rowe Price Associates | 69,100,080 | 5.21 | |
Short-Term Bond Fund–Advisor Class | Genworth Financial Trust Company National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 14,184,791 | 35.32(a) | |
Short-Term Reserve | JP Morgan Chase Bank as Agent State Street Bank & Trust Company Agent | 111,937,841 | 77.82(a) |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Small-Cap Stock | Minnesota State Retirement System National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 13,175,382 | 6.28 | |
Small-Cap Stock Fund–Advisor Class | Fifth Third Bank Trustee National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company Wells Fargo Bank | 1,243,418 | 12.11 | |
Small-Cap Value | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 21,683,697 | 12.62 | |
Small-Cap Value Fund–Advisor Class | ICMA Retirement Trust John Hancock Life Insurance Company USA National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 8,783,492 | 30.86(a) | |
Spectrum Growth | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 15,959,402 | 9.64 | |
Spectrum Income | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 81,170,958 | 15.76 | |
Strategic Income | National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Associates Young Women’s Christian Association | 3,188,150 | 12.96 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Strategic Income Fund–Advisor Class | CETERA Investment Services FBO Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. LPL Financial National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC TD Ameritrade, Inc. | 8,470 | 5.58 | |
Summit Cash Reserves | T. Rowe Price Associates T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 837,556,019 | 14.66 | |
Summit Municipal Income | Edward D. Jones & Company First Clearing LLC Saxon & Company | 10,885,840 | 14.85 | |
Summit Municipal Income Fund–Advisor Class | Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Associates | 27,334 | 53.47(a) | |
Summit Municipal Intermediate | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Edward D. Jones & Company First Clearing LLC JP Morgan Clearing Corporation MLPF&S for the Sole Benefit of Its Customers Pershing LLC Saxon & Company | 24,037,374 | 11.27 | |
Summit Municipal Intermediate Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Associates | 12,074 | 22.81 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Summit Municipal Money Market | James S. RiepeGail P. Riepe, Tenant | 10,239,073 | 5.44 | |
Tax-Exempt Money | Edward D. Jones & Company Pershing LLC for Exclusive Benefit of Susan A. FeithWisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin | 168,302,609 | 19.92 | |
Tax-Free High Yield | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 20,739,271 | 9.38 | |
Tax-Free High Yield Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers T. Rowe Price Associates | 255,496 | 84.23(a) | |
Tax-Free Income Fund–Advisor Class | JP Morgan Clearing Corporation National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 50,189,458 | 41.46(a) | |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. First Clearing LLC Special Custody Account for the Exclusive Benefit of Customers National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Associates | 53,005,285 | 15.09 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. D A Davidson & Co. Inc. FBO David K. Grant National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers Pershing LLC RBC Capital Markets LLC Stifel Nicolaus & Company, Inc. T. Rowe Price Associates | 35,701 | 7.35 | |
Total Equity Market Index | Maryland College Investment Plan | 4,243,089 | 10.07 | |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | Education Trust of Alaska Genworth Financial Trust Company T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. | 3,861,331 | 6.18 | |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | T. Rowe Price Associates | 575,000 | 16.44 | |
U.S. Large-Cap Core Fund–Advisor Class | Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. Pershing LLC T. Rowe Price Associates | 7,959 | 20.58 | |
U.S. Treasury Intermediate | T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 6,647,578 | 9.04 | |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term | Spectrum Income Fund T. Rowe Price Trust Company | 10,240,923 | 31.29(d) | |
Ultra Short-Term Bond | T. Rowe Price Associates | 20,000,000 | 56.31(e) | |
Value | Retirement Portfolio 2020 Retirement Portfolio 2025 Retirement Portfolio 2030 Retirement Portfolio 2035 Retirement Portfolio 2040 Retirement Portfolio 2045 | 56,735,687 | 11.56 |
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Principal Holders of Fund Shares | ||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Shareholder | # of Shares | % | |
Value Fund–Advisor Class | Mac & Company ING Life Insurance & Annuity Company ING National Trust National Financial Services for the Exclusive Benefit of Our Customers | 564,801 | 6.33 |
(a) At the level of ownership indicated, the shareholder would be able to determine the outcome of most issues that are submitted to shareholders for vote.
(b) T. Rowe Price Retirement Plan Services, Inc. (“RPS”), is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., each a Maryland corporation. RPS is not the beneficial owner of these shares. Such shares are held of record by RPS and are normally voted by various retirement plans and retirement plan participants for which RPS acts as recordkeeper.
(c) T. Rowe Price Trust Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., which is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., each a Maryland corporation. T. Rowe Price Trust Company is not the beneficial owner of these shares. Such shares are held of record by T. Rowe Price Trust Company and are normally voted by various retirement plans and individual retirement accounts for which the Trust Company serves as trustee.
(d) The indicated percentage of the outstanding shares of this fund are owned by another T. Rowe Price fund and held in the nominee name indicated. Shares of the fund are “echo-voted” by the T. Rowe Price fund that owns the shares in the same proportion that the shares of the underlying fund are voted by other shareholders.
(e) T. Rowe Price Associates is a wholly owned subsidiary of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., each a Maryland corporation. Fund shares owned by T. Rowe Price Associates are the result of contributions to the fund at the fund’s inception in order to provide the fund with sufficient capital to invest in accordance with its investment program. At the level of ownership indicated, T. Rowe Price Associates would be able to determine the outcome of most issues that were submitted to shareholders for vote.
(f) Security Benefit Life Insurance Company, organized under the laws of Kansas, owns the percentage indicated (in connection with issuing the T. Rowe Price Variable Annuity) of the outstanding shares of the fund. Under current law, the insurance company must vote these shares in accordance with instructions received by underlying contract holders.
INFORMATION ABOUT INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
The Joint Audit Committee has selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Price Funds for their current fiscal years, and such selection has also been approved by the funds’ independent directors. Representatives of PricewaterhouseCoopers are expected to be present at the meeting and will be available to make a statement, if they desire to do so, and to respond to appropriate questions which shareholders may wish to address to them.
The following table, entitled “Independent Auditor Fees,” sets forth the audit, audit-related, tax, and all other fees billed to the Price Funds by PricewaterhouseCoopers in each of the last two fiscal years. Audit fees are
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billed for professional services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers for the audit of each fund’s annual financial statements and for services normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory filings. Audit-related fees are billed to the Price Funds for assurance and related services by PricewaterhouseCoopers that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of each fund’s financial statements. The nature of services comprising these fees is the issuance of a report on internal controls. Tax fees are billed to the Price Funds for services rendered by PricewaterhouseCoopers for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning. The nature of services comprising these fees includes the review of distribution calculations and the preparation of federal, state, and excise tax returns. All other fees are billed for all other services rendered to the Price Funds by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The nature of the service comprising these fees is agreed-upon procedures in conjunction with advisory contract approvals by the Price Funds’ Boards of Directors. The Joint Audit Committee has considered whether the provisions of the services covered under “Other Fees” is compatible with maintaining the independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Africa & Middle East | 24,188 | 13,133 | 979 | 992 | 5,596 | 2,032 | 149 | 147 |
Balanced | 14,937 | 19,694 | 976 | 994 | 3,502 | 5,123 | 149 | 148 |
Blue Chip Growth | 22,989 | 27,195 | 976 | 994 | 5,311 | 8,011 | 149 | 148 |
Blue Chip Growth Portfolio | 15,912 | 13,111 | 976 | 994 | 3,744 | 4,204 | 149 | 148 |
Capital Opportunity | 15,870 | 13,310 | 976 | 994 | 3,734 | 4,262 | 149 | 148 |
Corporate Income | 13,273 | 12,410 | 985 | 999 | 3,115 | 3,311 | 147 | 148 |
Diversified Mid-Cap Growth | 16,081 | 13,060 | 976 | 994 | 3,782 | 4,001 | 149 | 148 |
Diversified Small-Cap Growth | 16,085 | 13,063 | 976 | 994 | 3,783 | 4,000 | 149 | 148 |
Dividend Growth | 16,960 | 15,402 | 976 | 994 | 3,975 | 4,812 | 149 | 148 |
Emerging Europe | 22,648 | 18,227 | 979 | 992 | 5,215 | 3,519 | 149 | 147 |
Emerging Markets Bond | 28,014 | 32,950 | 976 | 994 | 6,437 | 8,455 | 149 | 148 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Bond | — | 11,571 | — | 652 | — | 2,683 | — | 98 |
Emerging Markets Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 15,474 | — | — | — | 5,177 | — | — |
Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond | 10,935 | 16,878 | 617 | 1,023 | 2,536 | 4,801 | 94 | 152 |
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Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Emerging Markets Local Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 15,474 | — | — | — | 5,177 | — | — |
Emerging Markets Stock | 40,427 | 43,824 | 979 | 992 | 9,106 | 9,190 | 149 | 148 |
Equity Income Portfolio | 16,738 | 13,999 | 976 | 994 | 3,927 | 4,391 | 149 | 148 |
Equity Index 500 | 23,356 | 29,162 | 976 | 994 | 5,428 | 8,430 | 149 | 148 |
Equity Index 500 Portfolio | 15,731 | 12,898 | 976 | 994 | 3,703 | 4,167 | 149 | 148 |
European Stock | 22,340 | 19,234 | 979 | 992 | 5,143 | 4,363 | 149 | 148 |
Extended Equity Market Index | 15,924 | 13,368 | 976 | 994 | 3,745 | 4,284 | 149 | 148 |
Financial Services | 16,135 | 13,168 | 976 | 994 | 3,795 | 4,022 | 149 | 148 |
Floating Rate | 5,958 | 11,862 | 80 | 999 | 239 | 2,881 | 12 | 148 |
Floating Rate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 23,151 | — | — | — | 7,746 | — | — |
Global Allocation | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Global Infrastructure | 18,902 | 16,394 | 979 | 992 | 4,385 | 3,683 | 149 | 148 |
Global Large-Cap Stock | 19,005 | 16,456 | 979 | 992 | 4,408 | 3,698 | 149 | 148 |
Global Real Estate | 19,379 | 16,421 | 976 | 994 | 4,520 | 4,713 | 149 | 148 |
Global Stock | 22,337 | 18,522 | 979 | 992 | 5,144 | 4,128 | 149 | 148 |
Global Technology | 16,039 | 13,614 | 976 | 994 | 3,771 | 4,343 | 149 | 148 |
TRP Government Reserve Investment | 14,628 | 13,877 | 985 | 999 | 3,411 | 3,617 | 147 | 148 |
Growth & Income | 16,728 | 14,007 | 976 | 994 | 3,927 | 4,247 | 149 | 148 |
Growth Stock | 31,052 | 44,114 | 976 | 994 | 7,121 | 12,410 | 149 | 148 |
Health Sciences | 17,320 | 17,602 | 976 | 994 | 4,051 | 5,253 | 149 | 148 |
Health Sciences Portfolio | 15,763 | 13,016 | 976 | 994 | 3,710 | 4,192 | 149 | 148 |
High Yield | 26,470 | 30,311 | 985 | 999 | 5,997 | 6,593 | 147 | 148 |
High Yield Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 15,474 | — | — | — | 5,177 | — | — |
Inflation Focused Bond | 16,792 | 16,202 | 985 | 999 | 3,885 | 3,966 | 147 | 148 |
Inflation Protected Bond | 12,768 | 10,217 | 985 | 999 | 3,004 | 2,521 | 147 | 148 |
Institutional Africa & Middle East | 19,657 | 16,392 | 979 | 992 | 4,555 | 3,776 | 149 | 147 |
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Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Institutional Concentrated International Equity | 16,536 | 16,217 | 703 | 992 | 5,524 | 3,649 | 74 | 148 |
Institutional Core Plus | 12,294 | 5,924 | 985 | 999 | 2,917 | 1,554 | 147 | 148 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Bond | 21,282 | 16,532 | 976 | 994 | 4,955 | 3,878 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Emerging Markets Equity | 21,945 | 19,603 | 979 | 992 | 5,054 | 4,417 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Floating Rate | 15,161 | 12,876 | 985 | 999 | 3,547 | 3,031 | 147 | 148 |
Institutional Global Equity | 18,892 | 17,688 | 979 | 992 | 4,376 | 3,797 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Global Large-Cap Equity | 19,004 | 16,441 | 979 | 992 | 4,408 | 3,696 | 149 | 147 |
Institutional Global Value Equity | — | 8,579 | — | 489 | — | 1,991 | — | 74 |
Institutional High Yield | 14,656 | 12,114 | 985 | 999 | 3,417 | 2,831 | 147 | 148 |
Institutional International Bond | 27,416 | 10,120 | 976 | 994 | 6,370 | 2,403 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional International Core Equity | 17,304 | 16,503 | 485 | 992 | 4,621 | 3,704 | 74 | 147 |
Institutional International Growth Equity | 19,240 | 16,309 | 979 | 992 | 4,461 | 3,709 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Large-Cap Core Growth | 16,111 | 13,185 | 976 | 994 | 3,789 | 4,067 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Large-Cap Growth | 17,603 | 17,791 | 976 | 994 | 4,118 | 5,319 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Large-Cap Value | 16,294 | 13,589 | 976 | 994 | 3,829 | 4,235 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Long Duration Credit(b) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Institutional Mid-Cap Equity Growth | 16,931 | 15,387 | 976 | 994 | 3,969 | 4,802 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional Small-Cap Stock | 16,301 | 13,554 | 976 | 994 | 3,831 | 4,168 | 149 | 148 |
Institutional U.S. Structured Research | 22,077 | 8,453 | 976 | 994 | 5,163 | 2,045 | 149 | 148 |
International Bond | 36,514 | 41,876 | 976 | 994 | 8,317 | 10,961 | 149 | 148 |
International Discovery | 30,003 | 27,706 | 979 | 992 | 6,823 | 6,151 | 149 | 148 |
International Equity Index | 20,838 | 17,350 | 979 | 992 | 4,815 | 3,991 | 149 | 147 |
International Growth & Income | 33,512 | 37,413 | 979 | 992 | 7,585 | 7,752 | 149 | 148 |
International Stock | 45,966 | 51,140 | 979 | 992 | 10,323 | 10,657 | 149 | 147 |
International Stock Portfolio | 20,643 | 17,062 | 976 | 994 | 4,804 | 5,000 | 149 | 148 |
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Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Investment-Grade Corporate Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 23,151 | — | — | — | 7,746 | — | — |
Japan | 20,231 | 16,534 | 979 | 992 | 4,684 | 3,523 | 149 | 147 |
Latin America | 30,977 | 25,780 | 979 | 992 | 7,041 | 5,254 | 149 | 147 |
Limited-Term Bond Portfolio | 13,729 | 11,768 | 976 | 994 | 3,186 | 3,133 | 149 | 148 |
Media & Telecommunications | 17,304 | 15,020 | 976 | 994 | 4,053 | 4,741 | 149 | 148 |
Mid-Cap Growth | 28,790 | 32,914 | 976 | 994 | 6,605 | 10,074 | 149 | 148 |
Mid-Cap Growth Portfolio | 16,083 | 13,201 | 976 | 994 | 3,782 | 4,153 | 149 | 148 |
Mid-Cap Value | 21,473 | 22,499 | 976 | 994 | 4,985 | 6,921 | 149 | 148 |
Mortgage-Backed Securities Multi-Sector Account Portfolio | — | 15,474 | — | — | — | 5,177 | — | — |
New America Growth Portfolio | 16,024 | 12,998 | 976 | 994 | 3,770 | 3,974 | 149 | 148 |
New Asia | 37,049 | 35,583 | 979 | 992 | 8,359 | 7,699 | 149 | 148 |
New Era | 19,815 | 17,668 | 976 | 994 | 4,612 | 5,194 | 149 | 148 |
New Horizons | 20,889 | 22,938 | 976 | 994 | 4,845 | 6,832 | 149 | 148 |
New Income | 37,055 | 46,774 | 985 | 999 | 8,317 | 9,759 | 147 | 148 |
Overseas Stock | 33,229 | 31,667 | 979 | 992 | 7,558 | 6,352 | 149 | 148 |
Personal Strategy Balanced | 15,872 | 14,696 | 985 | 999 | 3,673 | 4,658 | 147 | 148 |
Personal Strategy Balanced Portfolio | 15,792 | 13,081 | 976 | 994 | 3,716 | 4,210 | 149 | 148 |
Personal Strategy Growth | 15,360 | 14,057 | 985 | 999 | 3,562 | 4,510 | 147 | 148 |
Personal Strategy Income | 15,166 | 13,933 | 985 | 999 | 3,520 | 4,474 | 147 | 148 |
Prime Reserve | 21,120 | 22,813 | 985 | 999 | 4,814 | 5,222 | 147 | 148 |
Prime Reserve Portfolio | 13,642 | 11,440 | 976 | 994 | 3,168 | 3,076 | 149 | 148 |
Real Assets | 21,694 | 15,676 | 865 | 994 | 4,955 | 4,878 | 98 | 148 |
Real Estate | 17,481 | 16,587 | 976 | 994 | 4,091 | 5,128 | 149 | 148 |
TRP Reserve Investment | 40,495 | 48,871 | 985 | 999 | 9,060 | 10,176 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2005 | 7,642 | 5,208 | 985 | 999 | 1,874 | 1,419 | 147 | 148 |
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Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Retirement 2010 | 9,673 | 8,905 | 985 | 999 | 2,320 | 2,674 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2015 | 9,965 | 8,439 | 985 | 999 | 2,384 | 1,983 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2020 | 13,235 | 13,723 | 985 | 999 | 3,102 | 4,120 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2025 | 10,288 | 9,220 | 985 | 999 | 2,455 | 2,120 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2030 | 12,086 | 12,306 | 985 | 999 | 2,849 | 3,805 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2035 | 9,205 | 8,086 | 985 | 999 | 2,218 | 1,945 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2040 | 10,379 | 10,194 | 985 | 999 | 2,475 | 3,009 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2045 | 8,180 | 5,583 | 985 | 999 | 1,993 | 1,451 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2050 | 7,711 | 5,939 | 985 | 999 | 1,890 | 1,571 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement 2055 | 7,237 | 5,137 | 985 | 999 | 1,785 | 1,430 | 147 | 148 |
Retirement Income | 8,180 | 7,461 | 985 | 999 | 1,992 | 1,989 | 147 | 148 |
Science & Technology | 17,371 | 16,438 | 976 | 994 | 4,063 | 5,085 | 149 | 148 |
Short-Term Bond | 22,032 | 24,866 | 985 | 999 | 5,033 | 5,624 | 147 | 148 |
Short-Term Reserve(c) | — | 12,300 | — | — | — | 2,700 | — | — |
Small-Cap Stock | 20,836 | 20,019 | 976 | 994 | 4,841 | 6,312 | 149 | 148 |
Small-Cap Value | 20,230 | 20,819 | 976 | 994 | 4,703 | 6,376 | 149 | 148 |
Spectrum Growth | 8,815 | 7,777 | 976 | 994 | 2,199 | 2,599 | 149 | 148 |
Spectrum Income | 9,462 | 9,173 | 976 | 994 | 2,345 | 3,059 | 149 | 148 |
Spectrum International | 12,242 | 2,929 | 976 | 994 | 2,992 | 850 | 149 | 148 |
Strategic Income | 12,487 | 11,605 | 985 | 999 | 2,943 | 3,163 | 147 | 148 |
Summit Cash Reserves | 18,951 | 22,641 | 979 | 992 | 4,176 | 4,351 | 149 | 148 |
Summit GNMA | 13,537 | 11,820 | 979 | 992 | 3,111 | 2,676 | 149 | 148 |
Summit Municipal Income | 13,941 | 12,574 | 979 | 992 | 3,192 | 2,802 | 149 | 148 |
Summit Municipal Intermediate | 15,307 | 15,095 | 979 | 992 | 3,468 | 3,222 | 149 | 148 |
Summit Municipal Money Market | 13,566 | 11,869 | 979 | 992 | 3,115 | 2,680 | 149 | 148 |
Tax-Efficient Equity | 13,840 | 15,719 | 972 | 995 | 3,301 | 4,192 | 148 | 148 |
Tax-Exempt Money | 14,398 | 13,239 | 972 | 995 | 3,361 | 3,412 | 148 | 148 |
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Independent Auditor Fees | ||||||||
T. Rowe Price Fund | Audit Fees | Audit Related Fees | Tax Fees | All Other Fees | ||||
Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | Previous Fiscal Year | Current Fiscal Year | |
Tax-Free High Yield | 14,678 | 15,496 | 972 | 995 | 3,415 | 3,832 | 148 | 148 |
Tax-Free Income | 16,199 | 17,107 | 972 | 995 | 3,742 | 4,196 | 148 | 148 |
Tax-Free Short-Intermediate | 14,952 | 14,620 | 972 | 995 | 3,483 | 3,708 | 148 | 148 |
Total Equity Market Index | 16,011 | 13,626 | 976 | 994 | 3,764 | 4,343 | 149 | 148 |
U.S. Bond Enhanced Index | 13,979 | 12,987 | 979 | 992 | 3,199 | 2,857 | 149 | 148 |
U.S. Large-Cap Core | 15,655 | 13,046 | 976 | 994 | 3,686 | 4,176 | 149 | 148 |
U.S. Treasury Intermediate | 12,809 | 12,414 | 985 | 999 | 3,012 | 3,297 | 147 | 148 |
U.S. Treasury Long-Term | 12,619 | 12,074 | 985 | 999 | 2,971 | 3,249 | 147 | 148 |
U.S. Treasury Money | 15,031 | 14,926 | 985 | 999 | 3,494 | 3,773 | 147 | 148 |
Ultra Short-Term Bond | — | 16,810 | — | — | — | 3,690 | — | — |
Value | 22,757 | 27,485 | 976 | 994 | 5,287 | 7,973 | 149 | 148 |
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ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OCTOBER 22, 2013, 8:00 a.m., Eastern Time | |
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2. Approval to change the investment objective.
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4. Approval to change the fundamental policy on commodities.
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T. ROWE PRICE FUNDS ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
OCTOBER 22, 2013
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. The undersigned hereby appoints Edward C. Bernard and David Oestreicher, as proxies (“Proxies”), with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all shares of the referenced fund (the “Fund”) held of record by the undersigned on July 24, 2013 at the Annual Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on October 22, 2013, at 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, at The New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 and at any and all adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally present at the Meeting, and hereby revokes any proxies that may previously have been given by the undersigned with respect to the interests in the Funds covered hereby. I acknowledge receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on October 22, 2013. The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at www.eproxyvote.com/trp.
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appears on the Ballot. If you are signing this Ballot for a corporation, estate, trust or other fiduciary capacity, for example, as a trustee, please state that capacity or title along with your signature. | Signature ______________________________ Signature ______________________________ Date __________________________________ |
Proposal(s) listed on reverse side.
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The Board recommends a vote FOR ALL the nominees named in Proposal 1 and FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4. If no direction is given, this ballot will be voted “FOR” the proposals and at the discretion of the Proxies on other matters that may properly come before the Meeting.
Please fill in the box(es) as shown using black or blue ink or a No. 2 pencil. Please do not use a fine point pen. /X/
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OR | Vote each account separately by filling in the associated ballot(s) below. If voting via Internet or Touchtone phone, use 13-digit numbers below to vote. |
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT BALLOT | (1 of 4) | ||||||
702 000 000 000 9 | Account Owner JOHN SMITH | ||||||
Fund Name T. ROWE PRICE TOTAL EQUITY MARKET INDEX FUND | |||||||
FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR ALL | |||||
ALL | ALL | EXCEPT | |||||
1. Election of directors/trustees | // | // | // | ||||
(01) Edward C. Bernard | (07) Karen N. Horn | ||||||
(02) William R. Brody | (08) Paul F. McBride | ||||||
(03) Anthony W. Deering | (09) Brian C. Rogers | ||||||
(04) Donald W. Dick, Jr. | (10) Cecilia E. Rouse | ||||||
(05) Bruce W. Duncan | (11) John G. Schreiber | ||||||
(06) Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. | (12) Mark R. Tercek | ||||||
*To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number of the nominee(s) in the box below | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. Approval to change the investment objective. | // | // | // |
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT BALLOT | (2 of 4) | ||||||
705 000 000 000 9 | Account Owner JOHN SMITH, JR. | ||||||
Fund Name T. ROWE PRICE ULTRA SHORT-TERM BOND FUND | |||||||
FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR ALL | |||||
ALL | ALL | EXCEPT | |||||
1. Election of directors/trustees | // | // | // | ||||
(01) Edward C. Bernard | (07) Michael C. Gitlin | ||||||
(02) William R. Brody | (08) Karen N. Horn | ||||||
(03) Anthony W. Deering | (09) Paul F. McBride | ||||||
(04) Donald W. Dick, Jr. | (10) Cecilia E. Rouse | ||||||
(05) Bruce W. Duncan | (11) John G. Schreiber | ||||||
(06) Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. | (12) Mark R. Tercek | ||||||
*To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number of the nominee(s) in the box below | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. Approval to change the investment objective. | // | // | // |
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT BALLOT | (3 of 4) | ||||||
704 000 000 000 9 | Account Owner JANE SMITH | ||||||
Fund Name T. ROWE PRICE EQUITY INDEX 500 FUND | |||||||
FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR ALL | |||||
ALL | ALL | EXCEPT | |||||
1. Election of directors/trustees | // | // | // | ||||
(01) Edward C. Bernard | (07) Karen N. Horn | ||||||
(02) William R. Brody | (08) Paul F. McBride | ||||||
(03) Anthony W. Deering | (09) Brian C. Rogers | ||||||
(04) Donald W. Dick, Jr. | (10) Cecilia E. Rouse | ||||||
(05) Bruce W. Duncan | (11) John G. Schreiber | ||||||
(06) Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. | (12) Mark R. Tercek | ||||||
*To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number of the nominee(s) in the box below | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. Approval to change the investment objective. | // | // | // | ||||
4. Approval to change the fundamental policy on commodities. | // | // | // |
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT BALLOT | (4 of 4) | ||||||
708 000 000 000 9 | Account Owner JOAN SMITH | ||||||
Fund Name T. ROWE PRICE SUMMIT MUNICIPAL INCOME FUND | |||||||
FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR ALL | |||||
ALL | ALL | EXCEPT | |||||
1. Election of directors/trustees | // | // | // | ||||
(01) Edward C. Bernard | (07) Michael C. Gitlin | ||||||
(02) William R. Brody | (08) Karen N. Horn | ||||||
(03) Anthony W. Deering | (09) Paul F. McBride | ||||||
(04) Donald W. Dick, Jr. | (10) Cecilia E. Rouse | ||||||
(05) Bruce W. Duncan | (11) John G. Schreiber | ||||||
(06) Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. | (12) Mark R. Tercek | ||||||
*To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number of the nominee(s) in the box below | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. Approval to change the investment objective. | // | // | // | ||||
3. Approval to eliminate the fundamental policy that prohibits the purchase of equity securities and convertible securities. | // | // | // |
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T. ROWE PRICE FUNDS ANNUAL
MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
OCTOBER 22, 2013
THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD. The undersigned hereby appoints Edward C. Bernard and David Oestreicher, as proxies (“Proxies”), with full power of substitution in each, and hereby authorizes them to represent and to vote, as designated on the reverse side, all shares of the referenced fund (the “Fund”) held of record by the undersigned on July 24, 2013 at the Annual Meeting (the “Meeting”) of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on October 22, 2013, at 8:00 a.m., Eastern time, at The New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10022 and at any and all adjournments thereof, with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally present at the Meeting, and hereby revokes any proxies that may previously have been given by the undersigned with respect to the interests in the Funds covered hereby. I acknowledge receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and the Proxy Statement.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Funds to be held on October 22, 2013. The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at www.eproxyvote.com/trp.
Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appears on the Ballot. If you are signing this Ballot for a corporation, estate, trust or other fiduciary capacity, for example, as a trustee, please state that capacity or title along with your signature. | Signature ______________________________ Signature ______________________________ Date __________________________________ |
Proposal(s) listed on reverse side.
INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNT BALLOT | (1 of 1) | ||||||
712 000 000 000 9 | Account Owner ABC COMPANY | ||||||
Fund Name FUND NAME PRINTS HERE | |||||||
The Board recommends a vote FOR ALL the nominees named in Proposal 1 and FOR Proposals 2, 3 and 4. If no direction is given, this ballot will be voted “FOR” the proposals and at the discretion of the Proxies on other matters that may properly come before the Meeting. Please fill in the box(es) as shown using black or blue ink or a No. 2 pencil. Please do not use a fine point pen. /X/ | |||||||
FOR | WITHHOLD | FOR ALL | |||||
1. Election of directors/trustees | // | // | // | ||||
(01) Edward C. Bernard | (07) Karen N. Horn | ||||||
(02) William R. Brody | (08) Paul F. McBride | ||||||
(03) Anthony W. Deering | (09) Brian C. Rogers | ||||||
(04) Donald W. Dick, Jr. | (10) Cecilia E. Rouse | ||||||
(05) Bruce W. Duncan | (11) John G. Schreiber | ||||||
(06) Robert J. Gerrard, Jr. | (12) Mark R. Tercek | ||||||
*To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s) write the number of the nominee(s) in the box below | |||||||
FOR | AGAINST | ABSTAIN | |||||
2. Approval to change the investment objective. | // | // | // | ||||
3. Approval to eliminate the fundamental policy that prohibits the purchase of equity securities and convertible securities. | // | // | // | ||||
4. Approval to change the fundamental policy on commodities. | // | // | // |