| Average Annual Total Returns As of 10/31/2009 | Average Annual Total Returns As of 9/30/2009 | ||||||||||
| 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 | 15.14 | 6.37 | -14.83 | 0.69 | 9.73 | 6.10 | -22.03 | 3.00 | 9.97 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Natural Resources | 04/28/95 | 37.98 | 23.45 | 0.55 | 9.73 | 12.06 | 12.06 | -7.74 | 9.70 | 11.79 | |
| Natural Resources | 04/17/89 | 58.19 | 55.67 | 5.41 | 17.20 | 19.21 | 14.11 | 6.60 | 17.54 | 18.52 | |
| Dreyfus Socially Responsible Growth | 01/02/01 | 22.86 | 14.96 | -4.25 | 0.82 | N/A | -3.49 | -1.17 | 1.56 | -3.25 | |
| MFS Utilities Series IC | 01/03/95 | 21.55 | 19.18 | 1.06 | 10.31 | 6.42 | 11.83 | 5.28 | 12.10 | 7.47 | |
| Neuberger Berman AMT Socially Responsive | 05/01/06 | 20.39 | 9.33 | -6.79 | N/A | N/A | -4.82 | -9.11 | N/A | -4.00 | |
| Global/International Equity: | |||||||||||
| AST JPMorgan International Equity | 05/17/89 | 28.15 | 27.28 | -5.03 | 4.50 | -0.16 | 5.96 | 3.75 | 5.50 | 0.75 | |
| AST MFS Global Equity | 10/19/99 | 22.00 | 18.62 | -2.81 | 5.25 | 3.58 | 3.57 | 1.68 | 6.15 | 3.79 | |
| Global | 04/17/89 | 23.59 | 18.06 | -6.45 | 3.26 | -0.02 | 5.65 | -1.77 | 4.23 | 0.72 | |
| SP International Growth | 09/22/00 | 28.18 | 27.42 | -6.71 | 3.35 | N/A | -3.39 | 0.09 | 4.61 | -3.10 | |
| SP International Value | 09/22/00 | 28.07 | 26.52 | -3.71 | 6.62 | N/A | 1.21 | 2.57 | 7.56 | 1.38 | |
| Janus Aspen Series Overseas1 | 08/03/94 | 60.92 | 51.96 | 2.69 | 16.54 | 7.24 | 11.63 | 25.30 | 18.66 | 8.74 | |
| Large-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Marsico Capital Growth | 12/23/97 | 19.77 | 7.36 | -6.82 | -0.29 | -0.34 | 3.86 | -8.89 | 0.06 | 0.51 | |
| AST MFS Growth | 10/15/99 | 14.61 | 5.84 | -4.68 | 1.14 | -2.41 | -2.39 | -10.27 | 1.96 | -2.18 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Large Cap Growth | 05/02/96 | 38.48 | 29.36 | -2.64 | 3.45 | -1.20 | 3.28 | 9.32 | 4.06 | -0.57 | |
| Jennison | 05/01/95 | 30.18 | 22.25 | -2.27 | 2.68 | -1.84 | 6.74 | 3.29 | 3.39 | -0.97 | |
| Jennison 20/20 Focus | 05/03/99 | 40.75 | 29.71 | -0.58 | 7.29 | 5.00 | 5.13 | 6.58 | 7.68 | 5.39 | |
| SP Strategic Partners Focused Growth | 09/22/00 | 31.89 | 21.92 | -1.36 | 3.00 | N/A | -3.14 | 2.31 | 3.36 | -3.14 | |
| Large-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Equity | 04/17/89 | 25.68 | 17.16 | -4.06 | 2.64 | 1.58 | 8.40 | -1.36 | 3.22 | 1.88 | |
| Stock Index | 04/17/89 | 16.67 | 9.48 | -7.29 | 0.00 | -1.27 | 8.10 | -7.11 | 0.67 | -0.48 | |
| Large-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| AST DeAm Large-Cap Value | 10/20/00 | 10.57 | 6.08 | -10.16 | 0.32 | N/A | 0.98 | -8.95 | 1.51 | 1.38 | |
| AST Large Cap Value | 01/04/94 | 11.92 | 4.75 | -12.84 | -2.27 | -1.21 | 4.49 | -11.45 | -1.74 | -0.56 | |
| SP Davis Value | 09/22/00 | 21.49 | 10.76 | -7.35 | 0.50 | N/A | 0.76 | -7.44 | 1.04 | 0.93 | |
| Mid-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Goldman Sachs Mid-Cap Growth | 04/28/00 | 40.37 | 26.75 | 0.83 | 3.72 | N/A | -7.37 | 1.35 | 5.07 | -7.14 | |
| AST Neuberger Berman Mid-Cap Growth2 | 10/18/94 | 17.65 | 7.54 | -5.46 | 2.79 | 0.17 | 5.79 | -9.68 | 4.21 | 1.40 | |
| SP Mid Cap Growth | 09/22/00 | 18.56 | 7.84 | -7.49 | -1.86 | N/A | -6.11 | -8.78 | -0.87 | -5.81 | |
| SP Prudential U.S. Emerging Growth | 09/22/00 | 29.49 | 20.04 | -0.25 | 6.71 | N/A | -0.01 | 2.19 | 8.36 | 0.31 | |
| Mid-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Dreyfus MidCap Stock-Service Shares | 05/04/98 | 23.06 | 13.60 | -14.44 | -7.21 | -0.58 | -0.68 | -7.03 | -6.21 | 0.22 | |
| JPMorgan Insurance Trust Intrepid Mid Cap | 03/30/95 | 21.82 | 17.19 | -7.68 | 2.51 | 4.59 | 7.52 | -1.95 | 3.38 | 5.40 | |
| Mid-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| American Century VP Mid Cap Value | 12/02/04 | 18.08 | 15.58 | -3.14 | N/A | N/A | 3.69 | -2.01 | N/A | 4.25 | |
| Small-Cap Growth: | |||||||||||
| AST Federated Aggressive Growth | 10/18/00 | 19.09 | 11.47 | -8.44 | 0.64 | N/A | -0.36 | -3.43 | 3.24 | 0.55 | |
| AST Neuberger Berman Small-Cap Growth | 12/18/98 | 8.03 | -3.01 | -9.13 | -2.50 | -2.68 | -1.74 | -13.60 | -0.57 | -1.69 | |
| AST Small Cap Growth | 01/04/94 | 19.25 | 13.74 | -5.20 | 0.86 | -4.85 | 3.93 | -6.57 | 2.67 | -2.55 | |
| Small-Cap Blend: | |||||||||||
| Small Capitalization Stock | 04/25/95 | 12.24 | 5.24 | -7.60 | 0.90 | 6.08 | 8.37 | -10.82 | 2.48 | 6.72 | |
| Small-Cap Value: | |||||||||||
| AST Small-Cap Value | 12/31/96 | 13.99 | 8.11 | -7.81 | 0.98 | 6.43 | 5.84 | -7.64 | 2.54 | 6.88 | |
| SP Small Cap Value | 09/22/00 | 15.61 | 7.93 | -7.25 | 0.48 | N/A | 4.18 | -7.94 | 1.75 | 4.95 | |
| Balanced: | |||||||||||
| AST UBS Dynamic Alpha | 05/03/93 | 15.00 | 5.64 | -0.14 | 3.90 | 1.81 | 5.70 | -1.11 | 4.45 | 2.40 | |
| Fixed Income: | |||||||||||
| AST PIMCO Limited Maturity | 04/28/95 | 10.03 | 8.91 | 5.94 | 4.60 | 5.05 | 5.15 | 7.89 | 4.53 | 5.02 | |
| AST T. Rowe Price Global Bond | 07/18/94 | 13.06 | 22.08 | 6.93 | -3.07 | 5.03 | 3.82 | 13.02 | 5.55 | 4.94 | |
| Diversified Bond | 04/17/89 | 19.05 | 23.80 | 7.00 | 5.73 | 6.45 | 7.36 | 15.24 | 5.55 | 6.28 | |
| High Yield Bond | 04/17/89 | 41.34 | 37.53 | 4.77 | 5.63 | 5.36 | 6.90 | 15.81 | 5.63 | 5.11 | |
| SP PIMCO High Yield | 09/22/00 | 39.32 | 37.10 | 3.34 | 4.46 | N/A | 6.20 | 15.06 | 4.42 | 6.02 | |
| SP PIMCO Total Return | 09/22/00 | 13.87 | 22.01 | 7.55 | 5.74 | N/A | 6.80 | 17.58 | 5.80 | 6.80 | |
| Money Market: | |||||||||||
| Money Market 7-Day Current Net Yield as of 10/31/2009:-0.05% | 04/17/89 | 0.29 | 0.58 | 2.86 | 3.09 | 2.92 | 4.12 | 0.79 | 3.11 | 2.96 | |
| Asset Allocation Profile: | |||||||||||
| SP Aggressive Growth Asset Allocation | 09/22/00 | 20.41 | 13.08 | -7.48 | 0.95 | N/A | -1.58 | -5.57 | 1.73 | -1.40 | |
| SP Balanced Asset Allocation | 09/22/00 | 17.77 | 16.71 | -1.84 | 3.01 | N/A | 2.21 | 2.78 | 3.53 | 2.32 | |
| SP Conservative Asset Allocation | 09/22/00 | 16.42 | 18.13 | 1.19 | 4.01 | N/A | 3.74 | 7.32 | 4.38 | 3.83 | |
| SP Growth Asset Allocation | 09/22/00 | 18.73 | 14.37 | -5.06 | 1.83 | N/A | 0.23 | -2.11 | 2.51 | 0.39 | |