N-Q 1 dnq.htm THE PRUDENTIAL VARIABLE CONTRACT ACCOUNT-2 The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM N-Q

 


QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-01612

 


The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2

Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:

 


Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Address of principal executive offices:

 


Deborah A. Docs

Gateway Center 3,

100 Mulberry Street,

Newark, New Jersey 07102

Name and address of agent for service:

 


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 973-367-7521

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2007

Date of reporting period: 3/31/2007

 


 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments

 


VCA 2

Schedule Of Investments As of March 31, 2007 (Unaudited)

 

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS—97.3 %

COMMON STOCKS

   Shares    Value

Aerospace/Defense—2.0%

     

Honeywell International, Inc.

   199,800    $ 9,202,788
         

Biotechnology—2.4%

     

Amgen Inc. (a)

   89,900      5,023,612

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

   78,200      5,982,300
         
        11,005,912
         

Capital Markets—5.6%

     

Bank of New York (The)

   187,800      7,615,290

Charles Schwab Corp.

   214,500      3,923,205

Merrill Lynch & Co.

   65,600      5,357,552

UBS AG

   143,000      8,498,490
         
        25,394,537
         

Chemicals—3.0%

     

Agrium, Inc.

   183,200      7,022,056

Dupont EI. de Nemours

   133,000      6,574,190
         
        13,596,246
         

Commercial Services & Supplies—1.7%

     

Waste Management, Inc.

   219,100      7,539,231
         

Communications Equipment—4.8%

     

Avaya, Inc. (a)

   523,600      6,183,716

Motorola, Inc.

   388,900      6,871,863

QualComm, Inc.

   212,200      9,052,452
         
        22,108,031
         

Computers & Peripherals—3.5%

     

Apple, Inc. (a)

   73,600      6,838,176

Hewlett-Packard Co.

   115,000      4,616,100

Seagate Technology

   195,900      4,564,470
         
        16,018,746
         

Consumer Finance—1.9%

     

American Express Co.

   76,800      4,331,520

SLM Corp.

   109,800      4,490,820
         
        8,822,340
         

Diversified Consumer Services—3.1%

     

Career Education Corp. (a)

   198,100      6,042,050

H & R Block, Inc.

   388,800      8,180,352
         
        14,222,402
         

Diversified Financial Services—4.4%

     

Citigroup, Inc.

   136,800      7,023,312

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   144,092      6,971,171

NYSE Group, Inc. (a)

   65,900      6,178,125
         
        20,172,608
         

Electronic Equipment & Instruments—2.4%

     

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

   130,100      4,383,069

Sony Corp. ADR (Japan)

   126,000      6,361,740
         
        10,744,809
         

Energy Equipment & Services—1.1%

     

Baker Hughes, Inc.

   74,600      4,933,298
         

Food & Staples Retailing—1.3%

     

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

   126,000      5,915,700
         

Food Products—3.6%

     

Cadbury Schweppes Spons. ADR (United Kingdom)

   183,400      9,421,258

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

   291,300      7,256,283
         
        16,677,541
         

Health Care Equipment & Supplies—1.1%

     

St. Jude Medical, Inc.(a)

   131,400      4,941,954
         

Health Care Providers & Services—1.6%

     

Omnicare, Inc.

   187,800      7,468,806
         

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—1.2%

     

International Game Technology

   136,700      5,519,946
         

Household Products—2.2%

     

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

   67,200      4,488,288

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

   78,000      5,342,220
         
        9,830,508
         

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders—1.7%

     

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

   109,800      7,909,992
         

Industrial Conglomerates— 1.8%

     

General Electric Company

   232,300      8,214,128
         

Insurance—4.9%

     

American International Group

   173,200      11,642,504

Loews Corp.

   232,600      10,567,018
         
        22,209,522
         

Internet Software & Services—1.4%

     

Google, Inc. Cl. A (a)

   14,100      6,460,056
         

Media—3.4%

     

Liberty Global, Inc. Ser. C (a)

   257,005      7,874,633

News Corp. Inc. Cl. A

   324,700      7,507,064
         
        15,381,697
         

Metals & Mining— 2.8%

     

Freeport-McMoRan Cooper & Gold, Inc. Cl. B

   102,300      6,771,237

Lihir Gold Limited ADR (Papua New Guinea) (a)

   236,900      6,185,459
         
        12,956,696
         

Multiline Retail—1.4%

     

Federated Department Stores, Inc.

   139,400      6,279,970
         

Multi-Utilities—1.5%

     

Sempra Energy

   110,700      6,753,807
         

Office Electronics—1.6%

     

Xerox Corp. (a)

   438,200      7,401,198
         

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels—9.1%

     

Hess Corp.

   134,100      7,438,527

Nexen, Inc.

   112,900      6,920,770

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   168,600      8,313,666

Petroleo Brasileiro SA ADR (Brazil)

   50,500      5,025,255

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   119,300      9,108,555

Valero Energy Corp.

   77,400      4,991,526
         
        41,798,299
         

Pharmaceuticals - 4.7%

     

Abbott Laboratories

   130,700      7,293,060

Novartis AG ADR (Switzerland)

   120,900      6,604,767

Roche Holdings Ltd. ADR (Switzerland)

   85,300      7,511,262
         
        21,409,089
         

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment—3.0%

     

Broadcom Corp. Cl. A (a)

   153,200      4,913,124

Kla-Tencor Corp.

   45,300      2,415,396

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

   390,500      6,564,305
         
        13,892,825
         

Software—4.8%

     

Adobe Systems Incorporated (a)

   224,000      9,340,800

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

   126,500      6,370,540

Symantec Corp. (a)

   372,600      6,445,980
         
        22,157,320
         

Specialty Retail—1.3%

     

Best Buy Co. Inc.

   121,900      5,938,968
         

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods—1.5%

     

Nike, Inc. Cl. B

   63,900      6,790,014
         

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance—0.9%

     

Fannie Mae

   77,500      4,229,950
         

Tobacco—1.6%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

   82,400      7,235,544
         

Wireless Telecommunication Services—3.0%

     

NII Holdings, Inc. (a)

   92,600      6,869,068

Sprint Nextel Corp.

   367,988      6,977,053
         
        13,846,121
         

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(Cost: $344,179,044)

        444,980,599
         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—0.7%

     

AFFILIATED MONEY MARKET MUTUAL FUND

     

Dryden Core Investment Fund - Taxable Money Market Series (b)

(Cost: $3,035,931)

   3,035,931      3,035,931
         

TOTAL INVESTMENTS—98.0%

     

(Cost: $347,214,975)

        448,016,530

OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES—2.0%

        8,905,210
         

NET ASSETS—100%

      $ 456,921,740
         

(a)   Non-income producing security.
(b)   The Prudential Investments LLC, the manager of the Account also serves as manager of the Dryden Core Investment Fund—Taxable Money Market Series.

 

ADR American Depository Receipt


VARIABLE CONTRACT ANNUITY 2

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Unaudited)

Securities Valuation: Securities listed on a securities exchange (other than options on securities and indices) are valued at the last sale price on such exchange on the day of valuation or, if there was no sale on such day, at the mean between the last reported bid and asked prices, or at the last bid price on such day in the absence of an asked price. Securities traded via Nasdaq are valued at the Nasdaq official closing price (“NOCP”) on the day of valuation, or if there was no NOCP, at the last sale price. Securities that are actively traded in the over-the-counter market, including listed securities for which the primary market is believed by Prudential Investments LLC (“PI or Manager”), in consultation with the subadviser; to be over-the-counter, are valued at market value using prices provided by an independent pricing agent or principal market maker.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring after the close of the security’s foreign market and before the funds’ normal pricing time, are valued at fair value in accordance with the Accounts’ Committee members approved fair valuation procedures. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other mutual funds to calculate their net asset values. When determining the fair valuation of securities some of the factors influencing the valuation include, the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the general liquidity of the securities; the issuer’s financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities; any available analyst media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the investment adviser regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates.

Investments in mutual funds are valued at the net asset value as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange on the date of valuation.

Short-term securities, which mature in sixty days or less, are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value. The amortized cost method involves valuing a security at its cost on the date of purchase and thereafter assuming a constant amortization to maturity of the difference between the principal amount due at maturity and cost. Short-term securities which mature in more than sixty days are valued at current market quotations.

The Fund invests in the Taxable Money Market Series (the “Series”), a portfolio of Dryden Core Investment Fund, pursuant to an exemptive order received from the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Series is a money market mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and managed by PI.

Other information regarding each fund is available in the respective fund’s most recent Report of Shareholders. This information is available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (www.sec.gov).


Item 2. Controls and Procedures

 

  (a)   It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)   There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

Item 3. Exhibits

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 – Attached hereto.

 


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) The Prudential Variable Contract Account-2
By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/Deborah A. Docs

  Deborah A. Docs
  Secretary of the Fund

Date May 23, 2007

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/Judy A. Rice

  Judy A. Rice
  President and Principal Executive Officer

Date May 23, 2007

 

By (Signature and Title)*  

/s/Grace C. Torres

  Grace C. Torres
  Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer

Date May 23, 2007


*   Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.