BlackRock’s CORI Indexes are a uniquely constructed series of indexes designed to assist investors age 55 and older in planning for retirement by tracking the estimated cost of $1 of future, annual inflation-adjusted lifetime income starting when an individual turns 65.

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The CORI Retirement Indexes commenced ongoing calculation on June 28, 2013. BlackRock Index Services, LLC, a subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. designs, sponsors and publishes indices for use in portfolio benchmarking, and portfolio management. The BlackRock CORI Retirement Indexes, allocations and data are subject to change.

The CORI Retirement Indexes do not guarantee future income or protect against loss of principal. There can be no assurance that an investment strategy based on the CORI Retirement Indexes will be successful. Indexes are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index.

This information is the property of BlackRock, Inc. and /or its subsidiaries (collectively, "BlackRock"). It is provided for informational purposes only. The CORI Retirement Indexes are supported by proprietary BlackRock research about annuity pricing and income generation; the methodology of the CORI Retirement Indexes are supported by assumptions about the relationship between annuity pricing and fixed income markets, the accuracy of third party reporting and compilation of current annuity pricing, and the predictive nature of the components of the methodology. There is no assurance that these assumptions are correct or will perform in the manner that they have in the past. Nor may it be used in the creating, writing, offering, trading, marketing or promotion of any financial instruments or products. Although BlackRock shall obtain information from sources which BlackRock considers reliable, none of the BlackRock, its subsidiaries or any other third party involved in, or related to, compiling, computing or creating the information (collectively, the "BlackRock Parties") guarantees the accuracy and/or the completeness of any of this information. All BlackRock indices and data are the exclusive property of BlackRock and may not be used in any way without the express written permission of BlackRock.

Reliance upon information in this material is at the sole discretion of the reader. The Information may not be used to verify or correct other data, to create indices, risk models, or analytics, or in connection with issuing, offering, sponsoring, managing or marketing any securities, portfolios, financial products or other investment vehicles. Historical data and analysis should not be taken as an indication or guarantee of any future performance, analysis, forecast or prediction. None of the Information or BlackRock index or other product or service referenced herein constitutes an offer to buy or sell, or a promotion or recommendation of, any security, financial instrument or product or trading strategy. Further, none of the Information or any BlackRock index is intended to constitute investment advice or a recommendation to make (or refrain from making) any kind of investment decision and may not be relied on as such. The Information is provided "as is" and the user of the Information assumes the entire risk of any use it may make or permit to be made of the Information. NONE OF BLACKROCK, INC. OR ANY OF ITS SUBSIDIARIES OR ITS OR THEIR DIRECT OR INDIRECT SUPPLIERS OR ANY THIRD PARTY INVOLVED IN THE MAKING OR COMPILING OF THE INFORMATION (EACH, A "BLACKROCK PARTY") MAKES ANY WARRANTIES OR REPRESENTATIONS AND, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, EACH BLACKROCK PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING AND TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ANY OF THE BLACKROCK PARTIES HAVE ANY LIABILITY REGARDING ANY OF THE INFORMATION FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, PUNITIVE, CONSEQUENTIAL (INCLUDING LOST PROFITS) OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. The foregoing shall not exclude or limit any liability that may not by applicable law be excluded or limited.

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