N-Q 1 d237477dnq.htm ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCT SERIES AllianceBernstein Variable Product Series

 

 

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: 811-05398

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES

FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2011

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2011

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 62.1%

       

Financials - 15.9%

       

Capital Markets - 0.8%

       

Blackstone Group LP

     109,575         $ 1,312,708   

Deutsche Bank AG

     11,900           412,350   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     17,405           1,645,643   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     21,500           552,765   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     3,400           73,528   

UBS AG (a)

     28,433           325,233   
       

 

 

 
          4,322,227   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.1%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     6,900           128,072   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     40,400           334,498   

Banco do Brasil SA

     11,600           153,248   

Banco Santander SA

     44,900           367,098   

Barclays PLC

     120,000           294,283   

BNP Paribas SA

     25,353           999,481   

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     3,640           105,838   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     142,500           1,091,450   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     122,650           192,345   

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (ADR)

     25,900           401,968   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     3,845           127,047   

KBC Groep NV

     11,500           265,314   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     739,400           396,949   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     99,400           456,212   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     26,400           560,771   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     7,100           342,149   

Regions Financial Corp.

     20,700           68,931   

Societe Generale SA

     30,149           789,234   

Standard Chartered PLC

     33,359           665,545   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     17,100           481,802   

Turkiye Is Bankasi-Class C

     39,700           101,984   

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao-Class D

     96,100           191,556   

US Bancorp

     13,900           327,206   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     81,700           1,970,604   
       

 

 

 
          10,813,585   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

       

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     21,100           261,081   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.3%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     74,700           457,164   

Citigroup, Inc.

     97,500           2,497,950   

IG Group Holdings PLC

     79,736           552,578   

ING Groep NV (a)

     117,300           827,417   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     209,417           6,307,640   

Moody’s Corp.

     26,900           819,105   

ORIX Corp.

     3,580           280,985   
       

 

 

 
          11,742,839   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.6%

       

ACE Ltd.

     14,000           848,400   

Admiral Group PLC

     42,260           829,000   

Aegon NV (a)

     100,300           406,554   

AIA Group Ltd.

     180,600           513,742   

Allianz SE

     8,200           768,579   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Aviva PLC

     73,000         $ 343,310   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     7,600           539,904   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     6,400           383,936   

MetLife, Inc.

     47,000           1,316,470   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     4,000           496,787   

Prudential PLC

     32,200           276,535   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     28,100           1,369,313   

XL Group PLC

     5,300           99,640   
       

 

 

 
          8,192,170   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 6.3%

       

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     7,700           286,517   

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust

     231,000           356,210   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     51,979           364,893   

Beni Stabili SpA

     304,477           160,310   

Big Yellow Group PLC

     129,970           482,030   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     35,900           594,863   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     11,694           1,041,935   

BRE Properties, Inc.

     5,350           226,519   

British Land Co. PLC

     156,129           1,150,025   

Camden Property Trust

     8,300           458,658   

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT

     12,100           243,640   

CapitaMall Trust

     174,000           241,299   

CFS Retail Property Trust

     68,981           115,755   

Chartwell Seniors Housing Real Estate Investment Trust

     66,500           479,125   

Colonial Properties Trust

     19,500           354,120   

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

     23,303           477,891   

Coresite Realty Corp.

     13,961           200,340   

CubeSmart

     9,070           77,367   

Dexus Property Group

     970,000           764,569   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     15,600           860,496   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     41,626           711,805   

Duke Realty Corp.

     52,700           553,350   

Dundee International Real Estate Investment Trust

     13,723           127,028   

Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust

     15,756           477,687   

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

     3,100           118,234   

Entertainment Properties Trust

     7,150           278,707   

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

     1,415           88,721   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     4,900           588,196   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     26,400           491,832   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     4,600           379,086   

Fonciere Des Regions

     5,300           369,711   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     48,000           580,800   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     51,208           362,553   

Goodman Group

     1,200,850           657,934   

Great Portland Estates PLC

     98,700           520,081   

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust

     19,484           389,903   

Hammerson PLC

     63,000           368,832   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     17,190           804,492   

Home Properties, Inc.

     10,232           580,768   

InnVest Real Estate Investment Trust

     87,344           360,078   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     7,596           237,755   

Klepierre

     21,303           597,152   

Land Securities Group PLC

     4,784           47,546   

Liberty Property Trust

     16,400           477,404   

Link REIT (The)

     214,412           676,042   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     9,650           581,123   

National Health Investors, Inc.

     13,917           586,323   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     7,270           197,844   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     6,800         $ 106,420   

Post Properties, Inc.

     9,500           330,030   

Primaris Retail Real Estate Investment Trust

     17,483           342,019   

ProLogis, Inc.

     24,043           583,043   

Public Storage

     10,950           1,219,282   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (New York) (b)

     1,400           34,736   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     13,621           337,958   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     18,558           236,986   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     25,265           2,778,645   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     3,833           222,889   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

     2,226           82,740   

Stockland

     184,151           512,580   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     9,809           1,750,286   

Ventas, Inc.

     18,000           889,200   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     24,676           522,391   

Westfield Group

     154,349           1,144,606   

Westfield Retail Trust

     152,100           353,978   
       

 

 

 
          32,595,338   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 2.6%

       

BR Malls Participacoes SA

     29,400           300,372   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     178,000           332,114   

Castellum AB

     43,645           531,812   

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     60,700           817,022   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     21,000           228,318   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.

     932,000           287,181   

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     15,922           169,729   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd. (a)

     189,000           237,011   

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

     141,000           304,608   

GSW Immobilien AG (a)

     11,234           319,828   

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

     60,000           306,101   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     282,000           848,006   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     116,000           513,947   

Hysan Development Co., Ltd.

     125,822           376,397   

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     176,131           562,183   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     121,000           44,707   

Lend Lease Group

     49,154           330,119   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     5,000           81,103   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     125,100           1,976,228   

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

     14,287           264,806   

New World Development Ltd.

     565,972           541,886   

Norwegian Property ASA

     63,844           85,039   

Soho China Ltd.

     776,000           489,931   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     24,000           461,353   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     158,700           1,820,607   

Sunac China Holdings Ltd. (a)

     440,200           78,537   

UOL Group Ltd.

     106,482           335,596   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     52,000           257,211   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     107,000           316,583   
       

 

 

 
          13,218,335   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     28,100           366,447   
       

 

 

 
          81,512,022   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Information Technology - 9.5%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.4%

       

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

     32,600         $ 681,666   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     94,300           1,460,707   

HTC Corp.

     23,950           525,867   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     4,800           201,120   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     71,085           3,456,864   

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

     38,487           768,200   
       

 

 

 
          7,094,424   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 2.7%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     20,650           7,871,367   

Dell, Inc. (a)

     58,800           832,020   

EMC Corp. (a)

     99,399           2,086,385   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     57,000           268,803   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     82,700           1,856,615   

Logitech International SA (a)

     50,989           392,605   

Toshiba Corp.

     50,000           203,972   

Wistron Corp.

     121,793           136,684   
       

 

 

 
          13,648,451   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

       

AU Optronics Corp.

     537,310           213,855   

Corning, Inc.

     84,300           1,041,948   

LG Display Co., Ltd.

     17,500           285,414   
       

 

 

 
          1,541,217   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.1%

       

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     8,820           4,536,832   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

     4,800           197,031   

Telecity Group PLC (a)

     118,842           1,025,347   
       

 

 

 
          5,759,210   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.6%

       

Accenture PLC

     31,317           1,649,780   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     15,000           1,285,800   
       

 

 

 
          2,935,580   
       

 

 

 

Office Electronics - 0.1%

       

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

     46,500           318,837   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.4%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     212,685           181,339   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ADR)

     56,525           238,537   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     44,700           462,645   

Broadcom Corp.-Class A (a)

     73,408           2,443,752   

Intel Corp.

     76,200           1,625,346   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     12,100           459,558   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

     84,600           1,229,238   

Powertech Technology, Inc.

     31,900           67,831   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     670           467,832   

Sumco Corp. (a)

     4,700           43,891   

Trina Solar Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     16,800           102,144   
       

 

 

 
          7,322,113   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Software - 1.9%

       

Aveva Group PLC

     8,660         $ 188,785   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     35,690           1,946,176   

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     41,400           1,964,016   

Microsoft Corp.

     19,300           480,377   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     1,000           146,938   

Oracle Corp.

     114,600           3,293,604   

Rovi Corp. (a)

     19,038           818,253   

SAP AG

     17,900           910,792   

Temenos Group AG (a)

     20,095           271,383   
       

 

 

 
          10,020,324   
       

 

 

 
          48,640,156   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 8.8%

       

Auto Components - 1.2%

       

BorgWarner, Inc. (a)

     24,500           1,482,985   

Bridgestone Corp.

     22,700           515,055   

Faurecia

     13,000           276,906   

GKN PLC

     124,100           336,961   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     57,400           1,513,638   

Lear Corp.

     18,400           789,360   

Magna International, Inc.-Class A

     10,100           333,968   

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

     13,000           176,676   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     11,500           147,044   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     11,700           382,941   
       

 

 

 
          5,955,534   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.8%

       

Ford Motor Co. (a)

     68,100           658,527   

General Motors Co. (a)

     48,800           984,784   

Mazda Motor Corp. (a)

     126,000           254,866   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     76,800           679,529   

Renault SA

     17,200           569,723   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     20,700           709,579   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     2,600           343,118   
       

 

 

 
          4,200,126   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.2%

       

Inchcape PLC

     23,660           102,194   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     640,000           1,072,739   
       

 

 

 
          1,174,933   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

       

Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA

     2,600           33,464   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.9%

       

Hyatt Hotels Corp. (a)

     12,270           384,910   

Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC

     38,700           627,546   

Kosmopolito Hotels International Ltd.

     457,000           57,765   

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)

     19,800           759,132   

Overseas Union Enterprise Ltd.

     119,000           193,939   

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

     279,333           533,355   

Starbucks Corp.

     54,440           2,030,068   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     9,700           276,547   
       

 

 

 
          4,863,262   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Durables - 0.4%

       

MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA

     17,400         $ 89,117   

NVR, Inc. (a)

     1,200           724,776   

PDG Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes

     26,600           86,722   

Rossi Residencial SA

     78,000           364,228   

Sharp Corp.

     58,000           487,270   

Sony Corp.

     14,800           283,301   
       

 

 

 
          2,035,414   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.6%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     10,875           2,351,501   

Rakuten, Inc.

     597           695,532   
       

 

 

 
          3,047,033   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

       

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     15,900           215,348   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.3%

       

CBS Corp.-Class B

     10,100           205,838   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     217,000           4,535,300   

DIRECTV (a)

     18,300           773,175   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     23,300           222,049   

Informa PLC

     59,300           300,954   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     20,500           147,600   

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)

     12,600           516,600   

Naspers Ltd.

     4,600           198,652   

News Corp.-Class A

     37,400           578,578   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     14,900           933,783   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     25,500           987,870   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     72,842           2,196,915   
       

 

 

 
          11,597,314   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.6%

       

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

     17,400           606,042   

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     18,943           715,287   

Don Quijote Co., Ltd.

     14,100           503,379   

Macy’s, Inc.

     25,800           679,056   

Target Corp.

     10,700           524,728   
       

 

 

 
          3,028,492   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.6%

       

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

     82,800           100,803   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     6,300           1,128,311   

Foot Locker, Inc.

     23,200           466,088   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     13,400           309,540   

Hennes & Mauritz AB-Class B

     45,928           1,375,169   

Home Depot, Inc.

     22,700           746,149   

Limited Brands, Inc.

     67,003           2,580,286   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     46,800           905,112   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     7,100           558,699   
       

 

 

 
          8,170,157   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.2%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     3,100           138,091   

VF Corp.

     6,850           832,412   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     9,000         $ 23,391   
       

 

 

 
          993,894   
       

 

 

 
          45,314,971   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 6.2%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.5%

       

AMEC PLC

     49,421           623,588   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     33,890           1,274,264   

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

     27,300           293,748   

Petrofac Ltd.

     52,892           978,363   

Saipem SpA

     8,230           288,851   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     53,825           3,214,967   

Technip SA

     5,000           400,585   

Transocean Ltd.

     17,800           849,772   
       

 

 

 
          7,924,138   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.7%

       

Afren PLC (a)

     239,235           300,124   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     39,650           2,499,933   

BG Group PLC

     10,700           204,783   

BP PLC

     230,410           1,381,464   

BP PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     28,100           1,013,567   

Chevron Corp.

     32,600           3,016,152   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     224,000           215,423   

ConocoPhillips

     48,400           3,064,688   

Devon Energy Corp.

     17,700           981,288   

ENI SpA

     20,300           357,132   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     23,095           1,639,976   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     14,100           1,024,083   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     44,300           423,065   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     57,500           322,729   

Lukoil OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     5,950           298,631   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     54,900           1,184,742   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     34,800           941,688   

Nexen, Inc. (New York)

     21,800           337,682   

Nexen, Inc. (Toronto)

     21,452           333,684   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     32,604           2,308,363   

OMV AG

     9,300           276,828   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     13,600           281,792   

PTT PCL

     18,100           151,391   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (ADR)

     1,700           104,584   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     34,515           1,064,347   

Tesoro Corp. (a)

     14,900           290,103   

Valero Energy Corp.

     9,600           170,688   
       

 

 

 
          24,188,930   
       

 

 

 
          32,113,068   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 5.9%

       

Biotechnology - 1.1%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     16,800           923,160   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     33,743           2,089,367   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     72,885           2,827,938   
       

 

 

 
          5,840,465   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Cochlear Ltd.

     1,400           62,062   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Covidien PLC

     26,615         $ 1,173,721   
       

 

 

 
          1,235,783   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.2%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     6,900           250,815   

Express Scripts, Inc.-Class A (a)

     36,650           1,358,615   

Health Net, Inc. (a)

     15,100           358,021   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     40,000           1,844,800   

WellPoint, Inc.

     31,400           2,049,792   
       

 

 

 
          5,862,043   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.4%

       

Allergan, Inc.

     31,445           2,590,439   

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     15,400           173,336   

AstraZeneca PLC

     27,749           1,231,486   

AstraZeneca PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     35,500           1,574,780   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     27,200           561,274   

Johnson & Johnson

     48,500           3,089,935   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     52,700           1,723,817   

Novartis AG

     15,834           884,514   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     4,070           405,918   

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     9,100           249,306   

Pfizer, Inc.

     218,500           3,863,080   

Roche Holding AG

     4,400           710,653   

Sanofi

     3,578           235,349   
       

 

 

 
          17,293,887   
       

 

 

 
          30,232,178   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 5.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.9%

       

BAE Systems PLC

     12,960           53,527   

General Dynamics Corp.

     5,800           329,962   

Goodrich Corp.

     7,035           848,984   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     23,800           1,241,408   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     9,075           1,410,799   

United Technologies Corp.

     7,100           499,556   
       

 

 

 
          4,384,236   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.6%

       

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

     3,300           370,369   

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     47,000           2,968,050   
       

 

 

 
          3,338,419   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.2%

       

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

     52,000           85,528   

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     98,100           735,750   

Deutsche Lufthansa (REG)

     18,900           245,025   
       

 

 

 
          1,066,303   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.1%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     49,000           478,398   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Aggreko PLC

     9,081           228,515   

Edenred

     1,593           37,950   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Serco Group PLC

     83,215         $ 658,306   
       

 

 

 
          924,771   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.2%

       

Bouygues SA

     18,200           602,081   

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     9,100           250,677   

Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd.

     500           96,533   
       

 

 

 
          949,291   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.3%

       

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd.

     4,600           152,954   

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.

     43,000           117,110   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     10,000           88,578   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     15,999           895,944   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     33,400           392,263   
       

 

 

 
          1,646,849   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     10,200           187,806   

Cookson Group PLC

     17,900           119,415   

Danaher Corp.

     68,139           2,857,750   

General Electric Co.

     179,800           2,740,152   

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     3,000           78,537   

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     88,500           518,986   

Tyco International Ltd.

     8,000           326,000   
       

 

 

 
          6,828,646   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.5%

       

Cummins, Inc.

     1,300           106,158   

FANUC Corp.

     1,400           192,844   

Flowserve Corp.

     18,819           1,392,606   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     17,600           494,384   

Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd.

     35,086           107,740   

Komatsu Ltd.

     4,300           92,708   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     5,300           334,589   
       

 

 

 
          2,721,029   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.5%

       

Capita Group PLC (The)

     148,400           1,625,378   

Experian PLC

     34,700           389,530   

Intertek Group PLC

     11,278           324,363   

Randstad Holding NV

     9,500           302,867   
       

 

 

 
          2,642,138   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.2%

       

CSX Corp.

     9,600           179,232   

DSV A/S

     11,855           213,299   

East Japan Railway Co.

     1,700           103,066   

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

     81,000           345,504   

Union Pacific Corp.

     2,500           204,175   
       

 

 

 
          1,045,276   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

       

Mitsubishi Corp.

     13,500           274,855   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     6,500           94,154   
       

 

 

 
          369,009   
       

 

 

 
          26,394,365   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Staples - 4.4%

       

Beverages - 0.6%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     28,404         $ 1,507,660   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     16,500           349,624   

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A (a)

     42,100           757,800   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     3,100           120,218   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     9,600           594,240   
       

 

 

 
          3,329,542   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.0%

       

Delhaize Group SA

     4,637           271,075   

Empire Co., Ltd.

     1,900           104,256   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     12,700           198,328   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     33,000           388,086   

Kroger Co. (The)

     45,400           996,984   

Olam International Ltd.

     731,412           1,246,369   

Safeway, Inc.

     6,500           108,095   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     12,900           362,500   

Tesco PLC

     214,827           1,258,365   
       

 

 

 
          4,934,058   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

       

Bunge Ltd.

     14,800           862,692   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     30,200           731,444   

General Mills, Inc.

     36,000           1,384,920   

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a)

     14,900           290,550   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     48,600           843,696   
       

 

 

 
          4,113,302   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.6%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     50,000           3,159,000   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     3,245           285,041   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.3%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     49,600           1,329,776   

British American Tobacco PLC

     39,672           1,675,162   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     16,100           543,337   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     412           1,927,153   

Lorillard, Inc.

     9,600           1,062,720   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     5,700           213,636   
       

 

 

 
          6,751,784   
       

 

 

 
          22,572,727   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.4%

       

Chemicals - 2.1%

       

Agrium, Inc. (Toronto)

     1,400           93,187   

Air Water, Inc.

     14,000           173,045   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     72,415           1,626,441   

Huabao International Holdings Ltd.

     124,000           100,905   

Huntsman Corp.

     34,600           334,582   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     6,901           21,381   

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     87,123           992,183   

K&S AG

     22,500           1,177,854   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     7,851           341,350   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     33,600           820,848   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     19,000         $ 116,641   

Monsanto Co.

     43,658           2,621,226   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     49,477           2,138,396   

Ube Industries Ltd./Japan

     41,000           136,253   
       

 

 

 
          10,694,292   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.3%

       

Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.

     6,486           386,047   

Alcoa, Inc.

     82,600           790,482   

BHP Billiton PLC

     6,900           184,326   

Centamin Egypt Ltd. (a)

     35,600           51,851   

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     6,700           140,426   

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

     25,700           67,841   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     9,600           193,788   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     4,600           180,118   

New Gold, Inc. (a)

     7,477           77,203   

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     30,800           1,015,203   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     2,500           157,250   

OneSteel Ltd.

     96,600           113,209   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     16,900           989,892   

Rio Tinto PLC

     23,120           1,025,329   

Tata Steel Ltd.

     8,300           69,899   

ThyssenKrupp AG

     14,400           353,828   

Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares)

     22,700           476,700   

Xstrata PLC

     31,530           398,151   
       

 

 

 
          6,671,543   
       

 

 

 
          17,365,835   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.6%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.7%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     21,200           806,024   

E.ON AG

     34,526           749,077   

Edison International

     12,100           462,825   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     91,200           280,895   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     28,900           557,770   

NV Energy, Inc.

     45,100           663,421   
       

 

 

 
          3,520,012   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.2%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     17,100           554,895   

Gas Natural SDG SA

     25,900           440,432   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     12,000           55,738   
       

 

 

 
          1,051,065   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1%

       

AES Corp. (The) (a)

     38,500           375,760   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.6%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     33,000           647,460   

CMS Energy Corp.

     32,600           645,154   

DTE Energy Co.

     20,400           1,000,008   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     6,900           230,253   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

TECO Energy, Inc.

     33,900         $ 580,707   
       

 

 

 
          3,103,582   
       

 

 

 
          8,050,419   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     64,700           1,845,244   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     41,500           1,374,480   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     18,900           905,464   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

     62,600           123,138   

Telecom Italia SpA (ordinary shares)

     428,500           465,569   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     148,800           144,712   

Telenor ASA

     9,500           146,520   

Vivendi SA

     15,700           319,651   
       

 

 

 
          5,324,778   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

       

Vodafone Group PLC

     328,853           847,546   
       

 

 

 
          6,172,324   
       

 

 

 

Other Instruments - 0.1%

       

Other Instruments - 0.1%

       

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     29,100           322,428   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $336,997,036)

          318,690,493   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH’S - 9.6%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 7.9%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

4.50%, 10/01/39

   U.S.$ 4,335           4,591,622   

5.50%, 4/01/38

     3,462           3,747,846   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     1,109           1,205,246   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     113           123,483   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.50%, TBA

     2,770           2,844,876   

4.00%, 1/01/41

     1,645           1,726,388   

4.00%, TBA

     5,505           5,769,928   

4.50%, 8/01/40

     1,318           1,398,620   

5.00%, 12/01/39

     571           614,587   

5.50%, 6/01/38

     1,989           2,161,314   

6.00%, 8/01/37-2/01/40

     4,267           4,681,955   

Series 2003

       

5.00%, 11/01/33

     331           356,564   

Series 2004

       

5.50%, 2/01/34-11/01/34

     450           490,174   

6.00%, 9/01/34-11/01/34

     390           431,440   

Series 2005

       

4.50%, 8/01/35

     358           381,644   

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 2/01/36

     1,204           1,298,429   

6.00%, 3/01/36

     157           173,635   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2007

       

4.50%, 9/01/35

   U.S.$         295         $ 314,846   

5.00%, 11/01/35-7/01/36

     361           389,184   

5.50%, 1/01/37-8/01/37

     1,697           1,849,295   

Series 2008

       

5.50%, 8/01/37-5/01/38

     1,240           1,349,032   

6.00%, 3/01/37-5/01/38

     3,114           3,423,663   

Series 2010

       

6.00%, 4/01/40

     759           832,550   
       

 

 

 
          40,156,321   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 0.9%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

4.50%, TBA

     792           843,232   

4.50%, 6/01/26

     3,598           3,830,192   
       

 

 

 
          4,673,424   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.8%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.467%, 4/01/35 (c)

     973           1,025,301   

4.955%, 10/01/39 (d)

     926           980,291   

Series 2008

       

4.438%, 11/01/37 (d)

     110           115,598   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.622%, 8/01/37 (c)

     519           545,193   

5.087%, 8/01/38 (c)

     842           881,064   

Series 2006

       

2.109%, 3/01/36 (d)

     93           96,401   

2.301%, 2/01/36 (d)

     162           170,658   

5.76%, 11/01/36 (c)

     27           28,067   

Series 2007

       

2.462%, 3/01/34 (d)

     281           296,165   
       

 

 

 
          4,138,738   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Through’s
(cost $47,797,659)

          48,968,483   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 7.8%

       

Industrial - 3.4%

       

Basic - 0.5%

       

Anglo American Capital PLC

       

9.375%, 4/08/19 (b)

     350           463,533   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC

       

5.375%, 4/15/20

     290           284,119   

ArcelorMittal

       

6.125%, 6/01/18

     535           516,474   

Arcelormittal USA, Inc.

       

6.50%, 4/15/14

     105           112,115   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

       

7.25%, 3/01/16

     203           245,358   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

8.55%, 5/15/19

     253           324,083   

International Paper Co.

       

5.30%, 4/01/15

     134           142,182   

7.95%, 6/15/18

     190           219,455   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Packaging Corp. of America

       

5.75%, 8/01/13

   U.S.$         30         $ 32,028   

PPG Industries, Inc.

       

5.75%, 3/15/13

     129           137,362   

Teck Resources Ltd.

       

6.00%, 8/15/40

     30           30,876   
       

 

 

 
          2,507,585   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.1%

       

Holcim US Finance Sarl & Cie SCS

       

6.00%, 12/30/19 (b)

     40           42,454   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16

     178           192,015   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

3.80%, 5/15/18

     17           17,677   

5.25%, 11/15/21

     165           184,953   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     233           265,974   
       

 

 

 
          703,073   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.7%

       

CBS Corp.

       

8.875%, 5/15/19

     301           384,425   

Comcast Corp.

       

5.15%, 3/01/20

     740           835,236   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

4.60%, 2/15/21

     255           261,861   

4.75%, 10/01/14

     155           167,927   

News America, Inc.

       

6.15%, 3/01/37

     222           237,174   

9.25%, 2/01/13

     144           157,302   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     435           555,275   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

5.00%, 2/01/20

     157           166,778   

7.50%, 4/01/14

     145           164,011   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

       

8.375%, 3/15/23

     311           398,217   

WPP Finance UK

       

5.875%, 6/15/14

     70           75,663   

8.00%, 9/15/14

     350           396,124   
       

 

 

 
          3,799,993   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.4%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     380           379,227   

AT&T Corp.

       

8.00%, 11/15/31

     15           20,928   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.45%, 5/15/21

     251           269,291   

BellSouth Corp.

       

5.20%, 9/15/14

     94           103,215   

Embarq Corp.

       

7.082%, 6/01/16

     261           270,178   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

       

6.00%, 9/30/34

     65           53,175   

6.175%, 6/18/14

     305           303,524   

6.375%, 11/15/33

     60           51,330   

7.175%, 6/18/19

     170           170,442   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

United States Cellular Corp.

       

6.70%, 12/15/33

   U.S.$         250         $ 251,407   

Vodafone Group PLC

       

7.875%, 2/15/30

     100           142,654   
       

 

 

 
          2,015,371   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.1%

       

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.

       

5.75%, 12/15/14 (b)

     341           371,868   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.3%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

4.70%, 1/15/21

     123           128,563   

7.625%, 4/15/31

     275           343,268   

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

       

8.375%, 7/01/13

     225           250,064   

Viacom, Inc.

       

5.625%, 9/15/19

     473           533,504   
       

 

 

 
          1,255,399   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.0%

       

Marriott International, Inc./DE Series J

       

5.625%, 2/15/13

     216           224,515   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

       

6.125%, 8/15/16

     100           115,659   

6.60%, 3/15/19

     195           237,192   
       

 

 

 
          352,851   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.3%

       

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     420           537,249   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     69           71,711   

5.875%, 5/15/13

     180           188,963   

8.50%, 6/15/19

     153           190,631   

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC

       

5.125%, 10/01/13 (b)

     260           277,909   

Delhaize Group SA

       

5.875%, 2/01/14

     105           114,415   

Whirlpool Corp.

       

8.60%, 5/01/14

     45           51,326   
       

 

 

 
          1,432,204   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.4%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

5.95%, 9/15/16

     192           210,009   

6.45%, 9/15/36

     109           115,299   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

       

5.15%, 2/01/13

     100           105,240   

ConocoPhillips Holding Co.

       

6.95%, 4/15/29

     66           87,866   

Hess Corp.

       

7.875%, 10/01/29

     25           33,643   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

8.125%, 2/15/19

   U.S.$         78         $ 100,535   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16 (b)

     67           69,076   

5.125%, 3/01/21 (b)

     113           117,676   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

9.25%, 1/15/19

     315           398,480   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     303           397,830   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     36           38,725   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     285           368,224   
       

 

 

 
          2,042,603   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.1%

       

Noble Group Ltd.

       

6.75%, 1/29/20 (b)

     445           391,600   
       

 

 

 

Services - 0.0%

       

Western Union Co. (The)

       

5.93%, 10/01/16

     90           102,815   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.1%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     71           76,601   

Computer Sciences Corp.

       

5.50%, 3/15/13

     180           188,518   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

7.50%, 5/15/25

     35           40,986   

Xerox Corp.

       

8.25%, 5/15/14

     280           318,776   
       

 

 

 
          624,881   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.25%, 10/01/14

     307           329,169   

5.75%, 12/15/16

     155           171,828   
       

 

 

 
          500,997   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Railroads - 0.0%

       

CSX Corp.

       

5.50%, 8/01/13

     35           37,537   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.2%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (b)

     470           464,825   

Con-way, Inc.

       

6.70%, 5/01/34

     291           284,369   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     127           146,571   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     127           150,956   
       

 

 

 
          1,046,721   
       

 

 

 
          17,410,013   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 3.3%

       

Banking - 1.9%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

5.875%, 1/05/21

   U.S.$         200         $ 186,932   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $
Value
 

7.375%, 5/15/14

     340           350,551   

Series L

       

5.65%, 5/01/18

     285           270,617   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)

       

5.55%, 1/22/17

     290           303,521   

5.70%, 11/15/14

     190           204,900   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.375%, 8/09/20

     232           240,356   

5.50%, 4/11/13

     230           236,722   

6.50%, 8/19/13

     260           273,597   

8.50%, 5/22/19

     190           229,486   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     314           308,205   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     92           81,193   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.25%, 7/27/21

     213           210,128   

6.00%, 6/15/20

     440           452,613   

7.50%, 2/15/19

     335           373,833   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

4.40%, 7/22/20

     390           394,578   

4.625%, 5/10/21

     233           238,195   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (b)

     470           463,351   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

       

6.05%, 5/16/16

     245           220,484   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

     530           480,030   

6.625%, 4/01/18

     345           342,261   

National Capital Trust II

       

5.486%, 3/23/15 (b)

     91           80,143   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (b)

     465           468,641   

North Fork Bancorporation, Inc.

       

5.875%, 8/15/12

     100           101,593   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

       

5.00%, 10/01/14

     205           190,890   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

6.125%, 1/11/21

     510           504,168   

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal

       

2.991%, 10/07/13 (b)

     500           480,558   

Shinhan Bank

       

4.125%, 10/04/16 (b)

     260           253,351   

Societe Generale SA

       

2.50%, 1/15/14 (b)

     245           227,889   

5.20%, 4/15/21 (b)

     250           217,069   

SouthTrust Corp.

       

5.80%, 6/15/14

     225           239,627   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (b)

     230           177,382   

Union Bank NA

       

5.95%, 5/11/16

     250           275,270   

Wachovia Corp.

       

5.50%, 5/01/13

     320           340,049   
       

 

 

 
          9,418,183   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Brokerage - 0.1%

       

Jefferies Group, Inc.

       

5.125%, 4/13/18

   U.S.$         322         $ 301,554   

6.875%, 4/15/21

     186           193,192   

Lazard Group LLC

       

6.85%, 6/15/17

     160           176,176   
       

 

 

 
          670,922   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.2%

       

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

4.80%, 5/01/13

     315           330,817   

5.625%, 5/01/18

     480           524,731   

Series A

       

4.375%, 11/21/11

     25           25,107   

SLM Corp.

       

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     270           265,716   
       

 

 

 
          1,146,371   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.9%

       

Allied World Assurance Co. Ltd.

       

7.50%, 8/01/16

     160           181,713   

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

6.125%, 5/15/37

     216           194,130   

American International Group, Inc.

       

6.40%, 12/15/20

     300           305,637   

Assurant, Inc.

       

5.625%, 2/15/14

     135           141,397   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

5.95%, 3/15/17

     90           100,852   

6.125%, 1/15/15

     40           44,271   

6.30%, 8/15/14

     275           301,530   

Genworth Financial, Inc.

       

6.515%, 5/22/18

     550           483,074   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (b)

     210           276,954   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/30/15

     95           95,565   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     435           424,131   

Humana, Inc.

       

6.30%, 8/01/18

     55           62,561   

6.45%, 6/01/16

     40           45,269   

7.20%, 6/15/18

     285           337,562   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     98           116,156   

Markel Corp.

       

7.125%, 9/30/19

     230           260,593   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

       

8.875%, 6/01/39 (b)

     185           278,565   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     112           137,285   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     140           175,000   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (b)

     335           390,264   

XL Group PLC

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     135           140,562   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

6.375%, 11/15/24

   U.S.$         157         $ 165,777   
       

 

 

 
          4,658,848   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (b)

     173           167,076   

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     458           474,870   
       

 

 

 
          641,946   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.1%

       

ERP Operating LP

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     105           113,214   

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     130           130,434   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

       

5.125%, 4/01/14

     131           135,343   
       

 

 

 
          378,991   
       

 

 

 
          16,915,261   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.8%

       

Electric - 0.5%

       

Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC

       

5.75%, 10/15/19 (b)

     300           320,279   

Ameren Corp.

       

8.875%, 5/15/14

     240           271,471   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     385           392,633   

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

Series B

       

6.45%, 11/15/11

     13           13,071   

Series C

       

7.375%, 11/15/31

     275           339,169   

Nisource Finance Corp.

       

6.80%, 1/15/19

     502           585,541   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

6.05%, 3/01/34

     38           45,354   

SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.

       

6.15%, 11/15/13 (b)

     348           373,179   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     100           105,418   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     125           137,298   

Union Electric Co.

       

6.70%, 2/01/19

     45           55,279   
       

 

 

 
          2,638,692   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.3%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (b)

     137           144,335   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

6.70%, 7/01/18

     127           142,152   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     410           445,081   

EQT Corp.

       

8.125%, 6/01/19

     234           283,701   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

4.15%, 3/01/22

   U.S.$         200         $ 197,525   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     120           119,484   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     298           320,528   
       

 

 

 
          1,652,806   
       

 

 

 
          4,291,498   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.3%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.3%

       

AK Transneft OJSC Via TransCapitalInvest Ltd.

       

8.70%, 8/07/18 (b)

     178           206,035   

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA

       

6.212%, 11/22/16 (b)

     425           428,188   

MDC-GMTN B.V.

       

3.75%, 4/20/16 (b)

     520           538,875   

Petrobras International Finance Co. - Pifco

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     345           358,110   
       

 

 

 
          1,531,208   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $37,994,074)

          40,147,980   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 7.4%

       

United States - 7.4%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

4.50%, 2/15/36

     2,485           3,217,687   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     5,000           6,681,250   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     1,590           2,236,683   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

1.00%, 8/31/16

     9,145           9,167,863   

1.50%, 6/30/16

     4,310           4,428,870   

2.625%, 4/30/16-11/15/20

     8,850           9,479,964   

3.625%, 2/15/20

     2,570           2,966,744   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $34,875,035)

          38,179,061   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.4%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 2.0%

       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-2, Class A2

       

0.67%, 10/15/13

     560           559,761   

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.38%, 1/15/15

     677           681,482   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-3, Class A2

       

0.84%, 11/10/14

     765           764,054   

Series 2011-4, Class A2

       

0.92%, 3/09/15

     300           299,827   

BMW Vehicle Lease Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class A2

       

0.64%, 4/22/13

     850           849,951   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2009-2, Class A4

       

2.82%, 12/15/14

   U.S.$         205         $ 211,932   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (b)

   CAD 655           626,666   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2011-A, Class A2

       

0.74%, 9/15/13

   U.S.$ 790           789,379   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2011-B, Class A2

       

0.68%, 1/15/14

     730           728,756   

Huntington Auto Trust

       

Series 2011-1A, Class A3

       

1.01%, 1/15/16 (b)

     297           297,185   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-A, Class A2

       

0.69%, 11/15/13 (b)

     356           355,591   

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2011-1A, Class A2

       

0.79%, 4/15/13 (b)

     1,007           1,007,155   

MMCA Automobile Trust

       

Series 2011-A, Class A2

       

0.75%, 10/15/13 (b)

     620           619,843   

SMART Trust/Australia

       

Series 2011-2USA, Class A2A

       

1.22%, 11/14/13 (b)

     695           694,626   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.22%, 6/22/15

     1,040           1,045,646   

World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-A, Class A2

       

0.81%, 10/15/13

     990           989,537   
       

 

 

 
          10,521,391   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.6%

       

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2009-A1, Class A1

       

1.529%, 12/15/14 (c)

     190           191,596   

Series 2009-A2, Class A

       

1.529%, 2/17/15 (c)

     200           201,570   

Series 2010-A1, Class A1

       

0.879%, 9/15/15 (c)

     184           185,359   

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class A

       

0.779%, 1/15/17 (c)

     425           427,652   

Series 2011-2, Class A

       

0.709%, 5/15/19 (c)

     715           715,099   

Penarth Master Issuer PLC

       

Series 2010-2A, Class A2

       

0.981%, 12/18/14 (b)(c)

     1,160           1,157,889   
       

 

 

 
          2,879,165   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.5%

       

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2009-2, Class A

       

1.779%, 9/15/14 (c)

   U.S.$         1,095         $ 1,106,538   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2009-2A, Class A

       

1.779%, 10/20/14 (b)(c)

     794           801,557   

Hyundai Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2009-1A, Class A

       

1.479%, 11/17/14 (b)(c)

     595           596,829   
       

 

 

 
          2,504,924   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2010-C, Class A3

       

1.17%, 5/15/15

     411           413,001   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

     195           195,153   

John Deere Owner Trust

       

Series 2011-A, Class A2

       

0.64%, 6/16/14

     615           614,727   
       

 

 

 
          1,222,881   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-HE3, Class M1

       

0.685%, 4/25/37 (c)(e)

     100           1,892   

Home Equity Asset Trust

       

Series 2007-3, Class M1

       

0.585%, 8/25/37 (c)(e)

     29           29   

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust

       

Series 2007-1, Class M1

       

0.611%, 3/20/36 (c)

     365           259,947   

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2007-2, Class M1

       

0.595%, 3/25/37 (c)(e)

     125           986   

Residential Asset Securities Corp.

       

Series 2003-KS3, Class A2

       

0.835%, 5/25/33 (c)(e)

     1           921   

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust

       

Series 2007-OPT2, Class 2A2

       

0.365%, 7/25/37 (c)

     300           156,341   
       

 

 

 
          420,116   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     146           124,417   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $18,210,522)

          17,672,894   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

AGENCIES - 3.1%

       

Agency Debentures - 3.1%

       

Federal Farm Credit Bank

       

0.236%, 11/13/12 (c)

   U.S.$ 900         $ 900,304   

0.245%, 10/12/12 (c)

     1,200           1,200,582   

0.261%, 9/20/12 (c)

     1,100           1,100,652   

0.295%, 6/26/13 (c)

     2,500           2,501,773   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

0.26%, 9/17/12-10/18/12 (c)

     1,810           1,810,770   

6.25%, 5/15/29

     740           1,049,305   

6.625%, 11/15/30

     2,277           3,384,127   

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip Zero Coupon, 7/15/20

     4,770           3,948,759   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies

       

(cost $14,543,227)

          15,896,272   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 1.7%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 1.6%

       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

       

Series 2006-5, Class A4

       

5.414%, 9/10/47

     355           370,569   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities

       

Series 2006-PW12, Class A4

       

5.903%, 9/11/38

     250           274,474   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C1, Class A4

       

5.541%, 4/15/40

     110           117,370   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2004-C1, Class A4

       

4.75%, 1/15/37

     70           73,085   

Series 2005-C1, Class A4

       

5.014%, 2/15/38

     260           277,944   

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

       

Series 2006-C3, Class A3

       

6.011%, 6/15/38

     620           662,069   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

       

Series 2005-GG5, Class AJ

       

5.457%, 4/10/37

     215           127,592   

Series 2007-GG9, Class A2

       

5.381%, 3/10/39

     320           322,255   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     80           85,032   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2005-CB11, Class A4

       

5.335%, 8/12/37

     170           183,977   

Series 2006-CB14, Class A4

       

5.481%, 12/12/44

     315           339,912   

Series 2006-CB16, Class A4

       

5.552%, 5/12/45

     335           359,421   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.42%, 1/15/49

   U.S.$         475         $ 492,494   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       

5.497%, 6/15/29

     40           42,958   

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

     1,095           1,183,837   

Series 2006-C3, Class A4

       

5.661%, 3/15/39

     285           311,421   

Series 2006-C4, Class A4

       

6.067%, 6/15/38

     275           301,750   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-2, Class A4

       

6.097%, 6/12/46

     110           121,729   

Series 2006-3, Class A4

       

5.414%, 7/12/46

     480           515,139   

Series 2006-4, Class AM

       

5.204%, 12/12/49

     265           229,021   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

     440           453,834   

Morgan Stanley Capital I

       

Series 2006-IQ12, Class A4

       

5.332%, 12/15/43

     780           841,993   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2011-C3, Class A2

       

3.24%, 3/15/44 (b)

     428           428,813   
       

 

 

 
          8,116,689   
       

 

 

 

Agency CMBS - 0.1%

       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

       

Series K008, Class A2

       

3.531%, 6/25/20

     634           670,858   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.0%

       

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2007-EOP, Class E

       

2.669%, 3/06/20 (b)(c)

     75           72,588   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $8,204,276)

          8,860,135   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.4%

       

United Kingdom - 0.4%

       

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

1.45%, 10/20/11 (b)

     1,338           1,338,545   

2.625%, 5/11/12 (b)

     695           703,831   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $2,032,962)

          2,042,376   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 0.4%

       

Industrial - 0.2%

       

Basic - 0.1%

       

Lyondell Chemical Co.

       

8.00%, 11/01/17 (b)

     161           173,477   

United States Steel Corp.

       

6.05%, 6/01/17

     2           1,820   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Westvaco Corp.

       

8.20%, 1/15/30

   U.S.$         15         $ 17,006   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

       

7.375%, 3/15/32

     110           109,705   
       

 

 

 
          302,008   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.1%

       

Griffon Corp.

       

7.125%, 4/01/18

     173           152,673   

Hanson Australia Funding Ltd.

       

5.25%, 3/15/13

     120           121,200   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

       

6.875%, 1/15/16

     112           115,640   
       

 

 

 
          389,513   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.0%

       

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

       

4.95%, 4/01/14

     23           21,735   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.0%

       

eAccess Ltd.

       

8.25%, 4/01/18 (b)

     105           96,600   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.0%

       

JC Penney Co., Inc.

       

5.65%, 6/01/20

     122           114,375   
       

 

 

 
          924,231   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Banking - 0.1%

       

ABN Amro Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR 90           69,995   

BankAmerica Capital II

       

Series 2

       

8.00%, 12/15/26

   U.S.$ 94           87,420   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (b)

     235           155,100   
       

 

 

 
          312,515   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.0%

       

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

       

5.00%, 1/14/11 (f)

     80           18,900   

6.20%, 9/26/14 (f)

     33           7,961   

7.875%, 11/01/09-8/15/10 (f)

     370           87,412   

Series G

       

4.80%, 3/13/14 (f)

     42           9,923   
       

 

 

 
          124,196   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

       

ING Capital Funding Trust III

       

Series 9

       

3.969%, 12/31/11 (c)

     200           149,580   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

XL Group PLC

       

Series E

       

6.50%, 4/15/17

   U.S.$         245         $ 192,325   
       

 

 

 
          341,905   
       

 

 

 
          778,616   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.0%

       

Electric - 0.0%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

8.75%, 6/15/19

     165           192,314   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $2,190,914)

          1,895,161   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.2%

       

Malaysia - 0.1%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (b)

     460           502,383   
       

 

 

 

Russia - 0.1%

       

Russian Agricultural Bank OJSC Via

       

RSHB Capital SA

       

7.75%, 5/29/18 (b)

     386           405,300   
       

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 0.0%

       

KazMunayGas National Co.

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (b)

     251           251,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $1,096,002)

          1,158,683   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

       

Utility - 0.1%

       

Other Utility - 0.1%

       

DTE Energy Trust I

       

7.80%

     20,000           537,000   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

Centaur Funding Corp.

       

9.08% (b)

     200           231,063   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 0.0%

       

Finance - 0.0%

       

Citigroup Capital XII

       

8.50%

     7,000           174,344   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $907,616)

          942,407   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.1%

       

United States - 0.1%

       

California GO

       

7.625%, 3/01/40

       

(cost $464,527)

   U.S.$         455         $ 560,888   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.1%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.1%

       

Bear Stearns Alt-A Trust

       

Series 2006-1, Class 22A1

       

2.647%, 2/25/36

     147           81,510   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

5.07%, 5/25/35

     57           49,950   

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR7, Class 4A1

       

5.454%, 5/25/36

     56           25,038   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

       

Series 2005-A8, Class A1C1

       

5.25%, 8/25/36

     39           38,039   
       

 

 

 
          194,537   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.0%

       

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-62, Class 2A1

       

1.242%, 12/25/35 (c)

     34           20,538   

Series 2006-OA14, Class 3A1

       

1.092%, 11/25/46 (c)

     157           69,515   

Series 2007-OA3, Class M1

       

0.545%, 4/25/47 (c)(e)

     185           866   
       

 

 

 
          90,919   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency ARMs - 0.0%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2006-AR1, Class 3A1

       

2.69%, 3/25/36 (c)

     83           51,967   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $756,861)

          337,423   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

       

Russia - 0.1%

       

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond

       

7.50%, 3/31/30 (b)

       

(cost $287,468)

     259           290,947   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Commercial Banks - 0.0%

       

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (a)

       

(cost $6,094)

     40,400           5,954   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.4%

       

Time Deposit - 4.4%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 10/03/11

       

(cost $22,603,617)

   U.S.$         22,604           22,603,617   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.0%
(cost $528,967,890) (g)

        $ 518,252,774   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.0)%

          (5,343,545
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 512,909,229   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

EURO STOXX 50

     5         December 2011       $ 131,740       $ 144,425       $ 12,685   

Topix Index Futures

     3         December 2011         288,323         294,632         6,309   
              

 

 

 
               $ 18,994   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Great British Pound settling 11/15/11

     244       $ 395,941       $ 380,337       $ (15,604

Japanese Yen settling 12/15/11

     120,077         1,554,632         1,558,446         3,814   

Japanese Yen settling 12/15/11

     92,448         1,204,707         1,199,857         (4,850

Mexican Nuevo Peso settling 10/19/11

     23,827         1,834,019         1,715,504         (118,515

BNP Paribas SA:

           

Australian Dollar settling 12/15/11

     564         592,995         541,107         (51,888

Euro settling 11/15/11

     612         872,715         819,709         (53,006

Euro settling 11/15/11

     2,034         2,879,577         2,724,327         (155,250

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           

Great British Pound settling 11/15/11

     1,219         1,964,589         1,900,129         (64,460

Japanese Yen settling 12/15/11

     26,861         342,777         348,621         5,844   

Norwegian Krone settling 11/15/11

     13,534         2,485,590         2,300,851         (184,739

Swiss Franc settling 11/15/11

     675         889,305         745,307         (143,998

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Japanese Yen settling 11/15/11

     32,762         417,180         425,010         7,830   

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Great British Pound settling 12/15/11

     355         560,290         553,204         (7,086

Mexican Nuevo Peso settling 10/19/11

     2,523         199,467         181,634         (17,833

HSBC Bank USA:

           


Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,643       $ 1,704,842       $ 1,581,851       $ (122,991

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     276         446,667         430,218         (16,449

Great British

Pound settling 11/15/11

     2,429         3,930,996         3,786,230         (144,766

Swedish Krona

settling 12/15/11

     5,071         790,861         736,468         (54,393

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     313         357,122         345,601         (11,521

Morgan Stanley and Co Inc.:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     628         641,690         604,627         (37,063

Royal Bank of Canada:

           

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     8,743         1,366,631         1,271,511         (95,120

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     974         1,400,710         1,304,488         (96,222

Norwegian Krone

settling 12/15/11

     2,793         516,696         474,138         (42,558

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     1,526         2,195,507         2,043,915         (151,592

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     78,871         1,033,249         1,023,167         (10,082

State Street Bank and Trust Co.:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     201         204,057         192,841         (11,216

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     136         132,270         129,653         (2,617

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     150         145,886         142,999         (2,887

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     123         123,930         117,260         (6,670

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     155         156,110         147,766         (8,344

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     25         35,409         33,485         (1,924

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     141         222,568         219,785         (2,783

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     9,133         116,586         118,479         1,893   

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     15,531         202,625         201,479         (1,146

Mexican Nuevo Peso

settling 10/19/11

     501         37,337         36,051         (1,286

UBS AG:

           

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     5,672         869,139         824,890         (44,249

Westpac Banking Corp.:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     68,587         889,943         889,756         (187

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     57,774         752,364         749,483         (2,881

New Zealand Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     2,534         2,089,587         1,926,094         (163,493

New Zealand Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     1,003         832,445         760,769         (71,676

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     2,856         3,383,926         3,153,474         (230,452

Swiss Franc

settling 12/15/11

     734         848,574         810,990         (37,584

Sale Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/21/11

     655         656,089         624,783         31,306   

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     377         383,208         359,405         23,803   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     1,264         1,788,293         1,692,887         95,406   

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     6,546         1,188,690         1,112,854         75,836   

BNP Paribas SA:

           

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     670         1,071,330         1,044,075         27,255   

Citibank N.A.:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,294         1,307,784         1,233,609         74,175   

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     948         958,098         903,756         54,342   


Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     152,540       $ 1,878,773       $ 1,978,851       $ (100,078

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     1,999         2,764,238         2,207,211         557,027   

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     2,318         3,281,176         3,104,715         176,461   

Mexican Nuevo Peso

settling 10/19/11

     24,895         2,015,724         1,792,438         223,286   

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     7,634         1,165,680         1,110,227         55,453   

HSBC Bank USA:

           

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     343         488,223         459,412         28,811   

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     1,170         1,909,990         1,823,750         86,240   

Mexican Nuevo Peso

settling 10/19/11

     1,955         156,347         140,751         15,596   

New Zealand Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,180         974,149         896,919         77,230   

Morgan Stanley and Co Inc.:

           

Euro

settling 10/17/11

     167         227,445         223,800         3,645   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     3,648         5,822,810         5,686,360         136,450   

Societe Generale:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     81,876         1,056,451         1,062,150         (5,699

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     1,777         1,799,448         1,693,091         106,357   

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     268         385,581         358,958         26,623   

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     853         1,164,883         1,142,503         22,380   

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     4,405         810,626         748,873         61,753   

State Street Bank and Trust Co.:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     126         132,029         121,310         10,719   

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     222         224,329         213,738         10,591   

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     274         277,626         261,213         16,413   

Canadian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     234         236,242         222,951         13,291   

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     106         172,490         165,229         7,261   

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     18,893         246,185         245,092         1,093   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     23,178         302,163         300,821         1,342   

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     1,251         226,771         212,676         14,095   

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     1,332         234,812         226,447         8,365   

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     854         132,096         124,199         7,897   

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     1,600         238,251         232,691         5,560   

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     189         237,172         208,686         28,486   

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     104         132,560         114,833         17,727   

Swiss Franc

settling 12/15/11

     144         165,118         159,104         6,014   

Westpac Banking Corp.:

           

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     803         1,110,759         1,075,466         35,293   

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     52,614         682,687         682,544         143   

New Zealand Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,354         1,114,479         1,029,176         85,303   
           

 

 

 
            $ (46,749
           

 

 

 

 


CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS ON INDICES

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed  Deal
(Pay)
Receive Rate
    Implied Credit
Spread at
September 30, 2011
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

               

Bank of America, N.A.:

               

CDX-NAHYS16V1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (5.00 )%      2.75   $ 930       $ 87,247       $ 64,035       $ 23,212   

Barclays Bank PLC:

         +            

ITRAXX-FINSENS15V1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (1.00     2.75      EUR   1,800         173,942         159,229         14,713   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc.:

               

CDX-NAHYS16V1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (5.00     2.75      $ 1,850         173,557         131,593         41,964   

ITRAXX-FINSENS15V1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (1.00     2.75      EUR 890         86,003         78,490         7,513   
               

 

 

 
                $ 87,402   
               

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $18,532,799 or 3.6% of net assets.
(c) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at September 30, 2011.
(d) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of September 30, 2011.
(e) Illiquid security.
(f) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(g) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $31,731,635 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(42,446,751), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(10,715,116).

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Please note: The issuer classifications presented herein are based on the Barclays Capital Fixed Income Indices developed by Barclays Capital. The fund components are divided either into duration, country, bond ratings or corporate sectors as classified by Barclays Capital.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro


Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
FHLMC    -    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
GO    -    General Obligation
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

        

Financials

   $ 46,403,603      $ 35,108,419      $ – 0 –      $ 81,512,022   

Information Technology

     42,792,950        5,847,206        – 0 –      48,640,156   

Consumer Discretionary

     33,267,775        12,047,196        – 0 –      45,314,971   

Energy

     25,547,460        6,414,217        151,391        32,113,068   

Health Care

     25,718,280        4,513,898        – 0 –      30,232,178   

Industrials

     17,565,499        8,828,866        – 0 –      26,394,365   

Consumer Staples

     12,845,068        9,727,659        – 0 –      22,572,727   

Materials

     9,522,362        7,843,473        – 0 –      17,365,835   

Utilities

     6,524,277        1,526,142        – 0 –      8,050,419   

Telecommunication Services

     3,219,724        2,952,600        – 0 –      6,172,324   

Other Instruments

     322,428        – 0 –        – 0 –      322,428   

Mortgage Pass-Through’s

     – 0 –         48,968,483        – 0 –      48,968,483   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     – 0 –         40,147,980        – 0 –      40,147,980   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0 –      38,179,061        – 0 –      38,179,061   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0 –      15,905,480        1,767,414        17,672,894   

Agencies

     – 0 –      15,896,272        – 0 –      15,896,272   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0 –      7,977,100        883,035        8,860,135   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0 –      2,042,376        – 0 –      2,042,376   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

     – 0 –      1,895,161        – 0 –      1,895,161   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0 –      1,158,683        – 0 –      1,158,683   

Preferred Stocks

     711,344        231,063        – 0 –      942,407   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0 –      560,888        – 0 –      560,888   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0 –      – 0 –         337,423        337,423   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0 –      290,947        – 0 –      290,947   

Rights

     5,954        – 0 –        – 0 –      5,954   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0 –      22,603,617        – 0 –      22,603,617   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     224,446,724        290,666,787+        3,139,263        518,252,774   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures Contracts

     18,994        – 0 –        – 0 –      18,994   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0 –      2,248,409        – 0 –      2,248,409   

Credit Default Swap Contracts

     – 0 –      87,402        – 0 –      87,402   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0 –      (2,295,158     – 0 –      (2,295,158
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 224,465,718      $ 290,707,440      $ 3,139,263      $ 518,312,421   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

 


+ The earlier close of the foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred between the close of the foreign markets and the time at which the Portfolio values its securities which may materially affect the value of securities trading in such markets. To account for this, the Portfolio may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. Accordingly, a significant portion of the Portfolio’s investments are categorized as Level 2 investments.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assumes the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

     Energy     Asset-Backed
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage - Backed
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ – 0 –    $ 1,281,731      $ 3,969,206   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0 –        1,025        20,552   

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0 –        (81,944     199,189   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (40,426     278,119        (281,752

Purchases

     191,817        813,022        207,268   

Sales

     – 0 –        (524,539     (3,231,428

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0 –        – 0 –        – 0 –   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0 –        – 0 –        – 0 –   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 151,391      $ 1,767,414      $ 883,035   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (40,426   $ 222,867      $ (119,915
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    Total        

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 563,019      $ 5,813,956     

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     32        21,609     

Realized gain (loss)

     (125,957     (8,712  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     82,079        38,020     

Purchases

     2,907        1,215,014     

Sales

     (184,657     (3,940,624  

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0 –        – 0 –     

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0 –        – 0 –     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 337,423      $ 3,139,263     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (42,529   $ 19,997     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 28.2%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 28.2%

       

iShares Russell 2000 Index Fund

     6,810         $ 437,543   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     32,640           3,693,869   

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust

     3,410           484,663   

Vanguard MSCI EAFE ETF

     123,420           3,723,581   

Vanguard MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     32,700           1,173,603   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $10,381,530)

          9,513,259   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 19.3%

       

United States - 19.3%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

3.50%, 2/15/39

   U.S.$ 152           169,005   

4.375%, 11/15/39-5/15/41

     368           473,790   

4.75%, 2/15/37

     76           102,077   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     65           91,437   

6.00%, 2/15/26

     49           70,162   

6.25%, 8/15/23

     124           176,739   

7.25%, 5/15/16

     108           139,447   

7.50%, 11/15/16

     92           122,015   

8.00%, 11/15/21

     123           192,111   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.375%, 8/31/12-9/30/12

     160           160,305   

0.50%, 10/15/13

     273           274,066   

0.625%, 1/31/13

     60           60,328   

0.75%, 3/31/13-8/15/13

     834           841,112   

1.00%, 1/15/14

     60           60,895   

1.125%, 12/15/12-6/15/13

     484           490,771   

1.25%, 3/15/14

     95           97,041   

1.375%, 11/30/15

     62           63,608   

1.75%, 7/31/15

     60           62,527   

2.00%, 4/30/16

     600           631,128   

2.125%, 8/15/21

     35           35,618   

2.25%, 11/30/17

     184           194,954   

2.375%, 10/31/14-7/31/17

     199           212,000   

2.50%, 3/31/15

     148           157,966   

2.625%, 11/15/20

     270           288,731   

2.75%, 5/31/17-2/15/19

     335           364,649   

3.00%, 2/28/17

     59           65,001   

3.125%, 10/31/16

     237           262,126   

3.25%, 7/31/16

     232           257,629   

3.625%, 2/15/21

     195           225,271   

4.00%, 11/15/12

     57           59,414   

4.375%, 8/15/12

     110           114,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $6,196,084)

          6,515,923   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 4.4%

       

Information Technology - 0.8%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.1%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     790           12,237   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     10         $ 711   

Harris Corp.

     15           513   

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

     30           299   

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     80           1,381   

Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. (a)

     45           1,700   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     45           1,885   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     250           12,157   

Tellabs, Inc.

     45           193   
       

 

 

 
          31,076   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 0.2%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     133           50,697   

Dell, Inc. (a)

     240           3,396   

EMC Corp. (a)

     285           5,982   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     290           6,510   

Lexmark International, Inc.-Class A (a)

     10           270   

NetApp, Inc. (a)

     50           1,697   

SanDisk Corp. (a)

     30           1,211   

Western Digital Corp. (a)

     30           772   
       

 

 

 
          70,535   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.0%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     25           1,019   

Corning, Inc.

     215           2,657   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     20           501   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     25           445   

Molex, Inc.

     15           306   
       

 

 

 
          4,928   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.1%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     25           497   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     165           4,866   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     40           20,575   

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     15           108   

VeriSign, Inc.

     25           715   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     185           2,435   
       

 

 

 
          29,196   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.1%

       

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     70           3,301   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     45           2,822   

Computer Sciences Corp.

     20           537   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     40           973   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     20           1,015   

International Business Machines Corp.

     175           30,630   

Mastercard, Inc.-Class A

     15           4,757   

Paychex, Inc.

     45           1,187   

SAIC, Inc. (a)

     35           413   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     25           1,338   

Total System Services, Inc.

     20           339   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     70           6,000   

Western Union Co. (The)-Class W

     90           1,376   
       

 

 

 
          54,688   
       

 

 

 


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Office Electronics - 0.0%

       

Xerox Corp.

     195         $ 1,359   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.1%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     75           381   

Altera Corp.

     50           1,576   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     40           1,250   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     185           1,915   

Broadcom Corp.-Class A (a)

     70           2,330   

Intel Corp.

     760           16,211   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     20           766   

Linear Technology Corp.

     30           830   

LSI Corp. (a)

     80           414   

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)

     30           157   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     25           778   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     120           605   

Novellus Systems, Inc. (a)

     10           273   

NVIDIA Corp. (a)

     75           938   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     20           220   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     165           4,397   

Xilinx, Inc.

     35           960   
       

 

 

 
          34,001   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.2%

       

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     70           1,692   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     35           972   

BMC Software, Inc. (a)

     25           964   

CA, Inc.

     55           1,067   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     30           1,636   

Compuware Corp. (a)

     30           230   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     45           920   

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     40           1,898   

Microsoft Corp.

     1,055           26,259   

Oracle Corp.

     555           15,951   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     30           1,268   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     21           2,400   

Symantec Corp. (a)

     105           1,711   
       

 

 

 
          56,968   
       

 

 

 
          282,751   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 0.6%

       

Capital Markets - 0.1%

       

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     35           1,378   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     175           3,253   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     17           2,516   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     140           1,578   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     30           273   

Federated Investors, Inc.-Class B

     10           175   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     20           1,913   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     78           7,375   

Invesco Ltd.

     60           931   

Janus Capital Group, Inc.

     20           120   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     20           514   

Morgan Stanley

     195           2,633   

Northern Trust Corp.

     30           1,049   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

State Street Corp.

     75         $ 2,412   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     35           1,672   
       

 

 

 
          27,792   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 0.1%

       

BB&T Corp.

     90           1,920   

Comerica, Inc.

     30           689   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     120           1,212   

First Horizon National Corp.

     35           209   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     115           552   

KeyCorp

     125           741   

M&T Bank Corp.

     25           1,747   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     80           3,855   

Regions Financial Corp.

     175           583   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     70           1,257   

US Bancorp

     275           6,473   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     755           18,211   

Zions Bancorporation

     20           281   
       

 

 

 
          37,730   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.0%

       

American Express Co.

     150           6,735   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     70           2,774   

Discover Financial Services

     70           1,606   

SLM Corp.

     70           871   
       

 

 

 
          11,986   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.1%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     1,425           8,721   

Citigroup, Inc.

     418           10,709   

CME Group, Inc.-Class A

     10           2,464   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     10           1,183   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     565           17,018   

Leucadia National Corp.

     25           567   

Moody’s Corp.

     25           761   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     20           463   

NYSE Euronext

     35           813   
       

 

 

 
          42,699   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.2%

       

ACE Ltd.

     45           2,727   

Aflac, Inc.

     65           2,272   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     70           1,658   

American International Group, Inc. (a)

     62           1,361   

AON Corp.

     45           1,889   

Assurant, Inc.

     10           358   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     245           17,405   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     40           2,400   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     20           527   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     65           373   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     65           1,049   

Lincoln National Corp.

     40           625   

Loews Corp.

     40           1,382   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     80           2,123   

MetLife, Inc.

     150           4,201   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     40           907   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     85           1,510   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     75           3,514   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Torchmark Corp.

     15         $ 523   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     60           2,924   

Unum Group

     40           838   

XL Group PLC

     40           752   
       

 

 

 
          51,318   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

Apartment Investment & Management Co.-Class A

     15           332   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     15           1,711   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     20           1,782   

Equity Residential

     40           2,075   

HCP, Inc.

     60           2,104   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     25           1,170   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     90           985   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     50           752   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     20           694   

ProLogis, Inc.

     60           1,455   

Public Storage

     20           2,227   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     46           5,059   

Ventas, Inc.

     41           2,025   

Vornado Realty Trust

     25           1,865   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     70           1,088   
       

 

 

 
          25,324   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     35           471   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     70           396   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     45           513   
       

 

 

 
          909   
       

 

 

 
          198,229   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 0.5%

       

Biotechnology - 0.1%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     135           7,418   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     35           3,260   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     70           4,335   

Cephalon, Inc. (a)

     10           807   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     115           4,462   
       

 

 

 
          20,282   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.1%

       

Baxter International, Inc.

     80           4,491   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     30           2,200   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     210           1,241   

CareFusion Corp. (a)

     30           719   

Covidien PLC

     75           3,307   

CR Bard, Inc.

     15           1,313   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     20           614   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     15           1,069   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     5           1,821   

Medtronic, Inc.

     150           4,986   

St Jude Medical, Inc.

     45           1,629   

Stryker Corp.

     45           2,121   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     15           782   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)

     25         $ 1,338   
       

 

 

 
          27,631   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.1%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     50           1,818   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.-Class A

     35           1,304   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     45           1,885   

CIGNA Corp.

     35           1,468   

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a)

     20           576   

DaVita, Inc. (a)

     15           940   

Express Scripts, Inc.-Class A (a)

     80           2,966   

Humana, Inc.

     25           1,818   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

     15           1,186   

McKesson Corp.

     35           2,544   

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

     55           2,579   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     10           286   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc./DE

     20           987   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

     65           268   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     155           7,149   

WellPoint, Inc.

     60           3,917   
       

 

 

 
          31,691   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

Cerner Corp. (a)

     20           1,370   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.0%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

     45           1,406   

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

     25           961   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     15           288   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)

     55           2,785   

Waters Corp. (a)

     15           1,133   
       

 

 

 
          6,573   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     235           12,018   

Allergan, Inc.

     50           4,119   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     245           7,688   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     145           5,361   

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     35           1,078   

Hospira, Inc. (a)

     20           740   

Johnson & Johnson

     405           25,802   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     445           14,556   

Mylan, Inc./PA (a)

     55           935   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,120           19,801   

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     15           1,024   
       

 

 

 
          93,122   
       

 

 

 
          180,669   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%

       

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     60           2,770   

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     40           1,662   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     10           547   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     30           1,128   

Halliburton Co.

     130           3,968   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     15         $ 609   

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)

     35           429   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     65           3,329   

Noble Corp. (a)

     35           1,027   

Rowan Cos., Inc. (a)

     15           453   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     195           11,647   
       

 

 

 
          27,569   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.4%

       

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. (a)

     32           566   

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     75           4,729   

Apache Corp.

     55           4,413   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     15           929   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     95           2,427   

Chevron Corp.

     290           26,831   

ConocoPhillips

     200           12,664   

Consol Energy, Inc.

     30           1,018   

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

     50           575   

Devon Energy Corp.

     60           3,326   

El Paso Corp.

     100           1,748   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     45           3,195   

EQT Corp.

     20           1,067   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     699           50,768   

Hess Corp.

     40           2,098   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     105           2,266   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     52           1,407   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     25           1,104   

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     20           794   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     25           1,770   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     120           8,580   

Peabody Energy Corp.

     35           1,186   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     15           987   

QEP Resources, Inc.

     25           677   

Range Resources Corp.

     20           1,169   

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

     45           1,500   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     85           2,085   

Sunoco, Inc.

     15           465   

Tesoro Corp. (a)

     15           292   

Valero Energy Corp.

     75           1,334   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     85           2,069   
       

 

 

 
          144,039   
       

 

 

 
          171,608   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 0.5%

       

Beverages - 0.1%

       

Brown-Forman Corp.-Class B

     15           1,052   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     330           22,295   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     40           995   

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A (a)

     20           360   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     30           1,163   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     20           792   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     225           13,928   
       

 

 

 
          40,585   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.1%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     60           4,927   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     190           6,380   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Kroger Co. (The)

     85         $ 1,867   

Safeway, Inc.

     45           748   

SUPERVALU, Inc.

     25           167   

Sysco Corp.

     85           2,202   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     253           13,131   

Walgreen Co.

     135           4,440   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     20           1,306   
       

 

 

 
          35,168   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.1%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     105           2,605   

Campbell Soup Co.

     25           809   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     50           1,211   

Dean Foods Co. (a)

     20           177   

General Mills, Inc.

     95           3,655   

Hershey Co. (The)

     20           1,185   

HJ Heinz Co.

     45           2,272   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     15           405   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     15           1,093   

Kellogg Co.

     35           1,862   

Kraft Foods, Inc.-Class A

     245           8,227   

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

     15           692   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     30           2,065   

Sara Lee Corp.

     80           1,308   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     35           608   
       

 

 

 
          28,174   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.1%

       

Clorox Co.

     20           1,327   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     75           6,651   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     55           3,905   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     395           24,956   
       

 

 

 
          36,839   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.0%

       

Avon Products, Inc.

     55           1,078   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     15           1,318   
       

 

 

 
          2,396   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.1%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     300           8,043   

Lorillard, Inc.

     20           2,214   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     260           16,219   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     45           1,686   
       

 

 

 
          28,162   
       

 

 

 
          171,324   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 0.5%

       

Auto Components - 0.0%

       

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The) (a)

     30           303   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     100           2,637   
       

 

 

 
          2,940   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.0%

       

Ford Motor Co. (a)

     525           5,077   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     30           1,030   
       

 

 

 
          6,107   
       

 

 

 


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Distributors – 0.0%

       

Genuine Parts Co.

     20         $ 1,016   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

       

Apollo Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     15           594   

DeVry, Inc.

     10           370   

H&R Block, Inc.

     40           532   
       

 

 

 
          1,496   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.1%

       

Carnival Corp.

     65           1,969   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.-Class A (a)

     4           1,212   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     20           855   

International Game Technology

     40           581   

Marriott International, Inc./DE-Class A

     45           1,226   

McDonald’s Corp.

     150           13,173   

Starbucks Corp.

     110           4,102   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     25           971   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     20           570   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     10           1,151   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     65           3,210   
       

 

 

 
          29,020   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.0%

       

DR Horton, Inc.

     35           316   

Fortune Brands, Inc.

     20           1,082   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     10           286   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     15           297   

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     20           271   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     35           415   

Pulte Group, Inc. (a)

     45           178   

Whirlpool Corp.

     10           499   
       

 

 

 
          3,344   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.1%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     50           10,811   

Expedia, Inc.

     25           644   

NetFlix, Inc. (a)

     6           679   

Priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     7           3,146   
       

 

 

 
          15,280   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

       

Hasbro, Inc.

     20           652   

Mattel, Inc.

     45           1,165   
       

 

 

 
          1,817   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.1%

       

Cablevision Systems Corp.

     30           472   

CBS Corp.-Class B

     90           1,834   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     390           8,151   

DIRECTV (a)

     115           4,859   

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class A (a)

     35           1,317   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     30           286   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     65           468   

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)

     40           1,640   

News Corp.-Class A

     315           4,873   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     40           1,473   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     10         $ 372   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     55           3,447   

Time Warner, Inc.

     155           4,645   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     80           3,099   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     265           7,992   

Washington Post Co. (The)-Class B

     1           327   
       

 

 

 
          45,255   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.1%

       

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

     10           348   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     15           763   

JC Penney Co., Inc.

     30           803   

Kohl’s Corp.

     40           1,964   

Macy’s, Inc.

     55           1,448   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     20           914   

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)

     5           288   

Target Corp.

     105           5,149   
       

 

 

 
          11,677   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.1%

       

Abercrombie & Fitch Co.-Class A

     10           616   

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     5           164   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     5           1,596   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     35           2,006   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     40           932   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     30           715   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     15           346   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     55           893   

Home Depot, Inc.

     230           7,560   

Limited Brands, Inc.

     35           1,348   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     190           3,675   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     20           1,333   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     15           1,180   

Staples, Inc.

     95           1,263   

Tiffany & Co.

     15           912   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     55           3,051   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

     15           335   
       

 

 

 
          27,925   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.0%

       

Coach, Inc.

     40           2,073   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     60           5,131   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     10           1,297   

VF Corp.

     15           1,823   
       

 

 

 
          10,324   
       

 

 

 
          156,201   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 0.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.1%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     110           6,656   

General Dynamics Corp.

     50           2,844   

Goodrich Corp.

     20           2,414   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     115           5,050   

ITT Corp.

     25           1,050   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     15           930   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     40           2,906   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     40           2,086   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Precision Castparts Corp.

     20         $ 3,109   

Raytheon Co.

     50           2,043   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     20           1,055   

Textron, Inc.

     35           617   

United Technologies Corp.

     135           9,499   
       

 

 

 
          40,259   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     25           1,712   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     30           1,216   

FedEx Corp.

     45           3,046   

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     145           9,157   
       

 

 

 
          15,131   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.0%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

     105           844   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

       

Masco Corp.

     45           320   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.0%

       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     15           376   

Cintas Corp.

     15           422   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     25           791   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     25           470   

Republic Services, Inc.-Class A

     40           1,122   

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.

     25           353   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     10           807   

Waste Management, Inc.

     65           2,117   
       

 

 

 
          6,458   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.0%

       

Fluor Corp.

     25           1,164   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     15           484   

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     25           470   
       

 

 

 
          2,118   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.0%

       

Emerson Electric Co.

     110           4,544   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     10           632   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     20           1,120   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     15           1,034   
       

 

 

 
          7,330   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.1%

       

3M Co.

     105           7,538   

Danaher Corp.

     80           3,355   

General Electric Co.

     1,510           23,012   

Tyco International Ltd.

     65           2,649   
       

 

 

 
          36,554   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.1%

       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     95           7,015   

Cummins, Inc.

     30           2,450   

Deere & Co.

     65           4,197   

Dover Corp.

     25           1,165   

Eaton Corp.

     45           1,597   

Flowserve Corp.

     10           740   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     75           3,120   


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     45         $ 1,264   

Joy Global, Inc.

     15           936   

PACCAR, Inc.

     50           1,691   

Pall Corp.

     15           636   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     25           1,578   

Snap-On, Inc.

     10           444   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     25           1,228   
       

 

 

 
          28,061   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.0%

       

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

     5           306   

Equifax, Inc.

     15           461   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     15           319   
       

 

 

 
          1,086   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

       

CSX Corp.

     150           2,800   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     50           3,051   

Ryder System, Inc.

     5           188   

Union Pacific Corp.

     75           6,125   
       

 

 

 
          12,164   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.0%

       

Fastenal Co.

     40           1,331   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     10           1,496   
       

 

 

 
          2,827   
       

 

 

 
          153,152   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.2%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.1%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     65           2,471   

Duke Energy Corp.

     185           3,698   

Edison International

     45           1,721   

Entergy Corp.

     25           1,657   

Exelon Corp.

     90           3,835   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     55           2,470   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     65           3,511   

Northeast Utilities

     20           673   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     30           568   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     15           644   

PPL Corp.

     75           2,141   

Progress Energy, Inc.

     40           2,069   

Southern Co.

     120           5,084   
       

 

 

 
          30,542   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.0%

       

Nicor, Inc.

     5           275   

Oneok, Inc.

     15           991   
       

 

 

 
          1,266   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.0%

       

AES Corp. (The) (a)

     85           830   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

     25           951   

NRG Energy, Inc. (a)

     30           636   
       

 

 

 
          2,417   
       

 

 

 


Company

       Shares                U.S. $ Value      

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

       

Ameren Corp.

     30         $ 893   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     55           1,079   

CMS Energy Corp.

     30           594   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     40           2,281   

Dominion Resources, Inc./VA

     85           4,316   

DTE Energy Co.

     20           980   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

     10           486   

NiSource, Inc.

     35           748   

PG&E Corp.

     55           2,327   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     75           2,503   

SCANA Corp.

     15           607   

Sempra Energy

     40           2,060   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     25           428   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     30           939   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     70           1,728   
       

 

 

 
          21,969   
       

 

 

 
          56,194   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 0.2%

       

Chemicals - 0.1%

       

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     30           2,291   

Airgas, Inc.

     10           638   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     10           1,234   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     165           3,706   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     10           685   

Ecolab, Inc.

     30           1,467   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     135           5,396   

FMC Corp.

     10           691   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     10           562   

Monsanto Co.

     80           4,803   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     40           1,959   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     30           2,120   

Praxair, Inc.

     50           4,674   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     15           1,115   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     15           927   
       

 

 

 
          32,268   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Vulcan Materials Co.

     15           413   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.0%

       

Ball Corp.

     20           621   

Bemis Co., Inc.

     10           293   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

     20           302   

Sealed Air Corp.

     20           334   
       

 

 

 
          1,550   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

AK Steel Holding Corp.

     10           65   

Alcoa, Inc.

     140           1,340   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

     15           555   

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

     20           1,023   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     135           4,111   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     75           4,717   

Nucor Corp.

     40           1,266   

Titanium Metals Corp.

     10           150   

United States Steel Corp.

     20           440   
       

 

 

 
          13,667   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

International Paper Co.

     65         $ 1,512   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     20           491   
       

 

 

 
          2,003   
       

 

 

 
          49,901   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.1%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     850           24,242   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     90           2,981   

Frontier Communications Corp.

     140           855   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     400           14,720   

Windstream Corp.

     65           758   
       

 

 

 
          43,556   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.0%

       

American Tower Corp.-Class A (a)

     55           2,959   

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a)

     35           305   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)

     420           1,277   
       

 

 

 
          4,541   
       

 

 

 
          48,097   
       

 

 

 

Producer Durables - 0.0%

       

Back Office Support HR & Consulting - 0.0%

       

Accenture PLC

     95           5,005   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,731,990)

          1,473,131   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 57.6%

       

Investment Companies - 57.6%

       

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-

       

Government STIF Portfolio, 0.08% (b)

(cost $19,413,828)

     19,413,828           19,413,828   

Total Investments - 109.5%
(cost $37,723,432) (c)

          36,916,141   

Other assets less liabilities - (9.5)% (d)

          (3,213,637
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 33,702,504   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration Month      Original
Value
     Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

German Euro Bobl Futures

     1         December 2011       $ 162,299       $ 163,624       $ 1,325   

German Euro Bund Futures

     1         December 2011         179,233         182,862         3,629   


Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

German Euro Schatz Futures

     1         December 2011       $ 146,624       $ 146,870       $ 246   

JGB Mini 10 Yr Futures

     3         December 2011         555,176         553,248         (1,928

MSCI EAFE Mini Index Futures

     28         December 2011         1,924,626         1,885,240         (39,386

MSCI Emerging Market EMini Futures

     9         December 2011         430,485         378,135         (52,350

Russell 2000 Mini Index Futures

     2         December 2011         134,293         128,300         (5,993

S+P Midcap 400 EMini Index Futures

     1         December 2011         82,407         77,890         (4,517

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr Futures

     37         December 2011         4,803,184         4,813,469         10,285   

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr Futures

     6         December 2011         1,323,103         1,321,219         (1,884

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr Futures

     2         December 2011         245,083         244,969         (114

UK Long Gilt Bond Futures

     1         December 2011         198,451         202,707         4,256   

Ultra Long U.S. T-Bond Futures

     11         December 2011         1,643,658         1,744,875         101,217   
              

 

 

 
               $ 14,786   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

HSBC Bank USA:

           

Japanese Yen settling 12/15/11

     44,052       $ 576,831       $ 571,739       $ (5,092

State Street Bank and Trust Co.:

           

Australian Dollar settling 12/15/11

     25         25,961         23,985         (1,976

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     981         12,782         12,732         (50

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     1,341         17,580         17,404         (176

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     1,379         18,078         17,898         (180

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     1,649         21,614         21,402         (212

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     2,952         38,549         38,313         (236

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     2,506         32,769         32,525         (244

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     3,853         50,312         50,007         (305

Sale Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     25         38,970         38,958         12   

HSBC Bank USA:

           

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     353         548,325         550,087         (1,762

Swiss Franc

settling 12/15/11

     314         347,915         346,936         979   

Royal Bank of Canada:

           

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     270         369,174         361,614         7,560   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     308         415,459         412,507         2,952   

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     292         460,382         455,030         5,352   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     40,135         522,700         520,901         1,799   

Swedish Krona

settling 12/15/11

     1,059         157,994         153,800         4,194   

State Street Bank and Trust Co.:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     453         455,999         434,613         21,386   

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     40         40,910         38,376         2,534   


Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     31       $ 32,129       $ 29,742       $ 2,387   

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     43         43,531         41,255         2,276   

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     25         26,206         23,986         2,220   

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     23         23,454         22,066         1,388   

Australian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     44         42,627         42,214         413   

Canadian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     43         43,521         40,970         2,551   

Canadian Dollar

settling 12/15/11

     22         22,441         20,961         1,480   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     420         586,622         562,510         24,112   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     30         43,209         40,179         3,030   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     27         38,962         36,161         2,801   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     22         31,235         29,465         1,770   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     19         26,921         25,447         1,474   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     17         24,177         22,769         1,408   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     33         45,477         44,197         1,280   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     24         33,288         32,144         1,144   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     58         78,730         77,680         1,050   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     25         33,709         33,483         226   

Euro

settling 12/15/11

     60         80,384         80,359         25   

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     135         215,995         210,374         5,621   

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     24         38,101         37,400         701   

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     19         30,245         29,608         637   

Great British Pound

settling 12/15/11

     26         40,785         40,516         269   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     4,055         53,142         52,629         513   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     4,155         54,286         53,927         359   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     3,808         49,647         49,423         224   

Japanese Yen

settling 12/15/11

     2,675         34,863         34,718         145   
           

 

 

 
            $ 96,039   
           

 

 

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS ON INDICES

 

Receive/Pay
Total
Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid by
the Fund
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
    

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Index

                

Receive

  

FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index

     16         1.00   $ 44         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    $ (3,175

Receive

  

FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index

     13         1.00        33         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      0   

Receive

  

FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index

     7         0.47        19         6/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,389


Receive/Pay
Total
Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid by
the Fund
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
    

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      11         0.45   $ 30         6/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    $ (2,182

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      11         0.46        30         6/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (2,183

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      5         0.46        14         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (992

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      5         0.46        14         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (992

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      6         0.46        17         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,190

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      6         0.46        17         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,190

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      8         0.46        22         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,587

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      9         0.43        25         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,786

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      10         0.46        28         7/16/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,984

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      7         1.00        19         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,389

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      14         0.48        39         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (2,778

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      14         0.48        39         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (2,778

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      20         0.48        55         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (3,969

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      29         1.00        80         8/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (5,755

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      7         1.00        19         9/17/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,389

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      11         1.00        30         9/17/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (2,183


Receive/Pay
Total

Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid by
the Fund
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
    

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      13         0.48   $ 36         9/17/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.    $ (2,580

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      14         0.48        39         9/17/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (2,778

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      29         1.00        74         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      66   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      16         1.00        41         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (22

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      10         1.00        26         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (606

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      15         0.48        40         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (1,468

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      16         0.48        45         10/15/12       JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.      (3,699

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      233         0.43        643         4/16/12       UBS AG      (46,224

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      18         0.43        50         5/15/12       UBS AG      (3,571

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      8         0.46        22         6/15/12       UBS AG      (1,587

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate index      11         0.46        30         6/15/12       UBS AG      (2,183
                   

 

 

 
         $ (103,543
                   

 

 

 

 

* BBA - British Bankers’ Association
(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(c) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $348,405 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,155,696), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(807,291).
(d) An amount of U.S. $625,850 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at September 30, 2011.


Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

$20,901,745 $20,901,745 $20,901,745 $20,901,745

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Investment Companies

   $ – 0  –    $ 9,513,259      $ – 0  –    $ 9,513,259   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      6,515,923        – 0  –      6,515,923   

Common Stocks

     1,473,131        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,473,131   

Short-Term Investments

     19,413,828        – 0  –      – 0  –      19,413,828   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     20,886,959        16,029,182        – 0  –      36,916,141   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures Contracts

     120,958        – 0  –      – 0  –      120,958   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      106,272        – 0  –      106,272   

Total Return Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      66        – 0  –      66   

Liabilities:

        

Futures Contracts

     (106,172     – 0  –      – 0  –      (106,172

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (10,233     – 0  –      (10,233

Total Return Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      (103,609     – 0  –      (103,609
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     20,901,745      $     16,021,678      $     – 0  –    $     36,923,423   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 92.6%

       

Information Technology - 20.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 3.9%

       

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     188,055         $ 3,245,829   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     47,700           2,319,651   
       

 

 

 
          5,565,480   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 4.5%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     7,110           2,710,190   

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

     137,481           1,638,774   

Toshiba Corp.

     491,000           2,003,008   
       

 

 

 
          6,351,972   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 5.4%

       

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

     164,039           2,057,049   

Equinix, Inc. (a)

     16,900           1,501,227   

LinkedIn Corp. (a)

     13,706           1,070,164   

MercadoLibre, Inc.

     24,400           1,311,500   

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (a)

     49,219           1,680,337   
       

 

 

 
          7,620,277   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.7%

       

Cree, Inc. (a)

     48,350           1,256,133   

NVIDIA Corp. (a)

     207,400           2,592,500   
       

 

 

 
          3,848,633   
       

 

 

 

Software - 4.2%

       

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     31,200           1,480,128   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     51,500           2,176,390   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     19,310           2,206,747   
       

 

 

 
          5,863,265   
       

 

 

 
          29,249,627   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 15.5%

       

Capital Markets - 3.1%

       

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (a) (b)

     1,183,300           2,020,943   

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

     83,631           2,391,010   
       

 

 

 
          4,411,953   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.3%

       

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     1,802,500           1,180,221   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     507,000           1,080,945   

Siam Commercial Bank PCL

     279,500           953,096   
       

 

 

 
          3,214,262   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 3.9%

       

Green Dot Corp. (a)

     129,883           4,067,936   

SKS Microfinance Ltd. (a)

     304,622           1,520,316   
       

 

 

 
          5,588,252   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.3%

       

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     116,337           1,809,040   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Real Estate Management & Development - 4.9%

       

Ciputra Development Tbk PT

     37,857,500         $ 2,172,902   

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.

     1,604,400           1,180,703   

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

     307,000           1,566,219   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     171,000           1,961,713   
       

 

 

 
          6,881,537   
       

 

 

 
          21,905,044   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 14.5%

       

Auto Components - 0.5%

       

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     27,500           725,175   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 3.7%

       

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a)

     90,993           2,219,319   

Toyota Motor Corp. (Sponsored ADR)

     27,100           1,849,846   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     8,900           1,174,518   
       

 

 

 
          5,243,683   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.5%

       

Ajisen China Holdings Ltd.

     915,000           1,046,462   

Ctrip.com International Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     77,400           2,489,184   
       

 

 

 
          3,535,646   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.1%

       

Rinnai Corp.

     18,600           1,552,824   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.9%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     10,420           2,253,117   

NetFlix, Inc. (a)

     16,564           1,874,382   

Rakuten, Inc.

     1,216           1,416,695   
       

 

 

 
          5,544,194   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.7%

       

L’Occitane International SA (a)

     334,750           675,103   

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,082,500           1,699,889   
       

 

 

 
          2,374,992   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     34,300           1,527,905   
       

 

 

 
          20,504,419   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 12.2%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.9%

       

Halliburton Co.

     42,300           1,290,996   

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)

     140,250           1,719,465   

Saipem SpA

     33,000           1,158,213   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     22,400           1,337,952   
       

 

 

 
          5,506,626   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.3%

       

Cameco Corp.

     83,943           1,541,238   

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

     259,300           2,981,950   

Kinder Morgan, Inc./Delaware

     62,656           1,622,164   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     20,300           1,437,240   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     17,950           1,283,425   

Paladin Energy Ltd. (a)

     910,500           1,044,833   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Santos Ltd.

     168,800         $ 1,826,821   
       

 

 

 
          11,737,671   
       

 

 

 
          17,244,297   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 10.5%

       

Biotechnology - 3.1%

       

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

     46,500           1,805,595   

Genomic Health, Inc. (a)

     115,761           2,544,427   
       

 

 

 
          4,350,022   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%

       

Given Imaging Ltd. (a)

     148,158           2,235,704   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 1.1%

       

athenahealth, Inc. (a)

     26,822           1,597,250   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 4.2%

       

Covance, Inc. (a)

     32,600           1,481,670   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     110,145           4,507,134   
       

 

 

 
          5,988,804   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.5%

       

Novartis AG

     13,360           746,312   
       

 

 

 
          14,918,092   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 9.8%

       

Chemicals - 4.1%

       

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     47,000           1,055,620   

Linde AG

     12,000           1,605,761   

Monsanto Co.

     22,200           1,332,888   

Stella Chemifa Corp.

     64,100           1,777,500   
       

 

 

 
          5,771,769   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 5.7%

       

Barrick Gold Corp.

     54,090           2,523,299   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     45,700           1,391,565   

Goldcorp, Inc.

     42,000           1,926,653   

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd./CA (a)

     59,700           823,232   

Mongolian Mining Corp. (a)

     1,696,500           1,512,871   
       

 

 

 
          8,177,620   
       

 

 

 
          13,949,389   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 7.6%

       

Construction & Engineering - 1.3%

       

Shaw Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     86,200           1,873,988   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 4.0%

       

A123 Systems, Inc. (a)

     522,035           1,795,800   

Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The) (a)

     105,400           2,060,570   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     203,000           1,798,145   
       

 

 

 
          5,654,515   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.2%

       

FANUC Corp.

     12,200           1,680,500   
       

 

 

 


Company

        Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Road & Rail - 1.1%

          

Zipcar, Inc. (a)

        88,087         $ 1,585,566   
          

 

 

 
             10,794,569   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.8%

          

Beverages - 1.1%

          

Heckmann Corp. (a)

        292,240           1,545,949   
          

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.7%

          

Besunyen Holdings Co., Ltd.

        5,698,000           1,029,328   
          

 

 

 
             2,575,277   
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $161,098,848)

             131,140,714   
          

 

 

 
          Contracts           

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.9%

          

Utilities - 0.9%

          

Market Vectors Gold Miners
Expiration: Jan 2012, Exercise Price: $ 65.00 (a) (c)

        2,880           660,960   

Market Vectors JR Gold Miners
Expiration: Jan 2013, Exercise Price: $ 45.00 (a) (c)

        2,000           580,000   
          

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(cost $2,747,176)

             1,240,960   
          

 

 

 
          Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 9.1%

          

Time Deposit - 9.1%

          

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $12,849,370)

   U.S.$      12,849           12,849,370   
          

 

 

 

Total Investments - 102.6%
(cost $176,695,394) (d)

             145,231,044   

Other assets less liabilities - (2.6)%

             (3,626,839
          

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

           $ 141,604,205   
          

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value
on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     4,248       $ 4,387,908       $ 4,052,724       $ (335,184

BNP Paribas SA:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     3,715         3,922,055         3,590,951         (331,104

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     1,948         3,196,656         3,037,410         (159,246

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     9,925         14,186,001         13,296,025         (889,976

HSBC BankUSA:

           

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     6,943         11,106,092         10,825,843         (280,249

Sale Contracts

           

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     69,323         857,613         898,903         (41,290
           

 

 

 
            $ (2,037,049
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, the market value of this security amounted to $2,020,943 or 1.4% of net assets.
(c) One contract relates to 100 shares.
(d) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $6,528,083 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(37,992,433), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(31,464,350).

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

  54.2%        

United States

  8.3 %        

Japan

  6.5 %        

China

  4.7 %        

Canada

  3.2 %        

Hong Kong

  2.3 %        

Indonesia

  2.0 %        

Australia

  1.9 %        

Germany

  1.6 %        

Switzerland

  1.5 %        

Israel

  1.1 %        

India

  1.0 %        

Mongolia

  0.9 %        

Argentina

  1.9 %        

Other

  8.9 %        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of September 30, 2011. The Portfolio's country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 0.8% or less in the following countries: Italy, Luxembourg and Thailand.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

        

Information Technology

   $ 27,246,619      $ 2,003,008      $ – 0  –    $ 29,249,627   

Financials

     10,288,929        10,663,019        953,096        21,905,044   

Consumer Discretionary

     11,411,023        9,093,396        – 0 –      20,504,419   

Energy

     13,214,430        4,029,867        – 0 –      17,244,297   

Health Care

     14,171,780        746,312        – 0 –      14,918,092   

Materials

     9,053,257        4,896,132        – 0 –      13,949,389   

Industrials

     7,315,924        3,478,645        – 0 –      10,794,569   

Consumer Staples

     1,545,949        1,029,328        – 0 –      2,575,277   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0 –      1,240,960        – 0 –      1,240,960   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0 –      12,849,370        – 0 –      12,849,370   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     94,247,911        50,030,037+        953,096        145,231,044   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0 –      (2,037,049     – 0 –      (2,037,049
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     94,247,911      $     47,992,988      $     953,096      $     143,193,995   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ The earlier close of the foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred between the close of the foreign markets and the time at which the Portfolio values its securities which may materially affect the value of securities trading in such markets. To account for this, the Portfolio may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. Accordingly, a significant portion of the Portfolio’s investments are categorized as Level 2 investments.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assumes the financial instrument was transferred at the end of the reporting period.

 

     Financials     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 2,085,450      $ 2,085,450   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0 –      – 0 – 

Realized gain (loss)

     465,929        465,929   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (252,137     (252,137

Purchases

     876,004        876,004   

Sales

     (2,222,150     (2,222,150

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0 –      – 0 – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0 –      – 0 – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 953,096      $ 953,096   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11*

   $ (252,138   $ (252,138
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* The unrealized appreciation/depreciation is included in net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of investments in the accompanying statement of operations.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%

       

Information Technology - 30.2%

       

Communications Equipment - 4.2%

       

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

     27,310         $ 571,052   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     54,200           2,635,746   
       

 

 

 
          3,206,798   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 9.4%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     16,230           6,186,551   

EMC Corp. (a)

     51,310           1,076,997   
       

 

 

 
          7,263,548   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.1%

       

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     4,720           2,427,874   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.0%

       

Accenture PLC

     28,440           1,498,219   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     9,150           784,338   
       

 

 

 
          2,282,557   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.2%

       

Broadcom Corp.-Class A (a)

     44,720           1,488,729   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

     67,700           983,681   
       

 

 

 
          2,472,410   
       

 

 

 

Software - 7.3%

       

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     18,800           1,025,164   

Informatica Corp. (a)

     5,100           208,845   

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     20,680           981,059   

Oracle Corp.

     91,730           2,636,320   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     18,770           793,220   
       

 

 

 
          5,644,608   
       

 

 

 
          23,297,795   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 16.8%

       

Auto Components - 0.8%

       

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     22,600           595,962   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.0%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     22,400           768,992   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.0%

       

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)

     15,330           587,752   

McDonald’s Corp.

     18,720           1,643,990   

Starbucks Corp.

     22,020           821,126   
       

 

 

 
          3,052,868   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 2.1%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     7,630           1,649,835   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.1%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     27,260           822,162   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.9%

       

Macy’s, Inc.

     27,170           715,114   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $Value  

Specialty Retail - 4.3%

       

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     11,110         $ 636,714   

Home Depot, Inc.

     43,960           1,444,965   

Limited Brands, Inc.

     15,195           585,160   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     11,400           632,358   
       

 

 

 
          3,299,197   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.6%

       

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     9,210           787,547   

PVH Corp.

     12,720           740,813   

VF Corp.

     4,090           497,017   
       

 

 

 
          2,025,377   
       

 

 

 
          12,929,507   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 12.2%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 5.7%

       

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     18,900           710,640   

Halliburton Co.

     34,050           1,039,206   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     17,890           916,326   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     29,565           1,765,917   
       

 

 

 
          4,432,089   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.5%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     18,200           1,147,510   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     13,980           992,720   

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     18,200           722,358   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     15,290           1,082,532   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     14,410           1,030,315   
       

 

 

 
          4,975,435   
       

 

 

 
          9,407,524   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 11.7%

       

Biotechnology - 2.0%

       

Amarin Corp. PLC (ADR) (a)

     47,900           440,680   

Human Genome Sciences, Inc. (a)

     30,470           386,664   

Pharmasset, Inc. (a)

     8,620           710,030   
       

 

 

 
          1,537,374   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.2%

       

Baxter International, Inc.

     21,090           1,183,992   

Covidien PLC

     21,910           966,231   

Volcano Corp. (a)

     10,090           298,967   
       

 

 

 
          2,449,190   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.5%

       

Express Scripts, Inc.-Class A (a)

     15,770           584,594   

Healthspring, Inc. (a)

     14,010           510,805   

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

     29,200           712,188   

McKesson Corp.

     14,920           1,084,684   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     13,680           630,921   
       

 

 

 
          3,523,192   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.0%

       

Allergan, Inc.

     10,640           876,523   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,500         $ 648,375   
       

 

 

 
          1,524,898   
       

 

 

 
          9,034,654   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 9.7%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 3.4%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     16,990           1,028,065   

United Technologies Corp.

     22,960           1,615,466   
       

 

 

 
          2,643,531   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 2.2%

       

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     26,430           1,669,055   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.7%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     13,300           438,501   

Emerson Electric Co.

     20,130           831,570   
       

 

 

 
          1,270,071   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.9%

       

Danaher Corp.

     34,310           1,438,961   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.5%

       

Joy Global, Inc.

     6,700           417,946   
       

 

 

 
          7,439,564   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 8.9%

       

Beverages - 1.5%

       

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     45,400           1,129,552   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.2%

       

Kellogg Co.

     13,920           740,405   

Kraft Foods, Inc.-Class A

     28,740           965,089   
       

 

 

 
          1,705,494   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.1%

       

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     9,840           872,611   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 4.1%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     49,050           1,315,031   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     29,700           1,852,686   
       

 

 

 
          3,167,717   
       

 

 

 
          6,875,374   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 4.0%

       

Commercial Banks - 0.9%

       

Wells Fargo & Co.

     26,860           647,863   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.9%

       

CME Group, Inc. - Class A

     1,660           409,024   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     5,060           598,395   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     15,430           464,752   
       

 

 

 
          1,472,171   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.2%

       

AON Corp.

     7,510           315,270   

MetLife, Inc.

     11,050           309,511   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     7,000         $ 328,020   
       

 

 

 
          952,801   
       

 

 

 
          3,072,835   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.6%

       

Chemicals - 2.5%

       

Monsanto Co.

     15,910           955,237   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     22,560           975,043   
       

 

 

 
          1,930,280   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.1%

       

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     26,230           798,703   
       

 

 

 
          2,728,983   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $73,227,738)

          74,786,236   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.7%

       

Time Deposit - 1.7%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $1,320,687)

   $ 1,321           1,320,687   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.8%
(cost $74,548,425) (b)

          76,106,923   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.2%

          961,101   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $  77,068,024   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $8,506,849 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(6,948,351), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $1,558,498.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $ 74,786,236      $ –  0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 74,786,236   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,320,687        – 0  –      1,320,687   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     74,786,236        1,320,687        – 0  –      76,106,923   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     74,786,236      $     1,320,687      $             – 0  –    $     76,106,923   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.6%

       

Financials - 19.9%

       

Capital Markets - 4.3%

       

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     74,610         $ 11,043,026   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     47,700           4,562,028   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     121,510           11,488,771   

State Street Corp.

     219,020           7,043,683   
       

 

 

 
          34,137,508   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.9%

       

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     194,320           9,364,281   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     583,500           14,074,020   
       

 

 

 
          23,438,301   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.8%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     171,900           6,812,397   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 5.0%

       

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     89,400           10,572,444   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     967,080           29,128,449   
       

 

 

 
          39,700,893   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.9%

       

ACE Ltd.

     247,570           15,002,742   

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

     442,211           11,470,953   

MetLife, Inc.

     812,902           22,769,385   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     125,790           6,129,747   
       

 

 

 
          55,372,827   
       

 

 

 
          159,461,926   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 18.3%

       

Biotechnology - 6.4%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     552,400           30,354,380   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     537,900           20,870,520   
       

 

 

 
          51,224,900   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.9%

       

Baxter International, Inc.

     135,300           7,595,742   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.1%

       

HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)

     298,157           6,010,845   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     577,100           26,615,852   
       

 

 

 
          32,626,697   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.0%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)

     162,864           5,089,500   

Covance, Inc. (a)

     231,849           10,537,537   
       

 

 

 
          15,627,037   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 4.9%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     141,500           7,236,310   

Endo Pharmaceuticals Holdings, Inc. (a)

     101,175           2,831,889   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     434,789           14,221,948   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Pfizer, Inc.

     826,060         $ 14,604,741   
       

 

 

 
          38,894,888   
       

 

 

 
          145,969,264   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 14.1%

       

Computers & Peripherals - 2.0%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     43,200           16,466,976   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.0%

       

Accenture PLC

     128,373           6,762,690   

Amdocs Ltd. (a)

     215,700           5,849,784   

International Business Machines Corp.

     63,150           11,053,144   
       

 

 

 
          23,665,618   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

       

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     243,800           2,633,040   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

     1,301,258           18,907,279   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     810,160           4,083,206   

NVIDIA Corp. (a)

     376,600           4,707,500   
       

 

 

 
          30,331,025   
       

 

 

 

Software - 5.3%

       

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     561,233           6,678,673   

Microsoft Corp.

     1,020,910           25,410,450   

Oracle Corp.

     354,600           10,191,204   
       

 

 

 
          42,280,327   
       

 

 

 
          112,743,946   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 13.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 4.8%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     199,210           10,904,756   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     94,400           3,832,640   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     354,197           18,141,970   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     158,309           5,594,640   
       

 

 

 
          38,474,006   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 8.7%

       

Chevron Corp.

     340,100           31,466,052   

Devon Energy Corp.

     178,900           9,918,216   

Energen Corp.

     162,700           6,652,803   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     205,320           14,912,391   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     93,840           6,709,560   
       

 

 

 
          69,659,022   
       

 

 

 
          108,133,028   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 11.8%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 4.1%

       

Honeywell International, Inc.

     117,605           5,164,035   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     118,240           7,327,333   

Raytheon Co.

     488,270           19,955,595   
       

 

 

 
          32,446,963   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.8%

       

Foster Wheeler AG (a)

     392,600           6,984,354   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

URS Corp. (a)

     242,800         $ 7,201,448   
       

 

 

 
          14,185,802   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.6%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     202,700           6,683,019   

Hubbell, Inc.-Class B

     123,320           6,109,273   
       

 

 

 
          12,792,292   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

       

General Electric Co.

     713,440           10,872,826   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.1%

       

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     294,600           5,818,350   

Dover Corp.

     141,300           6,584,580   

Joy Global, Inc.

     71,285           4,446,758   
       

 

 

 
          16,849,688   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.9%

       

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     116,022           7,079,662   
       

 

 

 
          94,227,233   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 10.6%

       

Auto Components - 1.0%

       

Autoliv, Inc.

     157,500           7,638,750   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.8%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     182,200           6,254,926   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.7%

       

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     201,400           5,756,012   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.4%

       

Liberty Interactive Corp.(a)

     737,625           10,894,721   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.5%

       

Mattel, Inc.

     146,819           3,801,144   
       

 

 

 

Media - 4.7%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     826,160           17,266,744   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     727,738           5,239,714   

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Starz (a)

     43,651           2,774,457   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     251,630           9,353,087   

Time Warner, Inc.

     103,406           3,099,078   
       

 

 

 
          37,733,080   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.1%

       

Kohl’s Corp.

     103,510           5,082,341   

Macy’s, Inc.

     157,500           4,145,400   
       

 

 

 
          9,227,741   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.4%

       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     164,200           3,175,628   
       

 

 

 
          84,482,002   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.5%

       

Beverages - 0.8%

       

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     250,000           6,220,000   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.5%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     418,417           14,050,443   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Kroger Co. (The)

     263,928         $ 5,795,859   
       

 

 

 
          19,846,302   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.2%

       

Lorillard, Inc.

     177,291           19,626,114   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     102,800           6,412,664   
       

 

 

 
          26,038,778   
       

 

 

 
          52,105,080   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.3%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.3%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     432,150           12,324,918   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     158,910           5,847,888   
       

 

 

 
          18,172,806   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.4%

       

Chemicals - 0.8%

       

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     33,740           4,405,152   

Solutia, Inc. (a)

     169,000           2,171,650   
       

 

 

 
          6,576,802   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.6%

       

Domtar Corp.

     64,300           4,383,331   
       

 

 

 
          10,960,133   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.2%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.6%

       

Exelon Corp.

     109,830           4,679,856   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.6%

       

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     140,040           4,673,135   
       

 

 

 
          9,352,991   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $815,304,222)

          795,608,409   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.1%

       

Time Deposit - 1.1%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $8,401,446)

   $ 8,401           8,401,446   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.7%
(cost $823,705,668) (b)

          804,009,855   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.7)%

          (5,338,370
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $  798,671,485   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b)

As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $54,632,267 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(74,328,080), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(19,695,813).


  Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $     795,608,409      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 795,608,409   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      8,401,446        – 0  –      8,401,446   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     795,608,409        8,401,446        – 0  –      804,009,855   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 795,608,409      $     8,401,446      $             – 0  –    $     804,009,855   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 27.8%

     

United States - 27.8%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

4.50%, 2/15/36

   U.S.$         2,610       $ 3,379,543   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     3,520         4,703,600   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     1,250         1,758,399   

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.00%, 8/31/16

     10,645         10,671,613   

1.50%, 6/30/16

     3,950         4,058,941   

2.625%, 4/30/16-11/15/20

     13,890         14,908,918   

3.625%, 2/15/20

     1,030         1,189,006   
     

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $38,016,696)

        40,670,020   
     

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS - THROUGH’S - 26.5%

     

Agency Fixed Rate 30 - Year - 22.1%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

     

4.50%, 10/01/39

     3,670         3,887,255   

Series 2005

     

5.50%, 1/01/35

     4,061         4,413,707   

Series 2007

     

5.50%, 7/01/35

     152         165,750   

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

3.50%, TBA

     2,190         2,249,198   

4.00%, TBA

     3,545         3,715,603   

4.00%, 1/01/41

     2,010         2,108,332   

5.50%, 6/01/38

     1,769         1,922,012   

6.00%, 5/01/31-2/01/40

     2,725         2,990,478   

Series 2002

     

7.00%, 3/01/32

     18         20,863   

Series 2003

     

5.00%, 11/01/33

     163         175,711   

5.50%, 4/01/33-7/01/33

     571         622,739   

Series 2004

     

5.50%, 4/01/34-11/01/34

     498         542,746   

6.00%, 9/01/34

     274         302,544   

Series 2005

     

4.50%, 8/01/35

     500         533,409   

5.00%, 10/01/35

     1,271         1,369,825   

5.50%, 2/01/35

     604         658,178   

Series 2006

     

5.00%, 2/01/36

     1,092         1,176,834   

Series 2007

     

4.50%, 9/01/35-8/01/37

     685         730,314   

5.00%, 7/01/36

     186         200,749   

Series 2008

     

5.50%, 5/01/38

     406         440,722   

6.00%, 3/01/37-5/01/38

     3,413         3,754,464   

Series 2010

     

6.00%, 4/01/40

     369         405,024   

Government National Mortgage Association

     

Series 1994

     

9.00%, 9/15/24

     5         6,032   
     

 

 

 
        32,392,489   
     

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

Agency Fixed Rate 15 - Year - 2.5%

     

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

4.50%, TBA

   U.S.$         915       $ 974,189   

4.50%, 6/01/26

     2,493         2,653,917   
     

 

 

 
        3,628,106   
     

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 1.9%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

     

2.592%, 4/01/36 (a)

     637         671,886   

4.955%, 10/01/39 (a)

     926         980,291   

Series 2007

     

6.091%, 1/01/37 (b)

     73         75,908   

Federal National Mortgage Association

     

Series 2003

     

2.685%, 12/01/33 (a)

     197         208,014   

Series 2006

     

2.109%, 3/01/36 (a)

     127         131,106   

2.301%, 2/01/36 (a)

     188         198,226   

5.76%, 11/01/36 (b)

     165         171,491   

Series 2007

     

2.462%, 3/01/34 (a)

     338         355,688   
     

 

 

 
        2,792,610   
     

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass - Through’s
(cost $37,437,130)

        38,813,205   
     

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 22.8%

     

Industrial - 10.1%

     

Basic - 1.3%

     

Anglo American Capital PLC

     

9.375%, 4/08/19 (c)

     315         417,180   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC

     

5.375%, 4/15/20

     250         244,930   

ArcelorMittal

     

6.125%, 6/01/18

     460         444,071   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     

7.60%, 5/15/14

     81         91,998   

8.55%, 5/15/19

     143         183,177   

International Paper Co.

     

7.95%, 6/15/18

     196         226,386   

Packaging Corp. of America

     

5.75%, 8/01/13

     155         165,478   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     

5.75%, 3/15/13

     152         161,852   

Teck Resources Ltd.

     

6.00%, 8/15/40

     27         27,788   
     

 

 

 
        1,962,860   
     

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.5%

     

Holcim US Finance Sarl & Cie SCS

     

6.00%, 12/30/19 (c)

     41         43,515   

Owens Corning

     

6.50%, 12/01/16

     265         285,865   

Republic Services, Inc.

     

5.25%, 11/15/21

     150         168,140   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.50%, 9/15/19

   U.S.$         230         $     262,549   
       

 

 

 
          760,069   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 2.0%

       

CBS Corp.

       

8.875%, 5/15/19

     283           361,436   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

       

9.455%, 11/15/22

     280           403,999   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

4.75%, 10/01/14

     160           173,344   

News America, Inc.

       

9.25%, 2/01/13

     235           256,707   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     320           408,478   

TCI Communications, Inc.

       

7.875%, 2/15/26

     210           271,116   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

7.50%, 4/01/14

     145           164,011   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

       

8.375%, 3/15/23

     371           475,044   

WPP Finance UK

       

8.00%, 9/15/14

     315           356,511   
       

 

 

 
          2,870,646   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 1.0%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     340           339,308   

AT&T Corp.

       

8.00%, 11/15/31

     20           27,904   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.45%, 5/15/21

     177           189,899   

Embarq Corp.

       

7.082%, 6/01/16

     176           182,189   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

       

6.175%, 6/18/14

     355           353,282   

6.375%, 11/15/33

     40           34,220   

United States Cellular Corp.

       

6.70%, 12/15/33

     380           382,138   
       

 

 

 
          1,508,940   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.2%

       

Harley - Davidson Funding Corp.

       

5.75%, 12/15/14 (c)

     300           327,157   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.6%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

7.625%, 4/15/31

     390           486,816   

Viacom, Inc.

       

5.625%, 9/15/19

     375           422,968   
       

 

 

 
          909,784   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.3%

       

Marriott International, Inc./DE

       

Series J

       

5.625%, 2/15/13

     372           386,665   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.2%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

       

6.60%, 3/15/19

   U.S.$         180         $     218,946   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non - Cyclical - 1.0%

       

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     375           479,687   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     206           214,094   

5.875%, 5/15/13

     180           188,963   

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC

       

5.125%, 10/01/13 (c)

     350           374,108   

Delhaize Group SA

       

5.875%, 2/01/14

     105           114,414   

Whirlpool Corp.

       

8.60%, 5/01/14

     55           62,732   
       

 

 

 
          1,433,998   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.3%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

5.95%, 9/15/16

     162           177,195   

6.45%, 9/15/36

     124           131,166   

ConocoPhillips Holding Co.

       

6.95%, 4/15/29

     155           206,351   

Hess Corp.

       

7.875%, 10/01/29

     55           74,014   

8.125%, 2/15/19

     22           28,356   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16 (c)

     50           51,549   

5.125%, 3/01/21 (c)

     86           89,559   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

9.25%, 1/15/19

     310           392,155   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     316           414,898   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     32           34,422   

TNK - BP Finance SA

       

7.50%, 7/18/16 (c)

     100           103,500   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

6.00%, 3/15/18

     12           13,274   

9.625%, 3/01/19

     190           245,483   
       

 

 

 
          1,961,922   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.2%

       

Noble Group Ltd.

       

6.75%, 1/29/20 (c)

     335           294,800   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.6%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     64           69,049   

Computer Sciences Corp.

       

5.50%, 3/15/13

     280           293,250   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

7.50%, 5/15/25

     25           29,276   

Xerox Corp.

       

8.25%, 5/15/14

     375           426,932   
       

 

 

 
          818,507   
       

 

 

 


     

Principal
Amount

(000)

     U.S. $ Value  

Transportation - Airlines - 0.3%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.25%, 10/01/14

   U.S.$         210      $ 225,164   

5.75%, 12/15/16

   155        171,828   
       

 

 

 
            396,992   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.6%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (c)

   420        415,376   

Con - way, Inc.

       

6.70%, 5/01/34

   263        257,007   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

   116        133,876   

7.20%, 9/01/15

   108        128,372   
       

 

 

 
          934,631   
       

 

 

 
          14,785,917   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 9.6%

       

Banking - 5.5%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series L

       

5.65%, 5/01/18

   765        726,393   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)

       

5.70%, 11/15/14

   450        485,289   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

6.50%, 8/19/13

   355        373,565   

8.50%, 5/22/19

   340        410,659   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

   250        245,386   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.25%, 7/27/21

   88        86,813   

6.00%, 6/15/20

   395        406,323   

7.50%, 2/15/19

   295        329,196   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

4.40%, 7/22/20

   420        424,930   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (c)

   425        418,988   

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

       

6.05%, 5/16/16

   315        283,480   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

   385        348,701   

6.625%, 4/01/18

   295        292,658   

National Capital Trust II

       

5.486%, 3/23/15 (c)

   122        107,445   

National Westminster Bank PLC

       

6.50%, 9/07/21

   GBP        50        59,740   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (c)

   U.S.$        330        332,584   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

6.125%, 1/11/21

   240        237,256   

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal

       

2.991%, 10/07/13 (c)

   400        384,446   

Shinhan Bank

       

4.125%, 10/04/16 (c)

   370        360,538   

Societe Generale SA

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.50%, 1/15/14 (c)

   U.S.$         205         $     190,683   

5.20%, 4/15/21 (c)

     205           177,996   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

6.409%, 1/30/17 (c)

     100           84,468   

UFJ Finance Aruba AEC

       

6.75%, 7/15/13

     240           257,904   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (c)

     190           146,533   

Union Bank NA

       

5.95%, 5/11/16

     250           275,270   

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital SA

       

6.609%, 10/31/12 (c)

     135           137,025   

Wachovia Corp.

       

5.50%, 5/01/13

     505           536,640   
       

 

 

 
          8,120,909   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.2%

       

Jefferies Group, Inc.

       

5.125%, 4/13/18

     199           186,364   

6.875%, 4/15/21

     164           170,342   
       

 

 

 
          356,706   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.2%

       

SLM Corp.

       

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     349           343,463   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.1%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

6.125%, 5/15/37

     399           358,601   

American International Group, Inc.

       

6.40%, 12/15/20

     215           219,040   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

6.30%, 8/15/14

     280           307,012   

Genworth Financial, Inc.

       

6.515%, 5/22/18

     405           355,718   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (c)

     210           276,954   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/30/15

     85           85,506   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     390           380,256   

Humana, Inc.

       

6.30%, 8/01/18

     275           312,806   

6.45%, 6/01/16

     40           45,269   

7.20%, 6/15/18

     85           100,676   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     113           133,935   

Markel Corp.

       

7.125%, 9/30/19

     200           226,603   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

       

8.875%, 6/01/39 (c)

     225           338,795   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     109           133,608   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     140           175,000   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (c)

     360           419,388   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

       

7.875%, 5/15/14

   U.S.$         325         $     369,160   

XL Group PLC

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     110           114,532   

6.25%, 5/15/27

     200           205,006   
       

 

 

 
          4,557,865   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.4%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (c)

     155           149,692   

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     397           411,624   
       

 

 

 
          561,316   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.2%

       

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     132           132,440   

Ventas Realty LP/Ventas Capital Corp.

       

6.75%, 4/01/17

     84           87,506   
       

 

 

 
          219,946   
       

 

 

 
          14,160,205   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 2.3%

       

Electric - 1.4%

       

Ameren Corp.

       

8.875%, 5/15/14

     235           265,816   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     325           331,444   

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

Series B

       

6.45%, 11/15/11

     19           19,103   

Series C

       

7.375%, 11/15/31

     420           518,004   

Nisource Finance Corp.

       

6.80%, 1/15/19

     340           396,581   

SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.

       

6.15%, 11/15/13 (c)

     235           252,003   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     95           100,147   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     120           131,806   

Union Electric Co.

       

6.70%, 2/01/19

     45           55,279   
       

 

 

 
          2,070,183   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.9%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (c)

     108           113,782   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

6.70%, 7/01/18

     24           26,863   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     336           364,749   

EQT Corp.

       

8.125%, 6/01/19

     205           248,542   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

4.15%, 3/01/22

     143           141,231   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

   U.S.$ 235         $ 233,991   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     173           186,078   
       

 

 

 
          1,315,236   
       

 

 

 
            3,385,419   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.8%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.8%

       

AK Transneft OJSC Via TransCapitalInvest Ltd.

       

8.70%, 8/07/18 (c)

     116           134,270   

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA

       

6.212%, 11/22/16 (c)

     340           342,550   

MDC-GMTN B.V.

       

3.75%, 4/20/16 (c)

     365           378,249   

Petrobras International Finance Co. - Pifco

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     275           285,450   
       

 

 

 
          1,140,519   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $31,286,322)

          33,472,060   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 5.7%

       

Agency Debentures - 5.7%

       

Federal Farm Credit Bank

       

0.261%, 9/20/12 (b)

     1,750           1,751,038   

0.269%, 9/29/14 (b)

     880           878,431   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

0.26%, 9/17/12 (b)

     1,560           1,560,919   

6.25%, 5/15/29

     1,020           1,446,339   

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip

       

Zero Coupon, 7/15/20

     3,365           2,785,655   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $7,876,837)

          8,422,382   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 4.3%

       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

       

Series 2006-5, Class A4

       

5.414%, 9/10/47

     455           474,955   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

       

Series 2005-GG5, Class AJ

       

5.457%, 4/10/37

     235           139,462   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     300           318,872   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2006-CB14, Class A4

       

5.481%, 12/12/44

     545           588,101   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

       

5.42%, 1/15/49

     1,110           1,150,880   


     

Principal
Amount

(000)

     U.S. $ Value  

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       

5.497%, 6/15/29

   U.S.$    830        $    891,385   

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

   1,240        1,340,601   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class AM

       

5.204%, 12/12/49

   285        246,305   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

   1,105        1,139,742   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $5,578,496)

          6,290,303   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 1.6%

       

Germany - 0.1%

       

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

       

5.125%, 2/01/17

   70        82,612   
       

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 1.5%

       

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

1.45%, 10/20/11 (c)

   1,307        1,307,532   

2.625%, 5/11/12 (c)

   895        906,373   
       

 

 

 
          2,213,905   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $2,273,456)

          2,296,517   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 1.5%

       

United States - 1.5%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

1.875%, 7/15/13 (TIPS)

       

(cost $2,199,849)

   2,091        2,189,028   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 1.4%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 0.4%

       

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2009-2, Class A4

       

2.82%, 12/15/14

   165        170,579   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (c)

   CAD     521        498,463   
       

 

 

 
          669,042   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2009-A1, Class A1

       

1.529%, 12/15/14 (b)

   U.S.$    180        181,512   

Series 2009-A2, Class A

       

1.529%, 2/17/15 (b)

   185        186,452   

Series 2010-A1, Class A1

       

0.879%, 9/15/15 (b)

   166        167,226   
       

 

 

 
          535,190   
       

 

 

 


     

Principal
Amount
(000)

     U.S. $ Value  

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.3%

       

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2010-C, Class A3

       

1.17%, 5/15/15

   U.S.$ 353      $     353,903   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

   155        155,316   
       

 

 

 
          509,219   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

Asset Backed Funding Certificates

       

Series 2003-WF1, Class A2

       

1.343%, 12/25/32

   77        62,148   

Citifinancial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

       

Series 2003-1, Class AFPT

       

3.36%, 1/25/33

   68        57,104   

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

   168        143,092   
       

 

 

 
          262,344   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-3, Class A1

       

0.491%, 1/20/35 (b)

   98        85,863   

Option One Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2007-2, Class M1

       

0.595%, 3/25/37 (b)(d)

   160        1,262   
       

 

 

 
          87,125   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $2,307,131)

          2,062,920   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 1.1%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.5%

       

Banking - 0.2%

       

ABN Amro Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR 125        97,216   

BankAmerica Capital II

       

Series 2

       

8.00%, 12/15/26

   U.S.$ 98        91,140   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (c)

   175        115,500   
       

 

 

 
          303,856   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.0%

       

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc.

       

6.20%, 9/26/14 (e)

   75        18,093   

7.875%, 11/01/09 (e)

   43        10,159   
       

 

 

 
          28,252   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.3%

       

ING Capital Funding Trust III

       

Series 9

       

3.969%, 12/31/11 (b)

   270        201,932   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

XL Group PLC

       

Series E

       

6.50%, 4/15/17

   U.S.$ 240         $     188,400   
       

 

 

 
          390,332   
       

 

 

 
          722,440   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.5%

       

Basic - 0.1%

       

Lyondell Chemical Co.

       

8.00%, 11/01/17 (c)

     121           130,378   

Westvaco Corp.

       

8.20%, 1/15/30

     50           56,685   
       

 

 

 
          187,063   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.2%

       

Griffon Corp.

       

7.125%, 4/01/18

     117           103,253   

Mohawk Industries, Inc.

       

6.875%, 1/15/16

     163           168,297   
       

 

 

 
          271,550   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

eAccess Ltd.

       

8.25%, 4/01/18 (c)

     100           92,000   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.0%

       

Greektown Holdings LLC

       

10.75%, 12/01/13 (d)(e)

     55           0   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

JC Penney Co., Inc.

       

5.65%, 6/01/20

     104           97,500   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

Voyager Learning Exchange

       

8.375%, 12/01/14 (d)(e)(f)

     70           0   
       

 

 

 
          648,113   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.1%

       

Electric - 0.1%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

8.75%, 6/15/19

     145           169,004   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $1,493,452)

          1,539,557   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.7%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.7%

       

Kazakhstan - 0.2%

       

KazMunayGas National Co.

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (c)

     212           212,000   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.3%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (c)

     420           458,698   
       

 

 

 


     

Principal

Amount

(000)

     U.S. $ Value  

Russia - 0.2%

       

Russian Agricultural Bank OJSC Via

       

RSHB Capital SA

       

6.299%, 5/15/17 (c)

   U.S.$        345      $     340,687   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $972,594)

          1,011,385   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.6%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.3%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

5.07%, 5/25/35

   203        178,395   

Indymac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR7, Class 4A1

       

5.454%, 5/25/36

   156        69,423   

JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-A3, Class 2A1

       

2.68%, 7/25/36

   335        175,782   
       

 

 

 
          423,600   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-62, Class 2A1

       

1.242%, 12/25/35 (b)

   91        55,042   

Series 2007-OA3, Class M1

       

0.545%, 4/25/47 (b)(d)

   145        679   

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA1, Class A1A

       

0.942%, 2/25/47 (b)

   275        152,041   
       

 

 

 
          207,762   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency ARMs - 0.1%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2006-AR1, Class 3A1

       

2.69%, 3/25/36 (b)

   319        200,843   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust

       

Series 2004-T5, Class AB4

       

0.809%, 5/28/35

   50        35,552   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $1,574,122)

          867,757   
       

 

 

 

SUPRANATIONALS - 0.5%

       

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development

       

Series G

       

9.25%, 9/10/12

   BRL        1,150        617,682   

European Investment Bank

       

4.875%, 2/15/36

   U.S.$        110        128,675   
       

 

 

 

Total Supranationals
(cost $769,859)

          746,357   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.3%

       

United States - 0.3%

       

California GO

       

7.625%, 3/01/40

       

(cost $413,475)

   U.S.$         405         $ 499,252   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Finance - 0.1%

       

Citigroup Capital XII

       

8.50%

     7,000           174,344   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.1%

       

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust

       

12.00% (c)

     93           107,578   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $262,658)

          281,922   
       

 

 

 

COMMON STOCKS - 0.0%

       

Greektown Superholdings, Inc. (d)(f)(g)

       

(cost $4)

     41           2,665   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Talon Equity Co., expiring 11/15/24 (g)
(cost $0)

     47           0   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount

(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 8.6%

       

Time Deposit - 8.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 10/03/11

       

(cost $12,651,106)

   U.S.$ 12,651           12,651,106   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.6%
(cost $145,113,187) (h)

          151,816,436   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.6)% (i)

          (5,262,195
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 146,554,241   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr Futures

     45         December 2011       $     9,923,127       $      9,909,140       $     13,987   


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Mexican Peso

settling 10/19/11

     17,775       $ 1,368,195       $ 1,279,782       $ (88,413

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Brazilian Real

settling 10/04/11

     1,241         669,305         660,103         (9,202

Brazilian Real

settling 10/04/11

     1,241         688,003         660,102         (27,901

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

           

Mexican Peso

settling 10/19/11

     287         21,431         20,693         (738

Sale Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/21/11

     521         521,866         496,964         24,902   

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Brazilian Real

settling 10/04/11

     1,241         764,495         660,103         104,392   

Brazilian Real

settling 10/04/11

     1,241         669,304         660,102         9,202   

Brazilian Real

settling 11/03/11

     1,241         683,834         655,180         28,654   

Mexican Peso

settling 10/19/11

     16,786         1,359,107         1,208,556         150,551   

Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.

           

Euro

settling 10/17/11

     133         180,933         178,033         2,900   

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

           

Euro

settling 10/17/11

     103         141,528         138,187         3,341   

Great British Pound

settling 10/07/11

     46         74,852         71,610         3,242   

Mexican Peso

settling 10/19/11

     1,277         102,091         91,918         10,173   
           

 

 

 
            $ 211,103   
           

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS ON INDICES

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Deal
(Pay)
Receive  Rate
    Implied Credit
Spread at
September 30, 2011
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

             

Bank of America, N.A.:

             

CDX- NAHYS16V1- 5Y, 6/20/16*

     (5.00 )%      7.72   $              740       $ (69,423   $ (50,953   $ 18,470   

Barclays Bank PLC:

             

ITRAXX- FINSENS15V 1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (1.00     2.75        EUR    1,400         (135,288     (123,845     11,443   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc.:

             

CDX- NAHYS16V1- 5Y, 6/20/16*

     (5.00     7.72      $          1,800         (168,866     (128,037     40,829   

CDX- NAIGS17V1- 5Y, 12/20/16*

     (1.00     1.45        2,940         (62,498     (57,165     5,333   

ITRAXX- FINSENS15V 1-5Y, 6/20/16*

     (1.00     2.75        EUR       740         (71,508     (65,261     6,247   
             

 

 

 
              $ 82,322   
             

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

 

(a) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of September 30, 2011.


(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at September 30, 2011.
(c) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $11,032,342 or 7.5% of net assets.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(f) Fair valued.
(g) Non-income producing security.
(h) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $8,417,697 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,714,448), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $6,703,249.
(i) An amount of U.S. $22,500 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at September 30, 2011.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound

Glossary:

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
GO    -    General Obligation
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA    -    To Be Announced
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Governments - Treasuries

   $ – 0  –    $ 40,670,020      $ – 0  –    $ 40,670,020   

Mortgage Pass-Through’s

     – 0  –      38,813,205        – 0  –      38,813,205   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     – 0  –      33,472,060        – 0  –      33,472,060   

Agencies

     – 0  –      8,422,382        – 0  –      8,422,382   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      4,764,794        1,525,509        6,290,303   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      2,296,517        – 0  –      2,296,517   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      2,189,028        – 0  –      2,189,028   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      1,204,232        858,688        2,062,920   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades^

     – 0  –      1,539,557        – 0  –      1,539,557   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      1,011,385        – 0  –      1,011,385   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      35,552        832,205        867,757   

Supranationals

     – 0  –      746,357        – 0  –      746,357   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      499,252        – 0  –      499,252   

Preferred Stocks

     174,344        107,578        – 0  –      281,922   

Common Stocks

     – 0  –      – 0  –      2,665        2,665   

Warrants^

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      12,651,106        – 0  –      12,651,106   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     174,344        148,423,025        3,219,067        151,816,436   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures Contracts

     13,987        – 0  –      – 0  –      13,987   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      337,357        – 0  –      337,357   

Credit Default Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      82,322        – 0  –      82,322   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (126,254     – 0  –      (126,254
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     188,331      $     148,716,450      $     3,219,067      $     152,123,848   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assumes the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

     Commercial Mortgage-
Backed Securities
     Asset-Backed Securities     Corporates - Non-
Investment Grades^
 

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 5,004,541       $ 1,034,307      $ – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     34,111         117        – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     303,323         (75,343     – 0  – 


Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (411,617     42,173        -   

Purchases

     – 0  –      155,390        – 0  – 

Sales

     (3,404,849     (297,956     – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 1,525,509      $ 858,688      $ – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (142,080   $ (15,020   $ – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Collateralized Mortgage
Obligations
    Common Stocks     Warrants^  

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 1,221,568      $ 2,870      $ 8,827   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     6        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     (154,889     44,153        9,277   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     531,986        (205     (6,687

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (766,466     (44,153     (11,417

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 832,205      $ 2,665      $ – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (51,404   $ (205   $ – 0  – 
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Total              

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 7,272,113       

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     34,234       

Realized gain (loss)

     126,521       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     155,650       

Purchases

     155,390       

Sales

     (4,524,841    

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –     

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –     
     

 

 

     

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $     3,219,067       
     

 

 

     

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (208,709    
     

 

 

     

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 94.3%

       

Financials - 21.4%

       

Capital Markets - 4.0%

       

Azimut Holding SpA

     61,305         $ 423,972   

Man Group PLC

     653,262           1,689,836   

Partners Group Holding AG

     21,833           3,594,904   
       

 

 

 
            5,708,712   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 11.8%

       

Banco Santander Brasil SA

     69,800           509,324   

Bank Central Asia Tbk PT

     1,653,000           1,432,692   

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     1,395,000           913,402   

BNP Paribas SA

     7,765           306,116   

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank (a)

     389,000           118,922   

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

     459,000           994,755   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     64,500           609,696   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     147,441           1,129,294   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China-Class H

     3,148,255           1,520,261   

Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     274,314           1,390,354   

NOMOS-BANK (GDR) (a) (b)

     17,204           164,470   

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     94,116           809,398   

Societe Generale SA

     12,516           327,641   

Standard Chartered PLC

     120,757           2,409,220   

Turkiye Garanti Bankasi AS

     425,100           1,645,052   

Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS

     147,200           1,050,549   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     125,000           1,607,346   
       

 

 

 
          16,938,492   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.2%

       

Deutsche Boerse AG (a)

     22,600           1,143,008   

FirstRand Ltd.

     236,100           570,717   

IG Group Holdings PLC

     206,938           1,434,101   
       

 

 

 
          3,147,826   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.3%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     879,400           2,501,576   

Prudential PLC

     253,800           2,179,644   
       

 

 

 
          4,681,220   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%

       

Etalon Group Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     53,835           186,196   
       

 

 

 
          30,662,446   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 13.0%

       

Beverages - 2.8%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     57,882           3,072,326   

Cia de Bebidas das Americas (Preference Shares)

     32,648           985,387   
       

 

 

 
          4,057,713   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 3.0%

       

Olam International Ltd.

     553,262           942,791   

Tesco PLC

     500,973           2,934,487   

X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) (a)(b)

     16,750           463,975   
       

 

 

 
          4,341,253   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Food Products - 3.0%

       

Danone

     18,576         $ 1,141,927   

Nestle SA

     57,962           3,190,964   
       

 

 

 
            4,332,891   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.9%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     25,000           1,266,700   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.3%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     110,237           4,654,791   
       

 

 

 
          18,653,348   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.0%

       

Automobiles - 2.4%

       

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     225,000           1,990,809   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     10,668           1,407,838   
       

 

 

 
          3,398,647   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.2%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     28,600           250,977   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.7%

       

Ajisen China Holdings Ltd.

     365,500           418,013   

Carnival PLC

     55,935           1,743,532   

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.

     162,500           310,275   
       

 

 

 
          2,471,820   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.8%

       

Rakuten, Inc.

     993           1,156,890   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.9%

       

Eutelsat Communications

     51,030           2,049,979   

Informa PLC

     129,733           658,409   

Naspers Ltd.

     17,840           770,424   

SES SA (FDR)

     26,264           639,144   
       

 

 

 
          4,117,956   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

       

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd.

     233,000           477,304   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.5%

       

Belle International Holdings Ltd.(b)

     606,000           1,047,812   

Dunelm Group PLC

     41,400           304,314   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     6,100           1,092,492   

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd.

     741,500           1,164,405   
       

 

 

 
          3,609,023   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     39,195           1,745,954   
       

 

 

 
          17,228,571   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 11.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.4%

       

Saipem SpA

     46,475           1,631,150   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     29,400           1,756,062   
       

 

 

 
          3,387,212   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 9.4%

       

Adaro Energy Tbk PT

     7,187,500           1,383,824   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Afren PLC (a)

     811,644         $ 1,018,220   

Alliance Oil Co., Ltd. (GDR) (a)

     112,284           1,189,075   

BG Group PLC

     149,310           2,857,587   

China Shenhua Energy Co., Ltd.-Class H

     347,000           1,358,414   

Exillon Energy PLC (a)

     110,300           346,024   

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd. (a)

     474,913           1,062,247   

Inpex Corp.

     258           1,584,403   

Tullow Oil PLC

     65,618           1,327,065   

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

     88,700           1,391,650   
       

 

 

 
          13,518,509   
       

 

 

 
            16,905,721   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 10.6%

       

Chemicals - 3.9%

       

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     162,200           1,847,181   

K&S AG

     35,200           1,842,688   

Linde AG

     13,900           1,860,007   
       

 

 

 
          5,549,876   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.7%

       

CRH PLC (London)

     63,407           986,071   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 6.0%

       

African Minerals Ltd.(a)

     168,200           1,001,175   

African Rainbow Minerals Ltd.

     54,200           1,158,914   

Antofagasta PLC

     113,400           1,619,196   

Centamin Egypt Ltd. (a)

     702,100           1,022,602   

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

     75,000           998,425   

Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares)

     67,650           1,420,650   

Xstrata PLC

     115,030           1,452,563   
       

 

 

 
          8,673,525   
       

 

 

 
          15,209,472   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 9.5%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.3%

       

HTC Corp.

     70,325           1,544,118   

ZTE Corp.-Class H

     108,000           306,557   
       

 

 

 
          1,850,675   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

       

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     17,400           944,720   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.1%

       

Baidu, Inc./China (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     10,000           1,069,100   

Mail.ru Group Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     9,400           272,169   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     79,200           1,638,772   
       

 

 

 
          2,980,041   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.4%

       

ARM Holdings PLC

     137,255           1,173,755   

ASML Holding NV

     28,167           973,970   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     4,020           2,806,990   
       

 

 

 
          4,954,715   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Software - 2.0%

       

SAP AG

     37,847         $ 1,925,739   

Temenos Group AG (a)

     75,639           1,021,507   
       

 

 

 
          2,947,246   
       

 

 

 
          13,677,397   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 7.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.5%

       

Safran SA

     69,500           2,126,070   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.9%

       

Schneider Electric SA

     23,800           1,273,669   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.8%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     61,128           1,125,509   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.7%

       

Atlas Copco AB-Class A

     82,300           1,456,752   

FANUC Corp.

     18,100           2,493,200   
       

 

 

 
          3,949,952   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.6%

       

All America Latina Logistica SA

     178,400           809,335   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%

       

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     108,500           1,571,651   
       

 

 

 
          10,856,186   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 6.8%

       

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%

       

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     16,165           1,096,619   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.1%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     67,046           754,642   

Bayer AG

     16,687           920,853   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     42,000           780,840   

Novartis AG

     39,720           2,218,826   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     7,950           792,886   

Pharmstandard OJSC (GDR) (a)(b)

     26,500           506,415   

Shire PLC

     78,083           2,434,985   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     9,200           342,424   
       

 

 

 
          8,751,871   
       

 

 

 
          9,848,490   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

       

Iliad SA

     6,086           679,894   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

America Movil SAB de CV Series L (ADR)

     41,800           922,944   

MTN Group Ltd.

     41,383           676,061   
       

 

 

 
          1,599,005   
       

 

 

 
          2,278,899   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $146,977,542)

          135,320,530   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

       Shares          U.S. $ Value  

WARRANTS - 0.3%

     

Information Technology - 0.3%

     

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

     

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., JPMorgan
Chase Bank NA (a)(b)

     

(cost $771,381)

     220,220       $ 500,472   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.7%

     

Time Deposit - 3.7%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11

     

(cost $5,242,129)

   U.S.$         5,242         5,242,129   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.3%
(cost $152,991,052)(c)

        141,063,131   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.7%

        2,419,869   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $     143,483,000   
     

 

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS   

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLCWholselale:

           

Euro settling
11/15/11

     2,536       $ 3,650,952       $ 3,396,702       $ (254,250

Great British Pound settling
11/15/11

     1,368         2,156,679         2,132,385         (24,294

Japanese Yen settling
11/15/11

     31,775         413,893         412,206         (1,687

Japanese Yen settling
11/15/11

     44,154         579,791         572,795         (6,996

Norwegian Krone settling
11/15/11

     43,953         7,979,992         7,472,240         (507,752

Canadian imperial Bank of Commerce:

           

Canadian Dollar settling
11/15/11

     1,583         1,592,155         1,509,121         (83,034

Canadian Dollar settling
11/15/11

     3,441         3,460,900         3,280,407         (180,493

Citibank NA:

           

Great British Pound settling
11/15/11

     10,392         16,813,840         16,198,644         (615,196

Japanese Yen settling 11/15/11

     159,990         2,087,283         2,075,497         (11,786

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           

Euro settling
11/15/11

     2,614         3,701,947         3,501,175         (200,772

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Swiss Franc settling 11/15/11

     4,603         5,517,464         5,082,438         (435,026

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Swiss Franc settling
11/15/11

     7,471         9,114,310         8,249,162         (865,148

HSBC BankUSA:

           

Great British Pound settling
11/15/11

     262         425,556         408,395         (17,161

New Zealand Dollar settling
11/15/11

     10,504         8,653,668         7,984,095         (669,573

Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc:

           


Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     9,187       $ 9,387,277       $ 8,845,080       $ (542,197

Royal Bank of Canada:

           

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     500         772,405         779,380         6,975   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     688         694,830         655,891         (38,939

Euro settling 11/15/11

     374         538,014         500,933         (37,081

Societe Generale:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     498,688         6,208,842         6,469,312         260,470   

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     198,343         2,518,280         2,573,037         54,757   

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     30,526         398,819         396,004         (2,815

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     4,232         724,608         719,462         (5,146

UBS AG:

           

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     48,612         7,448,973         7,069,734         (379,239

Westpac Banking Corp.:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,195         1,215,471         1,150,525         (64,946

Sale Contracts

           

Bank of America N.A:

           

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     1,364         1,869,253         1,826,933         42,320   

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     2,193         2,797,051         2,421,418         375,633   

Barclays Bank PLCWholselale:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 11/15/11

     34,573         438,833         448,504         (9,671

BNP Paribas SA:

           

New Zealand Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     5,617         4,558,106         4,269,484         288,622   

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     7,813         10,339,990         8,626,784         1,713,206   

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     4,815         7,659,293         7,505,434         153,859   

Norwegian Krone

settling 11/15/11

     22,153         3,980,343         3,766,126         214,217   

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Euro

settling 11/15/11

     10,742         15,205,516         14,387,767         817,749   

HSBC BankUSA:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     1,583         1,631,303         1,509,121         122,182   

Great British Pound

settling 11/15/11

     17,567         28,677,600         27,382,754         1,294,846   

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     3,342         3,813,110         3,690,095         123,015   

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     1,104         1,259,627         1,218,990         40,637   

Morgan Stanley and Co. Inc:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 11/15/11

     2,923         2,962,753         2,814,212         148,541   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Swedish Krona

settling 11/15/11

     22,605         3,421,180         3,287,488         133,692   

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Swiss Franc

settling 11/15/11

     964         1,252,843         1,064,408         188,435   
           

 

 

 
            $     1,025,954   
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $3,141,509 or 2.2% of net assets.

 


(c) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $12,854,886 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(24,782,807), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(11,927,921).

 

  Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
FDR    -    Fiduciary Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

  25.1%        

United Kingdom

  8.3%        

Switzerland

  8.2%        

Japan

  7.2%        

Germany

  6.5%        

China

  5.6%        

France

  4.8%        

Brazil

  3.6%        

South Africa

  2.6%        

Indonesia

  2.2%        

Belgium

  2.0%        

Hong Kong

  2.0%        

South Korea

  1.9%        

Russia

  16.3%        

Other

  3.7%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of September 30, 2011. The Portfolio's country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. "Other" country weightings represent 1.9% or less in the following countries: Canada, Denmark, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey and United States.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

        

Financials

   $ 3,852,084      $ 26,810,362      $ – 0  –    $ 30,662,446   

Consumer Staples

     1,449,362        17,203,986        – 0  –      18,653,348   

Consumer Discretionary

     250,977        16,977,594        – 0  –      17,228,571   

Energy

     3,147,712        13,758,009        – 0  –      16,905,721   

Materials

     2,419,075        12,790,397        – 0  –      15,209,472   

Information Technology

     1,069,100        12,608,297        – 0  –      13,677,397   

Industrials

     809,335        10,046,851        – 0  –      10,856,186   

Health Care

     848,839        8,999,651        – 0  –      9,848,490   

Telecommunication Services

     922,944        1,355,955        – 0  –      2,278,899   

Warrants

     – 0  –      500,472        – 0  –      500,472   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      5,242,129        – 0  –      5,242,129   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     14,769,428        126,293,703+        – 0  –      141,063,131   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      5,979,156        – 0  –      5,979,156   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (4,953,202     – 0  –      (4,953,202
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     14,769,428      $     127,319,657      $             – 0  –    $     142,089,085   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ The earlier close of the foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred between the close of the foreign markets and the time at which the Portfolio values its securities which may materially affect the value of securities trading in such markets. To account for this, the Portfolio may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. Accordingly, a significant portion of the Portfolio’s investments are categorized as Level 2 investments.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assumes the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

      Warrants     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ 3,964,949      $ 3,964,949   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     1,005,741        1,005,741   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (302,269     (302,269

Purchases

     1,086,388        1,086,388   

Sales

     (4,956,011     (4,956,011

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (798,798     (798,798
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $             – 0  –    $             – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.4%

       

Financials - 19.7%

       

Capital Markets - 1.3%

       

Deutsche Bank AG

     323,500         $ 11,209,695   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     93,800           2,028,512   
       

 

 

 
          13,238,207   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 10.7%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     284,200           5,275,089   

Banco do Brasil SA

     314,900           4,160,147   

Barclays PLC

     4,151,200           10,180,225   

BNP Paribas SA

     242,529           9,561,126   

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     106,620           3,100,135   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     108,211           3,575,518   

KBC Groep NV

     283,500           6,540,578   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     20,471,800           10,990,354   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     1,334,100           6,123,057   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     762,000           16,185,904   

Societe Generale SA

     604,384           15,821,428   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     469,400           13,225,610   

Turkiye Is Bankasi-Class C

     1,198,100           3,077,747   

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao-Class D

     2,365,592           4,715,344   
       

 

 

 
          112,532,262   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.6%

       

ING Groep NV (a)

     2,924,800           20,631,108   

ORIX Corp.

     87,130           6,838,607   
       

 

 

 
          27,469,715   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 4.3%

       

Aegon NV (a)

     2,017,300           8,176,877   

Allianz SE

     194,600           18,239,701   

Aviva PLC

     1,122,900           5,280,857   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     113,500           14,096,325   
       

 

 

 
          45,793,760   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.3%

       

British Land Co. PLC

     414,900           3,056,098   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.5%

       

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd.

     9,557,000           2,944,839   

New World Development Ltd.

     2,832,000           2,711,483   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     21,000           62,133   
       

 

 

 
          5,718,455   
       

 

 

 
          207,808,497   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 14.5%

       

Auto Components - 4.4%

       

Bridgestone Corp.

     590,500           13,398,247   

Faurecia

     183,425           3,907,039   

GKN PLC

     3,679,100           9,989,626   

Magna International, Inc.-Class A

     280,400           9,271,744   

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

     414,000           5,626,433   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     345,500           4,417,708   
       

 

 

 
          46,610,797   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Automobiles - 6.5%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     59,100         $ 3,904,217   

Mazda Motor Corp. (a)

     3,435,000           6,948,140   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,842,000           16,298,084   

Renault SA

     446,400           14,786,307   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     543,200           18,620,441   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     62,500           8,248,021   
       

 

 

 
          68,805,210   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.3%

       

Inchcape PLC

     840,800           3,631,645   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.9%

       

Sharp Corp.

     1,503,000           12,627,012   

Sony Corp.

     404,500           7,742,926   
       

 

 

 
          20,369,938   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.4%

       

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     276,300           3,742,185   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.3%

       

Informa PLC

     508,000           2,578,155   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.3%

       

Esprit Holdings Ltd.

     2,188,900           2,664,838   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     1,675,500           4,354,713   
       

 

 

 
          152,757,481   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 12.0%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.0%

       

BP PLC

     6,320,200           37,893,880   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     5,438,000           5,229,774   

ENI SpA

     637,800           11,220,636   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     1,154,550           11,025,952   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     1,426,000           8,003,687   

Lukoil OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     163,800           8,221,122   

Nexen, Inc. (Toronto)

     583,997           9,084,026   

OMV AG

     219,100           6,521,829   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     357,600           7,409,472   

PTT PCL

     245,400           2,052,566   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     655,005           20,198,540   
       

 

 

 
          126,861,484   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 10.1%

       

Pharmaceuticals - 10.1%

       

AstraZeneca PLC

     780,800           34,651,485   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     832,300           17,174,584   

Novartis AG

     463,660           25,900,823   

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     76,900           2,106,769   

Roche Holding AG

     125,500           20,269,760   

Sanofi

     94,145           6,192,552   
       

 

 

 
          106,295,973   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 9.6%

       

Chemicals - 2.1%

       

Agrium, Inc. (Toronto)

     70,900           4,719,224   

Air Water, Inc.

     136,000           1,681,011   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Koninklijke DSM NV

     164,849         $ 7,167,399   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     733,000           4,499,888   

Ube Industries Ltd./Japan

     1,168,000           3,881,553   
       

 

 

 
          21,949,075   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 7.5%

       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     492,000           2,738,135   

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     180,700           3,787,312   

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

     721,900           1,905,608   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     247,800           5,002,149   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     142,420           5,576,619   

New Gold, Inc. (a)

     231,739           2,392,801   

OneSteel Ltd.

     2,610,500           3,059,342   

Rio Tinto PLC

     519,800           23,052,160   

Tata Steel Ltd.

     229,800           1,935,287   

ThyssenKrupp AG

     332,300           8,165,073   

Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares)

     558,700           11,732,700   

Xstrata PLC

     808,864           10,214,081   
       

 

 

 
          79,561,267   
       

 

 

 
          101,510,342   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 8.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.2%

       

BAE Systems PLC

     391,416           1,616,612   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.8%

       

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

     1,427,000           2,347,104   

Deutsche Lufthansa (REG)

     514,000           6,663,634   
       

 

 

 
          9,010,738   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.2%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     1,273,000           12,428,582   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.6%

       

Bouygues SA

     498,300           16,484,452   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.3%

       

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     279,000           2,471,342   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     922,600           10,835,373   
       

 

 

 
          13,306,715   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.8%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     260,700           4,800,095   

Cookson Group PLC

     581,700           3,880,659   

Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.

     7,000           183,252   
       

 

 

 
          8,864,006   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.7%

       

Randstad Holding NV

     246,500           7,858,587   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.6%

       

East Japan Railway Co.

     44,600           2,703,947   

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

     875,000           3,732,298   
       

 

 

 
          6,436,245   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.0%

       

Mitsubishi Corp.

     398,900           8,121,453   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     179,600         $ 2,601,554   
       

 

 

 
          10,723,007   
       

 

 

 
          86,728,944   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 7.9%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 5.7%

       

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     470,000           22,516,823   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

     2,584,024           5,082,929   

Telecom Italia SpA (ordinary shares)

     11,258,700           12,232,679   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     7,794,800           7,580,665   

Telenor ASA

     253,300           3,906,700   

Vivendi SA

     431,120           8,777,564   
       

 

 

 
          60,097,360   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.2%

       

Vodafone Group PLC

     9,268,075           23,886,417   
       

 

 

 
          83,983,777   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 6.2%

       

Computers & Peripherals - 1.8%

       

Fujitsu Ltd.

     1,705,000           8,040,519   

Pegatron Corp.

     1,621,000           1,489,647   

Toshiba Corp.

     1,269,000           5,176,817   

Wistron Corp.

     3,564,560           4,000,389   
       

 

 

 
          18,707,372   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.1%

       

AU Optronics Corp.

     10,198,990           4,059,315   

LG Display Co., Ltd.

     446,400           7,280,500   
       

 

 

 
          11,339,815   
       

 

 

 

Office Electronics - 0.9%

       

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

     1,368,000           9,379,982   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.1%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     5,329,211           4,543,783   

Powertech Technology, Inc.

     2,048,000           4,354,796   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     17,180           11,996,044   

Sumco Corp. (a)

     124,000           1,157,978   
       

 

 

 
          22,052,601   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.3%

       

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     26,000           3,820,376   
       

 

 

 
          65,300,146   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 5.3%

       

Beverages - 0.9%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     429,900           9,109,307   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.7%

       

Delhaize Group SA

     135,534           7,923,202   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     908,200           10,680,590   
       

 

 

 
          18,603,792   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.7%

       

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     264,400           8,922,864   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     4,217         $ 19,725,255   
       

 

 

 
          28,648,119   
       

 

 

 
          56,361,218   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 3.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.5%

       

E.ON AG

     827,200           17,946,966   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     2,752,400           8,477,353   
       

 

 

 
          26,424,319   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 1.4%

       

Gas Natural SDG SA

     707,100           12,024,302   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     630,000           2,926,233   
       

 

 

 
          14,950,535   
       

 

 

 
          41,374,854   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,226,913,538)

          1,028,982,716   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.2%

       

Time Deposit - 1.2%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $12,094,493)

   $ 12,094           12,094,493   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.6%
(cost $1,239,008,031) (b)

          1,041,077,209   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.4% (c)

          15,236,216   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $  1,056,313,425   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

EURO STOXX 50

     380         December 2011       $ 10,012,215       $  10,976,302       $  964,087   


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS   

Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Bank of America NA:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     3,862       $ 5,293,450       $ 5,173,728       $ (119,722

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     11,546         16,357,461         15,467,597         (889,864

Great British Pound

settling 1/13/12

     6,021         9,487,771         9,380,151         (107,620

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     1,689,094         21,537,699         21,902,281         364,582   

BNP Paribas SA:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     68,782         72,615,565         66,485,276         (6,130,289

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     3,940         5,620,280         5,278,220         (342,060

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     35,381         57,041,248         55,167,676         (1,873,572

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     28,922         5,323,407         4,924,592         (398,815

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     361,619         66,559,887         61,573,402         (4,986,485

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     3,267         3,320,223         3,116,819         (203,404

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     29,728         35,396,165         32,804,069         (2,592,096

HSBC BankUSA:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     39,686         41,331,382         38,360,831         (2,970,551

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     3,990         4,018,774         3,806,584         (212,190

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     6,545         10,595,177         10,205,264         (389,913

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     10,445         16,707,927         16,286,323         (421,604

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     64,997         105,218,444         101,346,301         (3,872,143

Swedish Krona

settling 10/14/11

     159,824         25,030,520         23,281,270         (1,749,250

Swiss Franc

settling 1/13/12

     9,293         10,629,682         10,275,475         (354,207

Morgan Stanley And Co Inc:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     16,767         23,944,718         22,461,909         (1,482,809

Royal Bank of Canada:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     3,351         3,244,911         3,196,958         (47,953

Swedish Krona

settling 10/14/11

     264,397         41,404,843         38,514,227         (2,890,616

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     44,328         63,799,650         59,383,997         (4,415,653

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     3,888,248         49,351,835         50,418,449         1,066,614   

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     952,040         12,387,483         12,344,989         (42,494

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     2,345,404         30,713,075         30,412,574         (300,501

Westpac Banking Corp:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 1/13/12

     5,118         5,174,451         4,895,044         (279,407

New Zealand Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     59,525         49,189,674         45,346,978         (3,842,696

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     84,181         99,709,215         92,891,529         (6,817,686

Sale Contracts

           

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale:

           

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     28,968         29,922,065         27,636,373         2,285,692   

Canadian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     7,021         7,141,477         6,698,253         443,224   

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     9,306         13,258,072         12,466,781         791,291   

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     161,957         29,464,406         27,576,658         1,887,748   

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     6,849         8,357,188         7,557,692         799,496   

BNP Paribas SA:

           

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     6,545         10,702,260         10,205,264         496,996   

Citibank NA:

           

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     4,733,493         58,284,846         61,378,640         (3,093,794

Credit Suisse London Branch (GFX):

           


Counterparty & Description

   Contract
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $
Value on
Origination
Date
     U.S. $
Value at
September 30,
2011
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     57,063       $ 78,846,792       $ 62,967,526       $ 15,879,266   

Deutsche Bank AG London:

           

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     16,852         24,086,901         22,575,779         1,511,122   

Goldman Sachs International:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     5,388         5,667,098         5,208,087         459,011   

Euro

settling 10/14/11

     63,573         90,072,134         85,165,559         4,906,575   

Swedish Krona

settling 10/14/11

     206,626         31,601,099         30,098,831         1,502,268   

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     4,466         5,685,913         4,928,114         757,799   

HSBC BankUSA:

           

New Zealand Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     29,260         24,213,527         22,290,677         1,922,850   

New Zealand Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     5,869         4,856,773         4,471,086         385,687   

Morgan Stanley And Co Inc:

           

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     41,502         7,554,334         7,066,607         487,727   

Swedish Krona

settling 10/14/11

     27,962         4,308,607         4,073,173         235,434   

Royal Bank of Canada:

           

Euro

settling 1/13/12

     7,958         10,958,245         10,658,204         300,041   

Euro

settling 1/13/12

     6,612         9,011,429         8,855,497         155,932   

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     30,584         5,398,050         5,207,583         190,467   

Swedish Krona

settling 10/14/11

     70,016         10,441,111         10,199,103         242,008   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC:

           

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     100,378         160,277,568         156,513,977         3,763,591   

Great British Pound

settling 10/14/11

     10,445         16,677,949         16,286,322         391,627   

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     6,737,104         83,346,476         87,359,226         (4,012,750

Standard Chartered Bank:

           

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     127,576         23,521,442         21,722,554         1,798,888   

UBS AG:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     54,103         57,518,738         52,296,427         5,222,311   

Norwegian Krone

settling 10/14/11

     28,922         5,302,508         4,924,592         377,916   

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     7,736         10,134,277         8,536,474         1,597,803   

Westpac Banking Corp:

           

Australian Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     5,155         5,360,968         4,982,868         378,100   

Japanese Yen

settling 10/14/11

     792,130         10,274,726         10,271,455         3,271   

New Zealand Dollar

settling 10/14/11

     30,265         24,970,774         23,056,300         1,914,474   

Swiss Franc

settling 10/14/11

     10,368         13,047,910         11,440,816         1,607,094   
           

 

 

 
            $ (713,239
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $50,297,582 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(248,228,404), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(197,930,822).
(c) An amount of U.S. $1,319,428 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at September 30, 2011.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.


Glossary:

 

ADR

  -   American Depositary Receipt

REG

  -   Registered Shares

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

  25.8%       Japan
  21.8%       United Kingdom
  8.5%       Germany
  7.3%       France
  5.2%       Netherlands
  4.4%       Switzerland
  3.0%       Italy
  2.6%       Australia
  2.5%       South Korea
  2.4%       Canada
  2.2%       Brazil
  1.8%       Russia
  1.8%       Taiwan
  9.5%       Other
  1.2%       Short-Term

 

 

    
  100.0%       Total Investments

 

 

    

 

* All data are as of September 30, 2011. The Portfolio's country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. "Other" country weightings represent 1.4% or less in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, China, Hong Kong, India, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Thailand and Turkey.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

        

Financials

   $ 10,283,204      $ 197,525,293      $ – 0  –       $ 207,808,497   

Consumer Discretionary

     9,271,744        143,485,737        – 0  –       152,757,481   

Energy

     35,740,572        89,068,346        2,052,566        126,861,484   

Health Care

     – 0  –       106,295,973        – 0  –      106,295,973   

Materials

     18,844,725        82,665,617        – 0  –       101,510,342   

Industrials

     – 0  –       86,728,944        – 0  –      86,728,944   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –       83,983,777        – 0  –       83,983,777   

Information Technology

     – 0  –       65,300,146        – 0  –      65,300,146   

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –       56,361,218        – 0  –       56,361,218   

Utilities

     – 0  –       41,374,854        – 0  –       41,374,854   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –       12,094,493        – 0  –      12,094,493   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     74,140,245        964,884,398+        2,052,566        1,041,077,209   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures Contracts

     964,087        – 0  –      – 0  –      964,087   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –       54,126,905        – 0  –       54,126,905   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –       (54,840,144     – 0  –       (54,840,144
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 75,104,332      $ 964,171,159      $ 2,052,566      $ 1,041,328,057   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ The earlier close of the foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, may have occurred between the close of the foreign markets and the time at which the Portfolio values its securities which may materially affect the value of securities trading in such markets. To account for this, the Portfolio may frequently value many of its foreign equity securities using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available. Accordingly, a significant portion of the Portfolio’s investments are categorized as Level 2 investments.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assumes the financial instrument was transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

 

     Energy     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/10

   $ – 0  –       $ – 0  –  

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –       – 0  –  

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –       – 0  –  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (593,419     (593,419

Purchases

     2,645,985        2,645,985   

Sales

     – 0  –       – 0  –  

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –       – 0  –  

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –       – 0  –  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 9/30/11

   $ 2,052,566      $ 2,052,566   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 9/30/11

   $ (593,419   $ (593,419
  

 

 

   

 

 

 


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.0%

       

Technology - 31.7%

       

Communications Technology - 4.9%

       

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

     113,300         $ 2,369,103   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     240,120           11,677,036   

Riverbed Technology, Inc. (a)

     130,700           2,608,772   
       

 

 

 
          16,654,911   
       

 

 

 

Computer Services, Software & Systems - 12.7%

       

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     123,090           6,712,098   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     29,980           15,421,112   

Intuit, Inc. (a)

     143,200           6,793,408   

Oracle Corp.

     396,150           11,385,351   

Rovi Corp. (a)

     65,685           2,823,141   
       

 

 

 
          43,135,110   
       

 

 

 

Computer Technology - 10.3%

       

Apple, Inc. (a)

     71,175           27,130,486   

EMC Corp. (a)

     362,913           7,617,544   
       

 

 

 
          34,748,030   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Component - 3.8%

       

Broadcom Corp.-Class A (a)

     255,752           8,513,984   

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (a)

     292,300           4,247,119   
       

 

 

 
          12,761,103   
       

 

 

 
          107,299,154   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 17.1%

       

Auto Parts - 3.1%

       

BorgWarner, Inc. (a)

     87,900           5,320,587   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     198,900           5,244,993   
       

 

 

 
          10,565,580   
       

 

 

 

Cable Television Services - 2.6%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     426,400           8,911,760   
       

 

 

 

Casinos & Gambling - 0.8%

       

Las Vegas Sands Corp. (a)

     68,600           2,630,124   
       

 

 

 

Cosmetics - 0.3%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     11,409           1,002,167   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Retail - 3.1%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     37,535           8,116,193   

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     65,332           2,466,936   
       

 

 

 
          10,583,129   
       

 

 

 

Entertainment - 2.2%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     246,900           7,446,504   
       

 

 

 

Restaurants - 2.1%

       

Starbucks Corp.

     187,785           7,002,503   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.1%

       

Limited Brands, Inc.

     179,777           6,923,212   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Shoes - 0.8%

       

VF Corp.

     23,400         $ 2,843,568   
       

 

 

 
          57,908,547   
       

 

 

 

Producer Durables - 11.2%

       

Aerospace - 1.4%

       

Goodrich Corp.

     24,100           2,908,388   

United Technologies Corp.

     25,600           1,801,216   
       

 

 

 
          4,709,604   
       

 

 

 

Back Office Support HR & Consulting - 1.6%

       

Accenture PLC

     100,595           5,299,344   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations - 2.9%

       

Danaher Corp.

     236,222           9,907,151   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter - 2.3%

       

Flowserve Corp.

     64,891           4,801,934   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     54,965           3,078,040   
       

 

 

 
          7,879,974   
       

 

 

 

Transportation Miscellaneous - 3.0%

       

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     160,880           10,159,572   
       

 

 

 
          37,955,645   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 9.9%

       

Oil Well Equipment & Services - 4.5%

       

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     116,785           4,391,116   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     185,505           11,080,214   
       

 

 

 
          15,471,330   
       

 

 

 

Oil: Crude Producers - 5.4%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     72,540           4,573,647   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     80,015           5,681,865   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     112,814           7,987,231   
       

 

 

 
          18,242,743   
       

 

 

 
          33,714,073   
       

 

 

 

Financial Services - 9.5%

       

Diversified Financial Services - 6.6%

       

Blackstone Group LP

     397,000           4,756,060   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     60,285           5,699,947   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     393,400           11,849,208   
       

 

 

 
          22,305,215   
       

 

 

 

Financial Data & Systems - 0.8%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     32,400           2,777,328   
       

 

 

 

Insurance: Multi-Line - 1.3%

       

MetLife, Inc.

     158,900           4,450,789   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate - 0.8%

       

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     209,900           2,825,254   
       

 

 

 
          32,358,586   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 8.7%

       

Biotechnology - 2.1%

       

Celgene Corp. (a)

     116,559           7,217,333   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care Services - 1.4%

       

Express Scripts, Inc.-Class A (a)

     126,300         $ 4,681,941   
       

 

 

 

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies - 1.3%

       

Covidien PLC

     95,735           4,221,914   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.9%

       

Allergan, Inc.

     108,705           8,955,118   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     112,060           4,347,928   
       

 

 

 
          13,303,046   
       

 

 

 
          29,424,234   
       

 

 

 

Materials & Processing - 6.7%

       

Chemicals: Diversified - 2.6%

       

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     184,720           4,148,811   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     105,080           4,541,558   
       

 

 

 
          8,690,369   
       

 

 

 

Fertilizers - 2.7%

       

Monsanto Co.

     150,424           9,031,457   
       

 

 

 

Metal Fabricating - 1.4%

       

Precision Castparts Corp.

     31,500           4,896,990   
       

 

 

 
          22,618,816   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.2%

       

Beverage: Soft Drinks - 0.6%

       

PepsiCo, Inc.

     33,100           2,048,890   
       

 

 

 

Foods - 1.4%

       

General Mills, Inc.

     118,700           4,566,389   
       

 

 

 

Personal Care - 1.2%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     66,700           4,214,106   
       

 

 

 
          10,829,385   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $376,106,192)

          332,108,440   
       

 

 

 
     Contracts           

OPTIONS PURCHASED-PUTS - 2.8%

       

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: Jun’ 12, Exercise Price: $ 1,200.00 (a) (b)

     220           3,573,900   

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: Jun’ 12, Exercise Price: $ 1,100.00 (a) (b)

     205           2,360,575   

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: Sep’ 12, Exercise Price: $ 1,100.00 (a) (b)

     140           1,770,020   

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: Jun’ 12, Exercise Price: $ 1,175.00 (a) (b)

     116           1,732,460   
       

 

 

 

Options Purchased-Puts
(cost $7,156,943)

          9,436,955   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

       

Time Deposit - 0.5%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(Cost $1,644,098)

   $ 1,644         $ 1,644,098   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.3%
(cost $384,907,233) (c)

          343,189,493   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.3)%

          (4,398,270
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 338,791,223   
       

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Description

   Contracts      Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
   U.S. $ Value  

Google, Inc. (b)

     16         550.00       October 2011      18,640   

Goodrich Corp. (b)

     43         90.00       October 2011      73,920   

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (b)

     90         60.00       October 2011      315   

United Parcel Service, Inc. (b)

     92         67.50       October 2011      4,140   

Apple, Inc. (b)

     31         435.00       October 2011      8,153   
           

 

 

 

(premium received $80,560)

           
            $ 105,168   
           

 

 

 
PUT OPTIONS WRITTEN            

Description

   Contracts      Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
   U.S. $ Value  

S&P 500 Index (b)

     116         1,000.00       June 2012    $ 926,260   

S&P 500 Index (b)

     220         1,050.00       June 2012      2,117,500   

S&P 500 Index (b)

     205         925.00       June 2012      1,220,775   

S&P 500 Index (b)

     140         925.00       September 2012      979,580   
           

 

 

 

(premium received $3,691,405)

           
            $ 5,244,115   
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) One contract relates to 100 shares.
(c) As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $12,856,660 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(54,574,400), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(41,717,740).

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Russell sector classification scheme which was developed by Russell Investments. Russell classifies index members into industries that most closely describe the nature of its business and its primary economic orientation.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Large Cap Growth Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $ 332,108,440      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 332,108,440   

Options Purchased - Puts

     – 0  –      9,436,955        – 0  –      9,436,955   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,644,098        – 0  –      1,644,098   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     332,108,440        11,081,053        – 0  –      343,189,493   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Liabilities:

        

Options Written

     – 0  –      (5,349,283     – 0  –      (5,349,283
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 332,108,440      $ 5,731,770      $ – 0  –    $ 337,840,210   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Money Market Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

     Yield*     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 100.3%

         

Certificates of Deposit - 35.9%

         

Bank of Montreal Chicago

         

11/16/11

     0.200   $ 300         $ 300,000   

Bank of Nova Scotia

         

10/18/11 (a)

     0.230     300           299,994   

Bank of Nova Scotia Houston

         

12/05/11

     0.290     500           500,000   

1/06/12 (a)

     0.446     150           149,982   

3/12/12 (a)

     0.587     300           300,137   

Canadian Imp Bank of Comm NY

         

12/19/11

     0.210     1,300           1,300,000   

Credit Suisse NY

         

10/25/11 (a)

     0.285     1,300           1,300,000   

Dnb Nor Bank ASA NY

         

10/14/11 (a)

     0.259     1,200           1,200,000   

Mitsubishi UFJ TR&BK NY

         

10/04/11

     0.250     1,200           1,200,000   

National Australia Bank NY

         

10/19/11 (a)

     0.270     600           600,003   

12/30/11 (a)

     0.619     700           700,392   

Norinchukin Bank NY

         

10/03/11

     0.280     1,300           1,300,000   

Rabobank Nederland NV NY

         

12/16/11

     0.330     800           800,000   

Royal Bank of Canada NY

         

2/14/12 (a)

     0.279     500           499,982   

3/29/12 (a)

     0.289     650           650,000   

1/27/12 (a)

     0.336     150           150,020   

Sumitomo Mitsui Bank NY

         

11/29/11

     0.260     1,200           1,200,000   

Toronto-Dominion Bank NY

         

1/12/12 (a)

     0.305     800           800,000   

10/28/11 (a)

     0.307     500           500,000   

Westpac Banking Corp NY

         

1/13/12 (a)

     0.316     1,300           1,300,000   
         

 

 

 
            15,050,510   
         

 

 

 

Short-Term Municipal Notes - 28.6%

         

Municipal Obligations - 28.6%

         

California Infra & Eco Dev Bk

         

(J Paul Getty Trust)

         

10/01/47 (b)

     0.100     1,500           1,500,000   

Connecticut Hlth & Ed Fac Auth

         

(Yale Univ)

         

Series 2001A

         

7/01/36 (b)

     0.080     300           300,000   

Series 2001V-1

         

7/01/36 (b)

     0.090     1,000           1,000,000   

Dallas Fort Worth TX Intl Arpt

         

(United Parcel Service)

         

5/01/32 (b)

     0.100     1,300           1,300,000   


     Yield*     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Houston TX Hgr Ed Fin Corp.

         

(Rice University)

         

Series 2008B

         

5/15/48 (b)

     0.080   $ 1,200         $ 1,200,000   

Loudoun Cnty VA IDA

         

(Howard Hughes Med Inst)

         

2/15/38 (b)

     0.110     1,300           1,300,000   

Massachusetts Dev Fin Agy

         

(Smith College)

         

7/01/24 (b)

     0.110     1,171           1,171,000   

Massachusetts Hlth & Ed Facs Auth

         

(Harvard Univ) Series 99R

         

11/01/49 (b)

     0.080     1,300           1,300,000   

Mississippi Business Fin Corp.

         

(Chevron USA, Inc.)

         

Series 2009 E

         

12/01/30 (b)

     0.090     1,600           1,600,000   

Valdez AK Marine Terminal

         

(Exxon Mobil Corp.)

         

Series 1993B

         

12/01/33 (b)

     0.090     1,300           1,300,000   
         

 

 

 
            11,971,000   
         

 

 

 

U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Agency Obligations - 15.8%

         

Federal Farm Credit Bank

         

11/17/11 (a)

     0.170     500           499,982   

12/20/11 (a)

     0.191     500           499,979   

7/20/12 (a)

     0.191     500           499,879   

4/23/12 (a)

     0.244     500           500,035   

4/12/12 (a)

     0.255     500           500,093   

Federal Home Loan Bank

         

2/17/12 (a)

     0.172     500           499,903   

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes

         

11/04/11

     0.170     600           599,909   

1/18/12

     0.220     500           499,673   

1/20/12

     0.220     300           299,800   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

         

2/02/12 (a)

     0.142     500           499,866   

12/21/11 (a)

     0.181     500           499,956   

Federal National Mortgage Association

         

Discount Notes

         

11/16/11

     0.130     1,200           1,199,810   
         

 

 

 
            6,598,885   
         

 

 

 

Commercial Paper - 11.5%

         

Banque Et Caisse Epargne

         

10/07/11

     0.260     1,100           1,099,968   

State Street Corp.

         

12/09/11

     0.230     1,200           1,199,486   

Straight - A Funding LLC

         

10/03/11

     0.160     1,300           1,300,000   


      Yield*     Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

Svenska Handelsbank, Inc.

       

11/09/11

     0.280   $ 1,200       $ 1,199,655   
       

 

 

 
          4,799,109   
       

 

 

 

Corporates - Investment Grades - 8.5%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

       

1/30/12 (a)(c)

     0.453     1,000         1,000,605   

10/21/11 (a)(c)

     0.552     250         250,037   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

       

11/04/11 (a)(c)

     0.564     1,300         1,300,331   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

12/21/11 (a)

     0.478     500         500,153   

Wells Fargo & Co.

       

1/24/12 (a)

     0.343     500         500,132   
       

 

 

 
          3,551,258   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.3%
(cost $41,970,762) (d)

          41,970,762   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.3)%

          (126,145
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $     41,844,617   
       

 

 

 

 

(a)    Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at September 30, 2011.
(b)    Variable Rate Demand Notes (VRDN) are instruments whose interest rates change on a specific date (such as coupon date or interest payment date) or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). This instrument is payable on demand and is secured by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks.
(c)    Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2011, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $2,550,973 or 6.1% of net assets.
(d)    As of September 30, 2011, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes was the same as the cost for financial reporting purposes.
*    Represents annualized yield from date of purchase for discount securities, and stated interest rate for interest-bearing securities.
Glossary:

 

IDA    -    Industrial Development Authority/Agency


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Money Market Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

           Level 1             Level 2             Level 3             Total  

Assets:

        

Short-Term Investments

        

Certificates of Deposit

   $ – 0  –    $ 15,050,510      $ – 0  –    $ 15,050,510   

Short-Term Municipal Notes

     – 0  –      11,971,000        – 0  –      11,971,000   

U.S. Government & Government Sponsored Agency Obligations

     – 0  –      6,598,885        – 0  –      6,598,885   

Commercial Paper

     – 0  –      4,799,109        – 0  –      4,799,109   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     – 0  –      3,551,258        – 0  –      3,551,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      41,970,762        – 0  –      41,970,762   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ – 0  –    $     41,970,762      $ – 0  –    $     41,970,762   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Real Estate Investment Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.0%

       

Residential - 27.0%

       

Manufactured Homes - 1.4%

       

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.

     15,124         $ 948,275   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Family - 12.2%

       

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     68,400           1,057,464   

BRE Properties, Inc.

     11,550           489,027   

Camden Property Trust

     14,925           824,756   

Colonial Properties Trust

     46,000           835,360   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     10,800           1,296,432   

Home Properties, Inc.

     25,524           1,448,742   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     20,110           1,211,024   

Post Properties, Inc.

     29,120           1,011,629   
       

 

 

 
          8,174,434   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 8.9%

       

CubeSmart

     13,036           111,197   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     101,702           1,894,708   

Public Storage

     35,200           3,919,520   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

     1,631           60,624   
       

 

 

 
          5,986,049   
       

 

 

 

Student Housing - 4.5%

       

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     42,000           1,562,820   

Education Realty Trust, Inc.

     167,800           1,441,402   
       

 

 

 
          3,004,222   
       

 

 

 
          18,112,980   
       

 

 

 

Equity:Other - 24.6%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 13.2%

       

American Assets Trust, Inc.

     47,600           854,420   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     82,100           1,360,397   

Coresite Realty Corp.

     35,782           513,472   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     44,900           2,476,684   

Forest City Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     58,790           626,701   

Rayonier, Inc.

     45,950           1,690,500   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     86,510           1,345,231   
       

 

 

 
          8,867,405   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.6%

       

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     44,691           2,091,539   

National Health Investors, Inc.

     28,013           1,180,188   

Ventas, Inc.

     64,300           3,176,420   
       

 

 

 
          6,448,147   
       

 

 

 

Triple Net - 1.8%

       

Entertainment Properties Trust

     13,199           514,497   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     26,300           706,681   
       

 

 

 
          1,221,178   
       

 

 

 
          16,536,730   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 22.4%

       

Regional Mall - 14.8%

       

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     137,500           1,663,750   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     122,540           867,583   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     67,311         $ 7,402,864   
       

 

 

 
          9,934,197   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 7.6%

       

Excel Trust, Inc.

     106,400           1,023,568   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     8,400           692,244   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     141,900           519,354   

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     76,836           851,343   

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers

     40,400           1,050,804   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     44,438           940,752   
       

 

 

 
          5,078,065   
       

 

 

 
          15,012,262   
       

 

 

 

Office - 14.1%

       

Boston Properties, Inc.

     33,809           3,012,382   

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     2,796           60,897   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     99,000           1,692,900   

Duke Realty Corp.

     144,100           1,513,050   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     27,144           849,607   

Liberty Property Trust

     17,300           503,603   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     30,900           1,796,835   
       

 

 

 
          9,429,274   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 5.9%

       

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     144,900           1,017,198   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     67,898           742,804   

Hyatt Hotels Corp. (a)

     16,900           530,153   

Intercontinental Hotels Group PLC

     49,200           797,811   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     26,682           340,730   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     19,200           547,392   
       

 

 

 
          3,976,088   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 4.0%

       

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 4.0%

       

EastGroup Properties, Inc.

     22,500           858,150   

ProLogis, Inc.

     76,305           1,850,396   
       

 

 

 
          2,708,546   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $67,449,646)

          65,775,880   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.8%

       

Time Deposit - 0.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 10/03/11

       

(Cost $518,614)

   $ 519           518,614   
       

 

 

 


        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 98.8%

    

(cost $67,968,260) (b)

     $ 66,294,494   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.2%

       801,562   
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 67,096,056   
    

 

 

 

 

(a)    Non-income producing security.
(b)    As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $4,977,438 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(6,651,204), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(1,673,766).

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the sector categorization methodology of the Adviser.

Glossary:

 

REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Real Estate Investment Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2             Level 3             Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

        

Residential

   $     18,112,980      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 18,112,980   

Equity:Other

     16,536,730        – 0  –      – 0  –      16,536,730   

Retail

     15,012,262        – 0  –      – 0  –      15,012,262   

Office

     9,429,274        – 0  –      – 0  –      9,429,274   

Lodging

     3,178,277        797,811        – 0  –      3,976,088   

Industrials

     2,708,546        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,708,546   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      518,614        – 0  –      518,614   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     64,978,069        1,316,425        – 0  –      66,294,494   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 64,978,069      $     1,316,425      $ – 0  –    $     66,294,494   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.6%

       

Industrials - 22.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.3%

       

Hexcel Corp. (a)

     36,355         $ 805,627   

Keyw Holding Corp. (The) (a)

     41,903           297,930   
       

 

 

 
          1,103,557   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.7%

       

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)

     10,047           334,465   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 1.0%

       

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

     19,480           485,636   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%

       

Interface, Inc.

     42,720           506,659   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.8%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     14,840           489,275   

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     28,458           393,289   
       

 

 

 
          882,564   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 7.1%

       

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     25,880           511,130   

IDEX Corp.

     18,515           576,927   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     19,700           571,497   

Middleby Corp. (a)

     7,190           506,607   

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

     15,720           534,323   

Robbins & Myers, Inc.

     6,960           241,582   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     6,490           505,831   
       

 

 

 
          3,447,897   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 1.6%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     14,433           759,753   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 4.1%

       

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     15,106           785,059   

RPX Corp. (a)

     29,854           618,276   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

     52,938           599,788   
       

 

 

 
          2,003,123   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.7%

       

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     11,320           526,606   

Knight Transportation, Inc.

     23,490           312,652   
       

 

 

 
          839,258   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%

       

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     31,660           533,155   
       

 

 

 
          10,896,067   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 21.6%

       

Biotechnology - 6.3%

       

Amarin Corp. PLC (ADR) (a)

     46,770           430,284   

Ardea Biosciences, Inc. (a)

     10,370           161,979   

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     32,970           289,806   

Arqule, Inc. (a)

     42,307           213,650   

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     15,910           244,855   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

     13,032         $ 506,033   

Incyte Corp. Ltd. (a)

     14,810           206,896   

InterMune, Inc. (a)

     9,680           195,536   

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     13,610           146,988   

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     36,710           238,982   

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

     17,580           207,971   

Pharmasset, Inc. (a)

     2,450           201,807   
       

 

 

 
          3,044,787   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 4.6%

       

MAKO Surgical Corp. (a)

     11,120           380,526   

NxStage Medical, Inc. (a)

     24,107           502,872   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     11,665           494,713   

Volcano Corp. (a)

     16,570           490,969   

Zoll Medical Corp. (a)

     9,655           364,380   
       

 

 

 
          2,233,460   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 7.4%

       

Catalyst Health Solutions, Inc. (a)

     12,380           714,202   

Centene Corp. (a)

     21,570           618,412   

Healthspring, Inc. (a)

     15,038           548,285   

HMS Holdings Corp. (a)

     32,250           786,578   

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (a)

     13,380           477,532   

Mednax, Inc. (a)

     6,967           436,413   
       

 

 

 
          3,581,422   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 1.6%

       

SXC Health Solutions Corp. (a)

     13,901           774,286   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.7%

       

Impax Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     16,610           297,485   

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,040           263,745   

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     17,306           239,515   
       

 

 

 
          800,745   
       

 

 

 
          10,434,700   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 21.1%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.6%

       

ADTRAN, Inc.

     23,955           633,850   

Netgear, Inc. (a)

     23,290           602,978   
       

 

 

 
          1,236,828   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.0%

       

DealerTrack Holdings, Inc. (a)

     37,491           587,484   

OpenTable, Inc. (a)

     6,000           276,060   

RightNow Technologies, Inc. (a)

     18,528           612,350   
       

 

 

 
          1,475,894   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.8%

       

ServiceSource International, Inc. (a)

     14,844           196,089   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

     4,799         $ 168,061   
       

 

 

 
          364,150   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.9%

       

Entegris, Inc. (a)

     54,887           350,179   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     48,698           525,939   

Hittite Microwave Corp. (a)

     7,870           383,269   

International Rectifier Corp. (a)

     19,510           363,276   

Magnachip Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     25,404           170,715   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     17,860           557,589   

Netlogic Microsystems, Inc. (a)

     10,852           522,090   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     43,720           481,357   
       

 

 

 
          3,354,414   
       

 

 

 

Software - 7.8%

       

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     47,514           725,539   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

     18,643           313,202   

Informatica Corp. (a)

     6,150           251,843   

MICROS Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,430           457,981   

QLIK Technologies, Inc. (a)

     21,377           463,026   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     30,500           671,610   

Taleo Corp. (a)

     16,374           421,139   

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

     20,890           467,727   
       

 

 

 
          3,772,067   
       

 

 

 
          10,203,353   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 18.8%

       

Distributors - 0.8%

       

LKQ Corp. (a)

     15,800           381,728   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.1%

       

K12, Inc. (a)

     21,920           558,083   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.4%

       

BJ’s Restaurants, Inc. (a)

     10,020           441,982   

Life Time Fitness, Inc. (a)

     19,170           706,414   

Orient-Express Hotels Ltd.-Class A (a)

     64,170           443,415   

Panera Bread Co.-Class A (a)

     5,000           519,700   
       

 

 

 
          2,111,511   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.7%

       

Skullcandy, Inc. (a)

     26,812           378,854   

Tempur-Pedic International, Inc. (a)

     8,525           448,500   
       

 

 

 
          827,354   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.4%

       

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

     16,352           673,375   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.0%

       

National CineMedia, Inc.

     39,290           570,098   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     25,903           379,479   
       

 

 

 
          949,577   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 7.4%

       

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc. (a)

     18,530         $ 620,014   

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

     15,920           539,529   

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

     52,270           730,212   

Tractor Supply Co.

     10,090           631,129   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     8,550           532,067   

Zumiez, Inc. (a)

     29,800           521,798   
       

 

 

 
          3,574,749   
       

 

 

 
          9,076,377   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 7.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.7%

       

Complete Production Services, Inc. (a)

     22,055           415,737   

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

     9,160           493,816   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     15,340           542,115   

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

     6,540           333,017   
       

 

 

 
          1,784,685   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.8%

       

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     7,765           480,731   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     19,555           436,663   

Resolute Energy Corp. (a)

     40,110           455,649   

SM Energy Co.

     7,738           469,310   
       

 

 

 
          1,842,353   
       

 

 

 
          3,627,038   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 4.9%

       

Capital Markets - 2.7%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     6,660           519,813   

Greenhill & Co., Inc.

     7,120           203,561   

KBW, Inc.

     8,753           120,704   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     17,546           466,021   
       

 

 

 
          1,310,099   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.2%

       

Iberiabank Corp.

     11,249           529,378   

Signature Bank (a)

     11,046           527,226   
       

 

 

 
          1,056,604   
       

 

 

 
          2,366,703   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.5%

       

Chemicals - 1.5%

       

PolyOne Corp.

     24,990           267,643   

Solutia, Inc. (a)

     37,050           476,093   
       

 

 

 
          743,736   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 0.7%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7%

       

Chefs’ Warehouse Holdings LLC (a)

     28,182           331,420   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $47,268,181)

          47,679,394   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%

     

Time Deposit - 1.8%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $867,867)

   $ 868       $ 867,867   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.4%

     

(cost $48,136,048) (b)

        48,547,261   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.4)%

        (204,665
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 48,342,596   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)    Non-income producing security.
(b)    As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $5,385,479 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,974,266), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $411,213.
   Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.
Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2             Level 3             Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $ 47,679,394      $ – 0  –    $         – 0  –    $ 47,679,394   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      867,867        – 0  –      867,867   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     47,679,394        867,867        – 0  –      48,547,261   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     47,679,394      $     867,867      $ – 0  –    $     48,547,261   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*    Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.3%

       

Financials - 25.0%

       

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

Legg Mason, Inc.

     95,600         $ 2,457,876   

MF Global Holdings Ltd. (a)

     604,000           2,494,520   
       

 

 

 
          4,952,396   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 7.3%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     372,500           3,464,250   

CapitalSource, Inc.

     839,100           5,152,074   

Comerica, Inc.

     214,000           4,915,580   

Hancock Holding Co.

     89,550           2,398,149   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     1,069,700           5,134,560   

Popular, Inc. (a)

     2,096,357           3,144,536   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     639,164           3,496,227   

Webster Financial Corp.

     158,200           2,420,460   
       

 

 

 
          30,125,836   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.9%

       

Amtrust Financial Services, Inc.

     183,000           4,073,580   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     198,200           4,566,528   

Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.

     154,300           5,269,345   

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

     180,250           5,542,687   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     105,900           4,866,105   

Unum Group

     190,100           3,984,496   
       

 

 

 
          28,302,741   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.7%

       

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     344,900           5,714,993   

BRE Properties, Inc.

     82,150           3,478,231   

Camden Property Trust

     64,500           3,564,270   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     541,600           3,785,784   

Entertainment Properties Trust

     137,100           5,344,158   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     581,900           4,119,852   

Home Properties, Inc.

     61,700           3,502,092   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     39,000           2,348,580   
       

 

 

 
          31,857,960   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.9%

       

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     315,800           2,889,570   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     219,800           2,505,720   

Washington Federal, Inc.

     180,400           2,298,296   
       

 

 

 
          7,693,586   
       

 

 

 
          102,932,519   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 18.7%

       

Auto Components - 3.9%

       

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

     375,800           4,092,462   

Dana Holding Corp. (a)

     195,800           2,055,900   

Lear Corp.

     136,200           5,842,980   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     128,500           4,205,805   
       

 

 

 
          16,197,147   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.8%

       

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     156,600           3,388,824   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Durables - 3.4%

       

American Greetings Corp.

     284,300         $ 5,259,550   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     314,900           3,737,863   

NVR, Inc. (a)

     8,235           4,973,775   
       

 

 

 
          13,971,188   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.7%

       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     325,800           3,104,874   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.4%

       

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

     180,300           6,279,849   

Saks, Inc. (a)

     421,400           3,687,250   
       

 

 

 
          9,967,099   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 6.3%

       

ANN, Inc. (a)

     244,191           5,577,322   

Childrens Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The) (a)

     96,800           4,504,104   

Foot Locker, Inc.

     205,050           4,119,455   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     221,000           5,105,100   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     908,300           1,871,098   

Signet Jewelers Ltd. (a)

     137,300           4,640,740   
       

 

 

 
          25,817,819   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

       

Jones Group, Inc. (The)

     526,150           4,845,842   
       

 

 

 
          77,292,793   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 14.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.6%

       

Arris Group, Inc. (a)

     239,700           2,468,910   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

NCR Corp. (a)

     147,500           2,491,275   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 8.0%

       

Anixter International, Inc.

     47,300           2,243,912   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     171,200           4,755,936   

AU Optronics Corp. (Sponsored ADR)

     1,099,042           4,352,206   

Avnet, Inc. (a)

     206,500           5,385,520   

Celestica, Inc. (a)

     485,000           3,516,250   

Flextronics International Ltd. (a)

     936,500           5,272,495   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     299,350           4,532,159   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     304,252           2,893,437   
       

 

 

 
          32,951,915   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.8%

       

Amdocs Ltd. (a)

     95,900           2,600,808   

Convergys Corp. (a)

     530,900           4,979,842   
       

 

 

 
          7,580,650   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.0%

       

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a)

     791,200           3,449,632   

Entegris, Inc. (a)

     573,350           3,657,973   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     136,800         $ 5,195,664   
       

 

 

 
          12,303,269   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.9%

       

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     291,500           3,707,880   
       

 

 

 
          61,503,899   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 11.1%

       

Electric Utilities - 5.7%

       

NV Energy, Inc.

     409,200           6,019,332   

PNM Resources, Inc.

     369,700           6,074,171   

Portland General Electric Co.

     247,400           5,860,906   

Unisource Energy Corp.

     160,300           5,785,227   
       

 

 

 
          23,739,636   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 2.7%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     164,000           5,321,800   

UGI Corp.

     218,500           5,739,995   
       

 

 

 
          11,061,795   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 2.7%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

     306,800           6,071,572   

NiSource, Inc.

     234,600           5,015,748   
       

 

 

 
          11,087,320   
       

 

 

 
          45,888,751   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 7.9%

       

Airlines - 0.7%

       

Alaska Air Group, Inc. (a)

     51,800           2,915,822   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.8%

       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     129,300           3,242,844   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.6%

       

Tutor Perini Corp.

     216,500           2,487,585   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 2.7%

       

EnerSys (a)

     185,800           3,719,716   

General Cable Corp. (a)

     164,700           3,845,745   

Thomas & Betts Corp. (a)

     90,650           3,617,841   
       

 

 

 
          11,183,302   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

       

Timken Co.

     144,700           4,749,054   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.0%

       

Aircastle Ltd.

     508,900           4,844,728   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     98,700           3,311,385   
       

 

 

 
          8,156,113   
       

 

 

 
          32,734,720   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.4%

       

Beverages - 1.4%

       

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A (a)

     314,725           5,665,050   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 5.0%

       

Bunge Ltd.

     52,400           3,054,396   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Dean Foods Co. (a)

     413,100         $ 3,664,197   

Dole Food Co., Inc. (a)

     388,500           3,885,000   

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a)

     214,800           4,188,600   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     341,600           5,930,176   
       

 

 

 
          20,722,369   
       

 

 

 
          26,387,419   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.0%

       

Chemicals - 3.5%

       

Ferro Corp. (a)

     455,000           2,798,250   

Huntsman Corp.

     306,450           2,963,372   

OM Group, Inc. (a)

     82,418           2,140,395   

PolyOne Corp.

     398,800           4,271,148   

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     63,200           2,166,496   
       

 

 

 
          14,339,661   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 2.5%

       

Commercial Metals Co.

     350,200           3,330,402   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     141,425           4,809,864   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     205,100           2,034,592   
       

 

 

 
          10,174,858   
       

 

 

 
          24,514,519   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 5.4%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%

       

Bristow Group, Inc.

     135,400           5,745,022   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.0%

       

Forest Oil Corp. (a)

     197,200           2,839,680   

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

     156,700           2,540,107   

Swift Energy Co. (a)

     155,300           3,780,002   

Teekay Corp.

     111,200           2,514,232   

Tesoro Corp. (a)

     241,600           4,703,952   
       

 

 

 
          16,377,973   
       

 

 

 
          22,122,995   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.9%

       

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.0%

       

Health Net, Inc. (a)

     239,400           5,676,174   

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)

     130,645           4,786,833   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     119,437           1,844,107   
       

 

 

 
          12,307,114   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 0.9%

       

Par Pharmaceutical Cos., Inc. (a)

     144,700           3,851,914   
       

 

 

 
          16,159,028   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $466,392,956)

          409,536,643   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

     

Time Deposit - 0.5%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $2,132,611)

   $ 2,133       $ 2,132,611   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.8%

     

(cost $468,525,567) (b)

        411,669,254   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.2%

        923,491   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 412,592,745   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)    Non-income producing security.
(b)    As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $19,578,940 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(76,435,253), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(56,856,313).
   Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.
Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2             Level 3             Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $ 409,536,643      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 409,536,643   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      2,132,611        – 0  –      2,132,611   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     409,536,643        2,132,611        – 0  –      411,669,254   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     409,536,643      $     2,132,611      $ – 0  –    $     411,669,254   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.6%

       

Health Care - 18.5%

       

Biotechnology - 2.7%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     33,600         $ 1,846,320   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     64,500           2,502,600   
       

 

 

 
          4,348,920   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.6%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     12,200           443,470   

Health Net, Inc. (a)

     28,800           682,848   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     63,900           2,947,068   

WellPoint, Inc.

     51,600           3,368,448   
       

 

 

 
          7,441,834   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 11.2%

       

AstraZeneca PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     70,000           3,105,200   

Johnson & Johnson

     83,700           5,332,527   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     95,100           3,110,721   

Pfizer, Inc.

     356,700           6,306,456   
       

 

 

 
          17,854,904   
       

 

 

 
          29,645,658   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.4%

       

Auto Components - 1.3%

       

Lear Corp.

     32,600           1,398,540   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     21,700           710,241   
       

 

 

 
          2,108,781   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.4%

       

Ford Motor Co. (a)

     73,100           706,877   

General Motors Co. (a)

     79,400           1,602,292   
       

 

 

 
          2,309,169   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.8%

       

NVR, Inc. (a)

     2,000           1,207,960   
       

 

 

 

Media - 6.7%

       

CBS Corp.-Class B

     18,300           372,954   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     154,000           3,218,600   

DIRECTV (a)

     30,100           1,271,725   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     85,200           811,956   

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)

     20,300           832,300   

News Corp.-Class A

     64,400           996,268   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     26,400           1,654,488   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     42,800           1,658,072   
       

 

 

 
          10,816,363   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.7%

       

Big Lots, Inc. (a)

     32,200           1,121,526   

Macy’s, Inc.

     41,900           1,102,808   

Target Corp.

     10,100           495,304   
       

 

 

 
          2,719,638   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.5%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     40,900           821,681   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     24,700           570,570   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Home Depot, Inc.

     17,800         $ 585,086   

Limited Brands, Inc.

     26,100           1,005,111   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     81,800           1,582,012   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     12,500           983,625   
       

 

 

 
          5,548,085   
       

 

 

 
          24,709,996   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 15.2%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.3%

       

McDermott International, Inc. (a)

     36,900           397,044   

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)

     12,129           148,702   

Transocean Ltd.

     31,200           1,489,488   
       

 

 

 
          2,035,234   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 13.9%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     34,300           2,162,615   

BP PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     45,800           1,652,006   

Chevron Corp.

     53,700           4,968,324   

ConocoPhillips

     80,100           5,071,932   

Devon Energy Corp.

     30,600           1,696,464   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     24,400           1,772,172   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     89,600           1,933,568   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     57,000           1,542,420   

Nexen, Inc. (New York)

     44,900           695,501   

Tesoro Corp. (a)

     27,500           535,425   

Valero Energy Corp.

     17,200           305,816   
       

 

 

 
          22,336,243   
       

 

 

 
          24,371,477   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 13.1%

       

Capital Markets - 0.6%

       

Legg Mason, Inc.

     35,500           912,705   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.3%

       

Regions Financial Corp.

     36,700           122,211   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     150,100           3,620,412   
       

 

 

 
          3,742,623   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 6.7%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     105,700           646,884   

Citigroup, Inc.

     162,700           4,168,374   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     160,600           4,837,272   

Moody’s Corp.

     37,500           1,141,875   
       

 

 

 
          10,794,405   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.5%

       

ACE Ltd.

     19,800           1,199,880   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     11,900           845,376   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     15,500           929,845   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     49,400           2,407,262   

XL Group PLC

     8,700           163,560   
       

 

 

 
          5,545,923   
       

 

 

 
          20,995,656   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Staples - 9.8%

       

Beverages - 0.8%

       

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A(a)

     74,900         $ 1,348,200   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.2%

       

Kroger Co. (The)

     78,300           1,719,468   

Safeway, Inc.

     12,200           202,886   
       

 

 

 
          1,922,354   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.7%

       

Bunge Ltd.

     24,000           1,398,960   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     34,400           833,168   

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a)

     26,400           514,800   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     86,100           1,494,696   
       

 

 

 
          4,241,624   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 2.2%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     54,400           3,436,992   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.9%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     96,500           2,587,165   

Lorillard, Inc.

     16,600           1,837,620   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     6,800           254,864   
       

 

 

 
          4,679,649   
       

 

 

 
          15,628,819   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 8.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.7%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     145,900           2,259,991   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     8,600           360,340   
       

 

 

 
          2,620,331   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 2.8%

       

Dell, Inc. (a)

     100,900           1,427,735   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     133,800           3,003,810   
       

 

 

 
          4,431,545   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.0%

       

Corning, Inc.

     133,900           1,655,004   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.5%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     9,900           848,628   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.9%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ADR)

     95,435           402,736   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     73,000           755,550   

Intel Corp.

     123,400           2,632,122   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     22,100           839,358   
       

 

 

 
          4,629,766   
       

 

 

 
          14,185,274   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.6%

       

General Dynamics Corp.

     9,600           546,144   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     39,700           2,070,752   
       

 

 

 
          2,616,896   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Airlines - 0.7%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     148,300         $ 1,112,250   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.1%

       

General Electric Co.

     293,700           4,475,988   

Tyco International Ltd.

     13,300           541,975   
       

 

 

 
          5,017,963   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.2%

       

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     46,052           1,293,601   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     8,300           523,979   
       

 

 

 
          1,817,580   
       

 

 

 
          10,564,689   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 5.7%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.6%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     35,400           1,345,908   

NV Energy, Inc.

     83,400           1,226,814   
       

 

 

 
          2,572,722   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.8%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     32,000           1,038,400   

UGI Corp.

     12,800           336,256   
       

 

 

 
          1,374,656   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 3.3%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     55,600           1,090,872   

CMS Energy Corp.

     63,800           1,262,602   

DTE Energy Co.

     38,900           1,906,878   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     56,600           969,558   
       

 

 

 
          5,229,910   
       

 

 

 
          9,177,288   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 3.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.2%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     103,800           2,960,376   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     67,200           2,225,664   
       

 

 

 
          5,186,040   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.2%

       

Chemicals - 1.4%

       

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     32,800           736,688   

Huntsman Corp.

     20,700           200,169   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     50,800           1,241,044   
       

 

 

 
          2,177,901   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.8%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     143,400           1,372,338   
       

 

 

 
          3,550,239   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $168,995,864)

          158,015,136   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.3%

     

Time Deposit - 0.3%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 10/03/11
(cost $479,658)

   $         480       $ 479,658   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.9%

     

(cost $169,475,522) (b)

        158,494,794   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.1%

        1,687,317   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $     160,182,111   
     

 

 

 

 

(a)    Non-income producing security.
(b)    As of September 30, 2011, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $8,757,593 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(19,738,321), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(10,980,728).
   Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.
Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Value Portfolio

September 30, 2011 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The U.S. GAAP disclosure requirements establish a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2             Level 3             Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks

   $ 158,015,136      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 158,015,136   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      479,658        – 0  –      479,658   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     158,015,136        479,658        – 0  –      158,494,794   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $     158,015,136      $     479,658      $ – 0  –    $     158,494,794   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

*   Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting 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.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

11 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
11 (a) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


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): AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/    Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   November 21, 2011

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:   /s/    Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   November 21, 2011
By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   November 21, 2011