NextGen College Investing Plan under Section 529


	NextGen accounts can be funded through payroll deduction, either through a corporate relationship or individually. Employers If you are interested in offering the NextGen plan as a benefit to your employees, please contact College Plan Services at 1-877-463-9843. Click here to locate a Merrill Lynch Branch Office near you. Click here to find a listing of Maine Distribution Agents. Employees If your company has not established a corporate relationship with NextGen, you can still establish a NextGen account. You may be able to fund it through payroll deduction (determined by your employer). On the account application, you must indicate that you would like to fund your account through payroll deduction. After your account is established, a form will be mailed to you for you to deliver to your Human Resources Department or Payroll Provider.

The NextGen Plan is a Section 529 plan administered by the Finance Authority of Maine. Before you invest in the NextGen plan, request a NextGen College Investing Plan Program Description from us and read it carefully. The Program Description contains more complete information, including investment objectives, charges, expenses and risks of investing in the NextGen plan, which you should carefully consider before investing. You also should consider whether your home state or your designated beneficiary’s home state offers any state tax or other benefits that are only available for investments in such state’s 529 plan. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated is the program manager, underwriter and distributor.

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