| Average Annual Total Returns As of 2/28/2010 | Average Annual Total Returns As of 12/31/2009 | ||||||||||
| Investment Option Subaccounts | Inception Date | YTD % | 1 Year % | 3 Years % | 5 Years % | 10 Years % | Since Inception % | 1 Year % | 5 Years % | 10 Yrs/Since Inception % | |
| Specialty: | |||||||||||
| AST Cohen Steers Realty | 12/22/97 | -0.02 | 101.17 | -13.52 | 2.62 | 10.79 | 7.11 | 31.80 | 1.40 | 10.42 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources | 04/28/95 | -2.67 | 61.42 | 0.44 | 6.76 | 13.23 | 12.17 | 49.20 | 9.72 | 12.82 | |
| Natural Resources | 04/17/89 | -3.62 | 80.36 | 5.60 | 14.50 | 18.91 | 14.29 | 76.93 | 18.53 | 19.55 | |
| Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth | 01/02/01 | -0.40 | 54.69 | -2.50 | 1.27 | N/A | -2.55 | 33.31 | 1.01 | -2.55 | |
| MFS Utilities Series IC | 01/03/95 | -3.59 | 44.39 | -0.67 | 8.84 | 4.80 | 11.96 | 33.08 | 10.14 | 5.99 | |
| Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive | 05/01/06 | 1.71 | 53.51 | -4.83 | N/A | N/A | -1.81 | 31.18 | N/A | -2.34 | |
| Global/International Equity: | |||||||||||
| AST JPMorgan International Equity | 05/17/89 | -5.58 | 58.64 | -6.60 | 2.10 | -3.10 | 5.87 | 35.75 | 3.59 | -2.36 | |
| AST MFS Global Equity | 10/19/99 | -3.21 | 56.16 | -3.06 | 3.99 | 3.42 | 3.87 | 31.38 | 4.79 | 3.33 | |
| Global | 04/17/89 | -2.89 | 54.45 | -7.20 | 1.97 | -2.64 | 5.72 | 31.28 | 2.75 | -1.61 | |
| SP International Growth | 09/22/00 | -5.20 | 50.91 | -8.10 | 1.47 | N/A | -3.13 | 37.03 | 2.71 | -2.63 | |
| SP International Value | 09/22/00 | -3.95 | 54.47 | -5.97 | 3.40 | N/A | 1.07 | 32.22 | 5.03 | 1.53 | |
| Janus Aspen Series Overseas1 | 08/03/94 | 0.67 | 93.92 | 3.31 | 15.07 | 2.67 | 12.18 | 78.89 | 16.09 | 4.34 | |
| Large-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Marsico Capital Growth | 12/23/97 | -1.92 | 48.53 | -6.60 | -0.67 | -2.28 | 4.26 | 29.63 | -0.85 | -1.92 | |
| AST MFS Growth | 10/15/99 | -1.77 | 39.17 | -3.57 | 1.30 | -3.40 | -1.72 | 24.18 | 1.12 | -2.80 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth | 05/02/96 | -3.20 | 60.55 | -1.79 | 3.99 | -3.93 | 3.72 | 53.22 | 3.84 | -2.23 | |
| Jennison | 05/01/95 | -3.04 | 49.57 | -1.11 | 3.16 | -3.34 | 7.04 | 42.89 | 3.12 | -2.55 | |
| Jennison 20/20 Focus | 05/03/99 | -4.31 | 61.83 | 0.11 | 6.86 | 5.08 | 5.64 | 57.67 | 7.96 | 4.76 | |
| SP Strategic Partners Focused Growth | 09/22/00 | -4.51 | 47.05 | -0.74 | 2.99 | N/A | -2.61 | 43.99 | 3.09 | -2.17 | |
| Large-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Equity | 04/17/89 | -1.63 | 55.21 | -2.76 | 2.96 | 3.15 | 8.66 | 38.04 | 3.13 | 1.80 | |
| Stock Index | 04/17/89 | -0.70 | 52.91 | -5.93 | 0.04 | -0.63 | 8.32 | 25.95 | 0.09 | -1.27 | |
| Large-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| AST DeAm Large-Cap Value | 10/20/00 | -0.40 | 55.67 | -9.41 | -0.36 | N/A | 1.61 | 18.14 | -0.13 | 1.69 | |
| AST Large Cap Value | 01/04/94 | 0.24 | 53.41 | -11.98 | -3.02 | -0.33 | 4.82 | 19.32 | -3.18 | -0.77 | |
| SP Davis Value | 09/22/00 | -0.94 | 63.81 | -6.34 | 0.17 | N/A | 1.45 | 31.14 | 0.68 | 1.58 | |
| Mid-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth | 04/28/00 | -1.34 | 72.80 | 1.55 | 4.42 | N/A | -6.20 | 56.94 | 4.22 | -6.17 | |
| AST Neuberger Berman Mid-Cap Growth2 | 10/18/94 | 0.83 | 48.92 | -4.43 | 3.26 | -4.20 | 6.39 | 29.66 | 3.03 | -1.95 | |
| SP Mid Cap Growth | 09/22/00 | 0.65 | 50.18 | -4.46 | -1.61 | N/A | -4.81 | 31.35 | -2.06 | -4.96 | |
| SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth | 09/22/00 | 1.07 | 57.03 | 1.01 | 6.78 | N/A | 1.07 | 41.78 | 6.31 | 0.97 | |
| Mid-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Dreyfus MidCap Stock-Service Shares | 05/04/98 | 3.62 | 66.76 | -12.19 | -6.09 | -0.55 | 0.44 | 35.19 | -6.73 | -0.57 | |
| JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid Cap | 03/30/95 | 1.19 | 61.41 | -5.91 | 2.18 | 4.29 | 8.20 | 35.53 | 2.57 | 4.74 | |
| Mid-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| American Century VP Mid Cap Value | 12/02/04 | 0.97 | 59.87 | -2.02 | 5.02 | N/A | 5.54 | 29.82 | 4.72 | 5.51 | |
| Small-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Federated Aggressive Growth | 10/18/00 | 0.84 | 63.38 | -7.11 | 0.77 | N/A | 0.89 | 32.53 | 0.28 | 0.82 | |
| AST Neuberger Berman Small-Cap Growth | 12/18/98 | -2.53 | 46.76 | -7.49 | -2.21 | -7.23 | -0.81 | 22.44 | -2.09 | -4.96 | |
| AST Small Cap Growth | 01/04/94 | -0.68 | 62.12 | -3.66 | 1.56 | -9.43 | 4.55 | 33.77 | 1.18 | -7.60 | |
| Small-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Small Capitalization Stock | 04/25/95 | 0.71 | 63.94 | -5.28 | 1.05 | 5.08 | 9.02 | 25.06 | 1.00 | 5.98 | |
| Small-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| AST Small-Cap Value | 12/31/96 | 0.91 | 64.96 | -5.56 | 1.81 | 6.87 | 6.63 | 26.87 | 1.42 | 7.15 | |
| SP Small Cap Value | 09/22/00 | 0.90 | 66.77 | -4.62 | 1.30 | N/A | 5.49 | 30.68 | 0.89 | 5.49 | |
| Balanced: | |||||||||||
| AST UBS Dynamic Alpha | 05/03/93 | -1.50 | 31.61 | 0.10 | 3.68 | 0.78 | 5.85 | 21.90 | 3.92 | 1.35 | |
| Fixed Income: | |||||||||||
| AST PIMCO Limited Maturity | 04/28/95 | 1.51 | 9.68 | 6.10 | 4.92 | 5.07 | 5.14 | 10.12 | 4.56 | 5.01 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Global Bond | 07/18/94 | 0.35 | 17.89 | 6.00 | -3.89 | 5.65 | 3.70 | 12.00 | -4.09 | 5.10 | |
| Diversified Bond | 04/17/89 | 2.94 | 24.71 | 7.46 | 6.37 | 6.73 | 7.44 | 20.40 | 5.83 | 6.53 | |
| High Yield Bond3 | 04/17/89 | 1.02 | 43.00 | 4.97 | 5.90 | 5.51 | 7.05 | 47.02 | 5.92 | 5.45 | |
| AST PIMCO Total Return3 | 01/03/94 | 2.21 | 20.73 | 7.28 | 5.88 | 6.75 | 6.46 | 16.01 | 5.40 | 6.62 | |
| Money Market: | |||||||||||
| Money Market 7-Day Current Net Yield as of 2/28/2010:-0.05% | 04/17/89 | 0.00 | 0.15 | 2.32 | 2.97 | 2.74 | 4.05 | 0.29 | 3.03 | 2.83 | |
| Asset Allocation Profile: | |||||||||||
| AST Aggressive Asset Allocation3 | 12/05/05 | -1.85 | 52.04 | -7.11 | N/A | N/A | -1.81 | 29.26 | N/A | -1.43 | |
| AST Balanced Asset Allocation3 | 12/05/05 | -0.32 | 38.39 | -1.57 | N/A | N/A | 1.43 | 23.80 | N/A | 1.57 | |
| AST Preservation Asset Allocation3 | 12/05/05 | 0.73 | 29.82 | 1.53 | N/A | N/A | 3.20 | 19.81 | N/A | 3.15 | |
| SP Growth Asset Allocation | 09/22/00 | -1.14 | 44.61 | -4.83 | 1.32 | N/A | 0.74 | 26.09 | 1.48 | 0.88 | |