Plan Administrator: The Ohio Tuition Trust Authority
CollegeAdvantage is offered and administered by the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority (Tuition Trust), a state agency within the office of the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents, and has been helping Ohio families save for a college education since 1989. CollegeAdvantage is offered directly through the Tuition Trust (direct plan) and is also offered through financial professionals (advisor plan). An 11-member board oversees the investments of the Ohio Tuition Trust Authority.  

INVESTMENT MANAGERS

Vanguard
The Tuition Trust has selected The Vanguard Group (Vanguard) to provide investment management services for CollegeAdvantage. Vanguard, headquartered in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, is the nation’s second largest mutual fund firm and a leading provider of investment management services to individual investors, employer-sponsored retirement plans and 529 college savings plans. Vanguard serves some 19 million accounts and manages approximately $1 trillion in U.S. mutual fund assets (as of December 31, 2008). Vanguard employs nearly 12,000 people in the U.S. CollegeAdvantage assets invested in the Vanguard Investment Options will be managed by Vanguard, which will administer the allocation of the assets to the underlying Vanguard mutual funds, in accordance with the Investment Policy. Vanguard is a registered investment adviser and the investment manager of the Vanguard mutual funds and other mutual funds sponsored by Vanguard.

Passive Management

Fifth Third Bank
Fifth Third Bancorp is a diversified financial services company headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of December 31, 2008, the company has $120 billion in assets, and operates 18 affiliates with 1,307 full-service Banking Centers, including 92 Bank Mart® locations open seven days a week inside select grocery stores and 2,341 ATMs in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Georgia and North Carolina.

Fifth Third operates five main businesses: Commercial Banking, Branch Banking, Consumer Lending, Investment Advisors and Fifth Third Processing Solutions. The company is among the largest money managers in the Midwest and, as of December 31, 2008, has $179 billion in assets under care, of which it managed $25 billion for individuals, corporations and not-for-profit organizations. Fifth Third’s common stock is traded on the NASDAQ® National Global Select Market under the symbol “FITB.” Fifth Third employs over 22,000 people and services 5.8 million customers.

PIMCO
PIMCO (Pacific Investment Management Company LLC) founded in 1971, is a global asset management firm serving a full range of institutional and retail investors worldwide. PIMCO is one of the world’s largest fixed-income managers, with a presence in every major global bond market. The firm has more than $790 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2008 and more than 1,000 employees in offices in nine countries in North America, Europe and Asia. The company manages investments across a full spectrum of global financial markets.

Their success is built on a goal of consistently providing attractive returns while maintaining a strong culture of risk management and long-term discipline. PIMCO is owned by Allianz Global Investors, a subsidiary of the Munich-based Allianz Group, a leading global insurance company. CollegeAdvantage assets invested in the PIMCO Investment Options will be managed by PIMCO, which will administer the allocation of the assets to the underlying PIMCO mutual funds, in accordance with the Investment Policy. PIMCO is a registered investment adviser and the investment manager of the PIMCO mutual funds and other mutual funds sponsored by PIMCO.

OppenheimerFunds
Since its founding in 1960, OppenheimerFunds and its affiliates have become one of the nation’s leading mutual fund companies. OppenheimerFunds Inc., headquartered in New York, manages and offers a broad range of products and services to individuals, corporations and institutions, including mutual funds, separately managed accounts, investment management for institutions, hedge fund products, qualified retirement plans, 529 college savings plans and sub-advisory investment management services. OppenheimerFunds Inc. is owned by its senior management and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual). As of September 30, 2008, OppenheimerFunds Inc., including its subsidiaries and controlled affiliates, managed more than $195 billion in assets, with more than 6 million shareholder accounts.

CollegeAdvantage assets invested in the Oppenheimer Investment Options will be managed by OppenheimerFunds Inc., which will administer the allocation of the assets to the underlying Oppenheimer mutual funds, in accordance with the Investment Policy. OppenheimerFunds Inc. is a registered investment adviser and the investment manager of the Oppenheimer mutual funds and other mutual funds sponsored by OppenheimerFunds.

GE Asset Management
GE Asset Management is a global investment management firm wholly owned by General Electric Company. GE Asset Management and its predecessor organizations have managed investments for more than 75 years. Today the firm has $135 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2008, and provides investment management services for both institutional and individual investors. GE Asset Management employs over 160 investment professionals in key locations around the world, namely the U.S., Canada, Europe, Japan and China. They manage a full range of U. S. equity, international equity, fixed-income, private equity and real estate products.
CollegeAdvantage assets invested in the GE Asset Management Investment Options will be managed by GE Asset Management, which will administer the allocation of the assets to the underlying GE mutual funds, in accordance with the Investment Policy. GE Asset Management is a registered investment adviser and the investment manager of the GE mutual funds and other mutual funds sponsored by GE Asset Management.

Active Management