NPORT-EX 2 Equity_Dividend.htm
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
March
31,
2025
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
2
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
3.9%
Airbus
SE
..........................
8,383
$
1,476,126‌
Boeing
Co.
(The)
(a)
....................
12,464
2,125,735‌
L3Harris
Technologies,
Inc.
..............
27,611
5,779,259‌
RTX
Corp.
.........................
16,890
2,237,249‌
11,618,369‌
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
0.6%
FedEx
Corp.
........................
7,042
1,716,699‌
Automobile
Components
0.4%
Lear
Corp.
.........................
13,305
1,173,767‌
Automobiles
0.7%
General
Motors
Co.
...................
45,936
2,160,370‌
Banks
11.4%
Bank
of
America
Corp.
.................
59,490
2,482,518‌
Citigroup,
Inc.
.......................
129,206
9,172,334‌
First
Citizens
BancShares,
Inc.
,
Class
A
......
3,857
7,151,341‌
JPMorgan
Chase
&
Co.
................
18,906
4,637,642‌
Wells
Fargo
&
Co.
....................
145,298
10,430,943‌
33,874,778‌
Beverages
1.0%
Constellation
Brands,
Inc.
,
Class
A
(b)
........
5,630
1,033,218‌
Keurig
Dr
Pepper,
Inc.
.................
53,216
1,821,051‌
2,854,269‌
Broadline
Retail
1.0%
Amazon.com,
Inc.
(a)
...................
16,191
3,080,500‌
Building
Products
1.0%
Allegion
plc
.........................
6,950
906,697‌
Johnson
Controls
International
plc
.........
27,874
2,232,986‌
3,139,683‌
Capital
Markets
3.0%
Carlyle
Group,
Inc.
(The)
(b)
...............
56,022
2,441,999‌
Charles
Schwab
Corp.
(The)
.............
16,458
1,288,332‌
Intercontinental
Exchange,
Inc.
...........
30,591
5,276,948‌
9,007,279‌
Chemicals
2.9%
Air
Products
&
Chemicals,
Inc.
(b)
...........
8,801
2,595,591‌
Corteva,
Inc.
........................
9,914
623,888‌
International
Flavors
&
Fragrances,
Inc.
......
29,025
2,252,630‌
PPG
Industries,
Inc.
(b)
..................
27,771
3,036,759‌
8,508,868‌
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
0.7%
Rentokil
Initial
plc
.....................
444,314
2,016,361‌
Communications
Equipment
1.7%
Cisco
Systems,
Inc.
...................
83,201
5,134,334‌
Consumer
Staples
Distribution
&
Retail
1.3%
Dollar
General
Corp.
(b)
.................
44,282
3,893,716‌
Containers
&
Packaging
1.3%
Crown
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
11,299
1,008,549‌
Sealed
Air
Corp.
.....................
98,901
2,858,239‌
3,866,788‌
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
1.1%
Verizon
Communications,
Inc.
............
70,218
3,185,088‌
Electric
Utilities
3.2%
American
Electric
Power
Co.,
Inc.
..........
14,829
1,620,365‌
Entergy
Corp.
.......................
14,661
1,253,369‌
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Electric
Utilities
(continued)
Exelon
Corp.
........................
74,110
$
3,414,989‌
PG&E
Corp.
........................
189,002
3,247,054‌
9,535,777‌
Electrical
Equipment
0.2%
Acuity,
Inc.
.........................
2,352
619,399‌
Entertainment
2.1%
Electronic
Arts,
Inc.
...................
27,199
3,930,799‌
Walt
Disney
Co.
(The)
.................
22,307
2,201,701‌
6,132,500‌
Financial
Services
2.4%
Fidelity
National
Information
Services,
Inc.
....
58,591
4,375,576‌
Visa,
Inc.
,
Class
A
....................
7,555
2,647,725‌
7,023,301‌
Food
Products
2.2%
Kraft
Heinz
Co.
(The)
..................
146,197
4,448,775‌
Lamb
Weston
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
............
42,099
2,243,876‌
6,692,651‌
Ground
Transportation
0.2%
Norfolk
Southern
Corp.
.................
2,197
520,359‌
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
5.5%
Baxter
International,
Inc.
................
189,702
6,493,499‌
Becton
Dickinson
&
Co.
................
3,430
785,676‌
Koninklijke
Philips
NV
(a)
.................
93,486
2,379,978‌
Medtronic
plc
.......................
75,224
6,759,629‌
16,418,782‌
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
9.1%
Cardinal
Health,
Inc.
...................
62,091
8,554,277‌
Cigna
Group
(The)
....................
8,220
2,704,380‌
CVS
Health
Corp.
....................
124,319
8,422,612‌
Elevance
Health,
Inc.
..................
7,425
3,229,578‌
Labcorp
Holdings,
Inc.
.................
17,639
4,105,301‌
27,016,148‌
Health
Care
REITs
0.0%
Healthcare
Realty
Trust,
Inc.
,
Class
A
.......
7,272
122,897‌
Household
Durables
1.6%
Sony
Group
Corp.
....................
183,800
4,650,693‌
Industrial
Conglomerates
0.6%
Honeywell
International,
Inc.
.............
7,986
1,691,035‌
Industrial
REITs
0.3%
STAG
Industrial,
Inc.
..................
22,800
823,536‌
Insurance
4.9%
American
International
Group,
Inc.
.........
50,892
4,424,550‌
Fidelity
National
Financial,
Inc.
,
Class
A
......
56,899
3,702,987‌
Willis
Towers
Watson
plc
(b)
...............
18,885
6,382,186‌
14,509,723‌
IT
Services
1.3%
Cognizant
Technology
Solutions
Corp.
,
Class
A
.
51,036
3,904,254‌
Leisure
Products
1.0%
Hasbro,
Inc.
........................
48,003
2,951,704‌
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
0.1%
Fortrea
Holdings,
Inc.
(a)
.................
43,909
331,513‌
Machinery
2.3%
CNH
Industrial
NV
(b)
...................
211,604
2,598,497‌
Fortive
Corp.
........................
19,178
1,403,446‌
Komatsu
Ltd.
.......................
28,100
822,856‌
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
March
31,
2025
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
3
(Percentages
shown
are
based
on
Net
Assets)
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Machinery
(continued)
Westinghouse
Air
Brake
Technologies
Corp.
...
10,432
$
1,891,843‌
6,716,642‌
Media
2.6%
Comcast
Corp.
,
Class
A
................
146,540
5,407,326‌
WPP
plc
...........................
306,281
2,327,438‌
7,734,764‌
Metals
&
Mining
0.5%
Teck
Resources
Ltd.
,
Class
B
(b)
...........
37,399
1,362,446‌
Multi-Utilities
1.5%
Dominion
Energy,
Inc.
..................
23,461
1,315,458‌
Sempra
...........................
42,896
3,061,059‌
4,376,517‌
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
5.9%
BP
plc
............................
1,073,809
6,025,631‌
Enterprise
Products
Partners
LP
...........
89,957
3,071,132‌
Hess
Corp.
.........................
19,990
3,193,003‌
Shell
plc
...........................
144,537
5,261,194‌
17,550,960‌
Pharmaceuticals
2.0%
AstraZeneca
plc
.....................
11,975
1,758,467‌
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
.......................
1,441
1,190,136‌
Sanofi
SA
..........................
26,560
2,940,774‌
5,889,377‌
Professional
Services
3.7%
Leidos
Holdings,
Inc.
..................
19,916
2,687,465‌
SS&C
Technologies
Holdings,
Inc.
(b)
........
98,245
8,206,405‌
10,893,870‌
Residential
REITs
0.7%
Mid-America
Apartment
Communities,
Inc.
(b)
...
13,401
2,245,740‌
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
2.6%
Applied
Materials,
Inc.
.................
4,333
628,805‌
Intel
Corp.
.........................
71,768
1,629,851‌
Microchip
Technology,
Inc.
...............
28,131
1,361,822‌
Micron
Technology,
Inc.
.................
4,772
414,639‌
NVIDIA
Corp.
.......................
7,593
822,929‌
STMicroelectronics
NV
.................
48,420
1,061,732‌
Taiwan
Semiconductor
Manufacturing
Co.
Ltd.
,
ADR
(b)
..........................
10,188
1,691,208‌
7,610,986‌
Software
2.3%
Microsoft
Corp.
......................
18,005
6,758,897‌
Specialized
REITs
1.2%
Crown
Castle,
Inc.
....................
33,871
3,530,374‌
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
3.0%
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.
...........
76,811
1,185,194‌
HP,
Inc.
...........................
120,918
3,348,219‌
Samsung
Electronics
Co.
Ltd.
,
GDR
(c)
(d)
......
4,547
4,466,155‌
8,999,568‌
Tobacco
1.1%
British
American
Tobacco
plc
,
ADR
(b)
........
77,164
3,192,275‌
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
0.1%
WESCO
International,
Inc.
...............
1,750
271,775‌
Total
Common
Stocks
96
.2
%
(Cost:
$
254,348,920
)
..............................
285,309,332‌
Security
Shares
Shares
Value
Preferred
Securities
Preferred
Stocks
0.8%
Household
Products
0.8%
Henkel
AG
&
Co.
KGaA
(Preference)
........
28,389
$
2,258,832‌
Total
Preferred
Securities
0
.8
%
(Cost:
$
2,412,581
)
...............................
2,258,832‌
Total
Long-Term
Investments
97.0%
(Cost:
$
256,761,501
)
..............................
287,568,164‌
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
9.8%
(e)(f)
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
,
4.50
%
(g)
...................
20,123,524
20,133,586‌
BlackRock
Liquidity
Funds,
T-Fund,
Institutional
Class
,
4.22
%
.....................
8,996,732
8,996,732‌
Total
Short-Term
Securities
9
.8
%
(Cost:
$
29,130,836
)
...............................
29,130,318‌
Total
Investments
106
.8
%
(Cost:
$
285,892,337
)
..............................
316,698,482‌
Liabilities
in
Excess
of
Other
Assets
(
6.8
)
%
.............
(
20,226,879‌
)
Net
Assets
100.0%
...............................
$
296,471,603‌
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
March
31,
2025
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
4
Affiliates
Investments
in
issuers
considered
to
be
affiliate(s)
of
the
Fund
during
the period
ended
March
31,
2025
for
purposes
of
Section
2(a)(3)
of
the
Investment
Company
Act
of
1940,
as
amended,
were
as
follows:
(a)
Non-income
producing
security.
(b)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
is
on
loan.
(c)
Security
exempt
from
registration
pursuant
to
Rule
144A
under
the
Securities
Act
of
1933,
as
amended.
These
securities
may
be
resold
in
transactions
exempt
from
registration
to
qualified
institutional
investors.
(d)
This
security
may
be
resold
to
qualified
foreign
investors
and
foreign
institutional
buyers
under
Regulation
S
of
the
Securities
Act
of
1933.
(e)
Affiliate
of
the
Fund.
(f)
Annualized
7-day
yield
as
of
period
end.
(g)
All
or
a
portion
of
this
security
was
purchased
with
the
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities.
Affiliated
Issuer
Value
at
12/31/24
Purchases
at
Cost
Proceeds
from
Sales
Net
Realized
Gain
(Loss)
Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Value
at
03/31/25
Shares
Held
at
03/31/25
Income
Capital
Gain
Distributions
from
Underlying
Funds
BlackRock
Cash
Funds:
Institutional,
SL
Agency
Shares
..............
$
10,863,366
$
9,269,410
(a)
$
$
1,328
$
(
518
)
$
20,133,586
20,123,524
$
10,916
(b)
$
BlackRock
Liquidity
Funds,
T-Fund,
Institutional
Class
.
11,477,942
(
2,481,210
)
(a)
8,996,732
8,996,732
108,308
$
1,328
$
(
518
)
$
29,130,318
$
119,224
$
(a)
Represents
net
amount
purchased
(sold).
(b)
All
or
a
portion
represents
securities
lending
income
earned
from
the
reinvestment
of
cash
collateral
from
loaned
securities,
net
of
collateral
investment
fees,
and
other
payments
to
and
from
borrowers
of
securities.
For
purposes
of
this
report,
industry
and
sector
sub-classifications
may
differ
from
those
utilized
by
the
Fund
for
compliance
purposes.
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
March
31,
2025
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
5
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
Various
inputs
are
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments
at
the
measurement
date.
These
inputs
to
valuation
techniques
are
categorized
into
a
fair
value
hierarchy
consisting
of
three
broad
levels
for
financial
reporting
purposes
as
follows:
Level
1
Unadjusted
price
quotations
in
active
markets/exchanges
that
the
Fund
has
the
ability
to
access
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities;
Level
2
Inputs
other
than
quoted
prices
included
within
Level
1
that
are
observable
for
the
asset
or
liability,
either
directly
or
indirectly;
and
Level
3
Inputs
that
are
unobservable
and
significant
to the
entire
fair
value
measurement
for
the asset
or
liability (including
the
Valuation
Committee's
assumptions
used
in
determining
the
fair
value
of
financial
instruments).
The
hierarchy
gives
the
highest
priority
to
unadjusted
quoted
prices
in
active
markets
for
identical
assets
or
liabilities
(Level
1
measurements)
and
the
lowest
priority
to
unobservable
inputs
(Level
3
measurements).
Accordingly,
the
degree
of
judgment
exercised
in
determining
fair
value
is
greatest
for
instruments
categorized
in
Level
3.
The
inputs
used
to
measure
fair
value
may
fall
into
different
levels
of
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
In
such
cases,
for
disclosure
purposes,
the
fair
value
hierarchy
classification
is
determined
based
on
the
lowest
level
input
that
is
significant
to
the
fair
value
measurement
in
its
entirety.
Investments
classified
within
Level
3
have
significant
unobservable
inputs
used
by
the
Valuation
Committee
in
determining
the
price
for
Fair
Valued
Investments.
Level
3
investments
include
equity
or
debt
issued
by
privately
held
companies
or
funds,
that
may
not
have
a
secondary
market,
and/
or may
have
a
limited
number
of
investors.
The
categorization
of
a
value
determined
for
financial
instruments
is
based
on
the
pricing
transparency
of
the
financial
instruments
and
is
not
necessarily
an
indication
of
the
risks
associated
with
investing
in
those
securities.
For
information
about
the
Fund’s
policy
regarding
valuation
of
financial
instruments,
refer
to
its
most
recent
financial
statements.
The
following
table
summarizes
the
Fund’s
financial
instruments
categorized
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
The
breakdown
of
the
Fund's
financial
instruments
into
major
categories
is
disclosed
in
the
Schedule
of
Investments
above.
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Assets
Investments
Long-Term
Investments
Common
Stocks
Aerospace
&
Defense
....................................
$
10,142,243
$
1,476,126
$
$
11,618,369
Air
Freight
&
Logistics
....................................
1,716,699
1,716,699
Automobile
Components
..................................
1,173,767
1,173,767
Automobiles
..........................................
2,160,370
2,160,370
Banks
...............................................
33,874,778
33,874,778
Beverages
...........................................
2,854,269
2,854,269
Broadline
Retail
........................................
3,080,500
3,080,500
Building
Products
.......................................
3,139,683
3,139,683
Capital
Markets
........................................
9,007,279
9,007,279
Chemicals
............................................
8,508,868
8,508,868
Commercial
Services
&
Supplies
.............................
2,016,361
2,016,361
Communications
Equipment
................................
5,134,334
5,134,334
Consumer
Staples
Distribution
&
Retail
........................
3,893,716
3,893,716
Containers
&
Packaging
..................................
3,866,788
3,866,788
Diversified
Telecommunication
Services
........................
3,185,088
3,185,088
Electric
Utilities
........................................
9,535,777
9,535,777
Electrical
Equipment
.....................................
619,399
619,399
Entertainment
.........................................
6,132,500
6,132,500
Financial
Services
......................................
7,023,301
7,023,301
Food
Products
.........................................
6,692,651
6,692,651
Ground
Transportation
...................................
520,359
520,359
Health
Care
Equipment
&
Supplies
...........................
14,038,804
2,379,978
16,418,782
Health
Care
Providers
&
Services
............................
27,016,148
27,016,148
Health
Care
REITs
......................................
122,897
122,897
Household
Durables
.....................................
4,650,693
4,650,693
Industrial
Conglomerates
..................................
1,691,035
1,691,035
Industrial
REITs
........................................
823,536
823,536
Insurance
............................................
14,509,723
14,509,723
IT
Services
...........................................
3,904,254
3,904,254
Leisure
Products
.......................................
2,951,704
2,951,704
Life
Sciences
Tools
&
Services
..............................
331,513
331,513
Machinery
............................................
5,893,786
822,856
6,716,642
Media
...............................................
5,407,326
2,327,438
7,734,764
Metals
&
Mining
........................................
1,362,446
1,362,446
Multi-Utilities
..........................................
4,376,517
4,376,517
Oil,
Gas
&
Consumable
Fuels
...............................
6,264,135
11,286,825
17,550,960
Pharmaceuticals
.......................................
1,190,136
4,699,241
5,889,377
Professional
Services
....................................
10,893,870
10,893,870
Schedule
of
Investments
(unaudited)
(continued)
March
31,
2025
BlackRock
Equity
Dividend
V.I.
Fund
6
Level
1
Level
2
Level
3
Total
Residential
REITs
.......................................
$
2,245,740
$
$
$
2,245,740
Semiconductors
&
Semiconductor
Equipment
....................
6,549,254
1,061,732
7,610,986
Software
.............................................
6,758,897
6,758,897
Specialized
REITs
......................................
3,530,374
3,530,374
Technology
Hardware,
Storage
&
Peripherals
....................
4,533,413
4,466,155
8,999,568
Tobacco
.............................................
3,192,275
3,192,275
Trading
Companies
&
Distributors
............................
271,775
271,775
Preferred
Securities
.......................................
2,258,832
2,258,832
Short-Term
Securities
Money
Market
Funds
......................................
29,130,318
29,130,318
$
279,252,245
$
37,446,237
$
$
316,698,482
Portfolio
Abbreviation
ADR
American
Depositary
Receipts
GDR
Global
Depositary
Receipts
REIT
Real
Estate
Investment
Trust
Fair
Value
Hierarchy
as
of
Period
End
(continued)