Mutual Funds

Lipper Leader Ratings: Lipper Leaders Ratings for Total Return reflect funds' historical total return performance relative to peers. Ratings for Consistent Return reflect funds' historical risk-adjusted returns relative to peers. Lipper ratings for Preservation are relative, rather than absolute. Ratings for Tax Efficiency reflect funds' historical ability to postpone taxable distributions. Ratings for Expense reflect funds' expense minimization relative to peers. Lipper Leader ratings DO NOT take into account the effects of sales charges.

Funds are ranked against their Lipper peer group classifications each month for 3-, 5-, 10-year, and overall periods. These ratings are based on an equal-weighted average of percentile ranks of the five Lipper Leaders metrics. For each metric: the top 20% of funds receive a rating of ‘5’ and are named Lipper Leaders, the next 20% of funds receive a rating of ‘4’, the middle 20% of funds receive a rating of ‘3’, the next 20% of funds receive a rating of ‘2’ the lowest 20% of funds receive a rating of ‘1’. For an explanation of the methodology used to calculate them, you can visit the Lipper Leader website.

Lipper fund data supplied by Thomson Reuters.

Mutual Fund Past Performance Data: Performance data quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate. Upon redemption, shares may be worth more or less than their original cost. The fund's current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Recent historical performance data can be found on the fund family's website.

Mutual Fund Investors: You should carefully consider information contained in the prospectus, including investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. For a prospectus containing this and other important information, please visit the fund's detailed quote page, or contact a ShareBuilder Customer Service Associate. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing.

Mutual Fund Early Redemption Policy: ING DIRECT Investing, Inc. reserves the right to charge $49.95 on the redemption or exchange of shares of any no-load, no-transaction fee mutual fund that is held less than 90 days, excluding the ING Money Market Fund. This charge is in addition to any applicable charges or expenses addressed in the fund's prospectus.

Mutual Fund Excessive Trading Policy: ING DIRECT Investing, Inc. has adopted an Excessive Trading Policy to respond to the demands of the mutual fund families - which make their funds available through ShareBuilder - to discourage market timing and excessive trading activity in mutual funds.

Mutual Fund Compensation: ING DIRECT Investing, Inc., receives compensation from fund companies participating in its no-load, no-transaction fee program for recordkeeping, shareholder, and other administrative services. For additional information, please review our Mutual Fund Disclosure.

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