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Key target date history

Important Information

IMPORTANT CHANGES TO THE TARGET STRATEGIES, CONTINUED: Specifically, beginning in the second quarter of 2020, the strategies’ glide path will gradually change to increase its overall stock allocation at certain points and accordingly decrease its bond allocation. Note that there will be no change to the allocation at the target retirement date. Adjustments to stock and bond allocations will be made incrementally, and we expect the transition to the enhanced glide path to be completed in the second quarter of 2022, depending on market conditions. The 2065 vintage follows the enhanced glide path and does not have a transition period. Please see the prospectus or offering circular for additional details. 

The Retirement Blend Funds follow the enhanced glide path and do not have a transition period.

The principal value of target date strategies is not guaranteed at any time, including at or after the target date, which is the approximate date when investors plan to retire (assumed to be age 65) and likely stop making new investments in the strategy. If an investor plans to retire significantly earlier or later than age 65, the target date strategies may not be an appropriate investment even if the investor is retiring on or near the target date. These target date strategies invest in a diversified portfolio of other T. Rowe Price stock and bond strategies that represent various asset classes and sectors and are therefore subject to the risks of different areas of the market. The allocations among a broad range of underlying T. Rowe Price stock and bond strategies will change over time. The strategies emphasize potential capital appreciation during the early phases of retirement asset accumulation, balance the need for appreciation with the need for income as retirement approaches, and focus on supporting an income stream over a long-term post-retirement withdrawal horizon. The target date strategies are not designed for a lump-sum redemption at the target date and do not guarantee a particular level of income. Diversification cannot assure a profit or protect against loss in a declining market.

Important information about performance

The S&P Target Date Indexes are designed to represent asset class exposure for glide path products with target dates of a select year. Investors cannot invest directly in an index.

The fund may have other share classes available that offer different investment minimums and fees. See the prospectus for details. The fund’s total return figures reflect the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, if any.

The S&P Target Date Indexes are products of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, or its affiliates (“SPDJI”), and has been licensed for use by T. Rowe Price. Standard & Poor's® and S&P® are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC, a division of S&P Global (“S&P”); Dow Jones® is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC (“Dow Jones”) and these trademarks have been licensed for use by SPDJI and sublicensed for certain purposes by T. Rowe Price. The fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by SPDJI, Dow Jones, S&P, their respective affiliates, and none of such parties make any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s) nor do they have any liability for any errors, omissions, or interruptions of the Index.

Important information about for the Morningstar Quantitative Ratings

I Class accounts generally require a $1 million minimum initial investment; the minimum may be waived for certain retirement plans, intermediaries maintaining omnibus accounts, and certain other accounts. 

The Morningstar Quantitative Rating is not a credit or risk rating. It is a quantitative evaluation performed by Morningstar, Inc. The Quantitative Ratings are composed of the Morningstar Quantitative Rating for funds, Quantitative Parent Pillar, Quantitative People Pillar, and Quantitative Process Pillar. The Quantitative Rating consists of a series of seven individual models working in unison that were designed to provide a best approximation for the Analyst Rating on the global universe of open-end funds and ETFs. The Quantitative Rating scale ranges from Gold to Bronze, with Gold being the highest rating and Negative being the lowest rating. The top 15% of eligible share classes in a rating group are given a Gold rating, the next 35% Silver, and the bottom 50% a Bronze rating. For more detailed information about Morningstar’s Quantitative Rating, including its methodology, please go to https://www.morningstar.com/content/dam/marketing/shared/research/methodology/813568-QuantRatingForFundsMethodolgy.pdf.

The Morningstar Quantitative Rating should not be used as the sole basis in evaluating a mutual fund. In no way does Morningstar represent ratings as a guarantee nor should they be viewed by an investor as such. Morningstar Quantitative Ratings involve unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause Morningstar’s expectations not to occur or to differ significantly from what we expected.

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Important information about the Morningstar Analyst Ratings

The Retirement 2005–2060 Funds, Investor Class, and the Retirement I 2005–2060 Funds-I Class, received a Morningstar Analyst Rating™ of Gold as of February 19, 2021. Analyst Ratings for other share classes may differ. The 2065 vintage has not been rated due to its limited history.

The Morningstar Analyst Rating™ is not a credit or risk rating. It is a subjective evaluation performed by Morningstar’s manager research group, which consists of various Morningstar, Inc. subsidiaries (“Manager Research Group”). In the United States, that subsidiary is Morningstar Research Services LLC, which is registered with and governed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. The Manager Research Group evaluates funds based on five key pillars, which are process, performance, people, parent, and price. The Manager Research Group uses this five-pillar evaluation to determine how they believe funds are likely to perform relative to a benchmark over the long term on a risk adjusted basis. They consider quantitative and qualitative factors in their research. For actively managed strategies, people and process each receive a 45% weighting in their analysis, while parent receives a 10% weighting. For passive strategies, process receives an 80% weighting, while people and parent each receive a 10% weighting. For both active and passive strategies, performance has no explicit weight as it is incorporated into the analysis of people and process; price at the share-class level (where applicable) is directly subtracted from an expected gross alpha estimate derived from the analysis of the other pillars. The impact of the weighted pillar scores for people, process and parent on the final Analyst Rating is further modified by a measure of the dispersion of historical alphas among relevant peers. For certain peer groups where standard benchmarking is not applicable, primarily peer groups of funds using alternative investment strategies, the modification by alpha dispersion is not used.

The Analyst Rating scale is Gold, Silver, Bronze, Neutral, and Negative. For active funds, a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Gold, Silver, or Bronze reflects the Manager Research Group’s expectation that an active fund will be able to deliver positive alpha net of fees relative to the standard benchmark index assigned to the Morningstar category. The level of the rating relates to the level of expected positive net alpha relative to Morningstar category peers for active funds. For passive funds, a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Gold, Silver, or Bronze reflects the Manager Research Group’s expectation that a fund will be able to deliver a higher alpha net of fees than the lesser of the relevant Morningstar category median or 0. The level of the rating relates to the level of expected net alpha relative to Morningstar category peers for passive funds. For certain peer groups where standard benchmarking is not applicable, primarily peer groups of funds using alternative investment strategies, a Morningstar Analyst Rating of Gold, Silver, or Bronze reflects the Manager Research Group’s expectation that a fund will deliver a weighted pillar score above a predetermined threshold within its peer group. Analyst Ratings ultimately reflect the Manager Research Group’s overall assessment, are overseen by an Analyst Rating Committee, and are continuously monitored and reevaluated at least every 14 months.

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The Morningstar Analyst Rating (i) should not be used as the sole basis in evaluating a fund, (ii) involves unknown risks and uncertainties which may cause the Manager Research Group’s expectations not to occur or to differ significantly from what they expected, and (iii) should not be considered an offer or solicitation to buy or sell the fund.

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The T. Rowe Price Retirement Trusts, Retirement Hybrid Trusts, Retirement Blend Trusts, Target Trusts, Target Blend Trusts, and their underlying trusts (Trusts) are not mutual funds. They are common trust funds established by T. Rowe Price Trust Company under Maryland banking law, and their units are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933. Investments in the Trusts are not deposits or obligations of, or guaranteed by, the U.S. government or its agencies or T. Rowe Price Trust Company and are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of principal.