N-Q 1 d512095dnq.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, 2013

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2013

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 63.0%

       

Financials - 10.1%

       

Capital Markets - 1.1%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     11,860         $ 1,821,340   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     4,110           1,055,777   

Credit Suisse Group AG

     18,460           485,511   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     9,790           382,753   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     18,157           706,339   

State Street Corp.

     6,600           389,994   

UBS AG

     101,862           1,566,353   
       

 

 

 
          6,408,067   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.9%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     11,760           350,734   

Banco do Brasil SA

     31,200           423,823   

Banco Santander Brasil SA/Brazil (ADR)

     14,400           104,544   

Barclays PLC

     84,770           377,164   

BB&T Corp.

     37,600           1,180,264   

BNP Paribas SA

     2,900           149,111   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     196,000           160,665   

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

     41,200           1,791,376   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     13,200           215,292   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     199,740           2,131,141   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     11,345           378,994   

KeyCorp

     15,100           150,396   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     412,380           307,271   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     132,100           796,990   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     76,200           163,510   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     26,400           851,827   

Regions Financial Corp.

     20,700           169,533   

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR)

     23,279           296,807   

Societe Generale SA (a)

     15,319           504,347   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     10,500           430,761   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     7,700           221,837   

Unione di Banche Italiane SCPA

     73,380           271,822   

US Bancorp

     25,100           851,643   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     104,900           3,880,251   
       

 

 

 
          16,160,103   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.5%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     21,700           1,192,415   

Discover Financial Services

     34,500           1,546,980   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     18,911           63,344   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     21,625           276,235   
       

 

 

 
          3,078,974   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.5%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     238,400           2,903,712   

Citigroup, Inc.

     62,700           2,773,848   

IG Group Holdings PLC

     102,632           834,694   

ING Groep NV (a)

     92,800           667,737   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     22,383           3,649,996   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     62,500           2,966,250   

ORIX Corp. (a)

     31,000           395,807   
       

 

 

 
          14,192,044   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Insurance - 2.5%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     61,550         $ 1,248,861   

Aegon NV

     51,769           312,584   

AIA Group Ltd.

     329,200           1,443,145   

Allianz SE

     1,740           237,201   

Aviva PLC

     50,440           228,641   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     7,600           791,920   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     16,500           1,444,245   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     7,600           986,936   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.-Class A

     30,600           772,038   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     32,700           327,000   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

     51,110           631,526   

MetLife, Inc.

     12,200           463,844   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     1,280           239,907   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     10,900           1,014,899   

Prudential PLC

     88,110           1,431,041   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     10,900           650,403   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     31,250           385,676   

Torchmark Corp.

     11,400           681,720   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     6,300           530,397   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     9,300           347,541   
       

 

 

 
          14,169,525   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.3%

       

Westfield Group

     131,160           1,486,053   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.2%

       

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

     8,000           45,175   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     136,000           1,218,906   
       

 

 

 
          1,264,081   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     44,020           667,653   
       

 

 

 
          57,426,500   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 8.8%

       

Auto Components - 0.7%

       

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     6,500           544,574   

GKN PLC

     94,750           381,828   

Lear Corp.

     18,000           987,660   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     12,200           716,140   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     4,900           218,606   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     13,900           764,500   

Valeo SA

     7,020           380,371   
       

 

 

 
          3,993,679   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.1%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     3,590           310,672   

Ford Motor Co.

     110,700           1,455,705   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     18,451           983,438   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     20,800           801,018   

Kia Motors Corp.

     3,100           157,288   

Mazda Motor Corp. (a)

     115,000           338,268   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     43,400           420,998   

Renault SA

     2,840           178,175   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     24,600           1,268,518   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     2,650         $ 527,806   
       

 

 

 
          6,441,886   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.2%

       

Li & Fung Ltd.

     704,000           973,197   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.1%

       

Anhanguera Educacional Participacoes SA

     18,700           301,680   

Estacio Participacoes SA

     23,800           517,046   
       

 

 

 
          818,726   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.2%

       

Autogrill SpA

     13,790           163,407   

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

     1,950           635,447   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     12,520           292,217   

Sands China Ltd.

     252,000           1,311,267   

Sodexo

     17,799           1,659,090   

Starbucks Corp.

     37,890           2,158,214   

Whitbread PLC

     8,820           344,978   
       

 

 

 
          6,564,620   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.5%

       

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (a)(b)

     25,740           626,511   

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     89,950           1,820,588   

Sony Corp.

     14,800           257,533   
       

 

 

 
          2,704,632   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.7%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     7,550           2,012,000   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     3,254           2,238,524   
       

 

 

 
          4,250,524   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

       

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     11,900           210,504   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.1%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     103,470           4,346,775   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     38,800           848,556   

Naspers Ltd.

     3,974           247,604   

News Corp.-Class A

     41,800           1,275,736   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     12,200           1,171,932   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     21,500           1,323,755   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     48,492           2,754,345   
       

 

 

 
          11,968,703   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.5%

       

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     13,293           672,360   

Don Quijote Co., Ltd.

     6,000           266,134   

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (b)

     51,000           92,301   

Macy’s, Inc.

     32,700           1,368,168   

Myer Holdings Ltd. (b)

     54,460           167,816   
       

 

 

 
          2,566,779   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.2%

       

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     161,000           269,842   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

GameStop Corp.-Class A (b)

     37,600         $ 1,051,672   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     3,100           216,318   

Kingfisher PLC

     37,890           166,085   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     21,100           800,112   

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     6,350           490,262   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     9,060           929,103   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     1,000           116,918   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     34,500           1,612,875   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     8,792           713,647   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     12,490           573,048   
       

 

 

 
          6,939,882   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.5%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     14,180           1,116,415   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     2,516           432,274   

Samsonite International SA

     91,200           228,631   

VF Corp.

     4,730           793,457   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     9,000           29,464   
       

 

 

 
          2,600,241   
       

 

 

 
          50,033,373   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 8.4%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.0%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     72,500           1,515,975   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     9,270           825,772   

Harris Corp.

     12,100           560,714   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     36,215           2,424,594   
       

 

 

 
          5,327,055   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 1.5%

       

Wistron Corp.

     127,882           140,344   

EMC Corp./MA (a)

     24,269           579,786   

Apple, Inc.

     11,320           5,010,572   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     101,300           2,414,992   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     105,000           438,642   
       

 

 

 
          8,584,336   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.4%

       

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)

     25,660           768,774   

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     11,690           872,658   

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     59,000           164,198   

LG Display Co., Ltd. (a)

     17,570           513,791   
       

 

 

 
          2,319,421   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.8%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     5,810           509,537   

LinkedIn Corp. (a)

     8,490           1,494,749   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     58,463           3,169,864   

Facebook, Inc. (a)

     26,290           672,498   

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     17,100           603,459   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     4,960           3,938,389   
       

 

 

 
          10,388,496   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IT Services - 1.1%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     47,050         $ 3,604,500   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     13,391           387,863   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     11,540           1,959,954   
       

 

 

 
          5,952,317   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.7%

       

Applied Materials, Inc.

     102,200           1,377,656   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     6,500           277,318   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)(b)

     4,522           251,016   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     92,800           926,144   

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

     15,200           402,433   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares)

     820           642,069   

Sumco Corp.

     23,200           264,000   
       

 

 

 
          4,140,636   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.9%

       

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

     26,816           542,220   

CA, Inc.

     6,100           153,537   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     22,705           1,848,641   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     18,070           913,619   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     7,901           466,949   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     20,600           364,620   

SAP AG

     5,810           467,282   

Symantec Corp. (a)

     37,900           935,372   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     1,800           194,576   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     40,710           2,937,634   

Intuit, Inc.

     26,660           1,750,229   

Aveva Group PLC

     1,896           65,378   
       

 

 

 
          10,640,057   
       

 

 

 
          47,352,318   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 6.7%

       

Biotechnology - 1.5%

       

Actelion Ltd.

     10,100           549,195   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     22,728           4,384,458   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     18,050           2,092,176   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     22,630           1,107,286   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,700           533,306   
       

 

 

 
          8,666,421   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.0%

       

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     19,000           1,755,410   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     5,120           2,514,893   

Medtronic, Inc.

     26,300           1,235,048   
       

 

 

 
          5,505,351   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.1%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     16,400           838,368   

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     15,100           432,162   

McKesson Corp.

     8,340           900,386   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     30,521           1,746,107   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

WellPoint, Inc.

     29,500         $ 1,953,785   
       

 

 

 
          5,870,808   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.3%

       

Eurofins Scientific

     4,398           924,675   

Illumina, Inc. (a)(b)

     12,362           667,548   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     80           17,057   
       

 

 

 
          1,609,280   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.8%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     17,673           1,972,837   

AstraZeneca PLC

     15,069           755,872   

AstraZeneca PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     17,300           864,654   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     41,490           971,573   

Johnson & Johnson

     22,600           1,842,578   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     44,000           1,946,120   

Novartis AG

     9,204           655,986   

Pfizer, Inc.

     159,000           4,588,740   

Roche Holding AG

     5,760           1,342,788   

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     12,800           750,080   

Sanofi

     3,410           347,770   
       

 

 

 
          16,038,998   
       

 

 

 
          37,690,858   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.1%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     17,620           1,512,677   

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV

     11,550           588,685   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     4,100           287,615   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     20,065           3,804,726   

Safran SA

     7,290           325,361   
       

 

 

 
          6,519,064   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.3%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     61,100           1,008,761   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     6,900           321,416   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     188,980           352,364   

Turk Hava Yollari (a)

     38,850           158,972   
       

 

 

 
          1,841,513   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.2%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     50,000           348,268   

Masco Corp.

     27,431           555,478   
       

 

 

 
          903,746   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Aggreko PLC

     6,420           174,241   

Edenred

     10,589           347,037   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     8,609           914,104   
       

 

 

 
          1,435,382   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.5%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     23,652           1,025,550   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     7,280           926,817   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     53,800         $ 661,959   
       

 

 

 
          2,614,326   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.0%

       

Danaher Corp.

     34,759           2,160,272   

General Electric Co.

     135,000           3,121,200   

Siemens AG

     2,900           312,616   
       

 

 

 
          5,594,088   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 0.8%

       

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp. (b)

     31           261,516   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     955,000           2,028,102   

Granite Real Estate Investment (a)

     14,750           563,302   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     445,000           436,237   

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc. (a)

     32           348,436   

ProLogis, Inc.

     9,803           391,924   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     14,970           318,412   
       

 

 

 
          4,347,929   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

       

FANUC Corp.

     3,000           461,911   

Flowserve Corp.

     6,689           1,121,812   

IHI Corp.

     32,000           97,432   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     13,600           828,784   

Komatsu Ltd.

     17,600           420,944   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     1,900           174,002   

Timken Co.

     12,300           695,934   
       

 

 

 
          3,800,819   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.1%

       

Bureau Veritas SA

     10,663           1,327,479   

Capita PLC

     138,926           1,899,031   

Intertek Group PLC

     38,492           1,988,975   

SGS SA

     372           913,032   
       

 

 

 
          6,128,517   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

       

East Japan Railway Co.

     3,500           288,108   

Tokyu Corp.

     33,000           244,119   
       

 

 

 
          532,227   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

       

Mitsubishi Corp. (b)

     18,000           339,010   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (b)

     13,400           188,914   
       

 

 

 
          527,924   
       

 

 

 
          34,245,535   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 5.0%

       

Beverages - 0.2%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     6,160           612,411   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     14,500           346,733   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     4,000           147,680   
       

 

 

 
          1,106,824   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.2%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     8,320         $ 882,835   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     6,400           351,936   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     49,355           961,323   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     36,660           562,008   

Kroger Co. (The)

     52,500           1,739,850   

Olam International Ltd.

     751,412           1,046,076   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd. (b)

     7,400           264,014   

Tesco PLC

     57,580           334,720   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     1,400           136,749   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     3,750           157,465   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     77,970           327,731   
       

 

 

 
          6,764,707   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

       

Bunge Ltd.

     5,000           369,150   

Danone SA

     2,920           203,316   

Hershey Co. (The)

     21,840           1,911,655   

Nestle SA

     3,040           220,019   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     53,800           1,335,316   

Unilever PLC

     24,790           1,048,546   
       

 

 

 
          5,088,002   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.5%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     13,681           1,081,354   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     12,200           940,132   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     11,080           795,517   
       

 

 

 
          2,817,003   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.3%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     23,820           1,525,194   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.9%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     42,300           1,454,697   

British American Tobacco PLC

     50,419           2,703,593   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     15,610           545,964   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     63,800           2,040,802   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     44,185           4,096,391   
       

 

 

 
          10,841,447   
       

 

 

 
          28,143,177   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%

       

Aker Solutions ASA

     1,323           24,833   

AMEC PLC

     13,008           209,041   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     12,200           848,632   

Halliburton Co.

     21,500           868,815   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     21,800           498,784   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     23,200           376,304   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     12,860           909,845   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     14,342           952,452   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     34,864           2,610,965   

Seadrill Ltd.

     14,610           532,437   

Technip SA

     4,200           430,794   
       

 

 

 
          8,262,902   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

       

BP PLC

     151,290         $ 1,063,871   

BP PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     13,600           575,960   

Chevron Corp.

     22,900           2,720,978   

ENI SpA

     34,740           777,773   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     7,471           956,811   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     70,300           6,334,733   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     36,290           308,465   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     53,300           300,531   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     17,000           1,523,200   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     13,631           1,576,561   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     24,690           448,124   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (ADR)

     11,400           742,824   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     18,375           595,107   

Valero Energy Corp.

     25,700           1,169,093   
       

 

 

 
          19,094,031   
       

 

 

 
          27,356,933   
       

 

 

 

Equity:Other - 3.9%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 3.2%

       

Aviv REIT, Inc. (a)

     4,272           102,784   

British Land Co. PLC

     80,751           668,479   

Buzzi Unicem SpA

     19,790           305,247   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     78,000           223,098   

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)

     436,000           216,366   

CyrusOne, Inc.

     22,574           515,590   

Duke Realty Corp.

     32,770           556,435   

Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust

     10,136           365,688   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. (b)

     961,000           388,198   

Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV

     137,940           455,093   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     445,000           1,668,889   

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     24,000           164,471   

ICADE (b)

     1,389           121,580   

Land Securities Group PLC

     18,761           236,830   

LPN Development PCL

     310,900           268,063   

Mapletree Commercial Trust

     339,000           367,852   

Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (a)

     279,540           622,385   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     83,000           2,351,173   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     53,100           1,516,394   

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     477,958           813,549   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     30,548           580,412   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     26,000           1,012,884   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     83,708           1,127,436   

Supalai PCL

     142,600           101,283   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     144,000           513,071   

Telecity Group PLC

     68,817           946,754   

UOL Group Ltd.

     78,516           443,375   

Vornado Realty Trust

     3,230           270,157   

West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.

     6,880           609,539   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     54,000           290,069   
       

 

 

 
          17,823,144   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 0.7%

       

Chartwell Retirement Residences

     26,140           285,112   

HCP, Inc.

     17,290           862,080   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     9,270           629,526   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     14,540           592,214   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     15,020         $ 456,007   

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

     5,620           163,036   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     19,300           517,819   

Ventas, Inc.

     7,250           530,700   
       

 

 

 
          4,036,494   
       

 

 

 
          21,859,638   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 2.0%

       

Regional Mall - 0.6%

       

CapitaMall Trust

     84,000           141,779   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     25,580           508,530   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     33,010           640,064   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     13,376           2,120,899   
       

 

 

 
          3,411,272   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 1.4%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     14,800           451,923   

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     40,040           587,787   

Citycon Oyj (b)

     58,590           167,589   

Corio NV

     9,967           465,593   

DDR Corp.

     47,690           830,760   

Eurocommercial Properties NV

     9,500           347,945   

Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust

     201,000           177,630   

Fukuoka REIT Co.

     25           226,386   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     69           171,197   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     65,410           440,863   

Klepierre

     12,523           492,455   

Link REIT (The)

     68,268           373,219   

Mercialys SA

     14,380           294,587   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     39,620           665,616   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     4,973           136,092   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     6,449           1,502,051   

Westfield Retail Trust

     265,230           835,023   
       

 

 

 
          8,166,716   
       

 

 

 
          11,577,988   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.8%

       

Chemicals - 1.2%

       

Arkema SA

     1,513           137,879   

BASF SE

     1,730           151,899   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     725           138,018   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     30,000           108,458   

DIC Corp.

     60,000           128,899   

Filtrona PLC

     69,937           775,442   

Huntsman Corp.

     51,100           949,949   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     6,901           22,305   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     5,618           327,377   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     25,400           1,607,566   

Monsanto Co.

     19,229           2,031,159   

OCI Co., Ltd.

     750           108,348   

Teijin Ltd.

     67,000           155,453   

Ube Industries Ltd./Japan (b)

     41,000           80,998   
       

 

 

 
          6,723,750   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Boral Ltd.

     9,205           47,248   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     87,000         $ 208,948   
       

 

 

 
          256,196   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.6%

       

Anglo American PLC

     16,990           438,736   

BHP Billiton PLC

     26,390           768,522   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     22,000           172,812   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     4,290           207,913   

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR)

     26,700           450,963   

Rio Tinto PLC

     13,250           624,081   

Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares)

     29,640           489,949   

Xstrata PLC

     12,430           202,356   
       

 

 

 
          3,355,332   
       

 

 

 
          10,335,278   
       

 

 

 

Residential - 1.6%

       

Multi-Family - 1.1%

       

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     30,610           570,570   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     2,630           333,142   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     10,220           317,389   

BRE Properties, Inc.

     2,760           134,357   

Brookfield Incorporacoes SA

     102,519           127,340   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     148,000           410,277   

China Vanke Co., Ltd.-Class B

     180,790           353,380   

Equity Residential

     9,150           503,799   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     381,500           240,196   

LEG Immobilien AG (a)

     10,329           553,442   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     6,570           453,724   

Mirvac Group

     131,633           222,730   

Persimmon PLC

     17,190           280,015   

Rossi Residencial SA

     120,540           183,726   

Stockland

     274,529           1,047,704   

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

     15,730           538,595   
       

 

 

 
          6,270,386   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 0.3%

       

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     20,480           804,249   

Public Storage

     5,280           804,250   
       

 

 

 
          1,608,499   
       

 

 

 

Single Family - 0.2%

       

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (a)

     15,470           579,042   

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

     11,480           560,684   
       

 

 

 
          1,139,726   
       

 

 

 
          9,018,611   
       

 

 

 

Office - 1.3%

       

Office - 1.3%

       

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

     8,326           270,717   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     4,294           433,952   

Brandywine Realty Trust

     13,200           196,020   

CapitaCommercial Trust

     330,000           422,653   

Castellum AB

     18,354           261,746   

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

     8,963           203,638   

Commonwealth Property Office Fund

     304,640           352,622   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     15,991         $ 426,640   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     17,866           445,399   

Dundee International Real Estate Investment Trust

     7,023           73,559   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     57,000           423,501   

Hufvudstaden AB-Class A (b)

     26,781           336,626   

Investa Office Fund

     123,270           393,278   

Japan Excellent, Inc.

     37           278,225   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     23           318,689   

Kenedix Realty Investment Corp.-Class A

     79           383,624   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. (b)

     13,910           397,965   

Nippon Building Fund, Inc. (b)

     56           784,683   

Orix JREIT, Inc.

     277           391,158   

Parkway Properties, Inc./MD

     32,888           610,072   
       

 

 

 
          7,404,767   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.6%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     14,100           685,683   

Edison International

     17,200           865,504   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     104,430           321,817   

Electricite de France SA

     17,570           337,036   

NV Energy, Inc.

     56,200           1,125,686   
       

 

 

 
          3,335,726   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     17,100           729,999   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.1%

       

APR Energy PLC

     31,534           404,244   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

       

Centrica PLC

     60,160           336,756   

DTE Energy Co.

     2,500           170,850   

National Grid PLC

     31,870           370,322   
       

 

 

 
          877,928   
       

 

 

 
          5,347,897   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     64,700           2,373,843   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     17,200           750,945   

TDC A/S

     22,336           171,918   

Vivendi SA

     16,994           351,572   
       

 

 

 
          3,648,278   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.2%

       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (b)

     227           337,450   

Vodafone Group PLC

     304,713           864,678   
       

 

 

 
          1,202,128   
       

 

 

 
          4,850,406   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 0.7%

       

Lodging - 0.7%

       

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     50,740           627,147   

Far East Hospitality Trust

     335,000           317,672   

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

     83,000           338,683   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     22,300         $ 390,027   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     13,941           426,137   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     15,960           411,608   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     32,120           731,051   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

     76,800           641,280   
       

 

 

 
          3,883,605   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $289,345,174)

          356,526,884   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 10.0%

       

Industrial - 4.7%

       

Basic - 0.7%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

       

5.40%, 4/15/21

   U.S.$ 285           295,149   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC

       

5.375%, 4/15/20

     290           306,958   

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (c)

     145           194,300   

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.

       

7.25%, 3/01/16

     203           238,835   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (c)

     240           238,627   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

4.125%, 11/15/21

     165           176,639   

5.25%, 11/15/41

     160           171,038   

8.55%, 5/15/19

     253           340,075   

Gerdau Trade, Inc.

       

5.75%, 1/30/21 (c)

     101           107,818   

International Paper Co.

       

4.75%, 2/15/22

     285           320,803   

7.95%, 6/15/18

     190           244,528   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     435           510,038   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (c)

     237           235,213   

Vale SA

       

5.625%, 9/11/42

     480           474,871   
       

 

 

 
          3,854,892   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.2%

       

Embraer SA

       

5.15%, 6/15/22

     130           141,538   

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

       

5.125%, 6/26/22 (c)

     200           210,300   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (d)

     178           200,401   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

3.80%, 5/15/18

     17           18,694   

5.25%, 11/15/21

     165           192,877   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     233           276,609   
       

 

 

 
          1,040,419   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Communications - Media - 0.9%

       

CBS Corp.

       

5.75%, 4/15/20

   U.S.$ 250         $ 295,028   

8.875%, 5/15/19

     190           253,768   

Comcast Corp.

       

5.15%, 3/01/20

     740           876,684   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.80%, 3/15/22

     215           219,767   

4.60%, 2/15/21

     255           277,628   

4.75%, 10/01/14

     155           163,967   

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA

       

5.307%, 5/11/22 (c)(e)

     221           238,127   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/19/21 (c)

     233           235,353   

News America, Inc.

       

6.15%, 3/01/37-2/15/41

     352           416,145   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

     165           168,666   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     435           565,206   

SES

       

3.60%, 4/04/23 (c)

     105           104,494   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

5.00%, 2/01/20

     157           178,649   

7.50%, 4/01/14

     145           154,639   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

       

8.375%, 3/15/23

     311           425,195   

WPP Finance 2010

       

4.75%, 11/21/21

     77           83,168   

WPP Finance UK

       

8.00%, 9/15/14

     350           384,235   
       

 

 

 
          5,040,719   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.6%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     380           421,837   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.30%, 12/15/42 (c)

     23           21,429   

4.45%, 5/15/21

     251           282,448   

5.35%, 9/01/40

     328           351,149   

BellSouth Corp.

       

5.20%, 9/15/14

     94           100,126   

British Telecommunications PLC

       

2.00%, 6/22/15

     200           204,618   

5.95%, 1/15/18

     121           144,244   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (c)

     490           491,876   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 46           48,051   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

       

6.00%, 9/30/34

   U.S.$ 65           60,343   

7.175%, 6/18/19

     170           193,343   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

     185           199,099   

United States Cellular Corp.

       

6.70%, 12/15/33

     135           142,308   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Vodafone Group PLC

       

6.15%, 2/27/37

   U.S.$ 375         $ 444,707   

7.875%, 2/15/30

     100           141,064   
       

 

 

 
          3,246,642   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.2%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.00%, 5/15/18

     725           798,522   

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.

       

5.75%, 12/15/14 (c)

     341           368,435   
       

 

 

 
          1,166,957   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.1%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

4.70%, 1/15/21

     123           138,697   

7.625%, 4/15/31

     275           372,086   

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

       

8.375%, 7/01/13

     225           229,219   

Viacom, Inc.

       

5.625%, 9/15/19

     83           98,715   
       

 

 

 
          838,717   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/22

     195           216,450   

Marriott International, Inc./DE

       

3.00%, 3/01/19

     242           253,503   
       

 

 

 
          469,953   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

       

3.875%, 1/15/22

     475           500,990   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.5%

       

Actavis, Inc.

       

3.25%, 10/01/22

     171           173,341   

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     420           541,153   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     69           74,820   

5.875%, 5/15/13

     180           180,987   

8.50%, 6/15/19

     153           197,217   

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC

       

5.125%, 10/01/13 (c)

     260           265,138   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

       

3.20%, 1/25/23

     146           145,520   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     340           354,204   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     220           217,513   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

4.50%, 6/15/22

     480           522,300   
       

 

 

 
          2,672,193   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 0.7%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

6.45%, 9/15/36

   U.S. $109         $ 133,969   

ConocoPhillips Holding Co.

       

6.95%, 4/15/29

     66           89,162   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     580           613,531   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16

     67           71,586   

5.125%, 3/01/21

     163           190,112   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

9.25%, 1/15/19

     269           345,983   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     374           487,763   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     36           39,921   

Phillips 66

       

4.30%, 4/01/22

     665           730,012   

Transocean, Inc.

       

2.50%, 10/15/17

     212           214,683   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     275           334,143   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

5.125%, 9/15/20

     175           188,753   

9.625%, 3/01/19

     285           372,224   
       

 

 

 
          3,811,842   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.3%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     71           80,778   

Baidu, Inc.

       

2.25%, 11/28/17

     380           384,619   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     214           221,897   

Intel Corp.

       

4.80%, 10/01/41

     265           279,895   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     300           301,769   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     35           44,312   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

       

4.125%, 5/15/22

     495           514,677   
       

 

 

 
          1,827,947   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.25%, 10/01/14

     307           324,438   

5.75%, 12/15/16

     155           174,010   
       

 

 

 
          498,448   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Railroads - 0.1%

       

CSX Corp.

       

4.75%, 5/30/42

     465           482,825   

5.50%, 8/01/13

     35           35,567   
       

 

 

 
          518,392   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Transportation - Services - 0.1%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (c)

   U.S. $470         $ 484,230   

Con-way, Inc.

       

6.70%, 5/01/34

     68           71,472   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     127           144,961   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     127           144,252   
       

 

 

 
          844,915   
       

 

 

 
          26,333,026   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 4.1%

       

Banking - 2.6%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

3.30%, 1/11/23

     275           271,166   

5.00%, 5/13/21

     315           353,087   

5.875%, 1/05/21-2/07/42

     414           490,747   

7.375%, 5/15/14

     340           363,861   

Series L

       

5.65%, 5/01/18

     90           104,113   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.625%, 3/30/22 (c)

   EUR 300           438,808   

7.625%, 11/21/22

   U.S. $480           473,400   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)

       

5.55%, 1/22/17

     290           330,996   

5.70%, 11/15/14

     190           204,775   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.375%, 8/09/20

     571           668,496   

8.50%, 5/22/19

     190           253,127   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     314           326,422   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands

       

3.95%, 11/09/22

     485           488,317   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     92           102,473   

Danske Bank A/S

       

5.684%, 2/15/17

   GBP 182           264,096   

DNB Bank ASA

       

3.20%, 4/03/17 (c)

   U.S. $485           513,694   

Fifth Third Bancorp

       

3.50%, 3/15/22

     188           195,882   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.75%, 1/24/22

     290           337,190   

6.00%, 6/15/20

     440           519,295   

Series G

       

7.50%, 2/15/19

     335           419,107   

HSBC Holdings PLC

       

4.00%, 3/30/22

     515           554,103   

5.10%, 4/05/21

     320           369,751   

ING Bank NV

       

2.00%, 9/25/15 (c)

     480           488,756   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

4.40%, 7/22/20

     390           432,326   

4.50%, 1/24/22

     165           180,827   

4.625%, 5/10/21

     233           260,423   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 1

       

7.90%, 4/30/18

   U.S. $270         $ 310,184   

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/22/17 (c)

     90           99,321   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (c)

     194           210,858   

Morgan Stanley

       

3.75%, 2/25/23

     105           106,133   

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20-7/28/21

     676           776,810   

6.625%, 4/01/18

     345           412,414   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     44           48,114   

National Capital Trust II

       

5.486%, 3/23/15 (c)

     91           92,365   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (c)

     465           544,292   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (c)

     121           139,452   

Santander US Debt SAU

       

2.991%, 10/07/13 (c)

     500           503,336   

Societe Generale SA

       

2.50%, 1/15/14 (c)

     245           247,597   

SouthTrust Corp.

       

5.80%, 6/15/14

     225           235,503   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (c)

     470           485,322   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     380           424,635   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (c)

     230           231,492   

Vesey Street Investment Trust I

       

4.404%, 9/01/16

     115           125,006   

Wachovia Bank NA

       

5.85%, 2/01/37

     250           302,325   

Wachovia Corp.

       

5.50%, 5/01/13

     320           321,351   
       

 

 

 
          15,021,748   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.1%

       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

       

2.00%, 9/13/16

     468           466,852   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.3%

       

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

4.65%, 10/17/21

     193           216,073   

Series G

       

5.625%, 5/01/18

     480           568,066   

SLM Corp.

       

7.25%, 1/25/22

     340           379,950   

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     270           281,547   
       

 

 

 
          1,445,636   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Insurance - 0.8%

       

Allied World Assurance Co., Ltd.

       

7.50%, 8/01/16

   U.S. $160         $ 190,274   

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

6.125%, 5/15/37

     209           223,108   

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     195           220,601   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     300           371,534   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

5.95%, 3/15/17

     90           104,346   

6.125%, 1/15/15

     40           43,245   

6.30%, 8/15/14

     275           294,043   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (c)

     163           220,092   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/30/15

     95           100,401   

5.125%, 4/15/22

     180           207,620   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     242           282,243   

Humana, Inc.

       

6.45%, 6/01/16

     40           46,151   

7.20%, 6/15/18

     285           348,909   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     98           132,829   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

       

8.875%, 6/01/39 (c)

     90           139,125   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     112           145,436   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     140           217,350   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (c)

     335           484,922   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     320           331,200   

WellPoint, Inc.

       

3.30%, 1/15/23

     170           172,268   

XL Group PLC

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     135           142,442   

6.375%, 11/15/24

     157           190,404   
       

 

 

 
          4,608,543   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     336           356,547   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.2%

       

ERP Operating LP

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     105           111,807   

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     505           586,609   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     505           569,715   

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

       

5.125%, 4/01/14

     131           136,740   
       

 

 

 
          1,404,871   
       

 

 

 
          23,304,197   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Utility - 1.1%

       

Electric - 0.4%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

   U.S. $155         $ 178,420   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     89           101,621   

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

Series B

       

4.25%, 3/15/23

     70           70,797   

Series C

       

7.375%, 11/15/31

     212           248,354   

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     395           490,951   

Nisource Finance Corp.

       

6.80%, 1/15/19

     502           612,547   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

4.50%, 12/15/41

     190           198,469   

6.05%, 3/01/34

     38           47,535   

SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.

       

6.15%, 11/15/13 (c)

     348           356,376   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     100           107,475   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     125           144,810   

Union Electric Co.

       

6.70%, 2/01/19

     45           56,423   
       

 

 

 
          2,613,778   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.7%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (c)

     137           151,544   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

6.70%, 7/01/18

     127           153,232   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     410           511,952   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     305           357,708   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     424           450,501   

4.15%, 3/01/22

     220           235,929   

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

     480           509,779   

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (c)

     490           537,369   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     120           128,007   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

       

3.70%, 1/15/23

     434           430,836   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     298           339,596   
       

 

 

 
          3,806,453   
       

 

 

 
          6,420,231   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.1%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.1%

       

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA

       

6.212%, 11/22/16 (c)

     290           323,002   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Petrobras International Finance Co. - Pifco

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

   U.S.$ 345         $ 379,974   
       

 

 

 
          702,976   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $52,101,919)

          56,760,430   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 7.1%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 5.8%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

4.50%, 10/01/39

     2,373           2,539,048   

5.50%, 4/01/38

     1,623           1,757,932   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     634           691,258   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     67           72,915   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, TBA

     4,585           4,728,998   

3.50%, TBA

     3,855           4,070,639   

3.50%, TBA

     2,235           2,354,433   

4.00%, TBA

     3,455           3,683,354   

4.50%, TBA

     2,750           2,962,696   

4.50%, 8/01/40

     702           757,001   

5.00%, 12/01/39

     381           423,276   

5.50%, 5/01/38-6/01/38

     1,102           1,203,173   

6.00%, TBA

     110           120,484   

6.00%, 8/01/37-7/01/39

     1,916           2,101,053   

Series 2003

       

5.00%, 11/01/33

     169           183,892   

Series 2004

       

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

     249           274,299   

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

     227           253,823   

Series 2005

       

4.50%, 8/01/35

     169           182,078   

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 2/01/36

     601           652,896   

6.00%, 3/01/36

     89           98,720   

Series 2007

       

4.50%, 9/01/35

     152           163,765   

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

     191           207,547   

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

     934           1,027,296   

Series 2008

       

5.50%, 8/01/37

     413           452,996   

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

     1,245           1,372,400   

Series 2010

       

6.00%, 2/01/40-4/01/40

     587           643,302   
       

 

 

 
          32,979,274   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 1.0%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, TBA

     1,890           1,987,084   

4.50%, TBA

     790           849,836   

4.50%, 6/01/26

     2,336           2,518,647   
       

 

 

 
          5,355,567   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.371%, 4/01/35 (d)

   U.S.$ 793         $ 840,376   

Series 2008

       

2.764%, 11/01/37 (f)

     68           72,675   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

2.475%, 8/01/37 (d)

     354           377,763   

Series 2007

       

2.38%, 3/01/34 (f)

     230           245,260   
       

 

 

 
          1,536,074   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $39,111,408)

          39,870,915   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 6.6%

       

United States - 6.6%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.75%, 8/15/42

     280           259,787   

3.00%, 5/15/42

     900           881,156   

3.125%, 2/15/43

     670           671,256   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     1,490           1,892,532   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     3,835           4,992,691   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     5           6,956   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.50%, 7/31/17

     1,155           1,148,413   

0.625%, 8/31/17-11/30/17

     2,340           2,333,956   

0.75%, 6/30/17-12/31/17

     1,555           1,560,516   

0.875%, 11/30/16-1/31/18

     8,515           8,623,435   

1.00%, 8/31/16-3/31/17

     9,490           9,663,709   

1.625%, 11/15/22

     2,175           2,136,429   

1.75%, 5/15/22

     840           842,428   

2.00%, 11/15/21-2/15/23

     2,100           2,138,571   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $35,664,362)

          37,151,835   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.9%

       

Autos-Fixed Rate - 2.4%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2011-3, Class A2

       

1.81%, 5/15/16

     775           785,938   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     390           389,982   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-3, Class A2

       

0.84%, 11/10/14

     30           30,137   

Series 2011-4, Class A2

       

0.92%, 3/09/15

     69           68,730   

Series 2011-5, Class A2

       

1.19%, 8/08/15

     83           83,235   

Series 2012-4, Class A2

       

0.49%, 4/08/16

     710           709,987   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.49%, 6/08/16

     423           423,074   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2012-3A, Class A

       

2.10%, 3/20/19 (c)

     345           352,049   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Bank of America Auto Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A4

       

1.03%, 12/15/16

   U.S.$ 395         $ 398,490   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.62%, 7/20/16

     364           363,721   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A2

       

0.43%, 9/15/15

     385           384,993   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A

       

2.02%, 8/15/16 (c)

     181           182,444   

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (c)

     358           360,004   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.61%, 9/15/17

     386           385,990   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (c)

   CAD  495           488,968   

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (c)

     341           336,317   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2011-B, Class A2

       

0.82%, 1/15/14

   U.S.$ 73           73,408   

Series 2012-B, Class A2

       

0.54%, 11/15/14

     511           511,189   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     155           154,532   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A1

       

0.74%, 9/15/16

     590           591,358   

Series 2013-1, Class A1

       

0.85%, 1/15/18

     439           438,527   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (c)

     870           869,899   

Huntington Auto Trust

       

Series 2011-1A, Class A3

       

1.01%, 1/15/16 (c)

     286           287,146   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.66%, 6/15/16 (c)

     505           504,755   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class C

       

1.95%, 10/15/18

     140           142,526   

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-AA, Class A

       

0.79%, 11/15/17 (c)

     714           714,139   

Navistar Financial Corp. Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2

       

0.85%, 3/18/15 (c)

     565           565,397   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2A

       

0.68%, 7/15/14

     337           337,345   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2012-B, Class A2A

       

0.45%, 6/15/15

   U.S.$ 244         $ 243,849   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

1.08%, 4/15/16

     530           531,999   

Series 2012-6, Class A2

       

0.47%, 9/15/15

     210           209,972   

SMART Trust/Australia

       

Series 2012-4US, Class A2A

       

0.67%, 6/14/15

     320           320,186   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.22%, 6/22/15

     742           744,959   

World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.93%, 11/16/15

     572           574,775   
       

 

 

 
          13,560,020   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 1.0%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

0.68%, 3/15/18

     1,010           1,012,425   

Series 2012-5, Class A

       

0.59%, 5/15/18

     565           565,242   

Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

2.71%, 2/17/26 (c)

     480           479,970   

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2013-A1, Class A1

       

1.30%, 2/18/20

     195           195,987   

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-A1, Class A1

       

0.81%, 8/15/17

     304           305,846   

Series 2012-A3, Class A3

       

0.86%, 11/15/17

     260           261,457   

Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

0.64%, 8/15/18

     560           559,425   

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-6, Class A

       

1.36%, 8/17/20

     515           519,678   

Series 2012-7, Class A

       

1.76%, 9/15/22

     445           442,206   

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.35%, 3/15/21

     490           489,984   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     310           315,419   

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     246           246,796   
       

 

 

 
          5,394,435   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

CIT Canada Equipment Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

1.705%, 7/22/13 (c)

   CAD  32           31,019   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2012-VT1, Class A3

       

1.10%, 8/22/16 (c)

   U.S. $268         $ 268,530   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2010-C, Class A3

       

1.17%, 5/15/15

     77           76,876   

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.94%, 5/15/17

     375           376,519   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

     195           195,824   

GE Equipment Small Ticket LLC

       

Series 2011-2A, Class A2

       

1.14%, 6/23/14 (c)

     147           147,049   
       

 

 

 
          1,095,817   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.903%, 2/15/17 (c)(d)

     490           494,171   

Penarth Master Issuer PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.773%, 3/18/14 (c)(d)

     545           546,418   
       

 

 

 
          1,040,589   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A

       

0.693%, 6/20/17 (d)

     790           793,560   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     109           107,834   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.0%

       

RASC Trust

       

Series 2003-KS3, Class A2

       

0.804%, 5/25/33 (d)

     1           946   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $21,935,827)

          21,993,201   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 2.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 2.1%

       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

       

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     150           167,504   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities

       

Series 2006-T24, Class AJ

       

5.598%, 10/12/41

     200           194,924   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05

       

3.369%, 3/13/23 (c)

     495           507,372   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C1, Class A4

       

5.365%, 4/15/40

   U.S. $110         $ 114,102   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2006-C3, Class AJ

       

5.805%, 6/15/38

     190           185,542   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2004-C1, Class A4

       

4.75%, 1/15/37

     63           64,404   

Series 2005-C1, Class A4

       

5.014%, 2/15/38

     260           275,686   

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates

       

Series 2006-C3, Class A3

       

5.805%, 6/15/38

     620           693,884   

CW Capital Cobalt Ltd.

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.811%, 5/15/46

     535           624,333   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (c)

     330           329,353   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

       

Series 2005-GG5, Class AJ

       

5.243%, 4/10/37

     215           171,686   

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

       

5.444%, 3/10/39

     885           1,008,806   

Series 2007-GG9, Class AM

       

5.475%, 3/10/39

     175           193,023   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     80           83,554   

Series 2012-GCJ7, Class A4

       

3.377%, 5/10/45

     960           1,019,451   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (c)

     276           280,243   

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (c)

     523           537,232   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2005-CB11, Class A4

       

5.335%, 8/12/37

     170           182,290   

Series 2007-CB19, Class AM

       

5.714%, 2/12/49

     175           195,294   

Series 2007-LD11, Class A4

       

5.807%, 6/15/49

     251           288,013   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

       

6.001%, 2/15/51

     280           319,961   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (c)

     388           403,749   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       

5.513%, 6/15/29

     40           41,997   

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

     1,095           1,205,075   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-CIP1, Class A2

       

4.96%, 7/12/38

   U.S.$ 305         $ 309,449   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-3, Class A4

       

5.414%, 7/12/46

     480           542,743   

Motel 6 Trust

       

Series 2012-MTL6, Class A2

       

1.948%, 10/05/25 (c)

     480           481,076   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C5, Class A4

       

3.185%, 3/10/46

     813           838,038   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C10, Class A3

       

2.875%, 12/15/45

     310           311,762   
       

 

 

 
          11,570,546   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.3%

       

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.904%, 12/05/31 (c)(d)

     250           250,152   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2007-EOP, Class E

       

2.476%, 3/06/20 (c)(d)

     75           75,394   

Series 2013-KYO, Class A

       

1.052%, 11/08/29 (c)(d)

     505           506,151   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-3, Class A2

       

5.291%, 7/12/46 (f)

     812           821,286   
       

 

 

 
          1,652,983   
       

 

 

 

Agency CMBS - 0.1%

       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

       

Series K008, Class A2

       

3.531%, 6/25/20

     634           700,414   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $13,376,719)

          13,923,943   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 2.4%

       

Agency Debentures - 2.4%

       

Federal Farm Credit Bank

       

0.264%, 6/26/13 (d)

     2,500           2,500,943   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.375%, 1/13/22

     2,198           2,287,676   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.25%, 5/15/29

     740           1,050,903   

6.625%, 11/15/30

     2,277           3,390,234   

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip

       

Zero Coupon, 7/15/20

     4,770           4,243,130   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $11,891,094)

          13,472,886   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 0.5%

       

Industrial - 0.3%

       

Basic - 0.0%

       

Eagle Spinco, Inc.

       

4.625%, 2/15/21 (c)

   U.S.$ 40         $ 40,700   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.1%

       

B/E Aerospace, Inc.

       

5.25%, 4/01/22

     295           304,219   

Ball Corp.

       

5.00%, 3/15/22

     290           301,600   
       

 

 

 
          605,819   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.0%

       

VimpelCom Holdings BV

       

5.20%, 2/13/19 (c)

     200           201,483   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.

       

5.375%, 3/15/22

     295           309,381   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.0%

       

Dollar General Corp.

       

4.125%, 7/15/17

     79           84,826   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

Olam International Ltd.

       

6.75%, 1/29/18 (c)

     228           215,104   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

5.875%, 5/01/22

     145           155,512   

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.

       

5.125%, 3/28/23 (c)

     100           100,837   
       

 

 

 
          256,349   
       

 

 

 
          1,713,662   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Banking - 0.2%

       

ABN Amro Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR  90           102,099   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.95%, 1/30/23

   U.S.$ 480           498,000   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (c)

     235           250,623   

LBG Capital No.2 PLC

       

Series 22

       

15.00%, 12/21/19

   EUR  140           256,627   
       

 

 

 
          1,107,349   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.0%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (c)

   U.S.$ 173           195,254   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  
        $ 1,302,603   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $2,705,739)

          3,016,265   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.4%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.4%

       

Indonesia - 0.0%

       

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

       

5.50%, 11/22/21 (c)

   U.S. $250           271,250   
       

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 0.1%

       

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub BV

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (c)

     251           298,690   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.1%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (c)

     460           534,953   
       

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.1%

       

Korea National Oil Corp.

       

3.125%, 4/03/17 (c)

     485           510,559   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (c)

     465           497,550   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $1,906,623)

          2,113,002   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

       

Qatar - 0.1%

       

Qatar Government International Bond

       

4.50%, 1/20/22 (c)

     270           302,824   
       

 

 

 

Russia - 0.0%

       

Russian Foreign Bond - Eurobond

       

7.50%, 3/31/30 (c)

     231           286,089   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Bonds
(cost $522,897)

          588,913   
       

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.1%

       

United States - 0.1%

       

California GO

       

7.625%, 3/01/40

(cost $350,688)

     345           498,939   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.0%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.732%, 5/25/35

     42           40,783   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc.

       

Series 2005-A8, Class A1C1

       

5.25%, 8/25/36

     15           15,221   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $56,788)

          56,004   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Consumer Staples - 0.0%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0%

       

Olam International Ltd. , expiring 12/03/17 (a)
(cost $0)

     117,840         $ 40,655   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 6.7%

       

Time Deposit - 2.7%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 4/01/13

       

(cost $15,513,954)

   U.S. $15,514           15,513,954   
       

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bill - 3.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill

       

Zero Coupon, 4/04/13

       

(cost $17,149,864)

     17,150           17,149,864   
       

 

 

 

Treasury Bill - 1.0%

       

Japan Treasury Discount Bill

       

Series 339

       

Zero Coupon, 4/22/13

       

(cost $5,715,948)

   JPY 540,000           5,736,289   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $38,379,766)

          38,400,107   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 103.3%
(cost $507,349,004)

          584,413,979   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 1.1%

       

Investment Companies - 1.1%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,

       

0.09% (g)

       

(cost $6,283,951)

     6,283,951           6,283,951   
       

 

 

 


Company

          U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 104.4%
(cost $513,632,955) (h)

        $ 590,697,930   

Other assets less liabilities - (4.4)% (i)

          (24,835,315
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 565,862,615   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2013
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro Stoxx 50 Index Futures

     4         June 2013       $ 135,640       $ 130,954       $ (4,686

Topix Index Futures

     1         June 2013         104,623         110,320         5,697   
              

 

 

 
               $ 1,011   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     EUR         546         USD         720         5/15/13       $ 20,294   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     GBP         670         USD         1,073         5/15/13         54,925   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     HKD         4,856         USD         626         5/15/13         94   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         498,770         USD         5,345         5/15/13         44,917   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         1,585         CHF         1,479         5/15/13         (26,135

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         2,071         NOK         11,482         5/15/13         (108,441

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         42,014         USD         452         6/13/13         5,623   

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         1,955         USD         2,917         5/15/13         (52,420

Citibank, NA

     GBP         2,499         USD         3,922         5/15/13         125,621   

Citibank, NA

     USD         2,040         AUD         1,989         5/15/13         24,589   

Citibank, NA

     USD         4,850         JPY         459,086         5/15/13         27,998   

Citibank, NA

     USD         1,489         SEK         9,574         5/15/13         (20,851

Citibank, NA

     USD         651         JPY         61,595         6/13/13         3,761   

Credit Suisse International

     NOK         12,011         USD         2,058         5/15/13         4,739   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         1,933         JPY         180,600         5/15/13         (13,758

Credit Suisse International

     USD         1,693         NOK         9,762         5/15/13         (24,844

Credit Suisse International

     USD         2,368         SEK         15,232         5/15/13         (32,327

Credit Suisse International

     USD         1,257         CAD         1,284         6/13/13         5,109   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     AUD         454         USD         463         5/15/13         (8,513

Deutsche Bank AG London

     NOK         9,233         USD         1,607         5/15/13         28,688   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     NZD         620         USD         518         5/15/13         747   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         344         CAD         354         5/15/13         3,905   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         352         CHF         334         5/15/13         (179

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         1,502         EUR         1,161         5/15/13         (13,796

Deutsche Bank AG London

     AUD         733         USD         763         6/13/13         3,395   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     CHF         396         USD         416         6/13/13         (1,614

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     EUR         640         USD         837         4/11/13         16,328   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     JPY         540,000         USD         5,697         4/22/13         (40,084


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     AUD         1,356         USD         1,392         5/15/13       $ (15,272

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     CHF         823         USD         899         5/15/13         31,416   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     JPY         83,771         USD         935         5/15/13         44,461   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     USD         1,823         GBP         1,202         5/15/13         3,049   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     USD         1,425         JPY         131,516         5/15/13         (27,113

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     CAD         1,425         USD         1,386         6/13/13         (14,897

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     GBP         256         USD         383         6/13/13         (5,696

HSBC BankUSA

     CAD         564         USD         564         5/15/13         9,814   

HSBC BankUSA

     HKD         40,682         USD         5,247         5/15/13         5,399   

HSBC BankUSA

     USD         370         HKD         2,866         5/15/13         (383

HSBC BankUSA

     USD         515         NZD         620         5/15/13         2,706   

HSBC BankUSA

     GBP         257         USD         387         6/13/13         (3,735

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     EUR         2,447         USD         3,203         5/15/13         64,983   

Royal Bank of Canada

     CAD         836         USD         809         6/13/13         (12,455

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     CAD         980         USD         954         4/19/13         (10,431

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     EUR         1,814         USD         2,357         5/15/13         30,880   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     GBP         1,386         USD         2,064         5/15/13         (41,576

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     JPY         355,968         USD         3,708         5/15/13         (74,689

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     SGD         531         USD         425         5/15/13         (3,412

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         510         CHF         479         5/15/13         (4,744

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,280         EUR         1,707         5/15/13         (91,494

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,576         GBP         1,694         5/15/13         (2,597

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     EUR         903         USD         1,173         6/13/13         15,350   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     JPY         47,575         USD         504         6/13/13         (1,890

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     SEK         7,479         USD         1,150         6/13/13         3,721   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,207         CHF         2,060         6/13/13         (35,282

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         453         GBP         298         6/13/13         (457

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         1,678         SEK         10,782         6/13/13         (25,967

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         1,194         HKD         9,255         5/15/13         (1,098

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         1,019         SGD         1,262         5/15/13         (1,705

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         171         USD         259         4/11/13         (804

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     AUD         263         USD         270         5/15/13         (2,772

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD         160         USD         162         5/15/13         4,603   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         140         USD         182         5/15/13         2,676   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         446         USD         686         5/15/13         8,923   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     HKD         1,811         USD         234         5/15/13         181   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     JPY         133,999         USD         1,456         5/15/13         31,954   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,557         AUD         1,519         5/15/13         19,642   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         359         CAD         370         5/15/13         4,813   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         213         CHF         195         5/15/13       $ (7,170

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         596         EUR         446         5/15/13         (23,885

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         307         GBP         194         5/15/13         (11,833

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         446         NOK         2,455         5/15/13         (26,417

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     AUD         259         USD         262         6/13/13         (5,868

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         933         USD         1,223         6/13/13         26,633   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     NOK         1,392         USD         238         6/13/13         572   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         267         AUD         259         6/13/13         1,157   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         331         EUR         255         6/13/13         (3,688

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         120         JPY         11,501         6/13/13         2,652   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         244         NOK         1,392         6/13/13         (6,665

UBS AG

     USD         362         AUD         347         5/15/13         (2,298

UBS AG

     USD         5,801         EUR         4,335         5/15/13         (242,228

Westpac Banking Corp.

     USD         1,302         AUD         1,245         5/15/13         (9,602
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (374,767
                 

 

 

 

INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS

 

                   Rate Type         

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   $ 1,970         1/30/17         1.059     3 Month LIBOR       $ (30,176

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     2,200         2/7/22         2.043     3 Month LIBOR         (45,623
             

 

 

 
              $ (75,799
             

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2013
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

              

BNP Paribas SA:

              

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

              

5.95%, 9/15/16, 9/20/17*

     1.00     0.94   $ 530       $ 1,291       $ (16,047   $ 17,338   

 

* Termination date


 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(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 March 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $23,107,976 or 4.1% of net assets.
(d) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2013.
(e) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at March 31, 2013.
(f) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2013.
(g) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(h) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $82,773,104 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(5,708,129), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $77,064,975.
(i) An amount of U.S. $12,949 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2013.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
FHLMC    -    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
GO    -    General Obligation
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
SCPA    -    Società Consortile per Azioni
TBA    -    To Be Announced


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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 fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

          

Common Stocks:

          

Financials

   $     35,363,558       $     22,062,942       $             – 0  –    $     57,426,500   

Consumer Discretionary

     35,388,481         14,644,892         – 0  –      50,033,373   

Information Technology

     43,394,424         3,957,894         – 0  –      47,352,318   

Health Care

     31,392,919         6,297,939         – 0  –      37,690,858   


Industrials

     20,081,222        14,164,313        – 0  –      34,245,535   

Consumer Staples

     15,716,159        12,427,018        – 0  –      28,143,177   

Energy

     22,974,422        4,382,511        – 0  –      27,356,933   

Equity:Other

     8,114,577        13,745,061        – 0  –      21,859,638   

Retail

     7,610,292        3,967,696        – 0  –      11,577,988   

Materials

     5,177,655        5,157,623        – 0  –      10,335,278   

Residential

     6,146,920        2,871,691        – 0  –      9,018,611   

Office

     3,057,962        4,346,805        – 0  –      7,404,767   

Utilities

     3,577,722        1,770,175        – 0  –      5,347,897   

Telecommunication Services

     2,373,843        2,476,563        – 0  –      4,850,406   

Lodging

     2,801,113        1,082,492        – 0  –      3,883,605   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     339,707        56,420,723        – 0  –      56,760,430   

Mortgage Pass - Throughs

     – 0  –      39,870,915        – 0  –      39,870,915   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      37,151,835        – 0  –      37,151,835   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      20,788,604        1,204,597        21,993,201   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     507,372        11,625,230        1,791,341        13,923,943   

Agencies

     – 0  –      13,472,886        – 0  –      13,472,886   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

     – 0  –      2,801,161        215,104        3,016,265   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      2,113,002        – 0  –      2,113,002   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      588,913        – 0  –      588,913   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      498,939        – 0  –      498,939   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      – 0  –      56,004        56,004   

Warrants

     40,655        – 0  –      – 0  –      40,655   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Time Deposit

     – 0  –      15,513,954        – 0  –      15,513,954   

U.S. Treasury Bill

     – 0  –      17,149,864        – 0  –      17,149,864   

Treasury Bill

     – 0  –      5,736,289        – 0  –      5,736,289   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     6,283,951        – 0  –      – 0  –      6,283,951   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     250,342,954            337,087,930     3,267,046        590,697,930   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures Contracts

     5,697        – 0  –      – 0  –      5,697   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      704,728        – 0  –      704,728   

Credit Default Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      17,338        – 0  –      17,338   

Liabilities:

        

Futures Contracts

     (4,686     – 0  –      – 0  –      (4,686

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (1,079,495     – 0  –      (1,079,495

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      (75,799     – 0  –      (75,799
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     250,343,965      $ 336,654,702      $     3,267,046      $     590,265,713   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
^ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common Stock -
Residential
    Asset-Backed
Securities
     Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $     297,587      $     1,397,999       $     1,601,699   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      243         5   


Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      1,203        44,011   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     – 0  –      (4,536     (44,577

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  –      933,676   

Sales

     – 0  –      (190,312     (743,473

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (297,587     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/13+

   $ – 0  –    $     1,204,597      $     1,791,341   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ – 0  –    $ (4,536   $ (44,577
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Coprorates -
Non-Investment
Grades
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    Rights  

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ – 0  –    $ 60,916      $ – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     325        7        – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      48        – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (1,516     275        – 0  – 

Purchases

     216,295        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      (5,242     – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $ 215,104      $ 56,004      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ (1,516   $ 275      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Total              

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ 3,358,201       

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     580       

Realized gain (loss)

     45,262       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (50,354    

Purchases

     1,149,971       

Sales

     (939,027    

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –     

Transfers out of Level 3

     (297,587    
  

 

 

     

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $     3,267,046       
  

 

 

     

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ (50,354    
  

 

 

     

 

+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 25.7%

       

Financials - 5.1%

       

Capital Markets - 0.5%

       

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     3,678         $ 24,036   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     495           36,457   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     2,815           78,792   

BlackRock, Inc. - Class A

     327           84,000   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     2,640           46,702   

Credit Suisse Group AG (a)

     3,127           82,242   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (b)

     4,000           28,355   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     2,499           97,702   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     620           6,640   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     340           51,275   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     1,088           160,099   

Invesco Ltd.

     1,030           29,829   

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (a)

     1,220           47,546   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     260           8,359   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     890           34,622   

Morgan Stanley

     3,320           72,974   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     9,800           60,934   

Northern Trust Corp.

     510           27,826   

Partners Group Holding AG

     133           32,845   

Schroders PLC

     729           23,417   

State Street Corp.

     1,135           67,067   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     625           46,794   

UBS AG (a)

     9,783           150,435   
       

 

 

 
          1,298,948   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 1.9%

       

Aozora Bank Ltd. (b)

     6,000           16,969   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     7,203           214,825   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     14,655           127,965   

Banco de Sabadell SA (a) (b)

     7,647           14,081   

Banco Espirito Santo SA (a)

     5,403           5,541   

Banco Popular Espanol SA

     14,317           10,646   

Banco Santander SA

     27,759           188,057   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (a)

     6,125           21,661   

Bank of Yokohama Ltd. (The)

     3,000           17,405   

Barclays PLC

     31,160           138,639   

BB&T Corp.

     1,700           53,363   

BNP Paribas SA

     2,698           138,725   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     10,000           33,511   

CaixaBank

     2,117           7,182   

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     2,000           14,417   

Comerica, Inc.

     450           16,178   

Commerzbank AG (a) (b)

     11,674           17,198   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     4,251           301,947   

Danske Bank A/S (a)

     1,753           31,430   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     5,000           64,714   

DnB ASA

     2,627           38,662   

Erste Group Bank AG (a)

     578           16,175   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     2,190           35,719   

First Horizon National Corp.

     585           6,248   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     4,000           20,056   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,100           33,687   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     49,248           525,455   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     2,065         $ 15,260   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     27,085           39,907   

Joyo Bank Ltd. (The)

     3,000           16,735   

KBC Groep NV

     433           15,014   

KeyCorp

     2,275           22,659   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     111,087           82,773   

M&T Bank Corp.

     315           32,495   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     34,200           206,337   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (a)

     973           10,395   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     61,400           131,752   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     6,018           194,178   

Natixis

     9,006           34,262   

Nordea Bank AB

     7,072           80,230   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     7,000           60,302   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     1,280           85,120   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

     176           6,001   

Regions Financial Corp.

     3,375           27,641   

Resona Holdings, Inc. (b)

     5,100           26,929   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (a)

     5,577           23,436   

Seven Bank Ltd. (b)

     5,324           17,143   

Shinsei Bank Ltd. (b)

     12,000           27,575   

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

     1,000           11,288   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (b)

     4,967           49,952   

Societe Generale SA (a)

     1,878           61,829   

Standard Chartered PLC

     6,409           166,417   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     3,600           147,689   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     8,000           38,095   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     1,290           37,165   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (b)

     1,317           56,330   

Swedbank AB (b)

     2,205           50,240   

UniCredit SpA (a)

     10,889           46,740   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     3,000           49,458   

US Bancorp

     4,565           154,890   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     11,875           439,256   

Westpac Banking Corp.

     8,210           264,211   

Zions Bancorporation

     430           10,746   
       

 

 

 
          4,850,906   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

       

American Express Co.

     2,410           162,579   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     1,413           77,644   

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

     700           17,513   

Discover Financial Services

     1,260           56,498   

SLM Corp.

     1,100           22,528   
       

 

 

 
          336,762   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.7%

       

ASX Ltd.

     332           12,544   

Bank of America Corp.

     26,095           317,837   

Citigroup, Inc.

     7,479           330,871   

CME Group, Inc./IL - Class A

     750           46,043   

Deutsche Boerse AG

     524           31,787   

Eurazeo

     75           3,808   

Exor SpA

     1,279           35,850   

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     217           16,622   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

     2,800           47,882   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

ING Groep NV (a)

     10,296         $ 74,084   

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     200           32,614   

Investor AB

     1,705           49,320   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     9,215           437,344   

Leucadia National Corp.

     455           12,481   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     969           19,271   

McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (The)

     660           34,373   

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

     3,500           18,341   

Moody’s Corp.

     445           23,727   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)

     260           8,398   

NYSE Euronext

     585           22,604   

ORIX Corp.

     2,800           35,750   

Pohjola Bank PLC (b)

     371           5,426   

Resolution Ltd.

     3,866           16,060   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     3,000           18,689   
       

 

 

 
          1,651,726   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.1%

       

ACE Ltd.

     835           74,290   

Admiral Group PLC

     819           16,618   

Aegon NV

     7,148           43,160   

Aflac, Inc.

     1,105           57,482   

Ageas

     627           21,281   

AIA Group Ltd.

     27,520           120,642   

Allianz SE

     1,224           166,858   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     1,150           56,431   

American International Group, Inc. (a)

     3,602           139,830   

AMP Ltd.

     7,786           42,419   

AON PLC

     765           47,048   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     3,139           49,146   

Assurant, Inc.

     160           7,202   

Aviva PLC

     7,812           35,411   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     4,430           461,606   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     660           57,770   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     360           16,988   

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (The)

     23           30,864   

Genworth Financial, Inc. - Class A (a)

     1,185           11,850   

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG

     173           13,620   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     1,025           26,445   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     6,220           37,106   

Legal & General Group PLC

     15,786           41,541   

Lincoln National Corp.

     640           20,870   

Loews Corp.

     740           32,612   

Mapfre SA

     3,353           10,420   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     1,290           48,981   

MetLife, Inc.

     2,570           97,711   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings (b)

     1,400           31,183   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     482           90,340   

NKSJ Holdings, Inc. (b)

     1,000           21,065   

Old Mutual PLC

     13,083           40,423   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     640           21,779   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     1,345           33,988   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     1,115           65,774   

Prudential PLC

     6,850           111,255   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     3,112           43,996   

RSA Insurance Group PLC

     9,493           16,832   

Sampo Oyj

     1,127           43,467   

SCOR SE

     935           26,897   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

     875         $ 13,087   

Standard Life PLC

     6,327           35,276   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     3,459           42,690   

Swiss Re AG

     947           77,126   

T&D Holdings, Inc. (b)

     1,550           18,564   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     1,900           54,968   

Torchmark Corp.

     235           14,053   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     930           78,297   

Tryg A/S

     78           6,309   

Unum Group

     670           18,928   

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

     71           3,446   

XL Group PLC

     710           21,513   

Zurich Insurance Group AG (a)

     396           110,543   
       

 

 

 
          2,828,001   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%

       

American Tower Corp.

     955           73,459   

Apartment Investment & Management Co. - Class A

     305           9,351   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     225           28,501   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     390           39,413   

British Land Co. PLC

     2,299           19,032   

CFS Retail Property Trust Group

     11,279           23,644   

Dexus Property Group

     23,282           25,300   

Equity Residential

     730           40,194   

Fonciere Des Regions

     329           25,783   

Gecina SA

     253           29,398   

Goodman Group

     5,915           29,567   

GPT Group

     6,698           25,922   

Hammerson PLC

     2,197           16,468   

HCP, Inc.

     1,030           51,356   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     565           38,369   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     1,710           29,908   

ICADE (b)

     296           25,909   

Intu Properties PLC

     2,951           15,031   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     2           27,712   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     8           19,849   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     970           21,728   

Klepierre

     695           27,330   

Land Securities Group PLC

     2,095           26,446   

Link REIT (The)

     6,000           32,802   

Mirvac Group

     12,834           21,716   

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     2           28,024   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     360           18,792   

ProLogis, Inc.

     1,090           43,578   

Public Storage

     340           51,789   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     736           116,700   

Stockland

     6,911           26,375   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     247           57,529   

Ventas, Inc.

     721           52,777   

Vornado Realty Trust

     395           33,038   

Westfield Group

     5,897           66,813   

Westfield Retail Trust

     7,800           24,557   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     1,290           40,480   
       

 

 

 
          1,284,640   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     700         $ 21,375   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     11,000           31,463   

CBRE Group, Inc. (a)

     715           18,054   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     4,000           59,257   

City Developments Ltd.

     3,000           27,508   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     200           17,163   

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

     1,000           19,558   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     14,661           31,135   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     7,000           26,252   

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     4,000           27,412   

IMMOFINANZ AG (a)

     2,501           9,488   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     3,000           84,982   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     2,000           57,115   

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     800           17,955   

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     16,000           27,231   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     1,000           38,957   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     4,000           53,875   

Swire Pacific Ltd.

     2,000           25,575   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     8,213           29,263   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     4,000           35,850   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     6,000           32,230   
       

 

 

 
          691,698   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     1,130           9,763   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     815           10,954   
       

 

 

 
          20,717   
       

 

 

 
          12,963,398   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.0%

       

Beverages - 0.7%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     2,159           214,642   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,000           23,913   

Beam, Inc.

     400           25,416   

Brown-Forman Corp. - Class B

     352           25,133   

Carlsberg A/S

     288           28,078   

Coca Cola Hellenic Bottling Co. SA (a)

     542           14,531   

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     1,634           24,846   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     9,380           379,327   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     650           23,998   

Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A (a)

     320           15,245   

Diageo PLC

     6,728           212,003   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     520           24,414   

Heineken NV

     784           59,134   

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,000           32,157   

Molson Coors Brewing Co. - Class B

     350           17,126   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     360           17,187   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     3,775           298,640   

Pernod-Ricard SA

     569           70,919   

SABMiller PLC

     2,567           135,398   
       

 

 

 
          1,642,107   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

       

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     1,600           20,716   

Carrefour SA

     1,552           42,514   

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

     225           23,659   

Colruyt SA

     204           9,861   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1,065           113,007   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

CVS Caremark Corp.

     3,080         $ 169,369   

Delhaize Group SA

     274           14,958   

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

     1,644           11,410   

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

     300           13,712   

J Sainsbury PLC

     3,281           18,898   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     592           11,531   

Kesko Oyj

     171           5,355   

Kroger Co. (The)

     1,315           43,579   

Lawson, Inc.

     200           15,356   

Metro AG

     441           12,553   

Safeway, Inc. (b)

     545           14,361   

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,000           66,359   

Sysco Corp.

     1,405           49,414   

Tesco PLC

     21,592           125,517   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     4,063           304,034   

Walgreen Co.

     2,045           97,506   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     2,706           113,627   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     410           35,568   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     6,401           26,905   

Woolworths Ltd.

     3,298           116,432   
       

 

 

 
          1,476,201   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     2,000           29,407   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     1,565           52,787   

Associated British Foods PLC

     958           27,709   

Campbell Soup Co.

     425           19,278   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     935           33,482   

Danone SA

     1,554           108,203   

DE Master Blenders 1753 NV (a)

     1,580           24,405   

Dean Foods Co. (a)

     430           7,796   

General Mills, Inc.

     1,585           78,156   

Hershey Co. (The)

     350           30,636   

HJ Heinz Co.

     765           55,287   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     325           13,429   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     295           29,252   

Kellogg Co.

     615           39,624   

Kerry Group PLC

     401           23,894   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     1,428           73,585   

Lindt & Spruengli AG (REG) (a)

     1           45,128   

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

     325           23,904   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co. - Class A

     510           39,500   

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd.

     300           13,765   

Mondelez International, Inc.

     4,285           131,164   

Nestle SA

     8,871           642,035   

Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.

     1,000           16,141   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. (b)

     400           18,363   

Orkla ASA

     2,074           16,672   

Tate & Lyle PLC

     1,256           16,229   

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A

     675           16,754   

Unilever NV

     4,379           179,423   

Unilever PLC

     3,450           145,925   

Wilmar International Ltd.

     9,000           25,162   

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd. (b)

     400           16,149   
       

 

 

 
          1,993,244   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Products - 0.4%

       

Clorox Co. (The)

     320         $ 28,330   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     1,075           126,882   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     366           28,929   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference Shares)

     479           46,147   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     965           94,551   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     6,665           513,605   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     1,773           127,297   

Svenska Cellulosa AB - Class B

     2,115           54,605   

Unicharm Corp. (b)

     300           17,129   
       

 

 

 
          1,037,475   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Avon Products, Inc.

     1,005           20,834   

Beiersdorf AG

     310           28,651   

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

     590           37,778   

Kao Corp.

     1,400           45,279   

L’Oreal SA

     646           102,490   

Shiseido Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,000           14,019   
       

 

 

 
          249,051   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco – 0.4%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     4,910           168,855   

British American Tobacco PLC

     5,292           283,770   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     2,690           94,083   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     2,919           93,371   

Lorillard, Inc.

     990           39,947   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     4,100           380,111   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     785           34,925   

Swedish Match AB

     66           2,049   
       

 

 

 
          1,097,111   
       

 

 

 
          7,495,189   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.0%

       

Biotechnology - 0.3%

       

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     460           42,384   

Amgen, Inc.

     1,873           192,001   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     565           108,994   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     1,030           119,387   

CSL Ltd.

     1,396           86,289   

Elan Corp. PLC (a)

     1,351           15,655   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     3,650           178,595   

Grifols SA (a)

     401           14,894   
       

 

 

 
          758,199   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     3,815           134,746   

Baxter International, Inc.

     1,330           96,611   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     480           45,893   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     3,410           26,632   

CareFusion Corp. (a)

     490           17,145   

Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International SA

     547           60,868   

Coloplast A/S

     305           16,435   

Covidien PLC

     1,175           79,712   

CR Bard, Inc.

     215           21,668   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     330           13,999   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     295           24,237   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     333         $ 41,144   

Getinge AB

     997           30,443   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     105           51,575   

Medtronic, Inc.

     2,460           115,521   

Olympus Corp. (a)

     900           21,356   

Smith & Nephew PLC

     2,408           27,852   

Sonova Holding AG (a)

     351           42,153   

St Jude Medical, Inc.

     765           30,937   

Stryker Corp.

     675           44,037   

Sysmex Corp.

     200           12,185   

Terumo Corp.

     400           17,216   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     245           17,640   

William Demant Holding A/S (a)

     70           5,867   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     435           32,721   
       

 

 

 
          1,028,593   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.3%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     820           41,918   

AmerisourceBergen Corp. - Class A

     585           30,098   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     795           33,088   

CIGNA Corp.

     715           44,595   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

     330           15,520   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (a)

     225           26,683   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     1,989           114,666   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     564           38,134   

Humana, Inc.

     415           28,681   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

     225           20,295   

McKesson Corp.

     565           60,997   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     210           7,988   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     400           22,580   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     490           16,492   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     1,715           24,955   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

     243           11,562   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     2,485           142,167   

WellPoint, Inc.

     800           52,984   
       

 

 

 
          733,403   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

Cerner Corp. (a)

     340           32,215   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.1%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     845           35,465   

Life Technologies Corp. (a)

     425           27,468   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     245           8,242   

QIAGEN NV (a)

     667           13,925   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     885           67,693   

Waters Corp. (a)

     215           20,191   
       

 

 

 
          172,984   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.9%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     3,815           155,576   

Actavis, Inc. (a)

     315           29,015   

Allergan, Inc./United States

     750           83,722   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     1,200           64,760   

AstraZeneca PLC

     3,432           172,152   

Bayer AG

     2,223           229,738   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     4,045         $ 166,614   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     700           15,599   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,800           34,745   

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,400           24,772   

Eisai Co., Ltd.

     700           31,362   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     2,465           139,987   

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     545           20,732   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     13,572           317,816   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. (b)

     300           16,252   

Hospira, Inc. (a)

     360           11,819   

Johnson & Johnson

     6,685           545,028   

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.

     1,000           11,337   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     7,395           327,081   

Merck KGaA

     204           30,813   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     1,000           15,334   

Mylan, Inc./PA (a)

     945           27,348   

Novartis AG

     6,183           440,674   

Novo Nordisk A/S - Class B

     1,095           176,494   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (b)

     200           12,361   

Orion Oyj

     259           6,815   

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     975           33,842   

Perrigo Co.

     220           26,121   

Pfizer, Inc.

     17,758           512,496   

Roche Holding AG

     1,889           440,369   

Sanofi

     3,244           330,840   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     1,000           20,266   

Shire PLC

     1,512           46,047   

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (b)

     172           12,190   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,100           115,044   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     2,533           100,687   

UCB SA

     296           18,935   
       

 

 

 
          4,764,783   
       

 

 

 
          7,490,177   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 3.0%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.3%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     12,810           267,857   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     190           16,925   

Harris Corp.

     275           12,744   

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)

     560           7,487   

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,270           23,546   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     695           44,501   

Nokia Oyj (b)

     10,067           32,747   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     4,130           276,504   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Class B

     8,096           101,424   
       

 

 

 
          783,735   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

Apple, Inc.

     2,273           1,006,098   

Dell, Inc.

     3,530           50,585   

EMC Corp./MA (a)

     5,075           121,242   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     5,000           20,888   

Gemalto NV

     323           28,197   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     4,760           113,478   

NEC Corp.

     9,000           24,029   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

NetApp, Inc. (a)

     880         $ 30,061   

SanDisk Corp. (a)

     580           31,900   

Seagate Technology PLC

     850           31,076   

Toshiba Corp. (b)

     11,000           56,094   

Western Digital Corp.

     540           27,151   
       

 

 

 
          1,540,799   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

       

Amphenol Corp. - Class A

     395           29,487   

Corning, Inc.

     3,605           48,055   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     360           9,363   

Fujifilm Holdings Corp. (b)

     1,200           23,803   

Hexagon AB

     938           25,616   

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

     100           13,197   

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

     600           12,548   

Hitachi Ltd. (b)

     12,000           70,056   

Hoya Corp. (b)

     1,200           22,630   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     445           8,224   

Keyence Corp.

     100           30,724   

Kyocera Corp.

     400           36,701   

Molex, Inc.

     325           9,516   

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     500           37,805   

Omron Corp.

     700           17,707   

TDK Corp. (b)

     300           10,544   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     1,030           43,188   
       

 

 

 
          449,164   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.3%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     425           14,998   

Dena Co., Ltd. (b)

     529           14,424   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     2,805           152,087   

Google, Inc. - Class A (a)

     647           513,738   

United Internet AG

     552           13,439   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     375           17,730   

Yahoo! Japan Corp.

     43           19,837   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     2,525           59,413   
       

 

 

 
          805,666   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.6%

       

Accenture PLC

     1,535           116,614   

Amadeus IT Holding SA

     842           22,825   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     1,170           76,073   

Cap Gemini SA

     320           14,582   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A (a)

     725           55,542   

Computer Sciences Corp.

     370           18,215   

Computershare Ltd.

     1,449           15,452   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     600           23,772   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     330           28,984   

International Business Machines Corp.

     2,605           555,647   

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

     265           143,400   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     600           15,495   

NTT Data Corp. (b)

     5           16,510   

Paychex, Inc.

     775           27,179   

SAIC, Inc.

     685           9,282   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     405           23,697   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total System Services, Inc.

     390         $ 9,664   

Visa, Inc. - Class A

     1,265           214,848   

Western Union Co. (The) - Class W

     1,450           21,808   
       

 

 

 
          1,409,589   
       

 

 

 

Office Electronics - 0.1%

       

Canon, Inc.

     3,000           110,250   

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

     2,000           14,666   

Ricoh Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           21,835   

Xerox Corp.

     3,165           27,219   
       

 

 

 
          173,970   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.3%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a) (b)

     1,455           3,710   

Altera Corp.

     760           26,957   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     730           33,938   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     2,985           40,238   

ARM Holdings PLC

     3,698           52,106   

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     900           9,913   

ASML Holding NV

     869           58,532   

Broadcom Corp. - Class A

     1,220           42,297   

Infineon Technologies AG

     3,026           23,943   

Intel Corp.

     12,090           264,166   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     410           21,623   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     429           17,786   

Linear Technology Corp.

     540           20,720   

LSI Corp. (a)

     1,320           8,950   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     100           5,534   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     445           16,358   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     2,420           24,152   

NVIDIA Corp.

     1,485           19,038   

Rohm Co., Ltd.

     400           13,869   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     430           6,975   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     2,725           96,683   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     500           21,332   

Xilinx, Inc.

     635           24,238   
       

 

 

 
          853,058   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.6%

       

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     1,190           51,777   

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     545           22,476   

BMC Software, Inc. (a)

     355           16,447   

CA, Inc.

     825           20,765   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     450           32,472   

Dassault Systemes SA

     243           28,115   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     765           13,541   

Intuit, Inc.

     670           43,985   

Microsoft Corp.

     18,280           522,991   

Nexon Co., Ltd.

     735           7,175   

NICE Systems Ltd. (a)

     208           7,649   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     300           32,429   

Oracle Corp.

     9,220           298,175   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     300           13,535   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     470           23,763   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     3,508           18,293   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     311         $ 55,616   

SAP AG

     2,473           198,897   

Symantec Corp. (a)

     1,695           41,833   

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

     500           14,039   
       

 

 

 
          1,463,973   
       

 

 

 
          7,479,954   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 2.9%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.4%

       

BAE Systems PLC

     8,702           52,248   

Boeing Co. (The)

     1,660           142,511   

Cobham PLC

     3,228           11,955   

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV

     1,104           56,269   

General Dynamics Corp.

     810           57,113   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     1,905           143,542   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     225           18,207   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     650           62,738   

Meggitt PLC

     2,537           18,982   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     590           41,388   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     390           73,952   

Raytheon Co.

     800           47,032   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     350           22,092   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (a)

     5,033           86,603   

Safran SA

     629           28,073   

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     6,000           20,903   

Textron, Inc.

     655           19,526   

Thales SA

     694           29,370   

United Technologies Corp.

     2,025           189,196   

Zodiac Aerospace

     227           26,462   
       

 

 

 
          1,148,162   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     415           24,676   

Deutsche Post AG

     2,275           52,502   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     520           18,569   

FedEx Corp.

     715           70,213   

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

     432           47,165   

United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B

     1,755           150,754   

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,000           18,139   
       

 

 

 
          382,018   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.0%

       

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

     5,000           10,319   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (REG)

     1,092           21,359   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     2,643           10,196   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

     3,000           26,548   

Southwest Airlines Co.

     1,755           23,657   
       

 

 

 
          92,079   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.1%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     3,000           20,896   

Assa Abloy AB

     1,164           47,585   

Cie de St-Gobain

     1,080           40,104   

Daikin Industries Ltd. (b)

     600           23,613   

LIXIL Group Corp.

     700           13,966   

Masco Corp.

     855           17,314   
       

 

 

 
          163,478   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

ADT Corp. (The)

     547         $ 26,770   

Aggreko PLC

     718           19,487   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     235           10,121   

Babcock International Group PLC

     1,121           18,563   

Brambles Ltd.

     4,179           37,053   

Cintas Corp.

     235           10,371   

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           19,109   

Edenred

     818           26,809   

G4S PLC

     3,792           16,850   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     364           13,217   

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (b)

     455           6,761   

Republic Services, Inc. - Class A

     700           23,100   

Secom Co., Ltd.

     600           30,966   

Serco Group PLC

     1,802           17,226   

Societe BIC SA

     221           25,677   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     210           22,298   

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           14,439   

Tyco International Ltd.

     1,095           35,040   

Waste Management, Inc.

     1,045           40,974   
       

 

 

 
          414,831   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     381           8,927   

Bouygues SA

     95           2,580   

Chiyoda Corp.

     1,000           11,207   

Ferrovial SA

     1,084           17,253   

Fluor Corp.

     415           27,527   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     315           17,716   

JGC Corp.

     1,000           25,665   

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

     1,344           28,944   

Obayashi Corp.

     3,000           14,352   

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     515           14,719   

Taisei Corp. (b)

     5,000           13,912   

Vinci SA

     1,219           55,023   
       

 

 

 
          237,825   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.2%

       

ABB Ltd. (REG) (a)

     5,911           134,189   

Alstom SA

     729           29,735   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     1,144           70,070   

Emerson Electric Co.

     1,750           97,772   

First Solar, Inc. (a) (b)

     120           3,235   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     5,000           40,675   

Nidec Corp. (b)

     300           17,983   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     330           28,496   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     225           28,645   

Schneider Electric SA

     1,414           103,403   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     2,000           24,608   
       

 

 

 
          578,811   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

       

3M Co.

     1,555         $ 165,312   

Danaher Corp.

     1,390           86,389   

Fraser and Neave Ltd. (c) (d)

     4,000           30,443   

General Electric Co.

     25,570           591,178   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     6,000           62,770   

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     4,000           36,234   

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

     3,341           98,850   

Siemens AG

     2,212           238,451   

Smiths Group PLC

     1,055           20,205   
       

 

 

 
          1,329,832   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.6%

       

Alfa Laval AB

     1,184           27,333   

Andritz AG

     196           13,193   

Atlas Copco AB

     1,715           43,452   

Atlas Copco AB - Class A

     1,805           51,359   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     1,585           137,847   

Cummins, Inc.

     450           52,114   

Deere & Co.

     935           80,391   

Dover Corp.

     435           31,703   

FANUC Corp.

     500           76,985   

Fiat Industrial SpA

     2,876           32,434   

Flowserve Corp.

     120           20,125   

GEA Group AG

     385           12,716   

Hino Motors Ltd.

     2,000           21,714   

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (b)

     700           15,065   

IHI Corp.

     6,000           18,268   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,025           62,463   

IMI PLC

     1,172           23,136   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     705           38,782   

Joy Global, Inc.

     235           13,987   

JTEKT Corp.

     1,400           13,260   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (b)

     5,000           15,845   

Komatsu Ltd.

     2,500           59,793   

Kone Oyj

     419           33,037   

Kubota Corp.

     3,000           43,533   

Makita Corp. (b)

     400           17,833   

MAN SE

     201           21,657   

Metso Oyj (b)

     344           14,698   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     8,000           46,284   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

     1,000           10,683   

NSK Ltd.

     2,000           15,267   

PACCAR, Inc.

     860           43,482   

Pall Corp.

     295           20,169   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     395           36,174   

Pentair Ltd.

     510           26,902   

Sandvik AB

     2,698           41,619   

SembCorp Marine Ltd. (b)

     7,000           25,114   

SKF AB

     1,658           40,513   

SMC Corp./Japan

     100           19,419   

Snap-On, Inc.

     170           14,059   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     415           33,603   

Volvo AB - Class B

     3,741           54,618   

Wartsila Oyj Abp

     451           20,330   

Weir Group PLC (The)

     651           22,460   

Xylem, Inc./NY

     435           11,989   

Zardoya Otis SA

     378           5,067   
       

 

 

 
          1,480,475   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Marine - 0.0%

       

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S

     4         $ 31,394   

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S (Line of “A” Shares)

     1           7,503   

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. (a)

     4,000           13,236   

Nippon Yusen KK

     5,000           12,887   
       

 

 

 
          65,020   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.1%

       

Adecco SA (a)

     507           27,808   

Capita PLC

     1,758           24,031   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) (b)

     115           9,620   

Equifax, Inc.

     305           17,565   

Experian PLC

     2,702           46,831   

Intertek Group PLC

     431           22,271   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     335           12,572   

SGS SA

     24           58,905   
       

 

 

 
          219,603   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

       

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     6,403           26,935   

Central Japan Railway Co. (b)

     400           42,265   

CSX Corp.

     2,510           61,821   

DSV A/S (b)

     511           12,366   

East Japan Railway Co.

     900           74,085   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     3,000           18,115   

Keikyu Corp. (b)

     2,000           20,892   

Keio Corp.

     2,000           17,196   

Kintetsu Corp. (b)

     4,000           18,651   

MTR Corp., Ltd

     7,000           27,858   

Nippon Express Co., Ltd. (b)

     3,000           14,384   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     790           60,893   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           24,927   

Ryder System, Inc.

     115           6,871   

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

     3,000           17,223   

Tokyu Corp.

     3,000           22,193   

Union Pacific Corp.

     1,175           167,332   

West Japan Railway Co.

     457           21,986   
       

 

 

 
          655,993   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     189           29,553   

Bunzl PLC

     916           18,080   

Fastenal Co.

     630           32,351   

ITOCHU Corp. (b)

     4,000           49,149   

Marubeni Corp.

     4,000           30,624   

Mitsubishi Corp. (b)

     3,800           71,569   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (b)

     4,700           66,261   

Sumitomo Corp. (b)

     3,000           37,945   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     700           17,945   

Wolseley PLC

     732           36,506   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     180           40,496   
       

 

 

 
          430,479   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%

       

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

     986         $ 16,613   

Aeroports de Paris

     305           25,882   

Atlantia SpA

     1,440           22,807   

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     2,491           6,147   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     502           30,284   

Sydney Airport

     3,846           13,145   

Transurban Group

     3,826           25,440   
       

 

 

 
          140,318   
       

 

 

 
          7,338,924   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 2.9%

       

Auto Components - 0.2%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     500           18,431   

BorgWarner, Inc. (a)

     290           22,428   

Bridgestone Corp.

     1,700           57,202   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin - Class B

     484           40,550   

Continental AG

     255           30,564   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     691           30,680   

Denso Corp.

     1,300           55,235   

GKN PLC

     4,227           17,034   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The) (a)

     560           7,062   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     1,630           57,164   

NOK Corp. (b)

     700           10,127   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     298           13,295   

Toyota Industries Corp.

     500           18,419   
       

 

 

 
          378,191   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.5%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     890           77,019   

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,000           20,809   

Daimler AG

     2,436           132,853   

Fiat SpA (a)

     1,624           8,675   

Ford Motor Co.

     9,220           121,243   

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

     2,000           31,724   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     550           29,315   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     4,400           169,446   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     3,000           18,181   

Mazda Motor Corp. (a)

     11,000           32,356   

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. (a) (b)

     14,000           14,638   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     6,700           64,993   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference Shares)

     412           30,186   

Renault SA

     588           36,890   

Suzuki Motor Corp. (b)

     1,000           22,411   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     7,400           381,587   

Volkswagen AG

     140           26,405   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     389           77,478   

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,000           13,541   
       

 

 

 
          1,309,750   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%

       

Genuine Parts Co.

     380           29,640   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     16,000           22,118   
       

 

 

 
          51,758   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

       

Apollo Group, Inc. - Class A (a)

     245         $ 4,261   

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

     300           12,768   

Gree, Inc. (b)

     682           8,591   

H&R Block, Inc.

     620           18,240   
       

 

 

 
          43,860   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

       

Accor SA

     750           26,084   

Carnival Corp.

     1,085           37,215   

Carnival PLC

     487           17,026   

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

     94           30,632   

Compass Group PLC

     5,090           65,148   

Crown Ltd.

     2,537           32,620   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     320           16,538   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

     8,911           37,367   

Genting Singapore PLC

     22,000           26,617   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     729           22,283   

International Game Technology

     630           10,395   

Marriott International, Inc./DE - Class A

     595           25,127   

McDonald’s Corp.

     2,430           242,247   

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd. (b)

     500           13,459   

OPAP SA

     600           4,726   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     100           16,381   

Sands China Ltd.

     7,700           40,066   

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd.

     1,551           5,731   

Sodexo

     292           27,218   

Starbucks Corp.

     1,860           105,946   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     495           31,546   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     6,512           21,535   

Whitbread PLC

     478           18,696   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     350           22,568   

Wynn Macau Ltd. (a)

     10,107           26,995   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     210           26,284   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,095           78,774   
       

 

 

 
          1,029,224   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

DR Horton, Inc.

     655           15,917   

Electrolux AB (b)

     1,181           30,104   

Garmin Ltd.

     270           8,921   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     140           6,248   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     325           10,979   

Lennar Corp. - Class A (b)

     400           16,592   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     675           17,618   

Panasonic Corp.

     5,900           44,429   

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     785           15,888   

Rinnai Corp. (b)

     200           14,259   

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

     2,000           22,096   

Sekisui House Ltd.

     2,000           27,177   

Sharp Corp./Japan (a) (b)

     3,000           8,583   

Sony Corp.

     2,700           46,982   

Whirlpool Corp.

     200           23,692   
       

 

 

 
          309,485   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.2%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     880         $ 234,511   

Expedia, Inc.

     232           13,923   

NetFlix, Inc. (a)

     136           25,760   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     127           87,367   

Rakuten, Inc.

     1,951           19,953   

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

     262           13,760   
       

 

 

 
          395,274   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

       

Hasbro, Inc. (b)

     250           10,985   

Mattel, Inc.

     835           36,565   

Nikon Corp.

     900           21,200   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     300           14,046   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

     700           14,053   

Shimano, Inc.

     200           16,371   
       

 

 

 
          113,220   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.6%

       

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

     3,006           40,403   

Cablevision Systems Corp.

     480           7,181   

CBS Corp. - Class B

     1,440           67,234   

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     6,470           271,805   

Dentsu, Inc. (b)

     500           14,933   

DIRECTV (a)

     1,515           85,764   

Discovery Communications, Inc. - Class A (a)

     595           46,850   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     550           12,028   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,045           13,616   

ITV PLC

     12,555           24,755   

Jupiter Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

     13           17,028   

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG

     164           15,141   

News Corp. - Class A

     4,885           149,090   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     660           38,874   

Pearson PLC

     2,193           39,459   

Publicis Groupe SA

     494           33,156   

Reed Elsevier NV

     2,970           50,917   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     3,272           38,929   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc. - Class A

     220           14,155   

SES SA

     971           30,454   

Time Warner Cable, Inc. - Class A

     765           73,486   

Time Warner, Inc.

     2,295           132,238   

Viacom, Inc. - Class B

     1,160           71,421   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     4,325           245,660   

Washington Post Co. (The) - Class B (b)

     11           4,917   

WPP PLC

     3,388           54,144   
       

 

 

 
          1,593,638   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

       

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     650           32,877   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     560           27,121   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     235           13,877   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

     1,300           18,793   

JC Penney Co., Inc. (b)

     340           5,138   

Kohl’s Corp.

     520           23,988   

Macy’s, Inc.

     975           40,794   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     4,312           25,571   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Next PLC

     452         $ 30,029   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     370           20,435   

PPR

     205           45,085   

Target Corp.

     1,585           108,493   
       

 

 

 
          392,201   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.4%

       

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. - Class A

     200           9,240   

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     95           4,156   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     95           37,693   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     565           36,397   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     640           14,176   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     550           22,935   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     100           31,979   

GameStop Corp. - Class A (b)

     295           8,251   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     715           25,311   

Hennes & Mauritz AB - Class B

     2,552           91,398   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     3,650           254,697   

Inditex SA

     586           78,091   

Kingfisher PLC

     6,368           27,913   

L Brands, Inc.

     575           25,679   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     2,760           104,659   

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     150           11,581   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     290           29,739   

PetSmart, Inc.

     260           16,146   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     540           32,735   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     100           11,692   

Staples, Inc.

     1,645           22,092   

Tiffany & Co.

     285           19,819   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     1,780           83,215   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

     265           10,266   

USS Co., Ltd.

     100           11,501   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     270           12,388   
       

 

 

 
          1,033,749   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3%

       

Adidas AG

     562           58,420   

Burberry Group PLC

     1,179           23,869   

Christian Dior SA

     166           27,554   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     1,403           110,461   

Coach, Inc.

     680           33,993   

Fossil, Inc. (a)

     119           11,495   

Hugo Boss AG

     198           22,235   

Luxottica Group SpA

     759           38,109   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     683           117,346   

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

     1,760           103,858   

PVH Corp.

     195           20,828   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     140           23,703   

Swatch Group AG (The)

     103           60,049   

VF Corp.

     215           36,066   
       

 

 

 
          687,986   
       

 

 

 
          7,338,336   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 2.4%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

       

AMEC PLC

     891         $ 14,319   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     1,060           49,195   

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     620           40,424   

Cie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas (a)

     470           10,600   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     190           13,216   

Ensco PLC

     550           33,000   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     560           30,458   

Fugro NV

     538           29,821   

Halliburton Co.

     2,240           90,518   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     235           14,265   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     665           10,786   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     1,055           74,641   

Noble Corp.

     575           21,936   

Petrofac Ltd.

     697           15,215   

Rowan Cos. PLC (a)

     305           10,785   

Saipem SpA

     712           21,884   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     3,235           242,269   

Seadrill Ltd.

     946           34,475   

Subsea 7 SA

     1,066           25,053   

Technip SA

     267           27,386   

Tenaris SA

     1,269           25,844   

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     942           48,668   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

     885           22,886   
       

 

 

 
          907,644   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.0%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     1,195           104,503   

Apache Corp.

     945           72,916   

BG Group PLC

     9,129           157,092   

BP PLC

     51,018           358,759   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     520           35,157   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     1,245           25,410   

Chevron Corp.

     4,780           567,960   

ConocoPhillips

     2,920           175,492   

Consol Energy, Inc.

     540           18,171   

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

     910           16,972   

Devon Energy Corp.

     920           51,906   

ENI SpA

     7,142           159,898   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     655           83,886   

EQT Corp.

     340           23,035   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     11,037           994,544   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     622           9,751   

Hess Corp.

     740           52,991   

Inpex Corp.

     6           32,315   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     6,000           33,831   

Kinder Morgan, Inc./Delaware

     1,375           53,185   

Lundin Petroleum AB (a)

     856           18,601   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     1,705           57,493   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     812           72,755   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     455           28,997   

Neste Oil Oyj (b)

     339           4,791   

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     320           7,174   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     425           49,155   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     1,950           152,821   

OMV AG

     396           16,885   

Origin Energy Ltd.

     2,920           40,639   

Peabody Energy Corp.

     645           13,642   

Phillips 66

     1,510           105,655   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     315           39,139   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

QEP Resources, Inc.

     425         $ 13,532   

Range Resources Corp.

     400           32,416   

Repsol SA

     2,133           43,334   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class A

     9,862           319,759   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC - Class B

     7,154           237,907   

Santos Ltd.

     2,539           32,979   

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

     845           31,485   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     1,535           47,201   

Statoil ASA

     3,000           73,239   

Tesoro Corp.

     325           19,029   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

     2,000           19,832   

Total SA

     5,706           273,283   

Tullow Oil PLC

     2,433           45,545   

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,325           60,274   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,505           56,377   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     1,733           64,955   

WPX Energy, Inc. (a)

     445           7,129   
       

 

 

 
          5,013,797   
       

 

 

 
          5,921,441   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.5%

       

Chemicals - 0.8%

       

Air Liquide SA

     839           102,047   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     520           45,302   

Airgas, Inc.

     190           18,840   

Akzo Nobel NV

     704           44,730   

Arkema SA

     218           19,866   

Asahi Kasei Corp. (b)

     3,000           20,275   

BASF SE

     2,469           216,784   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     190           36,170   

Croda International PLC

     254           10,609   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     2,875           91,540   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     380           26,551   

Ecolab, Inc.

     640           51,315   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     2,245           110,364   

FMC Corp.

     330           18,820   

Givaudan SA(a)

     23           28,275   

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd. (b)

     900           13,795   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     7,611           24,600   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     200           15,334   

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     1,432           18,556   

Johnson Matthey PLC

     550           19,295   

JSR Corp.

     800           16,398   

K&S AG

     463           21,585   

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

     1,000           11,106   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

     1,000           14,101   

Lanxess AG

     227           16,137   

Linde AG

     460           85,688   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     800           50,632   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

     3,500           16,683   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     2,000           13,246   

Monsanto Co.

     1,290           136,263   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     680           40,535   

Nitto Denko Corp.

     400           24,085   

Novozymes A/S

     656           22,275   

Orica Ltd.

     981           25,077   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     400           53,576   

Praxair, Inc.

     740           82,540   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     215         $ 36,311   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     1,100           72,955   

Showa Denko KK (b)

     7,000           10,547   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     305           23,692   

Solvay SA

     159           21,576   

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

     4,000           12,593   

Syngenta AG

     254           106,288   

Teijin Ltd.

     5,000           11,601   

Toray Industries, Inc. (b)

     4,000           27,169   

Umicore SA

     306           14,393   

Yara International ASA

     541           24,696   
       

 

 

 
          1,924,816   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

       

CRH PLC

     2,134           47,122   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

     1,830           13,155   

HeidelbergCement AG

     440           31,727   

Holcim Ltd. (a)

     816           65,179   

James Hardie Industries PLC

     1,640           17,204   

Lafarge SA

     533           35,486   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     4,000           9,607   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     315           16,285   
       

 

 

 
          235,765   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.0%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     3,244           31,430   

Ball Corp.

     360           17,129   

Bemis Co., Inc.

     230           9,283   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

     360           9,594   

Rexam PLC

     2,122           17,039   

Sealed Air Corp.

     390           9,403   
       

 

 

 
          93,878   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.6%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     2,570           21,896   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

     235           7,452   

Anglo American PLC

     3,567           92,111   

Antofagasta PLC

     1,060           15,912   

ArcelorMittal (Euronext Amsterdam)

     4,360           56,643   

BHP Billiton Ltd.

     8,668           296,317   

BHP Billiton PLC

     5,678           165,353   

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. (b)

     330           6,273   

Eurasian Natural Resources Corp. PLC

     2,391           8,983   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (b)

     4,488           18,580   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     2,275           75,302   

Fresnillo PLC

     667           13,796   

Glencore International PLC (b)

     9,412           51,069   

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

     1,000           9,582   

Iluka Resources Ltd. (b)

     2,008           19,736   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     1,200           23,226   

Kazakhmys PLC

     1,371           8,204   

Kobe Steel Ltd. (a)

     12,000           14,126   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

     5,000           14,153   

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     2,055           43,020   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     1,195           50,059   

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

     20,000           50,942   

Norsk Hydro ASA

     2,654           11,555   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Nucor Corp.

     760         $ 35,074   

Randgold Resources Ltd.

     234           20,180   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     1,171           70,239   

Rio Tinto PLC

     3,620           170,504   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

     1,000           14,216   

ThyssenKrupp AG (a)

     1,305           26,605   

United States Steel Corp. (b)

     330           6,435   

Voestalpine AG

     295           9,078   

Xstrata PLC

     5,579           90,824   
       

 

 

 
          1,517,445   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

International Paper Co.

     1,065           49,608   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     420           15,246   

OJI Holdings Corp. (b)

     4,000           15,041   

Stora Enso Oyj

     1,482           9,594   

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

     1,411           15,782   
       

 

 

 
          105,271   
       

 

 

 
          3,877,175   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     13,618           499,644   

Belgacom SA

     409           10,182   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     7,158           9,935   

BT Group PLC

     20,918           88,349   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     1,500           52,695   

Deutsche Telekom AG

     7,551           79,937   

Elisa Oyj (b)

     381           7,090   

France Telecom SA

     4,984           50,502   

Frontier Communications Corp. (b)

     2,380           9,472   

HKT Trust/HKT Ltd.

     369           370   

Iliad SA

     80           17,018   

Inmarsat PLC

     1,202           12,868   

Koninklijke KPN NV (b)

     2,757           9,286   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     1,200           52,391   

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA

     1,687           8,363   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     21,000           60,741   

Swisscom AG

     62           28,714   

TDC A/S

     1,331           10,245   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

     5,176           10,159   

Telecom Italia SpA (ordinary shares)

     28,057           19,789   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     16,898           10,418   

Telefonica SA

     11,042           149,603   

Telekom Austria AG

     378           2,483   

Telenet Group Holding NV

     194           9,610   

Telenor ASA

     1,945           42,825   

TeliaSonera AB

     5,820           41,567   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     11,707           55,048   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     6,915           339,872   

Vivendi SA

     3,465           71,684   

Windstream Corp. (b)

     1,395           11,090   
       

 

 

 
          1,771,950   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

       

Crown Castle International Corp. (a)

     720         $ 50,141   

KDDI Corp.

     1,400           58,537   

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a)

     725           7,902   

Millicom International Cellular SA

     313           25,008   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (b)

     41           60,949   

Softbank Corp.

     2,400           110,572   

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)

     7,230           44,898   

StarHub Ltd.

     4,000           14,062   

Vodafone Group PLC

     133,955           380,121   
       

 

 

 
          752,190   
       

 

 

 
          2,524,140   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.5%

       

Acciona SA

     125           6,844   

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,175           57,140   

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     2,000           13,731   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (b)

     1,700           20,704   

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     900           11,761   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     5,000           43,832   

Contact Energy Ltd.

     971           4,633   

Duke Energy Corp.

     1,732           125,726   

Edison International

     765           38,495   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     5,130           15,809   

Electricite de France SA

     1,042           19,988   

Enel SpA

     17,694           58,017   

Entergy Corp.

     425           26,877   

Exelon Corp.

     2,047           70,580   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     985           41,567   

Fortum Oyj

     1,194           24,085   

Iberdrola SA

     10,436           48,787   

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The) (a)

     2,000           18,965   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     1,200           12,235   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     1,045           81,176   

Northeast Utilities

     760           33,030   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     540           11,556   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     285           16,499   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     3,500           33,033   

PPL Corp.

     1,395           43,677   

Red Electrica Corp. SA

     291           14,655   

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     700           9,977   

Southern Co. (The)

     2,110           99,001   

SP AusNet

     12,753           15,914   

SSE PLC

     2,523           57,036   

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     1,400           11,167   

Verbund AG

     183           3,976   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     1,170           34,749   
       

 

 

 
          1,125,222   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

AGL Resources, Inc.

     298           12,501   

Enagas SA

     481           11,218   

Gas Natural SDG SA

     933           16,556   

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

     14,000           40,812   

ONEOK, Inc.

     470           22,405   

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. (b)

     5,000           21,865   

Snam SpA

     6,059           27,679   

Toho Gas Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           12,742   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd. (b)

     7,000           37,839   
       

 

 

 
          203,617   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.0%

       

AES Corp./VA

     1,485         $ 18,666   

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

     500           12,725   

Enel Green Power SpA

     8,772           16,485   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     540           14,305   
       

 

 

 
          62,181   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.3%

       

AGL Energy Ltd.

     1,463           24,217   

Ameren Corp.

     560           19,611   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     995           23,840   

Centrica PLC

     13,908           77,852   

CMS Energy Corp.

     620           17,323   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     730           44,552   

Dominion Resources, Inc./VA

     1,385           80,579   

DTE Energy Co.

     420           28,703   

E.ON SE

     4,841           84,707   

GDF Suez

     3,330           63,973   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

     200           11,632   

National Grid PLC

     9,585           111,375   

NiSource, Inc.

     655           19,218   

PG&E Corp.

     1,025           45,643   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     1,205           41,380   

RWE AG

     1,316           49,127   

SCANA Corp.

     295           15,092   

Sempra Energy

     560           44,766   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     475           8,465   

United Utilities Group PLC

     1,833           19,754   

Veolia Environnement SA

     932           11,810   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     550           23,590   
       

 

 

 
          867,209   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Severn Trent PLC

     639           16,651   
       

 

 

 
          2,274,880   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $53,862,302)

          64,703,614   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 20.0%

       

United States - 20.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

1.25%, 2/15/14

   $ 490           494,651   

2.75%, 8/15/42

     775           719,054   

3.125%, 11/15/41-2/15/42

     1,360           1,367,443   

3.50%, 2/15/39

     152           165,276   

3.75%, 8/15/41

     220           248,806   

3.875%, 8/15/40

     280           323,881   

4.25%, 5/15/39

     240           294,937   

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

     593           743,469   


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

4.50%, 8/15/39

   $ 220         $ 280,913   

4.75%, 2/15/37-2/15/41

     266           351,980   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     650           904,211   

6.00%, 2/15/26

     134           190,741   

6.25%, 8/15/23-5/15/30

     724           1,081,593   

6.875%, 8/15/25

     325           492,629   

7.25%, 5/15/16

     108           130,916   

7.50%, 11/15/16

     92           115,101   

7.625%, 2/15/25

     55           87,347   

8.00%, 11/15/21

     123           187,421   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.125%, 9/30/13-12/31/13

     980           979,908   

0.25%, 11/30/13-2/15/15

     5,620           5,622,546   

0.375%, 11/15/14

     165           165,393   

0.50%, 10/15/13-7/31/17

     4,198           4,197,878   

0.75%, 8/15/13-6/15/14

     1,374           1,379,722   

0.875%, 11/30/16-4/30/17

     2,315           2,345,026   

1.00%, 1/15/14-10/31/16

     2,755           2,798,193   

1.125%, 6/15/13

     649           650,369   

1.25%, 3/15/14-4/30/19

     1,980           2,005,400   

1.375%, 11/30/15-2/28/19

     1,892           1,938,553   

1.625%, 8/15/22

     925           913,076   

1.75%, 7/31/15

     660           682,429   

1.875%, 10/31/17

     1,100           1,159,125   

2.00%, 11/30/13-2/15/22

     2,749           2,834,460   

2.125%, 12/31/15-8/15/21

     825           863,714   

2.25%, 1/31/15-11/30/17

     739           786,457   

2.375%, 8/31/14-7/31/17

     2,504           2,602,626   

2.50%, 3/31/15

     148           154,625   

2.625%, 1/31/18-11/15/20

     1,505           1,642,424   

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

     2,665           2,918,766   

3.00%, 2/28/17

     889           973,455   

3.125%, 10/31/16-5/15/21

     1,111           1,229,159   

3.25%, 7/31/16 (e)

     1,147           1,254,442   

3.375%, 11/15/19

     380           434,981   

3.625%, 2/15/20-2/15/21

     800           930,422   

3.75%, 11/15/18

     615           711,862   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $49,848,605)

          50,355,380   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 5.4%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 5.4%

       

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund

     5           295   

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund

     86,474           3,699,358   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     62,978           9,859,206   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $13,553,126)

          13,558,859   
       

 

 

 
     Contracts           

OPTIONS PURCHASED - PUTS - 0.1%

       

Options on Funds and Investment Trusts - 0.1%

       

iShares MSCI EAFE Index

       

Expiration: Jun 2013, Exercise Price: $ 57.00 (a) (f)

     1,038           106,395   


Company

   Contracts        U.S. $ Value  

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index

       

Expiration: Jun 2013, Exercise Price: $ 42.50 (a) (f)

     1,409         $ 170,489   
       

 

 

 
          276,884   
       

 

 

 

Option on Equity Indices - 0.0%

       

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: Jun 2013, Exercise Price: $ 1,475.00 (a) (f)

     80           119,600   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Puts
(premiums paid $407,952)

          396,484   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 47.2%

       

Investment Companies - 45.3%

       

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio, 0.12% (g)
(cost $114,024,547)

     114,024,547           114,024,547   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

U.S. Treasury Bill - 1.9%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon 4/18/13-8/08/13 (e)
(cost $4,719,125)

   $ 4,720           4,719,125   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $118,743,672)

          118,743,672   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 98.4%
(cost $236,415,657)

          247,758,009   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.9%

       

Investment Companies - 0.9%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09% (g)
(cost $2,222,284)

     2,222,284           2,222,284   
       

 

 

 
                 

Total Investments - 99.3%
(cost $238,637,941) (h)

        $ 249,980,293   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.7% (i)

          1,888,202   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 251,868,495   
       

 

 

 


FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2013
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

10 Yr JGB Mini SGX Futures

     4         June 2013       $ 617,611       $ 618,134       $ 523   

ASX SPI 200 Index Futures

     21         June 2013         2,750,989         2,714,982         (36,007

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

     316         June 2013         10,734,118         10,345,356         (388,762

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     102         June 2013         9,951,522         9,843,026         (108,496

German Euro Bobl Futures

     1         June 2013         161,861         162,436         575   

German Euro Bund Futures

     1         June 2013         184,767         186,496         1,729   

Hang Seng Index Futures

     8         April 2013         1,153,930         1,149,931         (3,999

MSCI Emerging Market Mini Futures

     9         June 2013         472,324         462,330         (9,994

Russell 2000 Mini Index Futures

     65         June 2013         5,947,451         6,167,850         220,399   

S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures

     241         June 2013         18,353,372         18,830,535         477,163   

S&P Mid Cap 400 E Mini Index Futures

     78         June 2013         8,586,653         8,977,800         391,147   

TOPIX Index Futures

     70         June 2013         7,346,283        7,722,420         376,137   

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr Futures

     156         June 2013         20,434,641         20,589,563         154,922   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr Futures

     2         June 2013         247,847         248,109         262   

UK Long Gilt Bond Futures

     1         June 2013         178,582         180,480         1,898   

Ultra Long U.S. T-Bond Futures

     40         June 2013         6,256,103         6,303,750         47,647   
              

 

 

 
               $ 1,125,144   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         373         JPY         35,735         6/13/13       $ 7,101   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         977         EUR         745         6/13/13         (21,544

BNP Paribas SA

     JPY         101,588         USD         1,065         6/13/13         (14,630

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         322         SEK         2,081         6/13/13         (3,175

Deutsche Bank AG London

     AUD         2,721         USD         2,777         6/13/13         (40,703

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         2,036         EUR         1,566         6/13/13         (27,109

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         561         GBP         374         6/13/13         7,360   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         545         CHF         515         6/13/13         (1,804

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         3,290         GBP         2,187         6/13/13         31,780   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Royal Bank of Canada

     CAD         302         USD         292         6/13/13       $ (4,499

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         298         EUR         230         6/13/13         (2,698

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,411         JPY         222,513         6/13/13         (45,568

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     JPY         35,606         USD         371         6/13/13         (7,413

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         379         SEK         2,419         6/13/13         (8,826

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         454         JPY         42,125         6/13/13         (6,478

UBS AG

     USD         1,598         JPY         149,093         6/13/13         (13,092
                 

 

 

 
   $ (151,298
                 

 

 

 

CALL OPTIONS WRITTEN

 

Description

   Contracts      Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
     Premiums
Received
     U.S. $ Value  

S&P 500 Index (f)

     80       $ 1,750.00         December 2013       $ 47,732       $ (77,200

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed  Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2013
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

               

Bank of America, NA:

               

iTraxx XOVER-Series 18 5 Year Index, 12/20/17*

     5.00     4.19   EUR 211       $ 9,203       $ 3,804       $ 5,399   

Deutsche Bank AG:

               

CDX-NAHY-Series 19 5 Year, 12/20/2017*

     5.00        3.97      $ 1,620         70,537         15,270         55,267   

Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC:

               

iTraxx XOVER-Series 18 5 Year Index, 12/20/17*

     5.00        4.19      EUR 449         19,584         8,213         11,371   

CDX-NAHY-Series 19 5 Year, 12/20/2017*

     5.00        3.97      $ 1,080         47,025         10,163         36,862   
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
          $ 146,349       $ 37,450       $ 108,899   
         

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
* Termination date


TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Receive/Pay
Total
Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received 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      20         0.48   $ 74         8/15/13       Deutsche Bank AG    $ 481   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      79         0.48     294         8/15/13       Deutsche Bank AG      1,898   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      73         0.48     272         9/16/13       Deutsche Bank AG      1,754   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      18         0.48     67         10/15/13       Deutsche Bank AG      433   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      56         0.48     208         11/15/13       Deutsche Bank AG      1,346   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      238         0.58     886         3/17/14       Deutsche Bank AG      5,424   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      237         0.58     870         4/15/14       Deutsche Bank AG      17,804   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      12         0.54     45         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      287   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      32         0.54     119         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      766   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      70         0.54     261         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      1,677   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      69         0.54     257         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      1,653   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      56         0.54     208         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      1,341   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      72         0.54     268         4/15/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      1,725   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      19         0.43     71         6/17/13       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      458   


Receive/Pay
Total
Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

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

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      151         0.48   $ 562         1/15/14       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA    $ 3,628   

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      30         0.20     132         3/17/14       JPMorgan Chase Bank NA      (11

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      19         0.20     71         4/15/13       Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC      463   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      233         0.40     867         5/15/13       UBS AG      5,622   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      19         0.43     71         6/17/13       UBS AG      458   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      132         0.40     491         10/15/13       UBS AG      3,185   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      130         0.48     484         11/15/13       UBS AG      3,124   

Receive

   MSCI Daily TR Net Emerging Markets USD      21,594         0.65     9,011         12/23/13       UBS AG      (77,728

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      109         0.20     478         9/16/13       UBS AG      18   

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      65         0.20     285         10/15/13       UBS AG      (5

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      487         0.20     2,136         2/18/14       UBS AG      (153
                   

 

 

 
                    $ (24,352
                   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding. The aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $3,886,038.
(f) One contract relates to 100 shares.
(g) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(h) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $12,443,313 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(992,062), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $11,451,251.
(i) An amount of U.S. $3,403,475 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2013.


Currency Abbreviation:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ASX    -    Australian Stock Exchange
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
EPRA    -    European Public Real Estate Association
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
NAREIT    -    National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
REG    -    Registered Shares
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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 fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

       

Common Stocks:

       

Financials

  $ 5,436,276      $ 7,527,122      $ – 0  –    $     12,963,398   

Consumer Staples

    3,848,734        3,646,455        – 0  –      7,495,189   

Health Care

    4,285,070        3,205,107        – 0  –      7,490,177   

Information Technology

    6,130,568        1,349,386        – 0  –      7,479,954   

Industrials

    3,475,502        3,832,979            30,443        7,338,924   

Consumer Discretionary

    4,010,709        3,327,627        – 0  –      7,338,336   

Energy

    3,701,895        2,219,546        – 0  –      5,921,441   

Materials

    1,166,824        2,710,351        – 0  –      3,877,175   

Telecommunication Services

    1,032,732        1,491,408        – 0  –      2,524,140   

Utilities

    1,172,344        1,102,536        – 0  –      2,274,880   

Governments - Treasuries

    – 0  –          50,355,380        – 0  –      50,355,380   

Investment Companies

        13,558,859        – 0  –      – 0  –      13,558,859   


Options Purchased - Puts

    – 0  –      396,484        – 0  –      396,484   

Short-Term Investments:

       

Investment Companies

    114,024,547        – 0  –      – 0  –      114,024,547   

U.S. Treasury Bill

    – 0  –      4,719,125        – 0  –      4,719,125   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

    2,222,284        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,222,284   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

    164,066,344        85,883,506     30,443        249,980,293   

Other Financial Instruments* :

       

Assets:

       

Futures Contracts

    1,672,402        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,672,402   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      48,343        – 0  –      48,343   

Credit Default Swap Contracts

    – 0  –      108,899        – 0  –      108,899   

Total Return Swap Contracts

    – 0  –      53,545        – 0  –      53,545   

Liabilities:

       

Futures Contracts

    (547,258     – 0  –      – 0  –      (547,258

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

    – 0  –      (199,641     – 0  –      (199,641

Call Options Written

    – 0  –      (77,200     – 0  –      (77,200

Total Return Swap Contracts

    – 0  –      (77,897     – 0  –      (77,897
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

  $     165,191,488      $     85,739,555      $     30,443      $     250,961,486   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include options written which are valued at market value.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
^ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common Stocks     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (1,519     (1,519

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     31,962        31,962   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $     30,443      $     30,443   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ (1,519   $ (1,519
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.0%

       

Information Technology - 37.8%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.4%

       

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     26,440         $ 1,770,158   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 7.3%

       

Apple, Inc.

     3,545           1,569,124   

Fusion-io, Inc. (a) (b)

     216,917           3,550,931   

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a) (b)

     150,035           2,062,981   

Stratasys Ltd. (a) (b)

     32,640           2,422,541   
       

 

 

 
          9,605,577   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.0%

       

Hexagon AB

     47,600           1,299,947   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 10.9%

       

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (b)

     43,065           1,468,516   

eBay, Inc. (b)

     26,100           1,415,142   

Facebook, Inc. (b)

     78,672           2,012,430   

Google, Inc.-Class A(b)

     2,401           1,906,466   

LinkedIn Corp. (b)

     10,427           1,835,778   

MercadoLibre, Inc. (a)

     8,160           787,929   

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (b)

     45,582           2,300,979   

Yelp, Inc.(b)

     106,170           2,517,291   
       

 

 

 
          14,244,531   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 9.4%

       

ARM Holdings PLC

     94,575           1,332,586   

ASML Holding NV (a)

     18,730           1,273,827   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a) (b)

     60,744           3,371,900   

NVIDIA Corp.

     315,968           4,050,710   

NXP Semiconductor NV (b)

     32,910           995,857   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     965           1,315,323   
       

 

 

 
          12,340,203   
       

 

 

 

Software - 7.8%

       

Intuit, Inc.

     21,640           1,420,666   

NetSuite, Inc. (b)

     23,179           1,855,711   

Red Hat, Inc. (b)

     63,828           3,227,144   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (b)

     9,338           1,669,914   

Splunk, Inc. (b)

     50,168           2,008,225   
       

 

 

 
          10,181,660   
       

 

 

 
          49,442,076   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 13.9%

       

Capital Markets - 2.6%

       

CITIC Securities Co., Ltd. (a) (b)

     1,024,300           2,216,224   

UBS AG (b)

     81,530           1,254,747   
       

 

 

 
          3,470,971   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 3.5%

       

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     717,000           2,402,727   

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV - Class O

     186,030           1,491,228   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR)

     51,346         $ 654,662   
       

 

 

 
          4,548,617   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.1%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     614,600           2,694,281   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%

       

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     20,937           657,003   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 3.7%

       

BR Malls Participacoes SA

     60,700           755,765   

Ciputra Development Tbk PT

     6,693,000           745,081   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     307,000           651,966   

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd.

     424,400           713,154   

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

     361,000           2,038,549   
       

 

 

 
          4,904,515   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.5%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     129,062           1,957,488   
       

 

 

 
          18,232,875   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 12.0%

       

Biotechnology - 1.8%

       

Cepheid, Inc. (b)

     60,267           2,312,445   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.1%

       

Given Imaging Ltd. (b)

     86,969           1,421,943   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

     5,253           2,580,221   
       

 

 

 
          4,002,164   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.4%

       

IHH Healthcare Bhd (b)

     503,300           598,720   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 1.3%

       

athenahealth, Inc. (b)

     17,986           1,745,361   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 5.4%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a) (b)

     101,141           5,461,614   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     46,670           1,569,979   
       

 

 

 
          7,031,593   
       

 

 

 
          15,690,283   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 11.9%

       

Automobiles - 1.1%

       

Tesla Motors, Inc. (a) (b)

     38,709           1,466,684   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.0%

       

Bloomberry Resorts Corp. (b)

     3,963,700           1,381,533   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.5%

       

iRobot Corp. (b)

     25,550           655,613   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 4.0%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

     11,918           3,176,028   

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

     95,670           2,045,424   
       

 

 

 
          5,221,452   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 2.9%

       

L’Occitane International SA

     408,250         $ 1,244,234   

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (a)

     2,065,000           2,507,638   
       

 

 

 
          3,751,872   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.4%

       

Burberry Group PLC

     85,820           1,737,423   

Samsonite International SA

     571,000           1,431,450   
       

 

 

 
          3,168,873   
       

 

 

 
          15,646,027   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 7.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 4.1%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     20,180           1,427,735   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     20,810           1,381,992   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     17,450           1,306,831   

Technip SA

     12,060           1,236,993   
       

 

 

 
          5,353,551   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.8%

       

Concho Resources, Inc. (b)

     16,750           1,631,953   

Denbury Resources, Inc. (b)

     104,270           1,944,635   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     12,000           1,387,920   
       

 

 

 
          4,964,508   
       

 

 

 
          10,318,059   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.2%

       

Chemicals - 2.0%

       

Monsanto Co.

     12,810           1,353,121   

Umicore SA

     28,300           1,331,113   
       

 

 

 
          2,684,234   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 4.2%

       

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     46,278           1,531,802   

Goldcorp, Inc.

     47,580           1,600,115   

Mongolian Mining Corp. (a) (b)

     2,778,000           1,028,384   

Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (b)

     209,344           1,333,322   
       

 

 

 
          5,493,623   
       

 

 

 
          8,177,857   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.0%

       

Construction & Engineering - 1.5%

       

Bharti Infratel Ltd. (b)

     185,280           623,850   

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     51,310           1,295,060   
       

 

 

 
          1,918,910   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.0%

       

Babcock & Wilcox Co. (The)

     48,495           1,377,743   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 3.5%

       

Cummins, Inc.

     15,770           1,826,324   

FANUC Corp.

     8,700           1,339,543   


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Proto Labs, Inc. (b)

     28,353       $ 1,392,132   
     

 

 

 
        4,557,999   
     

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.0%

     

Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone

     9,483         24,093   
     

 

 

 
        7,878,745   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.6%

     

Beverages - 1.6%

     

Heckmann Corp. (a) (b)

     475,809         2,041,221   
     

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

     

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

     

Softbank Corp.

     16,900         778,613   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT (b)

     1,834,500         1,143,561   
     

 

 

 
        1,922,174   
     

 

 

 

Utilities - 0.2%

     

Gas Utilities - 0.2%

     

Infraestructura Energetica Nova SAB de CV (b)

     66,800         212,815   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $117,545,688)

        129,562,132   
     

 

 

 
      Contracts         

OPTIONS PURCHASED - PUTS - 0.2%

     

Options on Equity Indices - 0.2%

     

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Index

     

Expiration: Dec 2013, Exercise Price: $ 41.50 (b) (c)
(premiums paid $204,079)

     770         181,720   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.7%

     

Time Deposit - 0.7%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $958,142)

   U.S.$ 958         958,142   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 99.9%
(cost $118,707,909)

   

     130,701,994   
     

 

 

 
      Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 17.1%

  

  

Investment Companies - 17.1%

     

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09%(d)
(cost $22,466,800)

     22,466,800         22,466,800   
     

 

 

 
               

Total Investments - 117.0%
(cost $141,174,709)(e)

      $ 153,168,794   

Other assets less liabilities - (17.0)%

        (22,300,209
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 130,868,585   
     

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

BNP Paribas SA

     USD        3,788         AUD            3,715         6/13/13       $ 58,946   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD        7,807         EUR            5,953         6/13/13         (172,138

Royal Bank of Canada

     USD        6,038         GBP            4,022         6/13/13         71,291   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        4,116         CAD            4,248         6/13/13         58,884   

Societe Generale

     USD        4,994         JPY        473,693         6/13/13         41,057   
           

 

 

 
            $ 58,040   
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) One contract relates to 100 shares.
(d) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(e) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $17,884,646 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(5,890,561), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $11,994,085.

 

   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.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

  60.4%        

United States

  6.6%        

Hong Kong

  5.7%        

China

  3.0%        

India

  2.6%        

Israel

  2.3%        

United Kingdom

  2.2%        

Canada

  1.7%        

Netherlands

  1.6%        

Japan

  1.5%        

Indonesia

  1.3%        

Mexico

  1.1%        

Philippines

  1.0%        

Belgium

  8.3%        

Other

  0.7%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

    

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2013. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding Securities Lending) and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.0% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Brazil, France, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mongolia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden and Switzerland.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 45,494,220      $ 3,947,856      $             – 0  –    $ 49,442,076   

Financials

     4,158,743        14,074,132        – 0  –      18,232,875   

Health Care

     15,091,563        598,720        – 0  –      15,690,283   

Consumer Discretionary

     7,343,749        8,302,278        – 0  –      15,646,027   

Energy

     9,081,066        1,236,993        – 0  –      10,318,059   

Materials

     5,818,360        2,359,497        – 0  –      8,177,857   

Industrials

     5,220,049        2,658,696        – 0  –      7,878,745   

Consumer Staples

     2,041,221        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,041,221   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      1,922,174        – 0  –      1,922,174   

Utilities

     212,815        – 0  –      – 0  –      212,815   

Options Purchased - Puts

     – 0  –      181,720        – 0  –      181,720   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      958,142        – 0  –      958,142   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     – 0  –      22,466,800        – 0  –      22,466,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     94,461,786        58,707,008     – 0  –      153,168,794   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      230,178        – 0  –      230,178   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (172,138     – 0  –      (172,138
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     94,461,786      $     58,765,048      $ – 0  –    $     153,226,834   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
^ An amount of $2,981,507 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to decrease in observable inputs during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.9%

       

Information Technology - 29.8%

       

Communications Equipment - 3.3%

       

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     4,450         $ 396,406   

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     17,490           324,265   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     25,750           1,723,962   
       

 

 

 
          2,444,633   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 4.2%

       

Apple, Inc.

     7,065           3,127,181   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 7.3%

       

eBay, Inc. (a)

     33,240           1,802,273   

Facebook, Inc. (a)

     21,350           546,133   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     2,952           2,343,976   

LinkedIn Corp.(a)

     4,630           815,158   
       

 

 

 
          5,507,540   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 5.0%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     17,990           1,378,214   

MAXIMUS, Inc.

     7,320           585,380   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     10,500           1,783,320   
       

 

 

 
          3,746,914   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.2%

       

ASML Holding NV (b)

     4,570           310,806   

Broadcom Corp.-Class A

     15,870           550,213   

Xilinx, Inc.

     20,270           773,706   
       

 

 

 
          1,634,725   
       

 

 

 

Software - 7.8%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     7,570           616,349   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     13,040           940,967   

Intuit, Inc.

     10,160           667,004   

Oracle Corp.

     61,600           1,992,144   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     13,610           688,122   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     7,150           258,830   

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

     19,450           393,279   

Workday, Inc. (a)

     4,754           292,989   
       

 

 

 
          5,849,684   
       

 

 

 
          22,310,677   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.7%

       

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     16,890           900,237   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.5%

       

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

     1,320           430,148   

Starbucks Corp.

     25,160           1,433,114   
       

 

 

 
          1,863,262   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.4%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     5,570           1,484,349   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     1,495         $ 1,028,456   
       

 

 

 
          2,512,805   
       

 

 

 

Media - 3.7%

       

AMC Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,359           654,482   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     24,980           1,049,410   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     16,850           1,037,454   
       

 

 

 
          2,741,346   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.8%

       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     19,750           748,920   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     9,360           959,868   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.

     5,150           418,025   
       

 

 

 
          2,126,813   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.1%

       

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     13,527           768,198   

VF Corp.

     4,740           795,135   
       

 

 

 
          1,563,333   
       

 

 

 
          11,707,796   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 13.0%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 3.4%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     11,630           1,234,059   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     23,520           1,293,365   
       

 

 

 
          2,527,424   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.9%

       

Hershey Co. (The)

     7,030           615,336   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     16,650           857,975   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     9,420           729,579   
       

 

 

 
          2,202,890   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.4%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     15,880           1,016,796   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 5.3%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     41,830           1,438,534   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     27,420           2,542,108   
       

 

 

 
          3,980,642   
       

 

 

 
          9,727,752   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 12.6%

       

Biotechnology - 5.7%

       

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     6,470           1,248,128   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     9,000           1,043,190   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     29,850           1,460,560   

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

     8,640           474,509   
       

 

 

 
          4,226,387   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%

       

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     8,750           773,763   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     1,760         $ 864,494   
       

 

 

 
          1,638,257   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.9%

       

AmerisourceBergen Corp.-Class A

     13,830           711,554   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.8%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     10,780           1,203,371   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     39,490           1,626,593   
       

 

 

 
          2,829,964   
       

 

 

 
          9,406,162   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 12.3%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 3.5%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     17,610           1,511,819   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     5,720           1,084,626   
       

 

 

 
          2,596,445   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.5%

       

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     10,780           384,954   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 2.5%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     16,390           710,670   

Emerson Electric Co.

     21,370           1,193,942   
       

 

 

 
          1,904,612   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%

       

Danaher Corp.

     19,030           1,182,714   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.7%

       

Dover Corp.

     5,350           389,908   

Joy Global, Inc.

     6,360           378,547   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     5,660           518,343   
       

 

 

 
          1,286,798   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.1%

       

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     10,910           812,577   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.4%

       

WW Grainger, Inc.

     4,520           1,016,910   
       

 

 

 
          9,185,010   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 9.0%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.9%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     10,795           763,746   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     22,035           1,650,201   

Technip SA

     4,925           505,157   
       

 

 

 
          2,919,104   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 5.1%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     9,970           871,877   

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     8,010           780,414   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     5,985           766,499   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Noble Energy, Inc.

     12,205         $ 1,411,630   
       

 

 

 
       3,830,420   
       

 

 

 
       6,749,524   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 5.5%

       

Capital Markets - 2.9%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     5,060           777,064   

Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. (a)

     2,818           111,170   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     5,540           815,211   

State Street Corp.

     8,050           475,675   
       

 

 

 
       2,179,120   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 0.9%

       

Wells Fargo & Co.

     18,650           689,863   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.7%

       

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     5,410           882,209   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     7,970           378,256   
       

 

 

 
       1,260,465   
       

 

 

 
       4,129,448   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $57,847,901)

          73,216,369   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.2%

       

Time Deposit - 2.2%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $1,627,974)

   $ 1,628           1,627,974   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.1%
(cost $59,475,875)

          74,844,343   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.4%

       

Investment Companies - 0.4%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I,
0.09% (c)
(cost $278,656)

     278,656           278,656   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.5%
(cost $59,754,531) (d)

          75,122,999   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.5)%

  

       (346,324
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 74,776,675   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.


(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $16,002,434 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(633,966), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $15,368,468.

 

     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 Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

      

Information Technology

   $ 22,310,677      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 22,310,677   

Consumer Discretionary

     11,707,796        – 0  –      – 0  –      11,707,796   

Consumer Staples

     9,727,752        – 0  –      – 0  –      9,727,752   

Health Care

     9,406,162        – 0  –      – 0  –      9,406,162   

Industrials

     9,185,010        – 0  –      – 0  –      9,185,010   

Energy

     6,244,367        505,157        – 0  –      6,749,524   

Financials

     4,129,448        – 0  –      – 0  –      4,129,448   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,627,974        – 0  –      1,627,974   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities

        

Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     278,656        – 0  –      – 0  –      278,656   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     72,989,868        2,133,131        – 0  –      75,122,999   

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     72,989,868      $     2,133,131      $ – 0  –    $     75,122,999   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 91.9%

       

Financials - 23.2%

       

Capital Markets - 7.0%

       

BlackRock, Inc.- Class A

     87,920         $ 22,584,890   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     151,500           22,293,225   

State Street Corp.

     375,750           22,203,067   
       

 

 

 
          67,081,182   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 4.2%

       

Fifth Third Bancorp

     520,670           8,492,128   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     854,170           31,595,748   
       

 

 

 
          40,087,876   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.4%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     235,660           12,949,517   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 4.0%

       

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     813,230           38,595,896   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.6%

       

ACE Ltd.

     171,130           15,225,436   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     315,622           32,887,812   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

     141,540           3,651,732   

MetLife, Inc.

     93,382           3,550,384   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     94,980           7,996,366   
       

 

 

 
          63,311,730   
       

 

 

 
          222,026,201   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 16.0%

       

Biotechnology - 3.6%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     261,832           26,840,398   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     64,520           7,478,513   
       

 

 

 
          34,318,911   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.7%

       

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     92,700           6,972,894   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 5.5%

       

Humana, Inc.

     79,810           5,515,669   

McKesson Corp.

     122,060           13,177,597   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     588,570           33,672,090   
       

 

 

 
          52,365,356   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.2%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     106,900           4,359,382   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     414,420           17,069,960   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     420,049           18,578,767   

Pfizer, Inc.

     678,610           19,584,685   
       

 

 

 
          59,592,794   
       

 

 

 
          153,249,955   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 11.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.8%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     288,649           20,078,424   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     99,297         $ 7,025,263   
       

 

 

 
          27,103,687   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 9.1%

       

Apache Corp.

     39,770           3,068,653   

Chevron Corp.

     227,000           26,972,140   

ConocoPhillips

     183,470           11,026,547   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     367,190           33,087,491   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     108,180           5,565,861   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     94,790           7,428,693   
       

 

 

 
          87,149,385   
       

 

 

 
          114,253,072   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 11.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 5.1%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     400,460           34,379,491   

Raytheon Co.

     234,930           13,811,535   
       

 

 

 
          48,191,026   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.8%

       

URS Corp.

     163,361           7,744,945   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.4%

       

Hubbell, Inc. - Class B

     40,340           3,917,417   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.7%

       

General Electric Co.

     1,125,710           26,026,415   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.7%

       

Actuant Corp. - Class A

     181,345           5,552,784   

Dover Corp.

     99,870           7,278,526   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     63,313           3,430,298   
       

 

 

 
          16,261,608   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.8%

       

Equifax, Inc.

     134,370           7,738,368   
       

 

 

 
          109,879,779   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 10.4%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.3%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,049,580           21,946,718   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 1.6%

       

Apple, Inc.

     34,290           15,177,783   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.6%

       

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     665,570           15,660,862   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.4%

       

Amdocs Ltd.

     154,564           5,602,945   

Global Payments, Inc.

     152,860           7,591,028   
       

 

 

 
          13,193,973   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.8%

       

NVIDIA Corp.

     575,460           7,377,397   
       

 

 

 

Software - 2.7%

       

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     554,030           7,717,638   

Microsoft Corp.

     396,510           11,344,151   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oracle Corp.

     202,480         $ 6,548,203   
       

 

 

 
          25,609,992   
       

 

 

 
          98,966,725   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 9.3%

       

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.4%

       

DeVry, Inc.

     112,949           3,586,131   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.5%

       

Liberty Interactive Corp. (a)

     1,551,189           33,164,421   
       

 

 

 

Media - 5.0%

       

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     508,370           21,356,624   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     133,410           8,583,599   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     292,730           18,023,386   
       

 

 

 
          47,963,609   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.4%

       

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     38,360           3,933,818   
       

 

 

 
          88,647,979   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.4%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.5%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     261,447           14,376,970   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.8%

       

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a)

     658,560           17,438,669   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.1%

       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     102,520           10,224,320   
       

 

 

 
          42,039,959   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.8%

       

Chemicals - 0.3%

       

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     16,200           3,083,994   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.7%

       

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     84,940           6,045,180   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 1.8%

       

Domtar Corp.

     224,970           17,462,171   
       

 

 

 
          26,591,345   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.4%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.4%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     618,940           22,708,909   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $684,039,154)

          878,363,924   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 8.2%

       

Time Deposit - 8.2%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $78,218,143)

   $   78,218         $ 78,218,143   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.1%
(cost $762,257,297) (b)

          956,582,067   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.1)%

          (1,151,031
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $  955,431,036   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $198,185,229 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(3,860,459), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $194,324,770.

 

   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

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 878,363,924      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 878,363,924   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      78,218,143        – 0  –      78,218,143   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     878,363,924        78,218,143        – 0  –      956,582,067   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     878,363,924      $     78,218,143      $             – 0  –    $     956,582,067   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 32.1%

       

Industrial - 15.2%

       

Basic - 2.3%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

       

5.40%, 4/15/21

   U.S.$ 180         $ 186,410   

AngloGold Ashanti Holdings PLC

       

5.375%, 4/15/20

     250           264,619   

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (a)

     85           113,900   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (a)

     260           258,513   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

4.125%, 11/15/21

     85           90,996   

5.25%, 11/15/41

     80           85,519   

8.55%, 5/15/19

     86           115,598   

Gerdau Trade, Inc.

       

5.75%, 1/30/21 (a)

     101           107,817   

International Paper Co.

       

4.75%, 2/15/22

     65           73,166   

7.95%, 6/15/18

     196           252,250   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     200           234,500   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (a)

     260           258,040   

Vale SA

       

5.625%, 9/11/42

     285           281,955   
       

 

 

 
          2,323,283   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.6%

       

Embraer SA

       

5.15%, 6/15/22

     82           89,277   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (b)

     160           180,136   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

5.25%, 11/15/21

     150           175,343   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     160           189,946   
       

 

 

 
          634,702   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 3.3%

       

CBS Corp.

       

3.375%, 3/01/22

     226           230,191   

5.75%, 4/15/20

     83           97,949   

Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc.

       

9.455%, 11/15/22

     280           424,305   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16

     95           100,883   

3.80%, 3/15/22

     165           168,658   

4.75%, 10/01/14

     160           169,257   

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA

       

5.307%, 5/11/22 (a)(c)

     305           328,638   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/19/21 (a)

     128           129,293   

News America, Inc.

       

4.50%, 2/15/21

     300           338,282   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

   U.S.$ 103         $ 105,289   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     250           324,831   

SES

       

3.60%, 4/04/23 (a)

     57           56,725   

TCI Communications, Inc.

       

7.875%, 2/15/26

     115           159,061   

Time Warner Entertainment Co. LP

       

8.375%, 3/15/23

     326           445,703   

WPP Finance UK

       

8.00%, 9/15/14

     315           345,811   
       

 

 

 
          3,424,876   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 1.3%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     260           288,626   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.30%, 12/15/42 (a)

     31           28,883   

4.45%, 5/15/21

     177           199,176   

British Telecommunications PLC

       

2.00%, 6/22/15

     215           219,964   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (a)

     320           321,225   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 27           28,204   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

   U.S.$ 120           129,145   

United States Cellular Corp.

       

6.70%, 12/15/33

     80           84,331   
       

 

 

 
          1,299,554   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.8%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.00%, 5/15/18

     460           506,648   

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.

       

5.75%, 12/15/14 (a)

     250           270,114   
       

 

 

 
          776,762   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.5%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

7.625%, 4/15/31

     325           439,738   

Viacom, Inc.

       

5.625%, 9/15/19

     60           71,360   
       

 

 

 
          511,098   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/22

     125           138,750   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.3%

       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

       

3.875%, 1/15/22

     290           305,867   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 1.7%

       

Actavis, Inc.

       

3.25%, 10/01/22

   U.S.$ 100         $ 101,369   

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     290           373,653   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     206           223,376   

Cadbury Schweppes US Finance LLC

       

5.125%, 10/01/13 (a)

     350           356,917   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

       

3.20%, 1/25/23

     82           81,730   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     206           214,606   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     127           125,564   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

4.50%, 6/15/22

     290           315,556   
       

 

 

 
          1,792,771   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.5%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

6.45%, 9/15/36

     124           152,405   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     375           396,679   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16

     50           53,422   

5.125%, 3/01/21

     104           121,298   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

9.25%, 1/15/19

     254           326,690   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     238           310,395   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     32           35,485   

Phillips 66

       

4.30%, 4/01/22

     415           455,572   

Transocean, Inc.

       

2.50%, 10/15/17

     126           127,595   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     177           215,066   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

5.125%, 9/15/20

     95           102,466   

6.00%, 3/15/18

     12           13,689   

9.625%, 3/01/19

     190           248,150   
       

 

 

 
          2,558,912   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.9%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     64           72,814   

Baidu, Inc.

       

2.25%, 11/28/17

     220           222,675   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     162           167,978   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     165           165,973   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     25           31,651   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

       

4.125%, 5/15/22

   U.S.$ 300         $ 311,925   
       

 

 

 
          973,016   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.3%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.25%, 10/01/14

     210           221,929   

5.75%, 12/15/16

     75           84,198   
       

 

 

 
          306,127   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.6%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (a)

     310           319,386   

Con-way, Inc.

       

6.70%, 5/01/34

     31           32,583   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     116           132,405   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     108           122,671   
       

 

 

 
          607,045   
       

 

 

 
          15,652,763   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 12.4%

       

Banking - 7.9%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

3.30%, 1/11/23

     70           69,024   

5.00%, 5/13/21

     60           67,255   

5.875%, 2/07/42

     298           354,033   

Series L

       

5.65%, 5/01/18

     350           404,882   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.625%, 3/30/22 (a)

   EUR 180           263,284   

7.625%, 11/21/22

   U.S.$ 280           276,150   

Bear Stearns Cos. LLC (The)

       

5.70%, 11/15/14

     450           484,994   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

8.50%, 5/22/19

     200           266,450   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     250           259,890   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands

       

3.95%, 11/09/22

     280           281,915   

Danske Bank A/S

       

5.684%, 2/15/17

   GBP 98           142,205   

DNB Bank ASA

       

3.20%, 4/03/17 (a)

   U.S.$ 310           328,340   

Fifth Third Bancorp

       

3.50%, 3/15/22

     121           126,073   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.75%, 1/24/22

     165           191,849   

6.00%, 6/15/20

     395           466,185   

HSBC Holdings PLC

       

4.00%, 3/30/22

     320           344,297   

5.10%, 4/05/21

     194           224,161   

ING Bank NV

       

2.00%, 9/25/15 (a)

     280           285,108   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

4.40%, 7/22/20

   U.S.$ 305         $ 338,101   

4.50%, 1/24/22

     25           27,398   

Series 1

       

7.90%, 4/30/18

     154           176,920   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (a)

     232           252,161   

Morgan Stanley

       

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20-7/28/21

     273           313,705   

6.625%, 4/01/18

     295           352,644   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     27           29,524   

National Capital Trust II

       

5.486%, 3/23/15 (a)

     122           123,830   

National Westminster Bank PLC

       

6.50%, 9/07/21

   GBP 50           82,398   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (a)

   U.S.$ 230           269,220   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22

     44           50,710   

Santander US Debt SAU

       

2.991%, 10/07/13 (a)

     300           302,002   

Societe Generale SA

       

2.50%, 1/15/14 (a)

     205           207,173   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (a)

     265           273,639   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     250           279,365   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (a)

     190           191,233   

Vesey Street Investment Trust I

       

4.404%, 9/01/16

     71           77,178   
       

 

 

 
          8,183,296   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.2%

       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

       

2.00%, 9/13/16

     248           247,392   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.5%

       

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

4.65%, 10/17/21

     127           142,183   

SLM Corp.

       

7.25%, 1/25/22

     95           106,163   

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     248           258,606   
       

 

 

 
          506,952   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.9%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

6.125%, 5/15/37

     237           252,998   

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     75           84,847   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     215           266,266   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

6.30%, 8/15/14

     280           299,389   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (a)

   U.S.$ 164         $ 221,442   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/30/15

     85           89,832   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     200           233,258   

Humana, Inc.

       

6.30%, 8/01/18

     50           58,725   

7.20%, 6/15/18

     85           104,061   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     113           153,160   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

       

8.875%, 6/01/39 (a)

     110           170,042   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     109           141,540   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     85           131,963   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (a)

     225           325,694   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     185           191,475   

WellPoint, Inc.

       

3.30%, 1/15/23

     101           102,347   

XL Group PLC

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     110           116,064   
       

 

 

 
          2,943,103   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.3%

       

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     283           300,306   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.6%

       

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     278           322,925   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     275           310,241   
       

 

 

 
          633,166   
       

 

 

 
          12,814,215   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 4.0%

       

Electric - 1.7%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

     98           112,807   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     64           73,075   

FirstEnergy Corp.

       

Series B

       

4.25%, 3/15/23

     54           54,615   

Series C

       

7.375%, 11/15/31

     170           199,152   

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     260           323,158   

Nisource Finance Corp.

       

6.80%, 1/15/19

     240           292,851   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

4.50%, 12/15/41

     125           130,572   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SPI Electricity & Gas Australia Holdings Pty Ltd.

       

6.15%, 11/15/13 (a)

   U.S.$ 235         $ 240,656   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     95           102,102   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     120           139,018   

Union Electric Co.

       

6.70%, 2/01/19

     45           56,423   
       

 

 

 
          1,724,429   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 2.3%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (a)

     108           119,465   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

7.50%, 7/01/38

     336           419,551   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     55           64,505   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     321           341,063   

4.15%, 3/01/22

     89           95,444   

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

     310           329,232   

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (a)

     305           334,485   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     235           250,681   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

       

3.70%, 1/15/23

     250           248,177   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     173           197,148   
       

 

 

 
          2,399,751   
       

 

 

 
          4,124,180   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.5%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.5%

       

Gazprom OAO Via Gaz Capital SA

       

6.212%, 11/22/16 (a)

     215           239,467   

Petrobras International Finance Co. - Pifco

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     275           302,878   
       

 

 

 
          542,345   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $30,008,763)

          33,133,503   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 25.5%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 20.9%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

4.50%, 10/01/39

     2,009           2,149,552   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     2,321           2,531,443   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     90           97,874   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, TBA

     2,615           2,697,127   

3.50%, TBA

     2,420           2,555,369   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

3.50%, TBA

   U.S.$ 785         $ 826,949   

4.00%, TBA

     2,640           2,814,488   

4.50%, TBA

     1,100           1,185,078   

5.50%, 5/01/38-6/01/38

     981           1,071,182   

6.00%, TBA

     55           60,242   

6.00%, 5/01/31-7/01/39

     1,050           1,151,277   

Series 2002

       

7.00%, 3/01/32

     18           21,158   

Series 2003

       

5.00%, 11/01/33

     83           90,620   

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

     303           333,918   

Series 2004

       

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

     275           302,845   

6.00%, 9/01/34

     154           172,009   

Series 2005

       

4.50%, 8/01/35

     236           254,483   

5.00%, 10/01/35

     640           695,468   

5.50%, 2/01/35

     338           372,453   

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 2/01/36

     130           140,670   

Series 2007

       

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

     331           356,956   

5.00%, 7/01/36

     108           117,493   

Series 2008

       

6.00%, 3/01/37

     1,059           1,169,095   

Series 2010

       

6.00%, 2/01/40-4/01/40

     357           391,488   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 1994

       

9.00%, 9/15/24

     2           1,619   
       

 

 

 
          21,560,856   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 3.9%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, TBA

     1,240           1,303,695   

4.50%, TBA

     915           984,304   

4.50%, 6/01/26

     1,618           1,745,156   
       

 

 

 
          4,033,155   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.7%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.384%, 11/01/35 (b)

     213           226,983   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2003

       

2.81%, 12/01/33 (d)

     155           166,626   

Series 2007

       

2.38%, 3/01/34 (d)

     276           294,552   
       

 

 

 
          688,161   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $25,554,405)

          26,282,172   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 13.2%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 7.9%

       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A2

       

0.71%, 9/15/14

   U.S.$ 129         $ 128,782   

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2010-3, Class A

       

2.88%, 4/15/15 (a)

     340           340,354   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     260           259,988   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-5, Class A2

       

1.19%, 8/08/15

     65           64,738   

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

0.96%, 1/09/17

     355           356,995   

Series 2012-4, Class A2

       

0.49%, 4/08/16

     420           419,992   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.49%, 6/08/16

     235           235,041   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2012-3A, Class A

       

2.10%, 3/20/19 (a)

     210           214,291   

Bank of America Auto Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A4

       

1.03%, 12/15/16

     245           247,165   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.62%, 7/20/16

     202           201,845   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/16

     160           160,837   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A

       

2.02%, 8/15/16 (a)

     122           123,150   

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (a)

     210           211,307   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.61%, 9/15/17

     204           203,994   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (a)

   CAD 394           388,935   

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (a)

     205           202,185   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A2

       

0.54%, 11/15/14

   U.S.$ 289           289,107   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     100           99,698   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A1

       

0.74%, 9/15/16

     640           641,473   

Series 2013-1, Class A1

       

0.85%, 1/15/18

     236           235,746   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.68%, 4/15/17

   U.S.$ 195         $ 195,346   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (a)

     485           484,944   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.66%, 6/15/16 (a)

     264           263,872   

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-AA, Class A

       

0.79%, 11/15/17 (a)

     373           373,072   

Navistar Financial Corp. Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2

       

0.85%, 3/18/15 (a)

     353           353,125   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2A

       

0.68%, 7/15/14

     218           218,507   

Series 2012-B, Class A2A

       

0.45%, 6/15/15

     141           140,913   

Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.09%, 9/22/14 (a)

     455           456,076   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

1.08%, 4/15/16

     325           326,226   

Series 2012-6, Class A2

       

0.47%, 9/15/15

     125           124,983   

SMART Trust/Australia

       

Series 2012-4US, Class A2A

       

0.67%, 6/14/15

     185           185,108   
       

 

 

 
          8,147,795   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 2.9%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

0.68%, 3/15/18

     620           621,489   

Series 2012-5, Class A

       

0.59%, 5/15/18

     325           325,139   

Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

2.71%, 2/17/26 (a)

     255           254,984   

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2013-A1, Class A1

       

1.30%, 2/18/20

     220           221,113   

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-A1, Class A1

       

0.81%, 8/15/17

     224           225,360   

Series 2012-A3, Class A3

       

0.86%, 11/15/17

     300           301,681   

Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

0.64%, 8/15/18

     320           319,671   

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-6, Class A

       

1.36%, 8/17/20

     300           302,725   

Series 2012-7, Class A

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

1.76%, 9/15/22

   U.S.$ 260         $ 258,367   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     190           193,322   
       

 

 

 
          3,023,851   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.9%

       

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2010-3, Class A2

       

1.903%, 2/15/17 (a)(b)

     430           441,830   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A

       

0.693%, 6/20/17 (b)

     485           487,186   
       

 

 

 
          929,016   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.6%

       

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.903%, 2/15/17 (a)(b)

     320           322,724   

Penarth Master Issuer PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.773%, 3/18/14 (a)(b)

     335           335,872   
       

 

 

 
          658,596   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.6%

       

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2010-C, Class A3

       

1.17%, 5/15/15

     66           65,876   

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.94%, 5/15/17

     241           242,407   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

     155           155,850   

GE Equipment Small Ticket LLC

       

Series 2011-2A, Class A2

       

1.14%, 6/23/14 (a)

     108           107,944   
       

 

 

 
          572,077   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

Citifinancial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

       

Series 2003-1, Class AFPT

       

3.86%, 1/25/33

     54           55,472   

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     125           124,019   
       

 

 

 
          179,491   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

Asset Backed Funding Certificates

       

Series 2003-WF1, Class A2

       

1.329%, 12/25/32 (b)

     61           59,354   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-3, Class A1

       

0.463%, 1/20/35 (b)

   U.S.$ 77         $ 76,515   
       

 

 

 
          135,869   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $13,628,175)

          13,646,695   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 9.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 8.3%

       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc.

       

Series 2006-5, Class A4

       

5.414%, 9/10/47

     455           511,175   

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     78           86,827   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities

       

Series 2006-T24, Class AJ

       

5.598%, 10/12/41

     110           107,208   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05

       

3.369%, 3/13/23 (a)

     260           266,498   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2006-C3, Class AJ

       

5.805%, 6/15/38

     105           102,536   

CW Capital Cobalt Ltd.

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.811%, 5/15/46

     330           385,103   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (a)

     180           179,647   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

       

Series 2005-GG5, Class AJ

       

5.243%, 4/10/37

     235           187,657   

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

       

5.444%, 3/10/39

     585           666,838   

Series 2007-GG9, Class AM

       

5.475%, 3/10/39

     95           104,784   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     300           313,328   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (a)

     136           138,601   

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (a)

     284           291,640   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2007-CB19, Class AM

       

5.714%, 2/12/49

     95           106,017   

Series 2007-LD11, Class A4

       

5.807%, 6/15/49

     151           173,604   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (a)

     251           261,607   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.513%, 6/15/29

   U.S.$ 830         $ 871,432   

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

     1,240           1,364,651   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-CIP1, Class A2

       

4.96%, 7/12/38

     235           238,485   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

     1,105           1,280,715   

Motel 6 Trust

       

Series 2012-MTL6, Class A2

       

1.948%, 10/05/25 (a)

     280           280,627   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C5, Class A4

       

3.185%, 3/10/46

     437           450,314   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C10, Class A3

       

2.875%, 12/15/45

     179           179,955   
       

 

 

 
          8,549,249   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 1.2%

       

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.904%, 12/05/31 (a)(b)

     140           140,085   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-KYO, Class A

       

1.052%, 11/08/29 (a)(b)

     275           275,627   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

       

6.001%, 2/15/51 (b)

     165           188,548   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-3, Class A2

       

5.291%, 7/12/46 (d)

     618           624,892   
       

 

 

 
          1,229,152   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $9,147,223)

          9,778,401   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 8.2%

       

United States - 8.2%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

3.00%, 5/15/42

     680           665,762   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     1,160           1,473,381   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     2,935           3,821,003   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.875%, 1/31/18

     430           432,788   

1.00%, 8/31/16

     2,050           2,088,278   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $7,654,174)

          8,481,212   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

AGENCIES - 6.9%

       

Agency Debentures - 6.9%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.375%, 1/13/22

   U.S.$ 1,606         $ 1,671,523   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.25%, 5/15/29

     1,670           2,371,632   

6.625%, 11/15/30

     80           119,113   

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip

       

Zero Coupon, 7/15/20

     3,365           2,993,319   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $6,430,178)

          7,155,587   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 1.8%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 1.8%

       

Indonesia - 0.4%

       

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

       

5.50%, 11/22/21 (a)

     360           390,600   
       

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 0.2%

       

KazMunaiGaz Finance Sub BV

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (a)

     212           252,280   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.5%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (a)

     420           488,436   
       

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.3%

       

Korea National Oil Corp.

       

3.125%, 4/03/17 (a)

     310           326,336   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.4%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (a)

     360           385,200   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $1,656,679)

          1,842,852   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 1.6%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.8%

       

Banking - 0.7%

       

ABN Amro Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR 125           141,805   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.95%, 1/30/23

   U.S.$ 270           280,125   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (a)

     175           186,634   

LBG Capital No.2 PLC

       

Series 22

       

15.00%, 12/21/19

   EUR 50           91,652   
       

 

 

 
          700,216   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (a)

   U.S.$ 155           174,938   
       

 

 

 
          875,154   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Industrial - 0.8%

       

Basic - 0.0%

       

Eagle Spinco, Inc.

       

4.625%, 2/15/21 (a)

   U.S.$ 22         $ 22,385   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.4%

       

B/E Aerospace, Inc.

       

5.25%, 4/01/22

     190           195,937   

Ball Corp.

       

5.00%, 3/15/22

     195           202,800   
       

 

 

 
          398,737   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.0%

       

Greektown Holdings LLC

       

10.75%, 12/01/13 (e)(f)(g)

     55           0   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.2%

       

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp.

       

5.375%, 3/15/22

     190           199,262   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

Dollar General Corp.

       

4.125%, 7/15/17

     50           53,688   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

Voyager Learning Exchange

       

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

     70           0   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

5.875%, 5/01/22

     93           99,743   
       

 

 

 
          773,815   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $1,367,242)

          1,648,969   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.3%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.732%, 5/25/35

     151           145,653   

JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-A3, Class 2A1

       

2.893%, 7/25/36

     277           198,374   
       

 

 

 
          344,027   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA1, Class A1A

       

0.878%, 2/25/47 (b)

     240           184,351   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust

       

Series 2004-T5, Class AB4

       

0.692%, 5/28/35

     50           43,440   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $718,232)

        $ 571,818   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.4%

       

Qatar - 0.4%

       

Qatar Government International Bond

       

4.50%, 1/20/22 (a)

       

(cost $356,624)

   U.S.$ 360           403,765   
       

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.3%

       

United States - 0.3%

       

California GO

       

7.625%, 3/01/40

       

(cost $203,297)

     200           289,240   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.1%

       

REITS - 0.1%

       

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust

       

12.00% (a)

       

(cost $87,658)

     93           119,426   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.1%

       

Germany - 0.1%

       

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

       

5.125%, 2/01/17

       

(cost $71,114)

   U.S.$ 70           81,452   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 0.0%

       

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

       

(cost $4)

     41           3,198   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Talon Equity Co. NV , expiring 11/15/24 (e)(f)(g)

       

(cost $0)

     47           0   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 11.8%

       

Time Deposit - 1.7%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 4/01/13

       

(cost $1,715,214)

   U.S.$ 1,715           1,715,214   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

U.S. Treasury Bill - 7.1%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill

       

Zero Coupon, 4/04/13

       

(cost $7,324,942)

   U.S.$ 7,325         $ 7,324,942   
       

 

 

 

Treasury Bill - 3.0%

       

Japan Treasury Discount Bill

       

Series 339

       

Zero Coupon, 4/22/13

       

(cost $3,069,676)

   JPY 290,000           3,080,600   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $12,109,832)

          12,120,756   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 112.0%
(cost $108,993,600) (h)

          115,559,046   

Other assets less liabilities - (12.0)% (i)

          (12,421,019
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 103,138,027   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2013
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     9         June 2013       $ 1,983,798       $ 1,984,078       $ (280

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholselale

     JPY        144,376         USD          1,542         4/12/13       $ 8,156   

BNP Paribas SA

     MXN          13,513         USD          1,090         4/12/13         (2,987

BNP Paribas SA

     USD               738         JPY        70,549         4/12/13         11,433   

Credit Suisse International

     GBP               720         USD          1,081         4/11/13         (12,908

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     EUR               407         USD             532         4/11/13         10,386   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     JPY        290,000         USD          3,060         4/22/13         (21,527

Royal Bank of Canada

     GBP               814         USD          1,233         4/11/13         (4,359

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     CAD            1,729         USD          1,683         4/19/13         (18,398

UBS AG

     USD            1,054         MXN        13,554         4/12/13         42,226   
           

 

 

 
            $ 12,022   
           

 

 

 


INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   $ 1,390         1/30/17         1.059     3 Month LIBOR      $ (21,292

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     1,520         2/7/22         2.043     3 Month LIBOR        (31,521

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     1,440         4/3/23         3 Month LIBOR        2.008     0   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

   EUR 1,210         4/3/23         1.672     6 Month EURIBOR        0   
            

 

 

 
             $ (52,813
            

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAP CONTRACTS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2013
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

              

Credit Suisse International:

              

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,

              

5.95% 9/15/16, 9/20/17*

     1.00     0.96   $ 270       $ 380       $ (8,498   $ 8,878   

 

* Termination date

 

(a) 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 March 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $16,155,689 or 15.7% of net assets.
(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2013.
(c) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at March 31, 2013.
(d) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2013.
(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(f) Illiquid security.
(g) Non-income producing security.
(h) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $6,852,660 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(287,214), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $6,565,446.
(i) An amount of U.S. $2,025 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2013.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

CAD    -    Canadian Dollar


EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
MXN    -    Mexican Peso
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
EURIBOR    -    Euro Interbank Offered Rate
GO    -    General Obligation
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA    -    To Be Announced


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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 fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.


The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Corporates - Investment Grades

   $ 314,765      $ 32,818,738      $ – 0  –    $ 33,133,503   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      26,282,172        – 0  –      26,282,172   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      12,759,258        887,437        13,646,695   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     266,498        8,454,722        1,057,181        9,778,401   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      8,481,212        – 0  –      8,481,212   

Agencies

     – 0  –      7,155,587        – 0  –      7,155,587   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      1,842,852        – 0  –      1,842,852   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

     – 0  –      1,648,969        – 0  – ^      1,648,969   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      43,440        528,378        571,818   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      403,765        – 0  –      403,765   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      289,240        – 0  –      289,240   

Preferred Stocks

     – 0  –      119,426        – 0  –      119,426   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      81,452        – 0  –      81,452   

Common Stocks

     – 0  –      – 0  –      3,198        3,198   

Warrants

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –^      – 0 – 

Short-Term Investments:

        

Time Deposit

     – 0  –      1,715,214        – 0  –      1,715,214   

U.S. Treasury Bill

     – 0  –      7,324,942        – 0  –      7,324,942   

Treasury Bill

     – 0  –      3,080,600        – 0  –      3,080,600   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     581,263        112,501,589        2,476,194        115,559,046   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      72,201        – 0  –      72,201   

Credit Default Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      8,878        – 0  –      8,878   

Liabilities:

        

Futures Contracts

     (280     – 0  –      – 0  –      (280

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (60,179     – 0  –      (60,179

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

     – 0  –      (52,813     – 0  –      (52,813
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total**

   $     580,983      $     112,469,676      $     2,476,194      $     115,526,853   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ 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.
** There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

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

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ 981,790      $ 1,011,254      $             – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     33        1,466        – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     76        27,262        – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     3,589        (28,418     – 0  – 

Purchases

     – 0  –      505,922        – 0  – 

Sales

     (98,051     (460,305     – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $     887,437      $     1,057,181      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ 3,589      $ (28,418   $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


     Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
    Common Stocks     Warrants^  

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ 509,996      $     2,460      $             – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     1        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     31        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     35,369        738        – 0  – 

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (17,019     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $ 528,378      $ 3,198      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ 35,369      $ 738      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Total              

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $     2,505,500       

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     1,500       

Realized gain (loss)

     27,369       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     11,278       

Purchases

     505,922       

Sales

     (575,375    

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –     

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –     
  

 

 

     

Balance as of 3/31/13

   $ 2,476,194       
  

 

 

     

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/13

   $ 11,278       
  

 

 

     

 

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

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolios with material categories of Level 3 investments at February 28, 2013:

 

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements  
     Fair Value at
03/31/2013
   

Valuation Technique

  

Unobservable Input

   Range  

Asset Backed Securities

   $ 887,437      Third Party Vendor    Evaluated Quotes    $ 96.76 - $100.53   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

   $     1,057,181      Third Party Vendor    Evaluated Quotes    $     79.85 - $114.83   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

   $ – 0 –    Valuation Committee Evaluation       $ 0.00   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $ 528,378      Third Party Vendor    Evaluated Quotes    $ 71.57 - $96.38   

Common Stock

   $ 3,198      Valuation Committee Evaluation    Fundamentals Evaluation    $ 78.00   

Warrants

   $ – 0 –    Valuation Committee Evaluation       $ 0.00   


The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 95.3%

       

Financials - 21.3%

       

Capital Markets - 7.0%

       

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     499,633         $ 3,265,106   

Azimut Holding SpA

     65,765           1,066,281   

Partners Group Holding AG

     19,363           4,781,859   

UBS AG (a)

     129,810           1,996,114   
       

 

 

 
          11,109,360   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 5.9%

       

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     2,911,000           3,006,539   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     207,781           2,216,935   

Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     220,055           1,148,871   

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR)

     100,854           1,285,888   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     102,000           1,681,566   
       

 

 

 
          9,339,799   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.3%

       

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     127,610           427,441   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.4%

       

FirstRand Ltd.

     246,320           863,426   

IG Group Holdings PLC

     168,948           1,374,035   
       

 

 

 
          2,237,461   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 5.0%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     837,400           3,670,990   

Prudential PLC

     260,760           4,235,141   
       

 

 

 
          7,906,131   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.7%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     184,140           2,792,858   
       

 

 

 
          33,813,050   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 20.4%

       

Beverages - 7.2%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     56,482           5,615,292   

Diageo PLC

     115,650           3,644,195   

Pernod-Ricard SA

     17,040           2,123,827   
       

 

 

 
          11,383,314   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.7%

       

Brazil Pharma SA

     77,400           545,812   

Olam International Ltd.

     319,262           444,459   

Raia Drogasil SA

     77,500           826,488   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     8,600           840,029   
       

 

 

 
          2,656,788   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 5.6%

       

Danone SA

     40,676           2,832,222   

Nestle SA

     82,662           5,982,628   
       

 

 

 
          8,814,850   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.8%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     39,850           2,861,132   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Tobacco - 4.1%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     122,057         $ 6,545,002   
       

 

 

 
          32,261,086   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 11.0%

       

Auto Components - 0.8%

       

Nokian Renkaat Oyj (b)

     28,580           1,275,052   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 2.5%

       

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     282,600           2,741,340   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     6,299           1,254,586   
       

 

 

 
          3,995,926   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.6%

       

Li & Fung Ltd.

     680,000           940,020   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     25,200           547,460   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.9%

       

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     58,580           1,367,257   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.8%

       

Naspers Ltd.

     20,250           1,261,697   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.6%

       

Matahari Department Store TBK PT (a)

     800,000           905,583   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.2%

       

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     485,000           812,879   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     5,700           1,822,786   

Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. (b)

     705,000           856,118   
       

 

 

 
          3,491,783   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.3%

       

Brunello Cucinelli SpA (a) (b)

     46,693           984,423   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     34,112           2,685,695   
       

 

 

 
          3,670,118   
       

 

 

 
          17,454,896   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 10.8%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.2%

       

Safran SA

     41,960           1,872,724   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%

       

Aggreko PLC

     64,920           1,761,956   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.2%

       

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     75,410           1,903,342   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.2%

       

Schneider Electric SA

     26,020           1,902,792   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     34,382           906,309   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.1%

       

Komatsu Ltd.

     71,900           1,719,651   

Melrose Industries PLC

     393,760           1,594,733   
       

 

 

 
          3,314,384   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Professional Services - 2.1%

       

Experian PLC

     60,304         $ 1,045,188   

Intertek Group PLC

     45,670           2,359,879   
       

 

 

 
          3,405,067   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.3%

       

Wolseley PLC

     42,663           2,127,652   
       

 

 

 
          17,194,226   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 10.2%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.0%

       

Cie Generale d’Optique Essilor International SA

     12,490           1,389,841   

Elekta AB

     66,630           1,010,711   

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co., Ltd. - Class H

     820,000           744,041   
       

 

 

 
          3,144,593   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.4%

       

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     173,240           651,866   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 7.8%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     46,141           959,047   

Bayer AG

     15,097           1,560,214   

Novo Nordisk A/S - Class B

     10,691           1,723,198   

Pharmstandard OJSC (GDR) (a) (c)

     29,380           606,697   

Roche Holding AG

     21,560           5,026,132   

Shire PLC

     44,821           1,364,997   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     72,230           1,090,874   
       

 

 

 
          12,331,159   
       

 

 

 
          16,127,618   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 8.9%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5%

       

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     257,400           716,348   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 3.4%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     21,180           1,857,486   

Mail.ru Group Ltd. (GDR) (c)

     34,430           953,711   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     78,300           2,504,394   
       

 

 

 
          5,315,591   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.2%

       

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     66,280           1,919,766   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

       

ASML Holding NV

     21,576           1,453,271   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     3,390           4,620,670   
       

 

 

 
          6,073,941   
       

 

 

 
          14,025,646   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 5.8%

       

Chemicals - 4.0%

       

Croda International PLC

     44,960           1,877,952   

Filtrona PLC

     50,500           559,930   

Linde AG

     13,740           2,559,454   

Umicore SA

     28,330           1,332,524   
       

 

 

 
          6,329,860   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Metals & Mining - 1.8%

       

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

     83,420         $ 1,586,528   

Franco-Nevada Corp.

     23,420           1,069,041   

Kenmare Resources PLC (a)

     533,378           235,546   
       

 

 

 
          2,891,115   
       

 

 

 
          9,220,975   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 5.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.3%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     27,590           2,066,215   

Technip SA

     15,400           1,579,576   
       

 

 

 
          3,645,791   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.0%

       

Africa Oil Corp. (a) (b)

     52,430           370,346   

Genel Energy PLC (a)

     71,360           877,973   

NovaTek OAO (Sponsored GDR) (c)

     8,263           890,392   

Ophir Energy PLC (a)

     100,908           712,807   

Tullow Oil PLC

     57,168           1,070,170   

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

     34,700           877,481   
       

 

 

 
          4,799,169   
       

 

 

 
          8,444,960   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.6%

       

Multi-Utilities - 1.6%

       

National Grid PLC

     214,250           2,489,533   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $121,910,037)

          151,031,990   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.5%

       

Information Technology - 0.5%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5%

       

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.,
JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, expiring
9/29/14 (a) (c) (cost $824,312)

     271,898           747,720   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.1%

       

Time Deposit - 3.1%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $4,908,770)

   U.S.$ 4,909           4,908,770   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 98.9%
(cost $127,643,119)

   

     $ 156,688,480   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.7%

       

Investment Companies - 0.7%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09%
(cost $1,102,304)

     1,102,304           1,102,304   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.6%
(cost $128,745,423) (d)

          157,790,784   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4%

          701,462   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 158,492,246   
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
       In Exchange
For
(000)
       Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         2,526           EUR         1,896           5/15/13         $ (94,427

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         4,266           HKD         33,105           5/15/13           (643

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         9,673           JPY         899,000           5/15/13           (120,246

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         436,199           USD         4,674           5/15/13           39,282   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         7,740           NOK         42,911           5/15/13           (405,271

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         1,991           AUD         1,904           5/15/13           (15,130

BNP Paribas SA

     AUD         2,521           USD         2,594           5/15/13           (22,672

Citibank, NA

     USD         11,169           AUD         10,891           5/15/13           134,639   

Citibank, NA

     CAD         918           USD         928           5/15/13           25,643   

Citibank, NA

     GBP         10,618           USD         16,664           5/15/13           533,747   

Citibank, NA

     USD         2,136           JPY         202,150           5/15/13           12,328   

Citibank, NA

     NZD         7,625           USD         6,349           5/15/13           (13,116

Credit Suisse International

     USD         9,788           CAD         9,993           5/15/13           39,942   

Credit Suisse International

     GBP         2,221           USD         3,441           5/15/13           67,326   

Credit Suisse International

     NOK         37,259           USD         6,383           5/15/13           14,699   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         7,970           SEK         51,273           5/15/13           (108,818

Deutsche Bank AG London

     AUD         605           USD         631           5/15/13           2,855   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     CHF         14,443           USD         15,774           5/15/13           551,327   

HSBC BankUSA

     CAD         2,972           USD         2,975           5/15/13           51,712   

HSBC BankUSA

     HKD         33,105           USD         4,270           5/15/13           4,772   

HSBC BankUSA

     USD         6,329           NZD         7,625           5/15/13           33,283   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     EUR         7,259           USD         9,431           5/15/13           123,571   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         4,758           GBP         3,129           5/15/13           (4,797

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     GBP         1,985           USD         3,172           5/15/13           156,802   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     SEK         34,824           USD         5,356           5/15/13           17,350   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         5,724           CHF         5,380           5/15/13           (53,284

UBS AG

     USD         8,457           EUR         6,312           5/15/13           (363,780
                       

 

 

 
                        $ 607,094   
                       

 

 

 


 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(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 March 31, 2013, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $3,198,520 or 2.0% of net assets.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $33,215,909 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,170,548), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $29,045,361.

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.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD       Australian Dollar
CAD       Canadian Dollar
CHF       Swiss Franc
EUR       Euro
GBP       Great British Pound
HKD       Hong Kong Dollar
JPY       Japanese Yen
NOK       Norwegian Krone
NZD       New Zealand Dollar
SEK       Swedish Krona
USD       United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR       American Depositary Receipt
GDR       Global Depositary Receipt
OJSC       Open Joint Stock Company

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

  26.2%        

United Kingdom

  13.1%        

Switzerland

  7.5%        

France

  5.2%        

India

  4.6%        

Japan

  4.4%        

Belgium

  4.3%        

Hong Kong

  3.8%        

China

  3.4%        

Germany

  3.0%        

South Africa

  3.0%        

South Korea

  2.5%        

Brazil

  15.9%        

Other

  3.1%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2013. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding Securities Lending) and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 2.5% or less in the following countries: Canada, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jersey (Channel Islands), Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Sweden and Taiwan.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options and warrants are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option or a warrant depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option or warrant as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options will be classified as Level 2. For options or warrants that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options and warrants are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

      

Financials

   $ 1,576,312      $ 32,236,738      $ – 0  –    $ 33,813,050   

Consumer Staples

     1,372,300        30,888,786        – 0  –      32,261,086   

Consumer Discretionary

     2,820,300        14,634,596        – 0  –      17,454,896   

Industrials

     – 0  –      17,194,226        – 0  –      17,194,226   

Health Care

     1,258,563        14,869,055        – 0  –      16,127,618   

Information Technology

     2,811,197        11,214,449        – 0  –      14,025,646   

Materials

     2,655,569        6,565,406        – 0  –      9,220,975   

Energy

     2,979,270        5,465,690        – 0  –      8,444,960   

Utilities

     – 0  –      2,489,533        – 0  –      2,489,533   

Warrants

     – 0  –      – 0  –      747,720        747,720   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      4,908,770        – 0  –      4,908,770   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     – 0  –      1,102,304        – 0  –      1,102,304   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     15,473,511        141,569,553     747,720        157,790,784   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

      

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      1,809,279        – 0  –      1,809,279   

Liabilities:

      

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (1,202,185     – 0  –      (1,202,185
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^ (a)

   $     15,473,511      $     142,176,647      $     747,720      $     158,397,878   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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


+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
^ An amount of $4,671,502 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to decrease in observable inputs during the reporting period.
(a) There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets from Level 2 to Level 1 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Warrants     Rights     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/12

   $ 829,289      $ – 0  –    $ 829,289   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      7,280        7,280   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (81,569     – 0  –      (81,569

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –          (7,280     (7,280

Transfers into Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 03/31/13

   $     747,720      $ – 0  –    $     747,720   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 03/31/13

   $ (81,569   $ – 0  –    $ (81,569
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.3%

       

Financials - 25.3%

       

Capital Markets - 3.6%

       

Credit Suisse Group AG (a)

     470,890         $ 12,384,743   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     232,610           9,094,192   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     416,270           16,193,635   
       

 

 

 
          37,672,570   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 13.4%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     146,700           4,375,233   

Banco do Brasil SA

     745,100           10,121,487   

Banco Santander Brasil SA/Brazil (ADR)

     347,170           2,520,454   

Barclays PLC

     2,012,640           8,954,762   

BNP Paribas SA

     67,750           3,483,542   

China Construction Bank Corp. - Class H

     4,646,000           3,808,414   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     2,037,066           21,734,630   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     236,461           7,899,268   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     8,829,900           6,579,307   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     3,282,900           19,806,502   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     1,689,400           3,625,119   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     521,220           16,817,766   

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR)

     395,101           5,037,538   

Societe Generale SA (a)

     355,494           11,703,926   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     243,300           9,981,342   

Unione di Banche Italiane SCPA

     1,676,320           6,209,599   
       

 

 

 
          142,658,889   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.3%

       

ING Groep NV (a)

     2,137,380           15,379,392   

ORIX Corp.

     744,400           9,504,469   
       

 

 

 
          24,883,861   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.1%

       

Aegon NV

     1,258,973           7,601,757   

Allianz SE

     40,860           5,570,125   

Aviva PLC

     1,161,730           5,266,050   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     28,720           5,382,912   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     747,496           9,225,310   
       

 

 

 
          33,046,154   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 1.4%

       

Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (a)

     1,217,620           2,710,981   

Stockland

     1,978,210           7,549,578   

Westfield Group

     430,840           4,881,450   
       

 

 

 
          15,142,009   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.5%

       

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     1,168,000           3,237,863   

Evergrande Real Estate Group Ltd. (b)

     10,133,000           4,093,247   

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     2,584,000           4,398,320   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     439,000           3,934,557   
       

 

 

 
          15,663,987   
       

 

 

 
          269,067,470   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Discretionary - 13.0%

       

Auto Components - 2.9%

       

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin - Class B

     156,050         $ 13,073,977   

GKN PLC

     2,276,600           9,174,342   

Valeo SA

     163,530           8,860,684   
       

 

 

 
          31,109,003   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 5.4%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     83,880           7,258,820   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     355,900           13,705,872   

Kia Motors Corp.

     51,020           2,588,649   

Mazda Motor Corp. (a)

     2,646,000           7,783,099   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,001,400           9,714,005   

Renault SA

     66,320           4,160,762   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     62,960           12,539,886   
       

 

 

 
          57,751,093   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.0%

       

Autogrill SpA

     319,930           3,791,076   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     274,310           6,402,395   
       

 

 

 
          10,193,471   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.7%

       

Sony Corp. (b)

     404,500           7,038,645   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.5%

       

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     276,300           4,887,593   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.4%

       

Myer Holdings Ltd. (b)

     1,281,460           3,948,758   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.7%

       

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     39,600           4,629,944   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     306,470           14,061,018   
       

 

 

 
          18,690,962   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     1,459,000           4,776,414   
       

 

 

 
          138,395,939   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 9.6%

       

Beverages - 1.4%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     51,290           5,099,117   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     379,900           9,084,398   
       

 

 

 
          14,183,515   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 3.2%

       

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     908,200           13,922,967   

Tesco PLC

     1,344,300           7,814,591   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     87,510           3,674,602   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     1,988,170           8,356,874   
       

 

 

 
          33,769,034   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

       

Danone SA

     67,710           4,714,567   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Nestle SA

     71,260         $ 5,157,413   
       

 

 

 
          9,871,980   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.4%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     58,750           4,218,105   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.7%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     266,790           14,305,948   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     372,100           13,014,292   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     379,400           12,136,053   
       

 

 

 
          39,456,293   
       

 

 

 
          101,498,927   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.4%

       

Biotechnology - 1.2%

       

Actelion Ltd. (a)

     239,190           13,006,128   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 8.2%

       

AstraZeneca PLC

     358,760           17,995,658   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     872,370           20,428,318   

Novartis AG

     220,920           15,745,390   

Roche Holding AG

     121,460           28,315,118   

Sanofi

     39,730           4,051,877   
       

 

 

 
          86,536,361   
       

 

 

 
          99,542,489   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 9.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.0%

       

European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. NV

     270,620           13,793,070   

Safran SA

     168,050           7,500,267   
       

 

 

 
          21,293,337   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.8%

       

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     163,500           7,616,163   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     4,390,030           8,185,464   

Turk Hava Yollari (a)

     916,900           3,751,891   
       

 

 

 
          19,553,518   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.8%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     1,161,000           8,086,780   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.5%

       

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     1,271,500           15,644,626   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%

       

Siemens AG

     67,600           7,287,192   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

       

IHI Corp.

     1,157,000           3,522,756   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.9%

       

East Japan Railway Co.

     44,600           3,671,326   

Tokyu Corp.

     776,000           5,740,494   
       

 

 

 
          9,411,820   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%

       

Mitsubishi Corp. (b)

     441,000           8,305,732   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (b)

     252,200         $ 3,555,534   
       

 

 

 
          11,861,266   
       

 

 

 
          96,661,295   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 8.9%

       

Chemicals - 2.7%

       

Arkema SA

     38,096           3,471,677   

BASF SE

     40,140           3,524,393   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     773,000           2,794,598   

DIC Corp.

     1,304,000           2,801,407   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     130,835           7,624,131   

OCI Co., Ltd. (b)

     18,170           2,624,907   

Teijin Ltd.

     1,578,000           3,661,261   

Ube Industries Ltd./Japan (b)

     1,168,000           2,307,455   
       

 

 

 
          28,809,829   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.5%

       

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     2,229,000           5,353,384   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 5.7%

       

Anglo American PLC

     377,810           9,756,257   

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     494,000           3,880,421   

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     99,410           4,817,862   

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR)

     667,720           11,277,791   

Rio Tinto PLC

     307,160           14,467,373   

Vale SA (Sponsored ADR) (Local Preference Shares)

     682,280           11,278,088   

Xstrata PLC

     290,640           4,731,508   
       

 

 

 
          60,209,300   
       

 

 

 
          94,372,513   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 8.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.1%

       

Aker Solutions ASA

     45,312           850,522   

Seadrill Ltd.

     316,269           11,525,903   
       

 

 

 
          12,376,425   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.7%

       

BP PLC

     3,578,860           25,166,548   

ENI SpA

     824,670           18,463,040   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     828,610           7,043,185   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     1,154,900           6,511,877   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     581,250           10,549,688   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam) - Class A

     428,949           13,892,280   
       

 

 

 
          81,626,618   
       

 

 

 
          94,003,043   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 5.6%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.1%

       

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     399,500           17,441,997   

TDC A/S

     907,154           6,982,267   

Vivendi SA

     430,616           8,908,597   
       

 

 

 
          33,332,861   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.5%

       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (b)

     3,584         $ 5,327,856   

Vodafone Group PLC

     7,294,315           20,698,933   
       

 

 

 
          26,026,789   
       

 

 

 
          59,359,650   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 5.3%

       

Computers & Peripherals - 1.4%

       

Fujitsu Ltd.

     2,530,000           10,569,192   

Wistron Corp.

     3,742,788           4,107,512   
       

 

 

 
          14,676,704   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.5%

       

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     1,329,000           3,698,627   

LG Display Co., Ltd. (a)

     409,630           11,978,606   
       

 

 

 
          15,677,233   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.1%

       

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

     352,720           9,338,562   

Sumco Corp.

     557,600           6,345,104   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     158,500           6,762,289   
       

 

 

 
          22,445,955   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.3%

       

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     34,600           3,740,175   
       

 

 

 
          56,540,067   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 3.3%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.7%

       

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     3,202,830           9,870,030   

Electricite de France SA

     420,410           8,064,494   
       

 

 

 
          17,934,524   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 1.6%

       

Centrica PLC

     1,407,220           7,877,155   

National Grid PLC

     804,450           9,347,513   
       

 

 

 
          17,224,668   
       

 

 

 
          35,159,192   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $965,769,504)

          1,044,600,585   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.0%

       

Time Deposit - 0.0%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $118,297)

   $ 118           118,297   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 98.3%
(cost $965,887,801)

        $ 1,044,718,882   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 6.3%

       

Investment Companies - 6.3%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09% (c)
(cost $66,719,552)

     66,719,552           66,719,552   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 104.6%
(cost $1,032,607,353) (d)

          1,111,438,434   

Other assets less liabilities - (4.6)% (e)

          (49,227,395
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,062,211,039   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2013
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro Stoxx 50 Index Futures

     312         June 2013       $ 10,579,869       $ 10,214,402       $ (365,467

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
       In Exchange
For
(000)
       Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     GBP        21,269           USD        34,058           4/17/13         $ 1,743,249   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     GBP        3,669           USD        5,457           7/17/13           (114,633

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     HKD        112,048           USD        14,443           7/17/13           1,554   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY        10,606,997           USD        120,148           4/17/13           7,458,815   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD        30,483           CHF        28,455           4/17/13           (503,258

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP        43,583           USD        65,021           7/17/13           (1,167,641

BNP Paribas SA

     USD        48,981           JPY        4,577,795           4/17/13           (345,959

BNP Paribas SA

     CHF        17,093           USD        18,720           4/17/13           710,543   

Citibank, NA

     USD        82,802           JPY        7,838,810           4/17/13           478,345   

Citibank, NA

     JPY        485,143           USD        5,762           4/17/13           607,344   

Citibank, NA

     USD        30,082           JPY        2,845,940           7/17/13           174,231   

Citibank, NA

     NZD        6,336           USD        5,254           7/17/13           (10,810

Citibank, NA

     USD        48,417           NOK        269,045           4/17/13           (2,379,202

Citibank, NA

     USD        53,827           SEK        350,344           4/17/13           (81,392

Credit Suisse International

     NOK        63,072           USD        10,817           4/17/13           24,828   

Credit Suisse International

     USD        38,707           NOK        223,645           7/17/13           (570,735

Credit Suisse International

     NOK        223,645           USD        38,224           7/17/13           88,480   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD        12,725           AUD        12,172           4/17/13           (65,463

Deutsche Bank AG London

     AUD        2,716           USD        2,774           4/17/13           (51,036

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD        8,047           CAD        8,270           4/17/13           91,477   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD        94,376           EUR        71,105           4/17/13           (3,221,238

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD        32,744           EUR        25,289           7/17/13           (301,978

Deutsche Bank AG London

     JPY        1,765,357           USD        21,150           4/17/13           2,394,817   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     NZD        16,712           USD        13,988           4/17/13           18,057   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
       In Exchange
For
(000)
       Settlement
Date
       Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Deutsche Bank AG London

     NOK        205,973           USD        35,890           4/17/13         $ 645,099   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     AUD        32,528           USD        33,487           4/17/13           (344,530

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     USD        39,879           GBP        26,292           4/17/13           67,650   

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     USD        29,509           JPY        2,724,715           4/17/13           (561,498

Goldman Sachs Capital Markets LP

     JPY        1,676,881           USD        18,704           4/17/13           888,604   

HSBC BankUSA

     GBP        5,422           USD        8,717           4/17/13           478,936   

HSBC BankUSA

     USD        6,496           HKD        50,371           4/17/13           (6,894

HSBC BankUSA

     HKD        139,572           USD        18,010           4/17/13           28,730   

HSBC BankUSA

     HKD        37,900           USD        4,889           7/17/13           3,754   

HSBC BankUSA

     JPY        606,942           USD        6,906           4/17/13           458,288   

Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.

     EUR        53,673           USD        70,230           4/17/13           1,423,170   

Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.

     USD        3,148           EUR        2,403           4/17/13           (67,266

Morgan Stanley and Co., Inc.

     USD        3,985           CHF        3,660           4/17/13           (129,173

Royal Bank of Canada

     CAD        13,529           USD        13,678           4/17/13           364,696   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        5,102           CAD        5,259           4/17/13           73,183   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        45,635           EUR        34,169           4/17/13           (1,831,409

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     EUR        39,232           USD        50,962           4/17/13           667,437   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        14,679           GBP        9,652           4/17/13           (14,738

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     GBP        9,253           USD        14,928           4/17/13           870,031   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        43,909           GBP        28,884           7/17/13           (44,201

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     JPY        8,864,957           USD        92,383           7/17/13           (1,863,837

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD        7,065           CHF        6,635           7/17/13           (65,417

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD        11,501           HKD        89,201           4/17/13           (8,959

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD        4,888           HKD        37,900           7/17/13           (3,635

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD        3,974           EUR        2,926           4/17/13           (222,676

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR        4,129           USD        5,518           4/17/13           224,752   

UBS AG

     USD        6,593           AUD        6,300           4/17/13           (40,876

Westpac Banking Corp.

     USD        14,009           NZD        16,712           4/17/13           (39,115

Westpac Banking Corp.

     USD        5,178           NZD        6,336           7/17/13           86,032   
                     

 

 

 
                      $ 6,014,533   
                     

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $137,220,836 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(58,389,755), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $78,831,081.
(e) An amount of U.S. $762,044 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2013.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc

 


EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
SCPA    -    Società Consortile per Azioni

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.

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN *

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

  24.8%        

Japan

  23.3%        

United Kingdom

  8.8%        

France

  7.2%        

Australia

  7.1%        

Switzerland

  4.9%        

Germany

  4.3%        

Netherlands

  3.3%        

Brazil

  3.3%        

South Korea

  2.7%        

Italy

  2.2%        

Russia

  1.9%        

Hong Kong

  1.2%        

Norway

  5.0%        

Other

  0.0%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2013. The Portfolio’s country breakdowns are expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.1% or less in the following countries: Belgium, China, Denmark, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Taiwan and Turkey.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 15,352,922      $ 253,714,548      $                 – 0  –    $ 269,067,470   

Consumer Discretionary

     6,402,395        131,993,544        – 0  –      138,395,939   

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      101,498,927        – 0  –      101,498,927   

Health Care

     – 0  –      99,542,489        – 0  –      99,542,489   

Industrials

     7,616,163        89,045,132        – 0  –      96,661,295   

Materials

     11,277,791        83,094,722        – 0  –      94,372,513   

Energy

     7,043,185        86,959,858        – 0  –      94,003,043   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      59,359,650        – 0  –      59,359,650   

Information Technology

     – 0  –      56,540,067        – 0  –      56,540,067   

Utilities

     – 0  –      35,159,192        – 0  –      35,159,192   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      118,297        – 0  –      118,297   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     66,719,552        – 0  –      – 0  –      66,719,552   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     114,412,008        997,026,426     – 0  –      1,111,438,434   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      20,072,101        – 0  –      20,072,101   

Liabilities:

        

Futures Contracts

     (365,467     – 0  –      – 0  –      (365,467

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (14,057,568     – 0  –      (14,057,568
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $ 114,046,541      $ 1,003,040,959      $                 – 0  –    $ 1,117,087,500   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
^ An amount of $23,278,558 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to decrease in observable inputs during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 92.6%

       

Technology - 26.0%

       

Communications Technology - 2.2%

       

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     123,110         $ 8,242,214   
       

 

 

 

Computer Services, Software & Systems - 17.7%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     57,500           2,029,175   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     76,302           6,212,509   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     136,080           9,819,533   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A (a)

     158,870           12,171,031   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     31,290           2,787,313   

Facebook, Inc.(a)

     88,580           2,265,876   

Google, Inc. - Class A (a)

     16,640           13,212,659   

Intuit, Inc.

     89,760           5,892,744   

LinkedIn Corp. (a)

     28,650           5,044,119   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     60,630           3,065,453   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     26,723           1,579,329   

TIBCO Software, Inc. (a)

     89,742           1,814,583   
       

 

 

 
          65,894,324   
       

 

 

 

Computer Technology - 5.1%

       

Apple, Inc.

     38,045           16,839,858   

EMC Corp./MA (a)

     83,513           1,995,126   
       

 

 

 
          18,834,984   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 0.8%

       

Amphenol Corp. - Class A

     39,430           2,943,450   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Component - 0.2%

       

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a) (b)

     15,612           866,622   
       

 

 

 
          96,781,594   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 19.7%

       

Cable Television Services - 2.0%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     180,440           7,580,284   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Services: Misc. - 2.9%

       

eBay, Inc. (a)

     197,210           10,692,726   
       

 

 

 

Cosmetics - 1.4%

       

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

     79,720           5,104,472   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Retail - 3.2%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     25,260           6,731,537   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     28,020           2,973,202   

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     44,832           2,267,603   
       

 

 

 
          11,972,342   
       

 

 

 

Entertainment - 2.5%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     162,270           9,216,936   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Time - 2.0%

       

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     10,971           7,547,280   
       

 

 

 

Recreational Vehicles & Boats - 0.9%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     61,660           3,286,478   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Restaurants - 2.6%

       

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

     6,570         $ 2,140,966   

Starbucks Corp.

     128,995           7,347,555   
       

 

 

 
          9,488,521   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.5%

       

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     31,330           3,212,892   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     29,577           2,400,765   
       

 

 

 
          5,613,657   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Shoes - 0.7%

       

VF Corp.

     16,000           2,684,000   
       

 

 

 
          73,186,696   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 15.5%

       

Biotechnology - 5.8%

       

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     76,054           14,671,577   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     60,860           7,054,283   
       

 

 

 
          21,725,860   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Management Services - 1.6%

       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     102,821           5,882,389   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Services - 0.8%

       

McKesson Corp.

     27,880           3,009,925   
       

 

 

 

Medical Equipment - 4.5%

       

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     64,165           5,928,204   

Illumina, Inc. (a) (b)

     41,475           2,239,650   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     17,280           8,487,763   
       

 

 

 
          16,655,617   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.8%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     59,296           6,619,213   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     75,580           3,698,129   
       

 

 

 
          10,317,342   
       

 

 

 
          57,591,133   
       

 

 

 

Financial Services - 7.7%

       

Asset Management & Custodian - 2.6%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     39,770           6,107,479   

BlackRock, Inc. - Class A

     13,730           3,526,963   
       

 

 

 
          9,634,442   
       

 

 

 

Financial Data & Systems - 1.8%

       

Visa, Inc. - Class A

     38,800           6,589,792   
       

 

 

 

Securities Brokerage & Services - 3.3%

       

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

     75,261           12,272,811   
       

 

 

 
          28,497,045   
       

 

 

 

Producer Durables - 7.4%

       

Aerospace - 1.4%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     58,980           5,063,433   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Diversified Manufacturing Operations - 1.9%

       

Danaher Corp.

     116,052         $ 7,212,632   
       

 

 

 

Environmental Maintenance & Security - 0.8%

       

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     29,343           3,115,640   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter - 1.6%

       

Flowserve Corp.

     16,441           2,757,320   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     25,240           3,213,304   
       

 

 

 
          5,970,624   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Electrical - 1.0%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     81,746           3,544,507   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters - 0.7%

       

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     271           57,783   

Trimble Navigation Ltd. (a)

     87,260           2,614,309   
       

 

 

 
          2,672,092   
       

 

 

 
          27,578,928   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 6.4%

       

Oil Well Equipment & Services - 4.1%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     43,310           3,064,183   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     47,986           3,186,750   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     117,445           8,795,456   
       

 

 

 
          15,046,389   
       

 

 

 

Oil: Crude Producers - 2.3%

       

EOG Resources, Inc.

     25,218           3,229,669   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     47,127           5,450,709   
       

 

 

 
          8,680,378   
       

 

 

 
          23,726,767   
       

 

 

 

Materials & Processing - 5.3%

       

Fertilizers - 1.9%

       

Monsanto Co.

     64,963           6,862,042   
       

 

 

 

Metal Fabricating - 3.4%

       

Precision Castparts Corp.

     67,110           12,725,398   
       

 

 

 
          19,587,440   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.6%

       

Foods - 1.7%

       

Hershey Co. (The)

     73,330           6,418,575   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.9%

       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     114,051           10,573,668   
       

 

 

 
          16,992,243   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $283,931,337)

          343,941,846   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 8.1%

       

Time Deposit - 8.1%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(Cost $30,080,684)

   $ 30,081         $ 30,080,684   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.7%
(cost $314,012,021)

          374,022,530   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.8%

       

Investment Companies - 0.8%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09% (c)
(cost $3,173,572)

     3,173,572           3,173,572   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.5%
(cost $317,185,593) (d)

          377,196,102   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.5)%

          (5,737,652
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 371,458,450   
       

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $62,606,865 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(2,596,356), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $60,010,509.

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

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 343,941,846      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 343,941,846   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      30,080,684        – 0  –      30,080,684   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     3,173,572        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,173,572   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     347,115,418        30,080,684        – 0  –      377,196,102   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     347,115,418      $     30,080,684      $ – 0  –   $     377,196,102   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Real Estate Investment Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.3%

     

Equity:Other - 34.5%

     

Diversified/Specialty - 21.1%

     

American Tower Corp.

     67,780       $ 5,213,638   

Aviv REIT, Inc. (a)

     6,743         162,236   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     46,200         997,920   

CyrusOne, Inc.

     54,029         1,234,022   

Duke Realty Corp.

     79,430         1,348,721   

Lexington Realty Trust (b)

     88,710         1,046,778   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     17,280         902,016   

Rayonier, Inc. (b)

     20,230         1,207,124   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     77,554         1,473,526   

Vornado Realty Trust

     19,340         1,617,598   

West Fraser Timber Co., Ltd.

     17,200         1,523,847   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     88,010         2,761,754   
     

 

 

 
          19,489,180   
     

 

 

 

Health Care - 11.5%

     

HCP, Inc.

     50,550         2,520,423   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     32,081         2,178,621   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     36,060         1,468,724   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     18,520         562,267   

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.

     8,210         238,172   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     46,770         1,254,839   

Ventas, Inc.

     32,140         2,352,648   
     

 

 

 
        10,575,694   
     

 

 

 

Triple Net - 1.9%

     

EPR Properties

     7,620         396,621   

Realty Income Corp. (b)

     29,090         1,319,232   
     

 

 

 
        1,715,853   
     

 

 

 
        31,780,727   
     

 

 

 

Retail - 21.1%

     

Regional Mall - 12.8%

     

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc.

     9,322         219,999   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     75,540         1,501,735   

Macerich Co. (The)

     7,890         507,958   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     79,650         1,544,414   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     50,290         7,973,983   
     

 

 

 
        11,748,089   
     

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 8.3%

     

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     64,960         953,613   

DDR Corp.

     130,773         2,278,065   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     2,330         251,733   

Inland Real Estate Corp.

     28,210         284,639   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     46,020         1,030,848   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     190,662         1,285,062   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     93,860         1,576,848   
     

 

 

 
        7,660,808   
     

 

 

 
        19,408,897   
     

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Residential - 20.2%

     

Multi-Family - 12.4%

     

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     88,190       $ 1,643,862   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     12,070         1,528,907   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (a)

     44,530         1,083,860   

Equity Residential

     34,090         1,876,995   

Home Properties, Inc.

     6,200         393,204   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     26,130         1,804,538   

Post Properties, Inc.

     8,820         415,422   

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     45,670         924,361   

Sun Communities, Inc.

     13,910         686,180   

Toll Brothers, Inc. (a)

     24,860         851,206   

UDR, Inc.

     8,600         208,034   
     

 

 

 
        11,416,569   
     

 

 

 

Self Storage - 4.7%

     

CubeSmart

     21,230         335,434   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     40,111         1,575,159   

Public Storage

     15,780         2,403,610   
     

 

 

 
        4,314,203   
     

 

 

 

Single Family - 3.1%

     

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (a)

     27,570         1,031,945   

Masco Corp.

     43,373         878,303   

Realogy Holdings Corp. (a)

     19,240         939,682   
     

 

 

 
        2,849,930   
     

 

 

 
        18,580,702   
     

 

 

 

Lodging - 10.0%

     

Lodging - 10.0%

     

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     119,720         1,479,739   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     36,730         842,586   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     77,710         723,480   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     90,680         1,585,993   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     23,613         721,783   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     9,930         256,095   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     60,280         1,371,973   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

     186,980         1,561,283   

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. (a)

     58,970         725,921   
     

 

 

 
        9,268,853   
     

 

 

 

Office - 9.2%

     

Office - 9.2%

     

Boston Properties, Inc.

     16,839         1,701,749   

Brandywine Realty Trust

     57,440         852,984   

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     20,000         533,600   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     53,040         1,322,287   

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

     33,990         496,934   

Liberty Property Trust

     19,860         789,435   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

     29,940         856,583   

Parkway Properties, Inc./MD

     85,896         1,593,371   

SL Green Realty Corp. (b)

     4,300         370,273   
     

 

 

 
        8,517,216   
     

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 4.3%

     

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 4.3%

     

Granite Real Estate Investment (a)

     34,729       $ 1,326,301   

ProLogis, Inc.

     51,462         2,057,451   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     26,720         568,334   
     

 

 

 
        3,952,086   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $72,422,606)

        91,508,481   
     

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.1%

     

Time Deposit - 2.1%

     

State Street Time Deposit 0.01%, 4/01/13 (cost $1,953,726)

   $ 1,954         1,953,726   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 101.4%
(cost $74,376,332)

        93,462,207   
     

 

 

 
      Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 4.2%

     

Investment Companies - 4.2%

     

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.09% (c)
(cost $3,868,678)

     3,868,678         3,868,678   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 105.6%
(cost $78,245,010) (d)

        97,330,885   

Other assets less liabilities - (5.6)%

        (5,204,562
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $     92,126,323   
     

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $19,386,279 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(300,404), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $19,085,875.

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

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Common Stocks:

           

Equity:Other

   $ 31,780,727       $ – 0 –       $              – 0 –       $ 31,780,727   

Retail

     19,408,897         – 0 –         – 0 –         19,408,897   

Residential

     18,580,702         – 0 –         – 0 –         18,580,702   

Lodging

     8,547,070         721,783         – 0 –         9,268,853   

Office

     8,517,216         – 0 –         – 0 –         8,517,216   

Industrials

     3,952,086         – 0 –         – 0 –         3,952,086   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0 –         1,953,726         – 0 –         1,953,726   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities

           

Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     3,868,678         – 0 –         – 0 –         3,868,678   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     94,655,376         2,675,509         – 0 –         97,330,885   

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total^

   $     94,655,376       $     2,675,509       $ – 0 –       $     97,330,885   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

 

   The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide


reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.6%

     

Industrials - 23.5%

     

Aerospace & Defense - 2.6%

     

Hexcel Corp. (a)

     31,630       $ 917,587   

KEYW Holding Corp. (The) (a)(b)

     38,671         623,763   
     

 

 

 
        1,541,350   
     

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.4%

     

Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.

     6,784         207,658   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.4%

     

Interface, Inc.

     42,310         813,198   
     

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.3%

     

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

     38,141         750,996   
     

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.6%

     

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     17,158         381,079   
     

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.2%

     

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     10,570         716,540   
     

 

 

 

Machinery - 8.7%

     

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     18,620         570,144   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

     10,060         804,901   

IDEX Corp.

     13,325         711,822   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     14,210         769,898   

Middleby Corp. (a)

     5,640         858,126   

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

     11,399         576,333   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     5,131         806,952   
     

 

 

 
        5,098,176   
     

 

 

 

Marine - 1.6%

     

Kirby Corp. (a)

     11,953         917,991   
     

 

 

 

Professional Services - 2.4%

     

Advisory Board Co. (The) (a)

     16,881         886,590   

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

     25,328         535,434   
     

 

 

 
        1,422,024   
     

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.9%

     

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     12,259         1,141,436   
     

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.4%

     

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     15,360         844,339   
     

 

 

 
        13,834,787   
     

 

 

 

Information Technology - 22.6%

     

Communications Equipment - 3.4%

     

Aruba Networks, Inc. (a)

     38,870         961,644   

Ciena Corp. (a)

     40,942         655,481   

Finisar Corp. (a)

     30,130         397,415   
     

 

 

 
        2,014,540   
     

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 5.0%

     

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     9,646         1,055,851   


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. (a)

     30,478       $ 895,444   

Demandware, Inc. (a)(b)

     18,080         458,328   

ExactTarget, Inc. (a)

     22,010         512,173   
     

 

 

 
        2,921,796   
     

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.0%

     

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     21,283         825,993   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     51,739         731,589   

Semtech Corp. (a)

     26,720         945,621   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     29,480         478,166   

Veeco Instruments, Inc. (a)

     14,592         559,311   
     

 

 

 
        3,540,680   
     

 

 

 

Software - 8.2%

     

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     25,575         825,817   

BroadSoft, Inc. (a)

     5,830         154,320   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     58,980         821,591   

FleetMatics Group PLC (a)

     22,066         535,101   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

     18,833         445,965   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     21,699         834,110   

PTC, Inc. (a)

     24,770         631,387   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     10,394         614,285   
     

 

 

 
        4,862,576   
     

 

 

 
        13,339,592   
     

 

 

 

Health Care - 19.9%

     

Biotechnology - 6.0%

     

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     22,270         194,640   

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,825         141,554   

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     15,907         184,203   

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

     6,182         237,203   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     13,131         614,794   

Hyperion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     6,674         172,323   

Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     5,678         275,213   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     3,036         113,546   

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,970         708,214   

Pharmacyclics, Inc. (a)

     2,530         203,437   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     7,404         247,220   

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

     3,785         207,872   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     11,948         262,378   
     

 

 

 
        3,562,597   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.2%

     

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     6,860         229,879   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     7,020         620,778   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,574         779,621   

Volcano Corp. (a)

     12,734         283,459   
     

 

 

 
        1,913,737   
     

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Health Care Providers & Services - 5.6%

     

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     27,087       $ 796,087   

IPC The Hospitalist Co., Inc. (a)

     12,931         575,171   

Mednax, Inc. (a)

     7,987         715,875   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,469         744,662   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     7,873         456,319   
     

 

 

 
        3,288,114   
     

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 1.0%

     

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

     24,495         563,385   
     

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.1%

     

ICON PLC (a)

     20,735         669,533   
     

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.0%

     

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     42,503         587,817   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

     11,640         650,792   

Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,436         219,388   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc./DE (a)

     3,800         109,668   

Repros Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     11,290         181,769   
     

 

 

 
        1,749,434   
     

 

 

 
        11,746,800   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 18.9%

     

Distributors - 1.0%

     

LKQ Corp. (a)

     25,913         563,867   
     

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.6%

     

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     20,562         694,790   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

     33,493         850,387   
     

 

 

 
        1,545,177   
     

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.7%

     

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

     44,038         434,215   

Panera Bread Co.-Class A (a)

     3,560         588,254   
     

 

 

 
        1,022,469   
     

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.6%

     

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     19,786         643,045   

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

     6,405         282,909   
     

 

 

 
        925,954   
     

 

 

 

Media - 1.7%

     

National CineMedia, Inc.

     36,260         572,183   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)(b)

     30,660         434,146   
     

 

 

 
        1,006,329   
     

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 10.3%

     

Cabela’s, Inc. (a)

     16,545         1,005,605   

Conn’s, Inc. (a)(b)

     21,508         772,137   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     9,880         467,324   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     12,599         477,376   


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Francesca’s Holdings Corp. (a)

     31,948       $ 915,630   

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

     13,515         760,489   

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

     13,540         950,779   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     1,600         129,872   

Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (a)

     11,518         562,654   
     

 

 

 
        6,041,866   
     

 

 

 
        11,105,662   
     

 

 

 

Energy - 6.4%

     

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.5%

     

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

     6,390         557,016   

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a)

     6,400         184,064   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     12,215         811,198   

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

     6,227         507,937   
     

 

 

 
        2,060,215   
     

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.9%

     

Laredo Petroleum Holdings, Inc. (a)

     28,164         515,120   

Matador Resources Co. (a)

     38,870         344,388   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     21,485         817,934   
     

 

 

 
        1,677,442   
     

 

 

 
        3,737,657   
     

 

 

 

Financials - 4.9%

     

Capital Markets - 2.1%

     

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     4,190         643,459   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     17,136         594,105   
     

 

 

 
        1,237,564   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.8%

     

Iberiabank Corp.

     11,739         587,185   

Signature Bank/New York NY (a)

     8,346         657,331   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     5,996         425,356   
     

 

 

 
        1,669,872   
     

 

 

 
        2,907,436   
     

 

 

 

Materials - 1.7%

     

Chemicals - 1.7%

     

PolyOne Corp.

     40,230         982,014   
     

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 0.7%

     

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7%

     

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (a)

     23,319         430,702   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (cost $45,384,144)

        58,084,650   
     

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.6%

     

Time Deposit - 1.6%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $937,570)

   $ 938       $ 937,570   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.2%
(cost $46,321,714)

   

     59,022,220   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 4.0%

     

Investment Companies - 4.0%

     

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.09% (c)
(cost $2,358,803)

     2,358,803         2,358,803   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 104.2%
(cost $48,680,517) (d)

   

     61,381,023   

Other assets less liabilities - (4.2)%

  

     (2,448,459
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

  

   $ 58,932,564   
     

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $13,322,218 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(621,712), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $12,700,506.

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

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Assets:

           

Common Stocks*

   $ 58,084,650       $ – 0 –       $ – 0 –       $ 58,084,650   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0 –         937,570         – 0 –         937,570   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     – 0 –         2,358,803         – 0 –         2,358,803   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     58,084,650         3,296,373         – 0 –         61,381,023   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total^

   $     58,084,650       $     3,296,373       $         –0 –       $     61,381,023   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.2%

       

Financials - 27.1%

       

Capital Markets - 1.7%

       

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     405,330         $ 4,341,084   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     173,590           5,580,919   
       

 

 

 
          9,922,003   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 10.3%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     402,070           6,107,443   

CapitalSource, Inc.

     589,350           5,669,547   

Comerica, Inc.

     200,710           7,215,525   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     723,280           6,408,261   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     1,081,420           7,991,694   

Popular, Inc. (a)

     284,650           7,859,187   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     499,394           6,207,467   

Webster Financial Corp.

     131,670           3,194,314   

Zions Bancorporation

     344,650           8,612,803   
       

 

 

 
          59,266,241   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 8.5%

       

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     219,660           8,474,483   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. - Class A

     317,060           7,999,424   

Platinum Underwriters Holdings Ltd.

     133,910           7,473,517   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. - Class A

     85,420           5,097,011   

Torchmark Corp.

     113,650           6,796,270   

Unum Group

     224,600           6,344,950   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     185,310           6,925,035   
       

 

 

 
          49,110,690   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 6.6%

       

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     356,340           5,231,071   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     304,390           6,574,824   

Camden Property Trust

     51,650           3,547,322   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     293,300           3,402,280   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     56,200           3,881,172   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     134,390           7,015,158   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     357,800           8,143,528   
       

 

 

 
          37,795,355   
       

 

 

 
          156,094,289   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 17.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.7%

       

Harris Corp.

     89,010           4,124,723   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 9.7%

       

Anixter International, Inc.

     77,560           5,422,995   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     170,190           6,913,118   

AU Optronics Corp. (Sponsored ADR) (a) (b)

     969,352           4,168,214   

Avnet, Inc. (a)

     195,650           7,082,530   

Flextronics International Ltd. (a)

     509,280           3,442,733   

Ingram Micro, Inc. - Class A (a)

     210,660           4,145,789   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     307,184           6,334,134   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     327,820           6,058,113   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     477,922           3,632,207   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (a)

     640,320         $ 8,714,755   
       

 

 

 
          55,914,588   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.0%

       

Amdocs Ltd.

     186,850           6,773,313   

Convergys Corp.

     293,370           4,996,091   
       

 

 

 
          11,769,404   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.5%

       

Amkor Technology, Inc. (a) (b)

     567,970           2,271,880   

Entegris, Inc. (a)

     681,500           6,719,590   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     165,900           6,878,214   

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)

     909,930           4,003,692   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     726,950           7,254,961   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     156,118           4,246,410   
       

 

 

 
          31,374,747   
       

 

 

 
          103,183,462   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 16.9%

       

Auto Components - 3.7%

       

Dana Holding Corp.

     398,340           7,102,402   

Lear Corp.

     123,260           6,763,276   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     134,450           7,394,750   
       

 

 

 
          21,260,428   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3%

       

MGM Resorts International (a)

     561,370           7,382,015   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     180,280           5,988,902   
       

 

 

 
          13,370,917   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 4.3%

       

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     161,240           7,555,707   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     134,660           3,514,626   

NVR, Inc. (a)

     6,445           6,961,309   

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     327,430           6,627,183   
       

 

 

 
          24,658,825   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.9%

       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     160,890           3,518,664   

Regal Entertainment Group - Class A (b)

     438,230           7,305,294   
       

 

 

 
          10,823,958   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.3%

       

GameStop Corp. - Class A (b)

     156,350           4,373,110   

Men’s Wearhouse, Inc. (The)

     254,370           8,501,045   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     1,524,170           5,989,988   
       

 

 

 
          18,864,143   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.4%

       

Jones Group, Inc. (The)

     657,360           8,361,619   
       

 

 

 
          97,339,890   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 13.2%

       

Building Products - 1.5%

       

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc. (a)

     232,080         $ 8,686,754   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.0%

       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     116,690           5,025,838   

Steelcase, Inc.

     444,520           6,547,780   
       

 

 

 
            11,573,618   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.2%

       

Granite Construction, Inc.

     15,550           495,112   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     322,620           6,226,566   
       

 

 

 
          6,721,678   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 2.5%

       

EnerSys, Inc. (a)

     144,460           6,584,487   

General Cable Corp. (a)

     213,350           7,815,010   
       

 

 

 
          14,399,497   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 3.8%

       

Kennametal, Inc.

     136,900           5,344,576   

Terex Corp. (a)

     228,170           7,853,612   

Timken Co.

     148,940           8,427,025   
       

 

 

 
          21,625,213   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.2%

       

Con-way, Inc.

     202,350           7,124,744   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.0%

       

Aircastle Ltd.

     442,380           6,051,758   
       

 

 

 
          76,183,262   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 6.1%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.4%

       

Bristow Group, Inc.

     104,030           6,859,738   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     289,330           6,619,871   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     101,980           6,190,186   
       

 

 

 
          19,669,795   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.7%

       

Cimarex Energy Co.

     112,420           8,480,965   

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

     160,420           3,489,135   

Teekay Corp.

     91,160           3,278,113   
       

 

 

 
          15,248,213   
       

 

 

 
          34,918,008   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 5.9%

       

Chemicals - 1.9%

       

Chemtura Corp. (a)

     280,700           6,065,927   

Huntsman Corp.

     263,610           4,900,510   
       

 

 

 
          10,966,437   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 4.0%

       

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. (b)

     113,760           2,162,578   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Commercial Metals Co.

     450,020         $ 7,132,817   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     94,685           6,738,731   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     434,210           6,890,913   
       

 

 

 
       22,925,039   
       

 

 

 
       33,891,476   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 4.3%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.2%

       

NV Energy, Inc.

     327,990           6,569,640   

PNM Resources, Inc.

     270,450           6,298,780   
       

 

 

 
       12,868,420   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 2.1%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     138,610           5,917,261   

UGI Corp.

     163,150           6,263,328   
       

 

 

 
       12,180,589   
       

 

 

 
       25,049,009   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 4.2%

       

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.2%

       

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     275,460           7,883,665   

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)

     152,705           7,400,085   

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B

     142,060           9,073,372   
       

 

 

 
       24,357,122   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 2.6%

       

Beverages - 0.5%

       

Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A (a)

     57,215           2,725,723   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.1%

       

Dole Food Co., Inc. (a)

     432,570           4,715,013   

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A

     303,760           7,539,323   
       

 

 

 
       12,254,336   
       

 

 

 
       14,980,059   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $455,891,451)

          565,996,577   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%

       

Time Deposit - 1.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/13
(cost $10,401,074)

   $ 10,401           10,401,074   
  

 

 

      

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.0%
(cost $466,292,525)

        $ 576,397,651   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 3.5%

       

Investment Companies - 3.5%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.09% (c)
(cost $20,029,683)

     20,029,683           20,029,683   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.5%
(cost $486,322,208) (d)

          596,427,334   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.5)%

          (20,001,723
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 576,425,611   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $121,011,178 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(10,906,052), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $110,105,126.

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

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 565,996,577      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 565,996,577   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      10,401,074        – 0  –      10,401,074   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     20,029,683        – 0  –      – 0  –      20,029,683   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     586,026,260        10,401,074        – 0  –      596,427,334   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     586,026,260      $     10,401,074      $ – 0  –    $     596,427,334   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy and assumes the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2013 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.3%

       

Financials - 26.5%

       

Capital Markets - 0.8%

       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     5,000         $ 735,750   

State Street Corp.

     10,000           590,900   
       

 

 

 
          1,326,650   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 7.6%

       

BB&T Corp.

     57,600           1,808,064   

CIT Group, Inc. (a)

     62,900           2,734,892   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     19,800           322,938   

KeyCorp

     24,700           246,012   

Regions Financial Corp.

     36,700           300,573   

US Bancorp

     38,500           1,306,305   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     163,700           6,055,263   
       

 

 

 
          12,774,047   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 2.8%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     42,100           2,313,395   

Discover Financial Services

     53,800           2,412,392   
       

 

 

 
          4,725,787   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 7.9%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     362,200           4,411,596   

Citigroup, Inc.

     96,300           4,260,312   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     94,400           4,480,224   
       

 

 

 
          13,152,132   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 7.4%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)

     11,900           1,239,980   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     25,400           2,223,262   

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     11,400           1,480,404   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.-Class A

     45,900           1,158,057   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     50,100           501,000   

MetLife, Inc.

     18,700           710,974   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     16,900           1,573,559   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     17,600           1,050,192   

Torchmark Corp.

     18,100           1,082,380   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     10,300           867,157   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     15,300           571,761   
       

 

 

 
          12,458,726   
       

 

 

 
          44,437,342   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.5%

       

Auto Components - 2.2%

       

Lear Corp.

     25,400           1,393,698   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     19,400           1,138,780   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     22,200           1,221,000   
       

 

 

 
          3,753,478   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.3%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     168,100           2,210,515   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.2%

       

PulteGroup, Inc. (a)

     95,700           1,936,968   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Media - 6.0%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     75,400         $ 3,167,554   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     61,000           1,334,070   

News Corp.-Class A

     57,000           1,739,640   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     17,500           1,681,050   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     34,300           2,111,851   
       

 

 

 
          10,034,165   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.3%

       

Macy’s, Inc.

     52,000           2,175,680   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.5%

       

GameStop Corp.-Class A (b)

     57,400           1,605,478   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     7,100           495,438   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     34,500           1,308,240   

TJX Cos., Inc.

     54,100           2,529,175   
       

 

 

 
          5,938,331   
       

 

 

 
          26,049,137   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 14.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.1%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     20,100           1,398,156   

Halliburton Co.

     33,000           1,333,530   

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     34,600           791,648   
       

 

 

 
          3,523,334   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.2%

       

BP PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     20,600           872,410   

Chevron Corp.

     37,500           4,455,750   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     106,500           9,596,715   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     4,300           221,235   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     26,300           2,356,480   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (ADR)

     17,900           1,166,364   

Valero Energy Corp.

     39,000           1,774,110   
       

 

 

 
          20,443,064   
       

 

 

 
          23,966,398   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 13.9%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     15,000           824,700   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.1%

       

Medtronic, Inc.

     40,400           1,897,184   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.1%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     24,900           1,272,888   

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     28,800           824,256   

WellPoint, Inc.

     46,000           3,046,580   
       

 

 

 
          5,143,724   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 9.2%

       

AstraZeneca PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     26,200           1,309,476   

Johnson & Johnson

     34,500           2,812,785   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     68,500           3,029,755   

Pfizer, Inc.

     243,700           7,033,182   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     20,500         $ 1,201,300   
       

 

 

 
          15,386,498   
       

 

 

 
          23,252,106   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 7.4%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.9%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     109,400           2,287,554   

Harris Corp.

     18,300           848,022   
       

 

 

 
          3,135,576   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 2.2%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     151,300           3,606,992   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.0%

       

Applied Materials, Inc.

     144,900           1,953,252   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     142,600           1,423,148   
       

 

 

 
          3,376,400   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.3%

       

CA, Inc.

     9,600           241,632   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     31,500           557,550   

Symantec Corp.(a)

     57,700           1,424,036   
       

 

 

 
          2,223,218   
       

 

 

 
          12,342,186   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.9%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     11,000           604,890   

Kroger Co. (The)

     79,500           2,634,630   
       

 

 

 
          3,239,520   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 2.1%

       

Bunge Ltd.

     9,500           701,385   

Smithfield Foods, Inc. (a)

     19,000           503,120   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     90,900           2,256,138   
       

 

 

 
          3,460,643   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.8%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     18,700           1,441,022   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.1%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     56,000           1,925,840   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     16,500           1,529,715   
       

 

 

 
          3,455,555   
       

 

 

 
          11,596,740   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 5.9%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.3%

       

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     6,700           470,005   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.9%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (a)

     92,800           1,532,128   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.9%

       

General Electric Co.

     212,900         $ 4,922,248   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.8%

       

Flowserve Corp.

     2,700           452,817   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     20,600           1,255,364   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     2,000           183,160   

Timken Co.

     19,300           1,091,994   
       

 

 

 
          2,983,335   
       

 

 

 
          9,907,716   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 3.4%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.4%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     19,000           923,970   

Edison International

     27,500           1,383,800   

NV Energy, Inc.

     89,400           1,790,682   
       

 

 

 
          4,098,452   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.8%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     32,000           1,366,080   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.2%

       

DTE Energy Co.

     4,000           273,360   
       

 

 

 
          5,737,892   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.4%

       

Chemicals - 2.4%

       

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     1,100           209,407   

Huntsman Corp.

     69,000           1,282,710   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

     38,800           2,455,652   
       

 

 

 
          3,947,769   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.1%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     93,800           3,441,522   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 98.3%
(cost $133,070,591)

          164,678,808   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.9%

       

Investment Companies - 0.9%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.09%(c)
(cost $1,549,800)

     1,549,800           1,549,800   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.2%
(cost $134,620,391) (d)

          166,228,608   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.8%

          1,265,103   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 167,493,711   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.


(d) As of March 31, 2013, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $32,797,106 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,188,889), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $31,608,217.

 

   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

March 31, 2013 (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. U.S. GAAP establishes 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 (including those valued based on their market values) 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)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2013:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 44,437,342      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 44,437,342   

Consumer Discretionary

     26,049,137        – 0  –      – 0  –      26,049,137   

Energy

     23,966,398        – 0  –      – 0  –      23,966,398   

Health Care

     22,050,806        1,201,300        – 0  –      23,252,106   

Information Technology

     12,342,186        – 0  –      – 0  –      12,342,186   

Consumer Staples

     11,596,740        – 0  –      – 0  –      11,596,740   

Industrials

     9,907,716        – 0  –      – 0  –      9,907,716   

Utilities

     5,737,892        – 0  –      – 0  –      5,737,892   

Materials

     3,947,769        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,947,769   

Telecommunication Services

     3,441,522        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,441,522   

Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities

        

Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund

     1,549,800        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,549,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     165,027,308        1,201,300        – 0  –      166,228,608   

Other Financial Instruments*

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     165,027,308      $     1,201,300      $ – 0  –    $     166,228,608   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swap contracts, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser has established a Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) which is responsible for overseeing the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.


The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


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 changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

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

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
3 (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:   May 22, 2013

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:   May 22, 2013
By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   May 22, 2013