The Schwab Self-Directed Brokerage Account (SDBA) Indicators

This quarterly report provides a snapshot of participant investing activity within the Schwab Personal Choice Retirement Account® (PCRA), highlighting how retirement investors leverage the flexibility of self‑directed brokerage accounts (SDBAs) in their employer‑sponsored retirement plans.

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1. Schwab Personal Choice Retirement Account® (PCRA) is offered through Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Member SIPC), a registered broker-dealer which also provides other brokerage and custody services to its customers.

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Investment and Insurance Products Are: Not FDIC Insured • Not Insured by Any Federal Government Agency • Not a Deposit or Other Obligation of, or Guaranteed by, the Bank or any of its Affiliates • Subject to Investment Risks, Including Possible Loss of Principal Amount Invested

Outcomes are not guaranteed.

Schwab Workplace Services is a business enterprise which offers products and services through Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc.; Schwab Stock Plan Services; Designated Brokerage Services; and Schwab Retirement Business Services. Retirement Business Services includes Schwab Retirement Technologies, Inc.® (Schwab RT); Charles Schwab Trust Bank (Member FDIC); and Personal Choice Investment Services.

The Charles Schwab Corporation provides services to retirement and other benefit plans and participants through its separate but affiliated companies and subsidiaries: Charles Schwab Trust Bank (Member FDIC); Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Member SIPC, www.sipc.org); and Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc.; Schwab Retirement Technologies, Inc. ("Schwab RT"), and Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc., provides recordkeeping and related services with respect to retirement plans. Brokerage products and services are offered by Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Member SIPC, www.sipc.org). Schwab Stock Plan Services is a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. providing equity compensation plan services and brokerage solutions for corporate clients. Schwab Designated Brokerage Services (DBS), a division of Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., provides technology solutions for corporate clients with regulatory requirements to monitor employee security transactions. Schwab Retirement Technologies (“Schwab RT”) develops and licenses retirement plan recordkeeping software, systems, and hosting services for use by independent third-party administrators. Charles Schwab Trust Bank (Member FDIC) provides trust, custody, deposit products and services. Personal Choice Investment Services, a division of Charles Schwab & Co. Inc., provides services and solutions for employee benefit plans and participants. Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc. ("CSIM") is the investment advisor for Schwab's proprietary mutual funds and ETFs.

Through its operating subsidiaries, The Charles Schwab Corporation provides a full range of securities brokerage, banking, money management and financial advisory services to individual investors and independent investment advisors as well as provides services to retirement and other benefit plans and participants. Its broker-dealer subsidiary, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. (Member SIPC, sipc.org), and affiliates offer a complete range of investment services and products including an extensive selection of mutual funds; financial planning and investment advice. Its banking subsidiaries, Charles Schwab Bank, SSB and Charles Schwab Premier Bank, SSB (Members FDIC and an Equal Housing Lenders), provide banking and lending services and products; Charles Schwab Trust Bank (Member FDIC), provides trust, custody, and deposit products and services. Its recordkeeping subsidiary, Schwab Retirement Plan Services, Inc., provides recordkeeping and related services. What we share here to help support you, your employees, your plan, and your participants represents the broad range of products and services available through The Charles Schwab Corporation and its operating subsidiaries. This includes access to brokerage, banking, trust, and recordkeeping services to help respond to needs that may exist within or beyond your retirement plan.

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