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SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
 
April 30, 2015, as revised May 6, 2015
CALVERT VP SRI BALANCED PORTFOLIO
Class: F
 
Link to Prospectus (Table of Contents)
Link to Statement of Additional Information (Table of Contents)
 
 
 
Before you invest, you may want to review the Portfolio's Prospectus, which contains more information about the Portfolio and its risks. The Portfolio's Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (the "SAI"), both dated April 30, 2015, are incorporated by reference into this Summary Prospectus. You can find the Portfolio's Prospectus, the SAI, and other information about the Portfolio online at www.calvert.com/variable. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 1-800-368-2745 or by sending an e-mail request to Prospectusrequest@calvert.com, or by asking a financial professional who offers shares of the Portfolio.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
The Portfolio seeks to achieve a competitive total return through an actively managed portfolio of stocks, bonds, and money market instruments which offer income and capital growth opportunity.
FEES AND EXPENSES OF THE PORTFOLIO
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you invest in shares of the Portfolio.
The table and the following example do not reflect fees and charges imposed under the variable annuity contracts and life insurance policies (each a “Policy”) through which an investment may be made. If those fees and charges were included, costs would be higher. Please consult the prospectus for your Policy for information regarding those fees and charges.
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment
Maximum sales charge (load) on purchases
None
Maximum deferred sales charge (load)
None
 
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)
Management fees
0.69
%
Distribution and service (12b-1) fees
0.25
%
Other expenses
13.97
%
Total annual fund operating expenses
14.91
%
Less fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
(13.76
%)
Total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
1.15
%
1
The investment advisor has agreed to contractually limit direct net annual fund operating expenses to 1.15% through April 30, 2016. Calvert has further agreed to contractually limit direct net annual fund operating expenses to 3.00% through April 30, 2025. Only the Board of Directors of the Portfolio may terminate the Portfolio’s expense limitation before the contractual period expires, upon 60 days' prior notice to shareholders.


 
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;
•
your investment has a 5% return each year;
•
the Portfolio’s operating expenses remain the same; and
•
any Calvert expense limitation is in effect for the period indicated in the fee table above.
Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, under these assumptions your costs would be:
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
$117
$753
$1,414
$3,187
Portfolio Turnover
The Portfolio pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (“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 Portfolio’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Portfolio’s portfolio turnover rate was 97% of its portfolio’s average value.
INVESTMENTS, RISKS AND PERFORMANCE
Principal Investment Strategies
The Portfolio typically invests about 60% of its net assets in stocks and 40% in bonds or other fixed-income investments. Stock investments are primarily common stock in large-cap companies. Fixed-income investments are primarily a wide variety of investment grade debt securities, such as corporate debt securities, mortgage-backed securities (including commercial mortgage-backed securities and collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”)) and other asset-backed securities (“ABS”). The Portfolio invests in debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by government-sponsored enterprises (“GSEs”) such as the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”). The Portfolio may invest up to 25% of its net



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assets in foreign securities and may also invest in repurchase agreements and unrated debt securities.
An investment grade debt security is rated BBB- or higher by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”), or is an unrated debt security determined by the Advisor to be of comparable credit quality.
The Portfolio is “non-diversified,” which means it may hold securities of a smaller number of issuers and invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than a “diversified” fund.
The Portfolio invests in a combination of stocks, bonds and money market instruments in an attempt to provide a complete investment portfolio in a single product. The Advisor monitors the Portfolio’s allocation and may rebalance or reallocate the Portfolio’s assets based on its view of economic and market factors and events. The equity portion of the Portfolio is primarily a large cap core U.S. domestic portfolio, although the Portfolio may also invest in foreign stocks and mid-cap stocks. The equity portion of the Portfolio seeks companies that have the potential to outperform the market through exceptional growth and/or valuation improvement. The fixed-income portion of the Portfolio reflects an active trading strategy, seeking total return.
The Portfolio uses a hedging technique that includes the purchase and sale of U.S. Treasury securities and related futures contracts to manage the duration of the Portfolio and hedge interest rate risk.
Incidental to its main investment strategy, the Portfolio may also use futures contracts as a substitute for direct investment in a particular asset class, in order to facilitate the periodic rebalancing of the Portfolio to maintain its target asset allocation, to make tactical asset allocations and to assist in managing cash.
Sustainable and Socially Responsible Investing. The Portfolio seeks to invest in companies and other enterprises that demonstrate positive environmental, social and governance performance as they address corporate responsibility and sustainability challenges. Calvert believes that there are long-term benefits in an investment philosophy that attaches material weight to the environment, workplace relations, human rights, Indigenous Peoples’ rights, community relations, product safety and impact, and corporate governance and business ethics. Calvert also believes that managing risks and opportunities related to these issues can contribute positively to company performance as well as to investment performance over time. The Portfolio has sustainable and socially responsible investment criteria that reflect specific types of companies in which the Portfolio seeks to invest and seeks to avoid investing.
Investments are first selected for financial soundness and then evaluated according to the Portfolio’s sustainable and socially responsible investment criteria. Investments must be consistent with the Portfolio’s current investment criteria, including financial, sustainability and social responsibility factors, the application of which is in the economic interest of the Portfolio and its shareholders.
 
Principal Risks
You could lose money on your investment in the Portfolio, or the Portfolio could underperform, because of the risks described below. An investment in the Portfolio is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.
Non-diversification Risk. Because the Portfolio may hold securities of a smaller number of issuers or invest a greater percentage of its assets in a particular issuer than a diversified fund, the gains or losses on a single security may have greater impact on the Portfolio than on a diversified fund.
Management Risk. Individual investments of the Portfolio may not perform as expected, and the portfolio management practices may not achieve the desired result. There is a risk that the Advisor may allocate assets to an asset class that underperforms other asset classes.
Stock Market Risk. The market prices of stocks held by the Portfolio may fall.
Common Stock Risk. Although common stocks have a history of long-term growth in value, their prices fluctuate based on changes in a company’s financial condition, on overall market and economic conditions, and on investors’ perception of a company’s well-being.
Large-Cap Company Risk. Large-cap companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology, and also may not be able to attain the high growth rate of successful smaller companies, especially during extended periods of economic expansion.
Mid-Cap Company Risk. Prices of mid-cap stocks can be more volatile than those of larger, more established companies. Mid-cap companies are more likely to have more limited product lines, fewer capital resources and less depth of management than larger companies.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investing in foreign securities involves additional risks relating to political, social, and economic developments abroad. Other risks result from differences between regulations that apply to U.S. and foreign issuers and markets, and the potential for foreign markets to be less liquid and more volatile than U.S. markets.
Foreign Currency Risk. Securities that trade or are denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar may be adversely affected by fluctuations in currency exchange rates. When the U.S. dollar strengthens relative to a foreign currency, the U.S. dollar value of an investment denominated in that currency will typically fall.
Bond Market Risk. The market prices of bonds held by the Portfolio may fall.
Interest Rate Risk. A change in interest rates may adversely affect the value of fixed-income securities. When interest rates rise, the value of fixed-income securities will generally fall. Longer-term securities are subject to greater interest rate risk.
Credit Risk. The credit quality of fixed-income securities may deteriorate, which could lead to default or bankruptcy of the



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issuer where the issuer becomes unable to pay its obligations when due.
Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk. The value of investments in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities is subject to interest rate risk and credit risk. These securities are also subject to the risk that borrowers will prepay the principal on their loans more quickly than expected (prepayment risk) or more slowly than expected (extension risk), which will affect the yield, average life and price of the securities. In addition, faster-than-expected prepayments may cause the Portfolio to invest the prepaid principal in lower yielding securities and slower than expected prepayments may reduce the potential for the Portfolio to invest in higher yielding securities.
Mortgage-Backed Security Risk (Government-Sponsored Enterprises).  Debt and mortgage-backed securities issued by GSEs such as FNMA and FHLMC are neither insured nor guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury and are not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. Such securities are only supported by the credit of the applicable GSE. The U.S. government has provided financial support to FNMA and FHLMC, but there can be no assurance that it will support these or other GSEs in the future.
Collateralized Mortgage Obligation and Structured Asset-Backed Securities Risk. A CMO is a multiclass bond that is backed by a pool of mortgage loans or mortgage-backed securities. A structured ABS is a multiclass bond that is typically backed by a pool of auto loans, credit card receivables, home equity loans or student loans. A CMO or structured ABS is subject to interest rate risk, credit risk, prepayment risk and extension risk. In addition, if the Portfolio holds a class of a CMO or a structured ABS that is subordinated to other classes backed by the same pool of collateral, the likelihood that the Portfolio will receive payments of principal may be substantially limited.
Unrated Security Risk. Unrated securities may be less liquid than rated securities determined to be of comparable quality. The Portfolio’s purchase of unrated securities depends on the Advisor’s analysis of credit risk without the assessment of an NRSRO.
Active Trading Strategy Risk. The fixed-income portion of the Portfolio employs an active style that seeks to position the Portfolio with securities that offer the greatest price appreciation while minimizing risk. This style can result in higher turnover (exceeding 100%) and may translate to higher transaction costs.
Futures Contracts Risk. The value of a futures contract tends to increase and decrease in tandem with the value of the underlying instrument. The price of futures can be highly volatile; using them could lower total return, and the potential loss from futures can exceed the Portfolio’s initial investment in such contracts.
Repurchase Agreement Risk. A repurchase agreement exposes the fixed income portion of the Portfolio to the risk that the party that sells the security may default on its obligation to repurchase the security. The Portfolio may lose money because it cannot sell the security at the agreed-upon time and price or the security may lose value before it can be sold.
 
Sustainable and Socially Responsible Investing Risk. The application of the Fund's sustainability and socially responsible investment criteria may affect the Fund's exposure to certain sectors or types of investments and may impact the Fund's relative investment performance – positively or negatively – depending on whether such sectors or investments are in or out of favor in the market.
Performance
The following bar chart and table show the Portfolio’s annual returns and its long-term performance, which give some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The bar chart shows how the performance has varied from year to year. The table compares the Portfolio’s performance over time with that of a benchmark index, a composite index and a peer average. The performance reflected in the bar chart and table assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any.
Investors should note that the performance presented in the bar chart and table below for periods prior to the inception date of the Class F shares on October 18, 2013 is that of the Portfolio’s Class I shares. Both classes of shares of the Portfolio will have substantially similar annual returns because all classes of shares of the Portfolio invest in the same pool of investments, although Class F shares’ performance will be lower than the performance of the Class I shares of the Portfolio because Class F shares have higher operating expenses due to the Class F shares’ Rule 12b-1 fees.
The table below shows the Balanced Composite Benchmark (60% Russell 1000 Index; 40% Barclays U.S. Credit Index) because it is more consistent with the Portfolio’s portfolio construction process and represents a more accurate reflection of the Portfolio’s anticipated risk and return patterns.
The Portfolio’s past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Portfolio will perform in the future. For updated performance information, visit www.calvert.com.
The returns shown do not reflect fees and charges imposed under the variable annuity contracts and life insurance policies through which an investment may be made. If those fees and charges were included, they would reduce these returns.
Calender Year Total Returns
 



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Quarter Ended
 
Total Return
Best Quarter (of periods shown)
9/30/2009
 
12.29
%
Worst Quarter (of periods shown)
12/31/2008
 
-19.63
%
Average Annual Total Returns (as of 12/31/14)
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Calvert VP SRI Balanced Portfolio – Class F
9.18
%
10.78
%
5.42
%
Russell 1000 Index
13.24
%
15.64
%
7.96
%
Balanced Composite Benchmark
(reflects no deduction for fees or expenses)
11.14
%
12.25
%
7.60
%
Lipper VA Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Average
6.05
%
10.17
%
6.61
%
PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
Investment Advisor. Calvert Investment Management, Inc. (“Calvert” or the “Advisor”)
Allocation of Assets:
Portfolio Manager Name
Title
Length of Time Managing Portfolio
Natalie A. Trunow
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – Equities, Calvert
Since September 2008
Joshua Linder, CFA
Assistant Portfolio Manager, Calvert
Since January 2014
Fixed-Income Investments:
Portfolio Manager Name
Title
Length of Time Managing Portfolio
Matthew Duch
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Calvert
Since March 2013
Vishal Khanduja, CFA
Vice President, Portfolio Manager, Calvert
Since March 2013
Equity Investments:
Portfolio Manager Name
Title
Length of Time Managing Portfolio
Natalie A. Trunow
Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer – Equities, Calvert
Since September 2013
 
PURCHASE AND REDEMPTION OF SHARES
Shares of the Portfolio currently are sold only to participating insurance companies (the “Insurance Companies”) for allocation to their separate accounts to fund benefits under Policies issued by the Insurance Companies. The Insurance Companies redeem shares of the Portfolio to make benefit and surrender payments under the terms of the Policies.
Shares in the Portfolio are offered to the Insurance Companies, without sales charge, and redemptions are processed, on any day that the New York Stock Exchange is open. The share price is based on the Portfolio’s net asset value, determined after an Insurance Company receives the premium payment or a surrender request in acceptable form. The Portfolio does not have minimum initial or subsequent investment requirements.
A Policy owner’s interest in the shares of the Portfolio is subject to the terms of the particular Policy described in the prospectus for that Policy. If you are considering purchasing a Policy, you should carefully review the prospectus for that Policy.
TAX INFORMATION
As a regulated investment company under the Internal Revenue Code, the Portfolio is not subject to federal income tax, or to federal excise tax, to the extent that it distributes its net investment income and realized capital gains to the separate accounts of the Insurance Companies. The Portfolio intends to distribute its net investment income and realized capital gains to the extent necessary to remain qualified as a regulated investment company.
Since the only shareholders of the Portfolio are the Insurance Companies, no discussion is included here regarding the federal income tax consequences at the Policy owner level. For information on the federal tax consequences to you as a purchaser of a Policy, see the prospectus for your Policy.
PAYMENTS TO INSURANCE COMPANIES AND THEIR AFFILIATES
The Portfolio is not sold directly to the general public but instead is offered as an underlying investment option for the Policies. The Portfolio and its related companies may make payments to a sponsoring Insurance Company (or its affiliates) for distribution and/or other services. These payments may be a factor that the Insurance Company considers in including the Portfolio as an underlying investment option in the Policy and may create a conflict of interest. The prospectus (or other offering document) for your Policy may contain additional information about these payments.

Investment Company Act file:
No. 811-03591 Calvert Variable Series, Inc.




Link to Prospectus (Table of Contents)
Link to Statement of Additional Information (Table of Contents)


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