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Stock Portfolio
Stock Portfolio
Investment Goal

The Portfolio’s investment goal is long-term capital appreciation,

with a secondary objective of increasing dividend income.

Fees and Expenses of the Portfolio

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Portfolio. The Portfolio’s annual operating expenses do not reflect the separate account fees charged in the variable annuity or variable life insurance policy (“Variable Contracts”), in which the Portfolio is offered. If the separate account’s fees were shown, the Portfolio’s annual operating expenses would be higher. Please see your Variable Contract prospectus for more details on the separate account fees.

Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses - Stock Portfolio
Class 1
Class 2
Class 3
Management Fees 0.83% 0.83% 0.83%
Service (12b-1) Fees none 0.15% 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
Total Annual Portfolio Operating Expenses 0.88% 1.03% 1.13%
Expense Example

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same. The Example does not reflect charges imposed by the Variable Contract. If the Variable Contract fees were reflected, the expenses would be higher. See the Variable Contract prospectus for information on such charges. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions and the net expenses shown in the fee table, your costs would be:

Expense Example - Stock Portfolio - USD ($)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class 1 90 281 488 1,084
Class 2 105 328 569 1,259
Class 3 115 359 622 1,375
Portfolio Turnover

The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs. These costs, which are not reflected in annual portfolio operating expenses or in the example, affect the Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 32% of the average value of its portfolio.

Principal Investment Strategies of the Portfolio

The Portfolio attempts to achieve its investment goal by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of net assets in common stocks of a diversified group of growth companies.


The Portfolio generally seeks investments in stocks of large-capitalization companies with one or more of the following characteristics: strong cash flow and an above-average rate of earnings growth; the ability to sustain earnings momentum during economic downturns; and occupation of a lucrative niche in the economy and the ability to expand even during times of slow economic growth. As growth investors, the Portfolio management believes that when a company increases its earnings faster than both inflation and the overall growth rate of the economy, the market will eventually reward it with a higher stock price. The Portfolio at times may invest significantly in technology stocks.


In pursuing its investment objective, the Portfolio has the discretion to deviate from its normal investment criteria, as previously described, and purchase securities that the Portfolio’s management believes will provide an opportunity for substantial appreciation. These situations might arise when the Portfolio’s management believes a security could increase in value for a variety of reasons, including an extraordinary corporate event, a new product introduction or innovation, a favorable competitive development, or a change in management.


The Portfolio may also invest in short-term investments (up to 20%) and foreign securities (up to 30%).

Principal Risks of Investing in the Portfolio

There can be no assurance that the Portfolio’s investment goal will be met or that the net return on an investment in the Portfolio will exceed what could have been obtained through other investment or savings vehicles. Shares of the Portfolio are not bank deposits and are not guaranteed or insured by any bank, government entity or the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. As with any mutual fund, there is no guarantee that the Portfolio will be able to achieve its investment goal. If the value of the assets of the Portfolio goes down, you could lose money.


The following is a summary description of the principal risks of investing in the Portfolio.


Management Risk. The Portfolio is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed investment portfolio. The Portfolio’s portfolio managers apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there can be no guarantee that these decisions or individual securities selected by the portfolio managers will produce the desired results.


Equity Securities Risk. The Portfolio invests principally in equity securities and is therefore subject to the risk that stock prices will fall and may underperform other asset classes. Individual stock prices fluctuate from day-to-day and may decline significantly.


Growth Stock Risk. The Portfolio invests substantially in growth-style stocks. Growth stocks may lack the dividend yield associated with value stocks that can cushion total return in a bear market. Also, growth stocks normally carry a higher price/earnings ratio than many other stocks. Consequently, if earnings expectations are not met, the market price of growth stocks will often go down more than other stocks.


Foreign Investment Risk. The Portfolio’s investments in securities of foreign issuers or issuers with significant exposure to foreign markets involve additional risk. Foreign countries in which the Portfolio invests may have markets that are less liquid, less regulated and more volatile than U.S. markets. The value of the Portfolio’s investments may decline because of factors affecting the particular issuer as well as foreign markets and issuers generally, such as unfavorable government actions, and political or financial instability. Lack of information may also affect the value of these securities. The risks of foreign investments are heightened when investing in issuers in emerging market countries.


Investment Style Risk. Different investment styles tend to shift in and out of favor, depending on market conditions and investor sentiment. Because a Portfolio may hold stocks with both growth and value characteristics, it could underperform other stock Portfolios that take a strictly growth or value approach to investing when one style is currently in favor. Growth stocks tend to be more volatile than the overall stock market and can have sharp price declines as a result of earnings disappointments. Value stocks carry the risk that the market will not recognize their intrinsic value or that they are actually appropriately priced at a low level.


Market Risk. The Portfolio’s share price can fall because of weakness in the broad market, a particular industry, or specific holdings. The market as a whole can decline for many reasons, including adverse political or economic developments in the U.S. or abroad, changes in investor psychology, or heavy institutional selling. In addition, the subadviser’s assessment of companies held in the Portfolio may prove incorrect, resulting in losses or poor performance even in a rising market.


Technology Sector Risk. There are numerous risks and uncertainties involved in investing in the technology sector. Historically, the price of securities in this sector have tended to be volatile. A Portfolio that invests primarily in technology-related issuers bears an additional risk that economic events may affect a substantial portion of the Portfolio’s investments. In addition, at times equity securities of technology-related issuers may underperform relative to other sectors. The technology sector includes companies from various industries, including computer hardware, software, semiconductors, telecommunications, electronics, aerospace and defense, health care equipment and biotechnology, among others.


Issuer Risk. The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods and services.

Performance Information

The following Risk/Return Bar Chart and Table illustrate the risks of investing in Class 1 shares of the Portfolio by showing changes in the Portfolio’s performance from calendar year to calendar year and comparing the Portfolio’s average annual returns to those of the Russell 1000® Growth Index. Fees and expenses incurred at the contract level are not reflected in the bar chart or table. If these amounts were reflected, returns would be less than those shown. Of course, past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the Portfolio will perform in the future.

(Class 1 Shares)
Bar Chart

During the 10-year period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 19.03% (quarter ended March 31, 2012) and the lowest return for a quarter was -23.37% (quarter ended December 31, 2008). The year-to-date calendar return as of June 30, 2015 was 6.96%.

Average Annual Total Returns (For the periods ended December 31, 2014)
Average Annual Returns - Stock Portfolio
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Class 1 8.56% 15.35% 8.36%
Class 2 8.42% 15.19% 8.20%
Class 3 8.30% 15.06% 8.09%
Russell 1000® Growth Index 13.05% 15.81% 8.49%