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International Large Cap Portfolio
 
 
Summary Prospectus
Class S
 
 
Before you invest, you may want to review the Fund’s prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Fund’s prospectus and other information about the Fund (including the Fund’s SAI) online at https://www.nb.com/VariableAnnuityLiterature.aspx?id=1278. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 800-877-9700 or by sending an e-mail request to fundinfo@nb.com. You can also get this information from your investment provider or any investment provider authorized to sell the Fund’s shares. The Fund’s prospectus and SAI, each dated May 1, 2013 (as each may be amended or supplemented), are incorporated herein by reference.
 
 
Goal
 
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in common stocks of foreign companies.
 
 
Fees And Expenses
 
These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold or sell shares of the Fund. These tables do not reflect any expenses or charges that are, or may be, imposed under a variable annuity or variable life insurance separate account or a qualified pension or retirement plan. If expenses or charges imposed under a variable annuity or variable life insurance separate account or a qualified pension or retirement plan were reflected in the tables, then expenses would be higher than shown in the tables. For information on these expenses and charges, please refer to the applicable variable contract prospectus, prospectus summary or disclosure statement, or if you purchased shares through a qualified plan, please consult the plan administrator.
 
Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
N/A
Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a % of the value of your investment)1
 
Management fees
0.85
Distribution (12b-1) fees
0.25
Other expenses2
1.05
Total annual operating expenses
2.15
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
0.85
Total annual operating expenses after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement
1.30
 
The expense example can help you compare costs among mutual funds. The example assumes that you invested $10,000 for the periods shown, that you redeemed all of your shares at the end of those periods, that the Fund earned a hypothetical 5% total return each year, and that the Fund’s expenses were those in the table. Actual performance and expenses may be higher or lower.
 
1
Neuberger Berman Management LLC (“NBM”) has contractually undertaken to limit the Fund’s expenses through December 31, 2016 by waiving fees and/or reimbursing certain expenses of the Fund so that its total operating expenses (including the compensation of NBM and excluding taxes, interest, extraordinary expenses, brokerage commissions and transaction costs), in the aggregate, are limited to 1.30% per annum of the Fund’s average daily net asset value. These fee waivers and/or expense reimbursement are subject to recoupment by NBM within three years.
   
2
Since the Fund had not yet commenced investment operations as of December 31, 2012, “Other Expenses” are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
 
1 Year
3 Years
Expenses
$132
$412
 
 
 
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 and may result in distributions causing higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual operating expenses or in the example, affect the Fund’s performance. The Fund has not yet commenced operations. Thus, no portfolio turnover rate is provided for the Fund.
 
 

 
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Principal Investment Strategies
 
To pursue its goal, the Fund invests mainly in large-capitalization foreign companies, including companies in developed and emerging industrialized markets. Under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund’s net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, will be invested in common stocks of large-capitalization companies. The Fund currently defines large-capitalization companies as those with a market capitalization greater than $2.5 billion at the time of purchase. The Fund may continue to hold or add to a position in a stock after the issuer no longer meets the market capitalization of $2.5 billion. The Fund defines a foreign company as one that is organized outside of the United States and conducts the majority of its business abroad.
 
The Fund seeks to reduce risk by diversifying among many industries. Although it has the flexibility to invest a significant portion of its assets in one country or region, it generally intends to remain well-diversified across countries and geographical regions.
 
In picking stocks, the Portfolio Manager looks for well-managed and profitable companies that show growth potential and whose stock prices are undervalued. Factors in identifying these firms may include strong fundamentals, such as attractive cash flows and balance sheets, as well as prices that are reasonable in light of projected returns. The Portfolio Manager also considers the outlooks for various countries and sectors around the world, examining economic, market, social, and political conditions.
 
The Portfolio Manager follows a disciplined selling strategy and may sell a stock when it reaches a target price, if a company’s business fails to perform as expected, or when other opportunities appear more attractive.
 
The Fund may change its goal without shareholder approval, although it does not currently intend to do so. The Fund will not change its strategy of normally investing at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in large-capitalization companies without providing shareholders at least 60 days’ advance notice. This test is applied at the time the Fund invests; later percentage changes caused by a change in Fund assets, market values or company circumstances will not require the Fund to dispose of a holding.
 
 
Principal Investment Risks
 
Most of the Fund’s performance depends on what happens in international stock markets. The behavior of these markets is unpredictable, particularly in the short term. A company’s stock can also be affected by the company’s financial condition. Although foreign stocks offer added diversification potential, world markets may all react in similar fashion to important economic or political developments. There can be no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its goal.
 
The Fund is a mutual fund, not a bank deposit, and is not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The value of your investment may fall, sometimes sharply, and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
 
The following factors can significantly affect the Fund’s performance:
 
Market Volatility. Markets are volatile and values of individual securities and other investments can decline significantly in response to adverse issuer, political, regulatory, market, economic or other developments that may cause broad changes in market value. To the extent that the Fund sells a portfolio position before it reaches its market peak, it may miss out on opportunities for higher performance.
 
Issuer-Specific Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the value of the market as a whole.
 
Foreign and Emerging Market Risk. Foreign securities involve risks in addition to those associated with comparable U.S. securities. Additional risks include exposure to currency fluctuation; or currency redenomination; potential for default on sovereign debt; less liquidity, less developed or less efficient trading markets; social, political or economic instability; fluctuations in foreign currencies; nationalization or expropriation of assets; settlement, custodial or other operational risks;
 
 
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and less stringent auditing and legal standards. As a result, foreign securities can fluctuate more widely in price and may also be less liquid than comparable U.S. securities. World markets, or those in a particular region, may all react in similar fashion to important economic or political developments. In addition, foreign markets can perform differently than the U.S. market. Following the market turmoil of 2008-2009, some national economies continue to show instability, which may in turn affect their international trading partners. Investing in emerging market countries involves risks in addition to those generally associated with investing in developed foreign countries. Securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less liquid than securities issued in foreign countries with more developed economies or markets.
 
Investing in emerging market countries may involve risks in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in developed foreign countries. Securities issued in these countries may be more volatile and less liquid than securities issued in foreign countries with more developed economies or markets.
 
Currency Risk. Currency fluctuations could erase investment gains or add to investment losses.
 
Value Investing Risk. With a valuation sensitive approach, there is the risk that stocks may remain undervalued during a given period, because value stocks, as a category, lose favor with investors, or because of a failure to anticipate which stocks or industries would benefit from changing market or economic conditions.
 
Growth Investing Risk. Because the prices of most growth stocks are based on future expectations, these stocks tend to be more sensitive than value stocks to bad economic news and negative earnings surprises. Bad economic news or changing investor perceptions can negatively affect growth stocks across several industries and sectors simultaneously. Growth stocks may underperform during periods when the market favors value stocks.
 
Large-Cap Company Risk. At times, larger capitalization stocks may lag other types of stocks in performance, which could cause a fund holding these stocks to perform worse than certain other funds over a given time period. Any type of stock may underperform any other during a given period.
 
Arbitrage Risk. Investing in foreign stocks may involve a greater risk for excessive trading due to potential arbitrage opportunities. For example, to the extent that the Fund’s net asset value does not immediately reflect changes in market conditions or the true market value of these securities, an investor may seek to benefit from the pricing differences caused by this delay.
 
Recent Market Conditions. The financial crisis in the U.S. and many foreign economies over the past several years, including the European sovereign debt and banking crisis, has resulted, and may continue to result, in an unusually high degree of volatility in the financial markets, both domestic and foreign, and in the net asset values of many mutual funds, including to some extent the Fund. In addition, global economies and financial markets are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the possibilities that conditions in one country or region might adversely impact issuers in a different country or region. The severity or duration of adverse economic conditions may also be affected by policy changes made by governments or quasi-governmental organizations. Because the situation is widespread and largely unprecedented, it may be unusually difficult to identify both risks and opportunities using past models of the interplay of market forces, or to predict the duration of these market conditions.
 
 
Performance
 
The Fund had not commenced investment operations as of December 31, 2012 and therefore does not have a full calendar year of performance.
 
 
Investment Managers
 
Neuberger Berman Management LLC (NBM) is the Fund’s investment manager. Neuberger Berman LLC (NB) is the Fund’s sub-adviser.
 
 
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Portfolio Manager
 
The Fund is managed by Benjamin Segal (Managing Director of NBM and NB).
 
 
Buying And Selling Fund Shares
 
The Fund is designed for use with certain variable insurance contracts and qualified plans. Because shares of the Fund are held by the insurance company or qualified plans involved, you will need to follow the instructions provided by your insurance company or qualified plan for matters involving allocations to this Fund.
 
When you buy and sell shares of the Fund, the share price is the Fund’s net asset value per share. When you buy shares, you will receive the next share price to be calculated after your order has been accepted. The Fund is open for business every day the New York Stock Exchange is open.
 
 
Tax Information
 
Distributions made by the Fund to a variable annuity or variable life insurance separate account or a qualified pension or retirement plan, and exchanges and redemptions of Fund shares made by a separate account or qualified plan ordinarily do not cause the corresponding contract holder or plan participant to recognize income or gain for federal income tax purposes. Please see your variable contract prospectus or the governing documents of your qualified plan for information regarding the federal income tax treatment of the distributions to separate accounts or qualified plans and the holders of the contracts or plan participants.
 
 
Payments To Financial Intermediaries
 
The Fund and NBM and/or its affiliates may pay insurance companies or their affiliates, qualified plan administrators, broker-dealers or other financial intermediaries, for services they provide respecting the Fund to current and prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants who choose the Fund as an investment option. These payments may create a conflict of interest as they may be made to the intermediaries participating in the Fund to render services to variable contract owners and qualified plan participants, and may also provide incentive for the intermediaries to recommend the Fund’s shares or make them available to their current or prospective variable contract owners and qualified plan participants, and therefore promote distribution of the Fund’s shares.
 
 
SEC File Number: 811-4255
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