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AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund
AZL® Small Cap Stock Index Fund
Investment Objective
The Fund seeks to match the performance of the Standard & Poor’s (S&P) SmallCap 600 Index®.
Fees and Expenses

Fees and Expenses of the Fund
The following table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund  The Fund is offered exclusively as an investment option for certain Contracts.  The table below reflects only Fund expenses and does not reflect Contract fees and expenses.  Please refer to the Contract prospectus for a description of those fees and expenses.
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund
Management Fee 0.26%
Distribution (12b-1) Fees 0.25%
Other Expenses 0.10%
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses [1] 0.04%
Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses 0.65%
[1] Because Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses are not included in the Fund's Financial Highlights, the Fund's total annual fund operating expenses do not correlate to the ratios of expenses to average net assets shown in the Financial Highlights table.
Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year, that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same, and that you reinvest all dividends and distributions. It does not reflect any Contract fees. If Contract fees were included, the costs shown would be higher. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Expense Example, No Redemption (USD $)
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund
66 208 362 810
Portfolio Turnover
The Fund 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 fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 10% of the average value of its portfolio.
Investments, Risks, and Performance

Principal Investment Strategies of the Fund
The subadviser normally invests in all of the stocks in the S&P SmallCap 600® Index in proportion to their weighting in the index.

Under normal market conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in investments of small capitalization companies, which for this purpose are companies with market capitalizations (the total market value of a company’s outstanding stock) at the time of purchase included in the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

The subadviser attempts to have a correlation between the Fund’s performance and that of the index of at least 0.95 before expenses. A correlation of 1.00 would mean that the Fund and the index were perfectly correlated.

The S&P SmallCap 600® Index is an unmanaged index composed of 600 domestic stocks with market capitalizations ranging between approximately $300 million and $2.0 billion, depending on index composition. S&P® adjusts each company’s stock weighting in the index by the number of available float shares (those shares available to public investors) divided by the total shares outstanding of the company, which means larger companies with more available float shares have greater representation in the index than smaller ones.

In seeking to match the performance of the index, the subadviser uses a passive management approach and generally purchases all of the stocks comprising the benchmark index. However, in certain circumstances the subadviser may find it advantageous to purchase a representative sample of the stocks comprising the index. The subadviser also may use stock index futures as a substitute for the sale or purchase of securities.
Principal Risks of Investing in the Fund
The price per share of the Fund will fluctuate with changes in value of the investments held by the Fund. You may lose money by investing in the Fund. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its objective.

The following is a summary of the principal risks to which the Fund’s portfolio as a whole is subject.  As changes occur in a Fund’s portfolio holdings, the extent to which the portfolio is subject to each of these risks may also change.
  • Market Risk  The market value of portfolio securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably.
  • Index Fund Risk  The Fund does not attempt to manage market volatility or reduce the effects of poor stock performance.  In addition, factors such as Fund expenses, selection of a representative portfolio, changes in the composition of the index, or the timing of purchases or redemptions of Fund shares may affect the correlation between the performance of the index and the Fund’s performance.
  • Capitalization Risk Investing in small to midsized companies creates risk because smaller companies may have unpredictable or limited earnings, and their securities may be less liquid or experience more volatile prices than those of large companies.
  • Issuer Risk  The value of a security may decline for a number of reasons directly related to the issuer of the security.
  • Derivatives Risk  Investing in derivative instruments involves risks that may be different from or greater than the risks associated with investing directly in securities or other traditional investments.
Performance Information
The following bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of an investment in the Fund by showing changes in its performance from year to year and by showing how the Fund’s average annual returns for one year, five years, and since its inception compare with those of a broad measure of market performance.

Both the bar chart and the table assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions.

The performance of the Fund will vary from year to year. The Fund’s performance does not reflect the cost of insurance and separate account charges which are imposed under your variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy. If they were included, performance would be reduced. Past performance does not indicate how the Fund will perform in the future.
Performance Bar Chart and Table

Calendar Year Total Return
Annual Return %
Bar Chart
Highest and Lowest Quarter Returns (for periods shown in the bar chart)

Highest (Q2, 2009)                                                                                                                               20.83%
Lowest (Q4, 2008)                                                                                                                              -25.21%
Average Annual Total Returns
Average Annual Total Returns
One Year Ended December 31, 2012 Five Years Ended December 31, 2012
Since Inception
Inception Date
AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund
15.82% 4.67% 3.01% May 01, 2007
AZL Small Cap Stock Index Fund S&P SmallCap 600 Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)
16.33% 5.14% 3.40% May 01, 2007