N-Q 1 d705579dnq.htm ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC. AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.

 

 

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, 2014

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2014

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 63.8%

       

Financials - 10.1%

       

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     3,502         $ 700,575   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     9,600           338,784   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     2,170           682,421   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     54,000           469,165   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     8,516           381,675   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     2,000           327,700   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     8,608           464,160   

State Street Corp.

     4,100           285,155   

UBS AG (REG) (a)

     39,872           825,085   
       

 

 

 
          4,474,720   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 1.9%

       

Banco do Brasil SA

     9,600           96,465   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     34,030           194,278   

BNP Paribas SA

     3,170           244,404   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     144,000           101,079   

CIT Group, Inc.

     17,700           867,654   

Comerica, Inc.

     9,600           497,280   

Danske Bank A/S

     8,890           247,363   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     13,200           302,940   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     40,920           414,332   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     162,000           99,870   

KBC Groep NV

     5,590           344,266   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     449,357           562,154   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     65,300           359,593   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     1,900           165,300   

Regions Financial Corp.

     20,700           229,977   

Societe Generale SA

     7,992           491,952   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     6,200           265,756   

UniCredit SpA

     60,870           556,415   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     27,600           1,372,824   
       

 

 

 
          7,413,902   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.8%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     14,600           1,126,536   

Discover Financial Services

     15,500           901,945   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     39,211           114,588   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     7,705           98,188   

SLM Corp.

     26,200           641,376   
       

 

 

 
          2,882,633   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.4%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     131,100           2,254,920   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     5,300           662,341   

Citigroup, Inc.

     32,800           1,561,280   

ING Groep NV (a)

     11,970           170,233   

ING US, Inc.

     17,100           620,217   

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

     10,073           1,992,742   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     24,300           1,475,253   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     1,200           91,560   

ORIX Corp.

     36,500           514,430   
       

 

 

 
          9,342,976   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Insurance - 3.3%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     42,190           1,004,590   

Aegon NV

     18,579           171,133   

AIA Group Ltd.

     196,000           932,204   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     10,900           616,722   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     11,700           675,207   

American International Group, Inc.

     27,800           1,390,278   

Aon PLC

     9,440           795,603   

Assurant, Inc.

     9,000           584,640   

Aviva PLC

     22,540           179,840   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     7,500           82,999   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     8,100           723,330   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     38,660           153,074   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     35,900           636,507   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

     32,020           365,134   

Lincoln National Corp.

     24,000           1,216,080   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     2,110           461,071   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     8,500           879,750   

Prudential PLC

     31,700           671,230   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     5,600           445,928   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     6,300           536,130   

Unum Group

     2,300           81,213   

XL Group PLC

     3,000           93,750   
       

 

 

 
          12,696,413   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.0%

       

Vornado Realty Trust

     1,690           166,566   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.4%

       

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     9,300           861,440   

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

     15,000           75,517   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     170,000           489,356   

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

     13,700           102,160   
       

 

 

 
          1,528,473   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     30,740           453,540   
       

 

 

 
          38,959,223   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 9.8%

       

Auto Components - 0.8%

       

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     3,450           431,301   

GKN PLC

     39,480           257,243   

Lear Corp.

     5,200           435,344   

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

     4,600           443,026   

Plastic Omnium SA

     2,780           103,079   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     7,700           628,474   

Valeo SA

     4,320           608,400   
       

 

 

 
          2,906,867   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     2,120           267,896   

Ford Motor Co.

     55,200           861,120   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     9,600           337,792   

Hyundai Motor Co. (Preference Shares)

     2,810           359,417   

Mazda Motor Corp.

     25,000           111,065   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     81,700           728,219   

Renault SA

     1,550           150,557   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Tata Motors Ltd.

     23,030           155,559   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     23,000           1,297,058   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     1,250           324,119   
       

 

 

 
          4,592,802   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.2%

       

LKQ Corp. (a)

     25,342           667,762   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     58,400           588,376   

Kroton Educacional SA

     20,900           459,634   
       

 

 

 
          1,048,010   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%

       

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     8,000           309,200   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (a)(b)

     37,679           236,818   

Sodexo

     12,249           1,283,834   

Starbucks Corp.

     22,660           1,662,791   

Whitbread PLC

     6,020           417,857   

William Hill PLC

     31,578           179,662   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,070           80,667   
       

 

 

 
          4,170,829   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

PulteGroup, Inc.

     27,600           529,644   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.7%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     3,310           1,113,881   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     1,350           1,609,052   
       

 

 

 
          2,722,933   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.3%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     6,880           961,205   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.1%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     39,670           1,984,293   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     27,500           759,000   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     29,500           1,200,945   

Liberty Media Corp.-Class A (a)

     7,450           973,939   

Time Warner, Inc.

     6,700           437,711   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     21,800           696,946   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     7,100           603,429   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     20,148           1,613,250   
       

 

 

 
          8,269,513   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

       

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd. (c)

     60,570           185,746   

Macy’s, Inc.

     11,100           658,119   

Myer Holdings Ltd. (c)

     49,190           101,918   
       

 

 

 
          945,783   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.7%

       

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     22,400           920,640   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     10,100           404,606   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     20,970           1,659,356   

Kingfisher PLC

     27,550           193,698   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     4,540           673,691   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     136,500           563,745   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     1,900           164,415   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     41,429           588,653   

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     19,000           1,152,350   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (c)

     72,500           241,640   
       

 

 

 
          6,562,794   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     12,170           1,162,699   

Hugo Boss AG

     2,416           321,688   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     480,000           711,300   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     1,556           281,966   

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     5,950           554,957   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     11,411           842,816   

Prada SpA

     9,500           73,593   

Samsonite International SA

     110,100           341,114   
       

 

 

 
          4,290,133   
       

 

 

 
          37,668,275   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 7.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.9%

       

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson-Class B

     15,494           206,649   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     5,815           458,571   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     26,200           587,142   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,880           1,160,134   

Harris Corp.

     10,200           746,232   

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     35,900           380,899   
       

 

 

 
          3,539,627   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 1.5%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     55,500           1,795,980   

Apple, Inc.

     6,770           3,633,730   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     37,000           268,652   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     21,000           114,796   
       

 

 

 
          5,813,158   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5%

       

LG Display Co., Ltd. (a)

     1,880           47,271   

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     13,700           1,255,605   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     8,400           498,624   
       

 

 

 
          1,801,500   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 1.3%

       

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     3,350           3,733,609   

Telecity Group PLC

     45,783           533,509   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     12,910           777,698   
       

 

 

 
          5,044,816   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.8%

       

Fujitsu Ltd.

     39,000           235,737   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     13,030           2,812,656   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     35,210           1,781,978   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     7,090           254,026   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Amdocs Ltd.

     6,600           306,636   

Xerox Corp.

     79,600           899,480   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     4,820           112,581   

Western Union Co. (The)-Class W

     23,600           386,096   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     8,600           189,200   
       

 

 

 
          6,978,390   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.0%

       

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     2,700           148,500   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     18,800           444,808   

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

     3,140           106,543   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     220           278,118   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     31,000           121,971   

NVIDIA Corp.

     7,100           127,161   

Sumco Corp.

     28,800           223,130   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     32,700           667,734   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     3,200           198,882   

Linear Technology Corp.

     25,740           1,253,281   

ASM International NV

     4,020           161,184   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     25,000           114,911   
       

 

 

 
          3,846,223   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.7%

       

Informatica Corp. (a)

     12,490           471,872   

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     14,875           1,145,673   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     5,000           264,900   

Dassault Systemes

     640           74,890   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     25,200           731,052   
       

 

 

 
          2,688,387   
       

 

 

 
          29,712,101   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 7.2%

       

Biotechnology - 1.5%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     3,040           288,096   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     6,508           1,990,602   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     3,130           436,948   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     21,760           1,541,913   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     25,433           1,291,233   

Theravance, Inc. (a)(c)

     4,300           133,042   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     4,400           311,168   
       

 

 

 
          5,993,002   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.6%

       

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     2,233           978,032   

Medtronic, Inc.

     20,800           1,280,032   
       

 

 

 
          2,258,064   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 1.0%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     10,100           757,197   

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     12,600           428,526   

McKesson Corp.

     5,130           905,804   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     16,511           1,353,737   

WellPoint, Inc.

     2,500           248,875   
       

 

 

 
          3,694,139   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     4,269           1,276,105   

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     2,692           400,193   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     2,739           645,527   
       

 

 

 
          2,321,825   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.5%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     20,563           2,551,868   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     10,000           118,726   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     13,400           225,796   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     33,020           880,489   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     14,500           774,735   

Johnson & Johnson

     24,600           2,416,458   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     18,700           1,061,599   

Novartis AG

     8,234           699,132   

Pfizer, Inc.

     91,800           2,948,616   

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

     6,470           112,859   

Roche Holding AG

     2,750           827,100   

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     12,800           482,816   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     8,610           83,059   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     2,770           145,981   
       

 

 

 
          13,329,234   
       

 

 

 
          27,596,264   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.2%

       

Airbus Group NV

     9,380           671,804   

Boeing Co. (The)

     14,530           1,823,370   

MTU Aero Engines AG

     1,693           157,169   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     4,100           505,858   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     3,414           862,922   

Safran SA

     5,090           352,633   

Thales SA

     2,020           133,946   

Zodiac Aerospace

     2,150           75,962   
       

 

 

 
          4,583,664   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

       

Copa Holdings SA-Class A

     9,150           1,328,488   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     10,700           370,755   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     2,000           98,429   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     177,000           181,842   

Turk Hava Yollari

     49,857           153,534   
       

 

 

 
          2,133,048   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     20,000           115,718   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

Babcock International Group PLC

     22,510           505,495   

Edenred

     13,649           428,162   
       

 

 

 
          933,657   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

URS Corp.

     4,600           216,476   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.4%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     20,682           1,064,916   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     22,600           337,391   
       

 

 

 
          1,402,307   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.3%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     4,750           125,503   

Danaher Corp.

     26,549           1,991,175   

General Electric Co.

     82,800           2,143,692   

Hopewell Holdings Ltd.

     50,500           173,443   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     20,000           265,695   

Toshiba Corp.

     58,000           245,837   
       

 

 

 
          4,945,345   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 0.7%

       

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     484,000           1,021,452   

GLP J-Reit

     251           252,314   

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust

     10,340           374,928   

Hansteen Holdings PLC

     68,120           124,014   

Japan Logistics Fund, Inc.

     85           191,077   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     263,000           218,650   

ProLogis, Inc.

     7,703           314,513   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     17,110           412,351   
       

 

 

 
          2,909,299   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.6%

       

IHI Corp.

     32,000           134,641   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     9,000           731,970   

Komatsu Ltd.

     18,700           392,037   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     8,350           999,579   
       

 

 

 
          2,258,227   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.2%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B

     32           383,000   

Nippon Yusen KK

     77,000           223,633   
       

 

 

 
          606,633   
       

 

 

 

Mixed Office Industrial - 0.0%

       

Goodman Group

     38,440           169,065   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.2%

       

Bureau Veritas SA

     36,689           1,125,294   

Capita PLC

     51,101           934,379   

Intertek Group PLC

     23,452           1,204,061   

SGS SA

     326           804,005   

Verisk Analytics, Inc.-Class A (a)

     8,146           488,434   
       

 

 

 
          4,556,173   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.1%

       

Central Japan Railway Co.

     2,700           315,389   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.1%

       

Mitsubishi Corp.

     12,300           228,163   
       

 

 

 
          25,373,164   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Staples - 5.6%

       

Beverages - 0.7%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     2,430           255,916   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     4,100           114,947   

Carlsberg A/S-Class B

     2,260           224,662   

Diageo PLC

     29,190           906,614   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     14,701           1,020,984   

SABMiller PLC (London)

     4,240           212,010   
       

 

 

 
          2,735,133   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     11,040           1,232,947   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     37,350           2,796,021   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (c)

     23,655           396,947   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     20,285           407,440   

Kroger Co. (The)

     27,400           1,196,010   

Olam International Ltd.

     567,412           1,004,744   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,100           93,369   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     900           88,667   
       

 

 

 
          7,216,145   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.0%

       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     11,000           157,433   

Danone SA (c)

     1,950           137,762   

Hershey Co. (The)

     13,150           1,372,860   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     7,460           787,702   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     14,680           1,220,495   

Unilever PLC

     1,950           83,401   
       

 

 

 
          3,759,653   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.5%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     8,841           889,122   

LG Household & Health Care Ltd.

     690           298,298   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     8,500           685,100   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     3,000           244,815   
       

 

 

 
          2,117,335   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.2%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     9,950           665,456   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.3%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     31,439           1,753,847   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     10,640           430,256   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     38,900           1,220,970   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     21,315           1,745,059   
       

 

 

 
          5,150,132   
       

 

 

 
          21,643,854   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 3.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.1%

       

Aker Solutions ASA

     15,320           238,434   

Halliburton Co.

     13,700           806,793   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     20,600           507,790   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     7,849           564,029   

Saipem SpA

     9,770           238,631   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     16,354           1,594,515   

Seadrill Ltd.

     5,140           180,964   
       

 

 

 
          4,131,156   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.7%

       

BG Group PLC

     17,791           332,145   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     7,200           184,464   

Chevron Corp.

     13,900           1,652,849   

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     102,000           91,498   

ENI SpA

     11,650           292,140   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     25,300           2,471,304   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     13,690           106,371   

Hess Corp.

     17,400           1,442,112   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     68,600           330,723   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     15,000           1,429,350   

Phillips 66

     5,300           408,418   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     12,955           473,359   

Valero Energy Corp.

     26,000           1,380,600   
       

 

 

 
          10,595,333   
       

 

 

 
          14,726,489   
       

 

 

 

Equity: Other - 3.5%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 2.9%

       

Activia Properties, Inc.

     22           176,945   

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

     15,792           158,552   

Australand Property Group

     60,480           237,037   

British Land Co. PLC

     48,758           532,013   

Buzzi Unicem SpA

     9,410           175,579   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     23,000           382,139   

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd.

     986,000           409,009   

CTT-Correios de Portugal SA (a)

     17,994           197,462   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (c)

     3,830           203,296   

Dundee Real Estate Investment Trust-Class A

     7,896           207,560   

Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV

     57,730           186,781   

Frasers Centrepoint Ltd.

     75,000           91,522   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc. (c)

     48,450           250,002   

Hemfosa Fastigheter AB (a)

     11,100           171,500   

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     19,400           113,652   

ICADE

     2,059           203,565   

Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. (c)

     385           175,560   

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate PLC (a)

     20,500           355,436   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

     14,900           335,399   

Klovern AB

     36,120           193,279   

Land Securities Group PLC

     36,017           613,839   

Lend Lease Group

     66,350           730,709   

LPN Development PCL

     194,300           95,832   

Mitchells & Butlers PLC (a)

     24,140           183,501   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     39,000           926,080   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     27,100           826,773   

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     127,438           128,556   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     18,080           337,734   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     9,000           352,249   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     50,708           622,663   

Supalai PCL

     195,400           107,217   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     108,600           311,397   

UOL Group Ltd.

     54,516           271,869   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     85,000           545,163   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     36,000           141,089   
       

 

 

 
          10,950,959   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care - 0.6%

       

Chartwell Retirement Residences

     20,060           188,896   

HCP, Inc.

     6,510           252,523   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     3,930           234,228   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     10,150           381,945   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     32,715           418,425   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     14,870           498,442   

Ventas, Inc.

     4,240           256,817   
       

 

 

 
          2,231,276   
       

 

 

 

Triple Net - 0.0%

       

National Retail Properties, Inc. (c)

     3,760           129,043   
       

 

 

 
          13,311,278   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 2.1%

       

Regional Mall - 0.8%

       

CFS Retail Property Trust Group

     172,150           302,049   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     17,380           382,360   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     18,500           185,555   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     10,340           186,637   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     10,286           1,686,904   

Westfield Group

     40,580           386,534   
       

 

 

 
          3,130,039   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 1.3%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     15,600           399,664   

DDR Corp.

     19,380           319,382   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     2,200           252,384   

Fukuoka REIT Co. (c)

     55           88,526   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     93           183,280   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     4,870           106,556   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     33,176           199,056   

Klepierre

     8,553           382,623   

Link REIT (The)

     19,268           95,262   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     24,570           400,491   

Regency Centers Corp.

     3,050           155,733   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     4,973           119,793   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     3,589           931,446   

Vastned Retail NV

     7,680           378,004   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     9,880           296,400   

Westfield Retail Trust

     159,090           440,459   
       

 

 

 
          4,749,059   
       

 

 

 
          7,879,098   
       

 

 

 

Residential - 1.6%

       

Multi-Family - 1.3%

       

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     23,650           400,631   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (a)

     7,871           165,055   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     114,000           295,467   

China Vanke Co., Ltd.-Class B

     159,460           265,830   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     640,000           125,660   

Comforia Residential REIT, Inc. (c)

     15           101,224   

Equity Residential

     5,610           325,324   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     3,485           592,624   

Japan Rental Housing Investments, Inc.

     173           104,731   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     356,500           196,616   

LEG Immobilien AG

     5,559           364,548   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     6,780           462,871   

Rossi Residencial SA (a)

     145,840           116,338   

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

     8,000           83,090   

Stockland

     165,135           575,241   

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     169,980           334,131   

UDR, Inc.

     8,330           215,164   

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.

     125,000           182,310   
       

 

 

 
          4,906,855   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 0.3%

       

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     10,890           528,274   

Public Storage

     2,590           436,389   

Safestore Holdings PLC

     48,950           193,409   
       

 

 

 
          1,158,072   
       

 

 

 

Student Housing - 0.0%

       

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     3,500           130,725   
       

 

 

 
          6,195,652   
       

 

 

 

Office - 1.4%

       

Office - 1.4%

       

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

     7,776           242,670   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     1,774           203,176   

CapitaCommercial Trust

     222,000           262,819   

Columbia Property Trust, Inc.

     14,850           404,663   

Cominar Real Estate Investment Trust

     15,513           259,602   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     37,522           430,377   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     4,420           119,959   

Fabege AB (c)

     15,130           197,343   

Investa Office Fund

     82,940           249,807   

Japan Excellent, Inc.

     177           225,813   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     57           286,833   

Kenedix Office Investment Corp.-Class A

     48           238,033   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     2,780           162,852   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

     4,190           87,110   

NTT Urban Development Corp.

     20,300           191,069   

Orix JREIT, Inc.

     347           433,223   

Parkway Properties, Inc./MD

     22,358           408,034   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     6,808           685,021   

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

     20,000           171,367   

Workspace Group PLC

     22,440           221,659   
       

 

 

 
          5,481,430   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.3%

       

Chemicals - 1.1%

       

Arkema SA

     3,113           352,160   

BASF SE

     1,060           117,949   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     45,000           154,155   

Essentra PLC

     63,156           920,423   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     73,261           201,473   

JSR Corp.

     18,100           334,865   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     3,718           255,009   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     8,300           738,202   

Monsanto Co.

     8,269           940,764   

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

     13,000           153,927   
       

 

 

 
          4,168,927   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     23,000           82,831   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     15,000           125,142   

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR)

     10,010           166,466   

Rio Tinto PLC

     4,710           262,666   
       

 

 

 
          554,274   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

       

Mondi PLC

     14,200           248,836   
       

 

 

 
          5,054,868   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.3%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.5%

       

Edison International

     18,900           1,069,929   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     61,520           285,615   

Electricite de France

     3,930           155,394   

Enel SpA

     51,731           292,600   
       

 

 

 
          1,803,538   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.3%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     13,100           617,403   

UGI Corp.

     13,800           629,418   
       

 

 

 
          1,246,821   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.3%

       

APR Energy PLC

     29,787           400,007   

Calpine Corp. (a)

     28,800           602,208   
       

 

 

 
          1,002,215   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.2%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     19,800           469,062   

DTE Energy Co.

     1,400           104,006   

National Grid PLC

     20,520           281,977   
       

 

 

 
          855,045   
       

 

 

 
          4,907,619   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     45,400           1,592,178   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     63,518           113,227   

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (a)

     6,960           114,882   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     6,600           358,655   

Telenor ASA

     6,620           146,519   

Vivendi SA

     22,104           615,217   

Ziggo NV

     2,760           122,570   
       

 

 

 
          3,063,248   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%

       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     11,400           179,635   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (a)

     21,330           119,481   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Vodafone Group PLC

     187,503           689,509   

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     11,672           429,646   
       

 

 

 
          1,418,271   
       

 

 

 
          4,481,519   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 0.6%

       

Lodging - 0.6%

       

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

     21,864           330,584   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     35,531           400,434   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     5,330           137,141   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     36,350           427,112   

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

     29,690           268,397   

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     68,360           398,539   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     9,400           190,256   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     5,110           172,565   
       

 

 

 
          2,325,028   
       

 

 

 

Mortgage - 0.0%

       

Mortgage - 0.0%

       

Altisource Residential Corp.

     5,170           163,165   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $193,755,435)

          245,479,027   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount

(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 9.1%

       

Industrial - 4.7%

       

Basic - 0.8%

       

Barrick Gold Corp.

       

4.10%, 5/01/23

   U.S.$ 45           42,688   

Barrick North America Finance LLC

       

4.40%, 5/30/21

     225           226,716   

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (b)

     145           189,190   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (b)

     240           222,596   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

4.125%, 11/15/21

     165           172,800   

4.375%, 11/15/42

     183           168,924   

Gerdau Trade, Inc.

       

4.75%, 4/15/23 (b)

     395           368,956   

Glencore Funding LLC

       

4.125%, 5/30/23 (b)

     330           315,178   

International Paper Co.

       

7.95%, 6/15/18

     55           67,268   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     435           501,114   

Minsur SA

       

6.25%, 2/07/24 (b)

     333           349,698   

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

       

2.875%, 8/21/22

     257           244,611   

3.50%, 3/22/22

     94           94,036   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (b)

      237           213,648   
       

 

 

 
          3,177,423   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Capital Goods - 0.3%

       

Embraer SA

       

5.15%, 6/15/22

     130           134,875   

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

       

5.125%, 6/26/22 (b)

     200           199,500   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (d)

     178           196,552   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

3.80%, 5/15/18

     17           18,022   

5.25%, 11/15/21

     165           184,452   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     233           264,193   
       

 

 

 
          997,594   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 1.0%

       

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

       

3.00%, 9/15/22

     400           384,214   

6.15%, 2/15/41

     130           152,903   

CBS Corp.

       

5.75%, 4/15/20

     250           285,118   

Comcast Corp.

       

5.15%, 3/01/20

     451           510,682   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.80%, 3/15/22

     215           212,751   

4.75%, 10/01/14

     155           158,031   

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA

       

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

     221           233,431   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/29/49 (b)

     233           235,330   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

     165           163,861   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     435           549,642   

SES Global Americas Holdings GP

       

2.50%, 3/25/19 (b)

     105           104,359   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.125%, 2/15/21

     165           172,735   

7.50%, 4/01/14

     145           145,000   

WPP Finance 2010

       

4.75%, 11/21/21

     77           82,732   

WPP Finance UK

       

8.00%, 9/15/14

     350           361,431   
       

 

 

 
          3,752,220   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.4%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     380           408,995   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.30%, 12/15/42

     23           20,380   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (b)

     490           492,889   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 46           42,404   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

   U.S.$  185           203,376   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

6.55%, 9/15/43

     297           361,430   
       

 

 

 
          1,529,474   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.4%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.875%, 8/02/21

     915           1,052,831   

Harley-Davidson Funding Corp.

       

5.75%, 12/15/14 (b)

     341           352,681   
       

 

 

 
          1,405,512   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.1%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

4.70%, 1/15/21

     123           134,523   

7.625%, 4/15/31

     110           146,555   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     110           109,730   

5.625%, 9/15/19

     83           93,960   
       

 

 

 
          484,768   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

       

3.875%, 1/15/22

     201           207,237   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.2%

       

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     250           304,462   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     69           72,507   

8.50%, 6/15/19

     153           188,811   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     220           206,976   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     121           124,489   
       

 

 

 
          897,245   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.7%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

6.45%, 9/15/36

     254           300,430   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     140           143,670   

Hess Corp.

       

7.875%, 10/01/29

     39           51,220   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

5.125%, 3/01/21

     163           181,231   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

5.10%, 9/15/23 (b)

     180           187,189   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     374           465,708   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

3.95%, 3/15/22

     270           267,734   

4.90%, 8/01/20

     36           38,412   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

       

5.40%, 2/14/22 (b)

     315           330,317   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.375%, 12/15/21

             2           2,248   

6.50%, 11/15/20

     300           336,878   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     175           203,205   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     285           369,982   
       

 

 

 
          2,878,224   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.4%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     71           77,663   

Baidu, Inc.

       

2.25%, 11/28/17

     380           380,658   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     114           120,598   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     300           286,790   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     35           42,342   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

       

4.125%, 5/15/22

     495           505,629   

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

     141           139,033   

3.75%, 6/01/23

     139           131,996   
       

 

 

 
          1,684,709   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.25%, 10/01/14

     307           313,759   

5.75%, 12/15/16

     155           172,101   
       

 

 

 
          485,860   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.2%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (b)

     237           243,006   

5.00%, 4/07/18 (b)

     230           246,978   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     127           140,814   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     127           137,778   
       

 

 

 
          768,576   
       

 

 

 
          18,268,842   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 3.3%

       

Banking - 2.2%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

5.875%, 2/07/42

     259           299,477   

7.375%, 5/15/14

     150           151,207   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.625%, 3/30/22 (b)

   EUR 160           267,851   

BNP Paribas SA

       

5.186%, 6/29/15 (b)

   U.S.$ 128           131,360   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

BPCE SA

       

5.70%, 10/22/23 (b)

     262           272,341   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

3.375%, 3/01/23

             420           406,159   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     314           331,492   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     92           100,907   

Credit Suisse AG

       

6.50%, 8/08/23 (b)

     267           291,912   

Danske Bank A/S

       

5.684%, 2/15/17

   GBP 182           313,920   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.75%, 1/24/22

   U.S.$ 335           379,863   

Series D

       

6.00%, 6/15/20

     440           505,256   

ING Bank NV

       

2.00%, 9/25/15 (b)

     480           486,035   

Macquarie Bank Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/22/17 (b)

     90           98,199   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (b)

     194           209,341   

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman 3 Ltd.

       

4.60%, 3/27/24 (b)

     392           393,731   

Morgan Stanley

       

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

     350           394,966   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     44           47,526   

National Capital Trust II Delaware

       

5.486%, 3/23/15 (b)

     91           93,047   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (b)

     465           542,097   

PNC Bank NA

       

3.80%, 7/25/23

     685           691,131   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (b)

     190           199,262   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (b)

     215           252,087   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

5.471%, 3/23/15 (b)

     185           188,700   

SouthTrust Corp.

       

5.80%, 6/15/14

     225           227,483   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (b)

     470           478,789   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     380           445,697   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (b)

     230           247,833   
       

 

 

 
          8,447,669   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.1%

       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

       

2.00%, 9/13/16

     468           473,819   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Insurance - 0.7%

       

Allied World Assurance Co., Holdings Ltd.

       

7.50%, 8/01/16

     160           181,954   

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     155           169,728   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     300           357,433   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

5.95%, 3/15/17

     90           101,378   

6.125%, 1/15/15

     40           41,698   

6.30%, 8/15/14

     275           280,595   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

4.00%, 3/30/15

     95           98,179   

5.125%, 4/15/22

     180           200,269   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     242           274,080   

Humana, Inc.

       

6.45%, 6/01/16

     40           44,430   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     98           126,353   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     112           139,302   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     70           106,050   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     200           204,000   

XLIT Ltd.

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     135           137,784   

6.375%, 11/15/24

     157           186,379   
       

 

 

 
          2,649,612   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     336           350,491   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.2%

       

ERP Operating LP

       

5.25%, 9/15/14

     105           107,157   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     505           556,254   

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (b)

     270           269,325   
       

 

 

 
          932,736   
       

 

 

 
          12,854,327   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 1.0%

       

Electric - 0.2%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

     155           172,404   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     89           97,203   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

6.05%, 3/01/34

     38           44,880   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     100           105,798   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     125           138,241   
       

 

 

 
          558,526   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Natural Gas - 0.8%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (b)

     137           147,218   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

7.50%, 7/01/38

     295           363,999   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     185           206,497   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

2.65%, 2/01/19

     679           678,024   

3.95%, 9/01/22

     424           421,756   

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (b)

     490           489,187   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     120           124,320   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

       

3.70%, 1/15/23

     434           393,848   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     298           328,115   
       

 

 

 
          3,152,964   
       

 

 

 
          3,711,490   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.1%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.1%

       

CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd.

       

3.00%, 5/09/23

     286           258,752   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $33,359,984)

          35,093,411   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 7.1%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 6.2%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

4.00%, 4/01/44, TBA

     855           886,962   

4.50%, 10/01/39

     1,783           1,901,536   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     438           485,304   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     46           51,399   

Series 2013

       

3.50%, 6/01/43

     1,312           1,319,514   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 11/01/42-8/01/43

     2,878           2,781,785   

3.50%, 4/01/44, TBA

     4,735           4,763,114   

4.00%, 4/01/44, TBA

     3,622           3,764,616   

4.50%, 8/01/40

     518           552,858   

4.50%, 4/25/44, TBA

     1,095           1,168,057   

5.00%, 12/01/39

     290           318,031   

5.00%, 4/25/44, TBA

     790           861,285   

Series 2004

       

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

     165           183,973   

Series 2005

       

4.50%, 8/01/35

     114           122,322   

Series 2007

       

4.50%, 9/01/35

     105           112,750   

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

     610           677,642   

Series 2008

       

5.50%, 8/01/37

     266           295,524   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2011

       

3.50%, 1/01/43

     869           874,995   

Series 2012

       

3.00%, 11/01/42

     652           629,679   

Series 2013

       

3.50%, 12/01/42

     1,838           1,853,597   
       

 

 

 
          23,604,943   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 0.6%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

2.50%, 4/01/29, TBA

     2,370           2,368,148   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.36%, 4/01/35 (d)

     676           721,990   

Series 2008

       

2.407%, 11/01/37 (f)

     51           54,433   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

2.397%, 8/01/37 (d)

     273           292,331   

Series 2007

       

2.332%, 3/01/34 (f)

     182           193,563   
       

 

 

 
          1,262,317   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $26,937,751)

          27,235,408   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 6.7%

       

Brazil - 0.5%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Series F

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL 4,295           1,792,044   
       

 

 

 

United States - 6.2%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.75%, 8/15/42

   U.S.$ 280           239,050   

3.125%, 2/15/43

     670           616,609   

3.625%, 8/15/43-2/15/44

     1,833           1,854,942   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     3,835           4,597,805   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     5           6,396   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.75%, 6/30/17

     775           767,734   

1.00%, 3/31/17

     2,790           2,796,975   

1.25%, 10/31/18

     1,115           1,097,229   

1.50%, 1/31/19

     4,221           4,184,066   

1.625%, 3/31/19-11/15/22

     1,232           1,159,341   

1.75%, 10/31/20-5/15/22

     2,015           1,933,471   

2.00%, 11/15/21

     645           625,851   

2.50%, 8/15/23

     305           300,640   

2.75%, 11/15/23-2/15/24

     3,891           3,902,724   
       

 

 

 
          24,082,833   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $25,591,756)

          25,874,877   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.6%

       

Autos-Fixed Rate - 3.0%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     390           391,103   

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

1.29%, 1/15/19

     336           335,953   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A2

       

0.49%, 4/08/16

     163           162,501   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.49%, 6/08/16

     185           185,093   

Series 2013-3, Class A3

       

0.92%, 4/09/18

     670           670,264   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

0.96%, 4/09/18

     275           275,493   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.65%, 3/08/17

     186           186,100   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-3

       

Series 2011-3, Class D

       

4.04%, 7/10/17

     320           332,840   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

2.46%, 7/20/20 (b)

     705           699,385   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-3, Class A2

       

1.04%, 11/21/16

     570           572,410   

Series 2014-1, Class B

       

2.22%, 1/22/19

     80           80,018   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust/Ally

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.62%, 7/20/16

     364           364,035   

Carfinance Capital Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.65%, 7/17/17 (b)

     202           203,125   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A2

       

0.43%, 9/15/15

     46           46,377   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

0.87%, 9/20/19 (b)

     215           214,998   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (b)

     159           159,365   

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 10/16/17 (b)

     160           160,551   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 5/15/18 (b)

     173           173,920   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.61%, 9/15/17

     386           386,242   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.32%, 4/16/18 (b)

     140           139,892   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (b)

   CAD 74           66,648   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (b)

     331           300,455   

Series 2013-R4A, Class A1

       

1.487%, 8/15/15 (b)

     147           133,242   

Series 2014-R2A, Class A1

       

1.353%, 3/15/16 (b)

     266           240,615   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A2

       

0.54%, 11/15/14

   U.S.$ 12           12,059   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     155           153,329   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A1

       

0.74%, 9/15/16

     303           303,411   

Series 2013-1, Class A1

       

0.85%, 1/15/18

     279           279,351   

Series 2014-1, Class A1

       

1.20%, 2/15/19

     322           321,983   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A1

       

1.12%, 8/25/17 (b)

     345           344,843   

Huntington Auto Trust

       

Series 2011-1A, Class A3

       

1.01%, 1/15/16 (b)

     85           85,513   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class C

       

1.95%, 10/15/18

     140           142,691   

M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A3

       

1.06%, 11/15/17 (b)

     416           417,112   

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-AA, Class A

       

0.79%, 11/15/17 (b)

     714           715,512   

Navistar Financial Corp. Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2

       

0.85%, 3/18/15 (b)

     22           21,769   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A2A

       

0.45%, 6/15/15

     91           90,938   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

1.08%, 4/15/16

     281           281,370   

Series 2012-6, Class A2

       

0.47%, 9/15/15

     7           7,481   

Series 2013-3, Class C

       

1.81%, 4/15/19

     489           489,991   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     540           542,855   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.64%, 4/17/17

     286           286,131   

SMART Trust/Australia

       

Series 2012-4US, Class A2A

       

0.67%, 6/14/15

     101           101,171   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.93%, 11/16/15

     526           527,040   
       

 

 

 
          11,605,175   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.4%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2012-VT1, Class A3

       

1.10%, 8/22/16 (b)

     113           112,936   

Series 2013-VT1, Class A3

       

1.13%, 7/20/20 (b)

     466           468,763   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.94%, 5/15/17

     147           147,343   

Series 2013-C, Class A2

       

0.63%, 1/17/17

     378           377,941   

Series 2013-D, Class A2

       

0.49%, 3/15/17

     465           465,361   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

     49           48,859   
       

 

 

 
          1,621,203   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.53%, 12/16/19 (d)

     326           326,004   

First National Master Note Trust

       

Series 2013-2, Class A

       

0.685%, 10/15/19 (d)

     346           346,000   

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.855%, 2/15/17 (b)(d)

     490           492,000   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.535%, 12/15/19 (d)

     295           295,010   
       

 

 

 
          1,459,014   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

0.526%, 1/16/18 (d)

     630           629,908   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A

       

0.647%, 6/20/17 (d)

     790           792,577   
       

 

 

 
          1,422,485   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 0.3%

       

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-A1, Class A1

       

1.15%, 1/15/19

     270           270,001   

Series 2014-A2, Class A2

       

2.77%, 3/15/23

     270           269,832   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     310           309,448   

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     246           243,171   
       

 

 

 
          1,092,452   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

GSAA Home Equity Trust

       

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3

       

0.424%, 3/25/36 (d)

     407           283,478   

Residential Asset Securities Corp. Trust

       

Series 2003-KS3, Class A2

       

0.754%, 5/25/33 (d)

     1           895   
       

 

 

 
          284,373   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     89           88,381   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $17,588,887)

          17,573,083   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 3.3%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-5, Class A1A

       

5.415%, 9/10/47

     633           689,600   

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

       

5.774%, 2/10/51

     558           625,569   

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     150           162,057   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05

       

3.369%, 3/13/35 (b)

     495           479,567   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C1, Class A4

       

5.406%, 4/15/40

     6           5,679   

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       

5.783%, 3/15/49

     264           284,799   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.771%, 5/15/46

     312           345,404   

Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust 2008-LS1

       

Series 2008-LS1, Class A1A

       

6.003%, 12/10/49

     1,025           1,151,992   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2013-SFS, Class A1

       

1.873%, 4/12/35 (b)

     232           224,794   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C3, Class A3

       

5.792%, 6/15/38

     600           649,765   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2006-C3, Class AJ

       

5.792%, 6/15/38

     190           189,202   

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2005-C1, Class A4

       

5.014%, 2/15/38

     230           235,432   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (b)

     330           316,964   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     35           34,708   

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (b)

     505           505,231   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (b)

     276           262,632   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2004-LN2, Class A1A

       

4.838%, 7/15/41 (b)

     438           441,403   

Series 2005-CB11, Class A4

       

5.335%, 8/12/37

     168           173,183   

Series 2007-CB18, Class A1A

       

5.431%, 6/12/47

     588           643,651   

Series 2007-CB19, Class AM

       

5.698%, 2/12/49

     175           190,035   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

       

6.032%, 2/15/51

     280           312,336   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

       

5.439%, 1/15/49

     595           655,479   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (b)

     318           326,405   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       

6.00%, 6/15/29

     4           4,155   

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

     620           658,491   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-CIP1, Class A2

       

4.96%, 7/12/38

     143           143,338   

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

       

5.739%, 8/12/43

     321           351,679   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

       

5.166%, 12/12/49

     610           662,515   

Motel 6 Trust

       

Series 2012-MTL6, Class A2

       

1.948%, 10/05/25 (b)

     480           476,309   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

       

3.091%, 8/10/49

     86           83,361   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

       

2.85%, 12/10/45

     168           159,805   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C25, Class A1A

       

5.717%, 5/15/43

     816           888,641   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C14, Class A5

       

3.337%, 6/15/46

     456           448,315   
       

 

 

 
          12,782,496   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.2%

       

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.855%, 12/05/31 (b)(d)

     250           249,020   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-KYO, Class A

       

1.004%, 11/08/29 (b)(d)

     505           505,000   
       

 

 

 
          754,020   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $13,644,963)

          13,536,516   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 1.1%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.7%

       

Banking - 0.6%

       

ABN AMRO Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR 90           125,538   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

7.625%, 11/21/22

   U.S.$ 480           529,200   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.95%, 1/30/23

     278           271,745   

Credit Agricole SA

       

7.875%, 1/23/24 (b)

     205           216,788   

HBOS Capital Funding LP

       

4.939%, 5/23/16

   EUR 298           397,402   

6.071%, 6/30/14 (b)

   U.S.$ 194           194,243   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (b)

     235           252,272   

Societe Generale SA

       

4.196%, 1/26/15

   EUR 102           141,841   

5.922%, 4/05/17 (b)

   U.S.$ 100           106,380   
       

 

 

 
          2,235,409   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.1%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (b)

     173           193,647   

SLM Corp.

       

7.25%, 1/25/22

     38           41,895   

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     270           271,350   
       

 

 

 
          506,892   
       

 

 

 
          2,742,301   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Industrial - 0.4%

       

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

       

4.625%, 5/15/23 (b)

     215           202,638   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23 (b)

     205           225,500   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

       

6.625%, 4/01/23

     195           206,700   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

       

6.00%, 9/30/34

     65           60,612   

7.175%, 6/18/19

     95           108,894   
       

 

 

 
          601,706   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.0%

       

Dana Holding Corp.

       

6.00%, 9/15/23

     76           79,135   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

MCE Finance Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/15/21 (b)

     210           210,000   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

5.875%, 5/01/22

     145           157,325   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

       

4.625%, 7/15/23

     210           195,300   
       

 

 

 
          352,625   
       

 

 

 
          1,446,104   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.0%

       

Natural Gas - 0.0%

       

Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance Corp

       

4.50%, 11/01/23

     60           55,800   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $3,791,298)

          4,244,205   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 1.1%

       

Agency Debentures - 1.1%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.25%, 5/15/29

     740           973,062   

6.625%, 11/15/30

     2,277           3,128,794   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $3,582,383)

          4,101,856   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 1.0%

       

United States - 1.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
0.125%, 4/15/16 (TIPS)
(cost $3,839,617)

     3,762           3,863,296   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.8%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.8%

       

Chile - 0.1%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (b)

     340           351,346   
       

 

 

 

China - 0.1%

       

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd.

       

4.375%, 10/17/23 (b)

     480           482,572   
       

 

 

 

Indonesia - 0.1%

       

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

       

5.50%, 11/22/21 (b)

     250           252,500   
       

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 0.1%

       

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (b)

     251           283,003   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.1%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (b)

     460           517,368   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.1%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

3.50%, 7/18/18-1/30/23

     350           354,922   
       

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.1%

       

Korea National Oil Corp.

       

3.125%, 4/03/17 (b)

     485           505,419   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (b)

     465           495,225   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $3,064,351)

          3,242,355   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 0.7%

       

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.5%

       

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR4, Class A2

       

0.344%, 12/25/36 (d)

     429           263,537   

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C01, Class M2

       

4.554%, 1/25/24 (d)

     97           101,628   

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-1, Class A1

       

0.404%, 3/25/35 (d)

     228           193,211   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1

       

0.274%, 7/25/36 (d)

     321           244,991   

Series 2006-AR27, Class 2A2

       

0.354%, 10/25/36 (d)

     341           290,457   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2013-DN2, Class M2

       

4.404%, 11/25/23 (d)

     340           351,167   

Series 2014-DN1, Class M3

       

4.654%, 2/25/24 (d)

     340           361,542   
       

 

 

 
          1,806,533   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.90%, 2/08/19

     310           309,962   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.619%, 5/25/35

     33           31,450   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2007-HYB2, Class 3A1

       

2.665%, 2/25/47

     325           262,263   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-FA3, Class A9

       

6.00%, 7/25/36

     278           243,138   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

       

Series 2005-A8, Class A1C1

       

5.25%, 8/25/36

     1           1,185   
       

 

 

 
          847,998   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $2,646,269)

          2,654,531   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Banking - 0.1%

       

Morgan Stanley

       

7.125%

     15,000           397,950   

State Street Corp.

       

5.90%

     4,750           122,977   
       

 

 

 
          520,927   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

5.10%

     9,175           228,458   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $738,966)

          749,385   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

       

Qatar - 0.1%

       

Qatar Government International Bond

       

4.50%, 1/20/22 (b)

   U.S.$ 270           293,625   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Turkey - 0.0%

       

Turkey Government International Bond

       

4.875%, 4/16/43

     275           234,438   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments-Sovereign Bonds
(cost $539,546)

          528,063   
       

 

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.1%

       

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

Comcel Trust

       

6.875%, 2/06/24 (b)

     200           209,250   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.

       

9.50%, 5/04/20 (b)

     195           195,731   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.0%

       

Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp.

       

5.125%, 3/28/23 (b)

     100           94,748   
       

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets-Corporate Bonds
(cost $491,058)

          499,729   
       

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.1%

       

United States - 0.1%

       

California GO
7.625%, 3/01/40
(cost $350,618)

     345           481,575   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

WARRANTS - 0.1%

       

Consumer Staples - 0.0%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.0%

       

Olam International Ltd., expiring 1/29/18 (a)

     72,151           36,076   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 0.1%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.1%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/01/15 (a)

     100,260           271,607   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $167,023)

          307,683   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.0%

       

Ireland - 0.0%

       

Bank of Ireland

       

Series MPLE

       

2.054%, 9/22/15 (d)

       

(cost $162,598)

   CAD 185           158,978   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Equity: Other - 0.0%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 0.0%

       

New World Development Co., Ltd., expiring 4/17/14 (a)
(cost $0)

     42,479           8,763   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.9%

       

Time Deposit - 1.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $7,115,368)

     U.S.$    7,115           7,115,368   
       

 

 

 

Governments - Treasuries - 1.0%

       

Japan Treasury Discount Bill
Series 440
Zero Coupon 5/23/14
(cost $3,903,672)

     JPY  400,000           3,875,234   
       

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bills - 1.1%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon, 4/24/14
(cost $4,035,729)

     U.S.$    4,036           4,035,729   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $15,054,769)

          15,026,331   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 104.0%

(cost $345,307,272)

          400,659,072   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.5%

       

Investment Companies - 0.5%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.07% (g)
(cost $1,817,494)

     1,817,494           1,817,494   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 104.5%
(cost $347,124,766) (h)

          402,476,566   

Other assets less liabilities - (4.5)% (i)

          (17,449,094
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 385,027,472   
       

 

 

 

 


FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

TOPIX Index Futures

     1         June 2014       $ 118,391       $ 116,553       $ (1,838

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     3         June 2014         394,753         399,656         (4,903
              

 

 

 
               $ (6,741
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     CNY         2,906         USD         476         5/15/14       $ 6,490   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         220,000         USD         2,151         5/23/14         18,725   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         651         JPY         66,935         6/18/14         (2,425

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         435         NOK         2,615         6/18/14         611   

BNP Paribas SA

     CAD         891         USD         803         4/10/14         (2,441

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         553         GBP         332         5/15/14         142   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         403         JPY         41,137         5/15/14         (3,900

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         611         NZD         747         5/15/14         35,002   

Citibank, NA

     USD         995         EUR         723         5/15/14         628   

Credit Suisse International

     CHF         1,048         USD         1,184         5/15/14         (1,531

Credit Suisse International

     GBP         661         USD         1,084         5/15/14         (17,497

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     BRL         1,117         USD         451         5/05/14         (37,355

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     JPY         180,000         USD         1,747         5/23/14         2,266   

HSBC Bank USA

     BRL         3,096         USD         1,368         4/02/14         3,618   

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         1,333         BRL         3,096         4/02/14         31,720   

HSBC Bank USA

     BRL         3,096         USD         1,322         5/05/14         (30,416

HSBC Bank USA

     HKD         6,426         USD         828         5/15/14         (338

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     NZD         1,090         USD         907         5/15/14         (35,583

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         447         NOK         2,715         5/15/14         5,733   

Standard Chartered Bank

     KRW         272,568         USD         252         5/15/14         (3,694

Standard Chartered Bank

     RUB         8,763         USD         244         5/15/14         (3,071

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         129         KRW         138,338         5/15/14         877   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     BRL         3,096         USD         1,277         4/02/14         (87,455

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD         205         USD         186         4/10/14         254   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         49         CAD         54         4/10/14         117   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         695         USD         964         4/24/14         7,180   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         177         USD         294         5/08/14         (995

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CHF         842         USD         936         5/15/14         (16,450

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         745         USD         1,014         5/15/14         (12,567

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         1,198         USD         1,963         5/15/14         (33,486

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     HKD         10,365         USD         1,336         5/15/14         (392

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     JPY         150,897         USD         1,479         5/15/14         16,619   


Counterparty

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

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SEK         1,839         USD         282         5/15/14       $ (2,226

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,077         AUD         1,213         5/15/14         45,034   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,513         CHF         1,355         5/15/14         20,260   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,556         EUR         1,142         5/15/14         17,017   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         167         GBP         100         5/15/14         79   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         75         HKD         581         5/15/14         (5

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         367         JPY         38,260         5/15/14         3,817   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         137         JPY         13,999         5/15/14         (952

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         533         NOK         3,305         5/15/14         18,470   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         284         NZD         343         5/15/14         13,133   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         2,609         SEK         16,972         5/15/14         11,006   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         112         SEK         724         5/15/14         (686

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         281         SGD         356         5/15/14         2,150   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     AUD         611         USD         552         6/18/14         (11,260

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD         162         USD         145         6/18/14         (1,102

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         192         USD         267         6/18/14         2,285   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         153         USD         210         6/18/14         (652

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         267         USD         443         6/18/14         (1,660

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     NOK         2,735         USD         455         6/18/14         (354

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SEK         658         USD         102         6/18/14         113   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         417         CAD         462         6/18/14         491   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         211         JPY         21,574         6/18/14         (2,250

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         497         NOK         2,973         6/18/14         (2,218

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         193         NZD         224         6/18/14         301   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         285         SEK         1,816         6/18/14         (4,290

UBS AG

     USD         124         KRW         134,230         5/15/14         1,784   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (51,329
                 

 

 

 


CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2014
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

           

CDX-NAHY Series 21, 5 Year Index, 12/20/18*

     (5.00 )%      3.08   $ 2,900       $ (235,392   $ (125,087

CDX-NAIG Series 22, 5 Year Index, 06/20/19*

     (1.00     0.69        4,100         (63,872     (3,331
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (299,264   $ (128,418
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2014
    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     0.43   $ 530       $ 10,362       $ (12,460   $ 22,822   

 

* Termination date

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                   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       $ (10,242

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     2,200         2/07/22         2.043     3 Month LIBOR         72,797   
             

 

 

 
              $ 62,555   
             

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2014, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $23,800,303 or 6.2% of net assets.
(c) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(d) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2014.
(e) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at March 31, 2014.


(f) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2014.
(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $59,853,733 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,501,933), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $55,351,800.
(i) An amount of U.S. $12,001 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2014.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
CNY    -    Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
RUB    -    Russian Ruble
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
GO    -    General Obligation
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
JSC    -    Joint Stock Company
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA    -    To Be Announced
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

          

Common Stocks:

          

Financials

   $     26,638,156       $     12,321,067       $             – 0  –    $     38,959,223   

Consumer Discretionary

     26,286,787         11,381,488         – 0  –      37,668,275   

Information Technology

     26,659,251         3,052,850         – 0  –      29,712,101   

Health Care

     22,938,921         4,657,343         – 0  –      27,596,264   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Industrials

   $ 13,753,441      $ 11,619,723      $ – 0  –    $ 25,373,164   

Consumer Staples

     13,130,074        8,513,780        – 0  –      21,643,854   

Energy

     12,548,595        2,177,894        – 0  –      14,726,489   

Equity: Other

     4,658,101        8,653,177        – 0  –      13,311,278   

Retail

     4,291,251        3,587,847        – 0  –      7,879,098   

Residential

     3,566,804        2,628,848        – 0  –      6,195,652   

Office

     3,225,123        2,256,307        – 0  –      5,481,430   

Materials

     1,845,432        3,209,436        – 0  –      5,054,868   

Utilities

     3,892,033        1,015,586        – 0  –      4,907,619   

Telecommunication Services

     2,021,824        2,459,695        – 0  –      4,481,519   

Lodging

     2,325,028        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,325,028   

Mortgage

     163,165        – 0  –      – 0  –      163,165   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     – 0  –      35,093,411        – 0  –      35,093,411   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      27,235,408        – 0  –      27,235,408   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      25,874,877        – 0  –      25,874,877   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      15,068,510        2,504,573        17,573,083   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      11,530,894        2,005,622        13,536,516   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

     – 0  –      4,244,205        – 0  –      4,244,205   

Agencies

     – 0  –      4,101,856        – 0  –      4,101,856   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      3,863,296        – 0  –      3,863,296   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      3,242,355        – 0  –      3,242,355   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      – 0  –      2,654,531        2,654,531   

Preferred Stocks

     749,385        – 0  –      – 0  –      749,385   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      528,063        – 0  –      528,063   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      499,729        – 0  –      499,729   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      481,575        – 0  –      481,575   

Warrants

     36,076        271,607        – 0  –      307,683   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      158,978        – 0  –      158,978   

Rights

     – 0  –      – 0  –      8,763        8,763   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      15,026,331        – 0  –      15,026,331   

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

     1,817,494        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,817,494   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     170,546,941        224,756,136        7,173,489        402,476,566   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      265,922        – 0  –      265,922   

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      448        – 0  –      448   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      22,822        – 0  –      22,822   

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      72,797        – 0  –      72,797   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (4,903     (1,838     – 0  –      (6,741

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (317,251     – 0  –      (317,251

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (128,418     – 0  –      (128,418

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (10,242     – 0  –      (10,242
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     170,542,038      $     224,660,376      $     7,173,489      $     402,375,903   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 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 12/31/13

   $ – 0  –    $ 2,233,195      $ 845,923   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      1,621        (669

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      2,406        (164

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     – 0  –      10,780        (6,560

Purchases

     – 0  –      508,324        1,168,283   

Sales

     – 0  –      (251,753     (1,191

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $ – 0  –    $     2,504,573      $ 2,005,622   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ – 0  –    $ 10,780      $ (6,560
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligation
    Rights     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/13

   $ 1,527,063      $ – 0  –      4,606,181   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     4,193        – 0  –      5,145   

Realized gain (loss)

     5,244        – 0  –      7,486   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     73,051        8,763        86,034   

Purchases

     1,086,684        – 0  –      2,763,291   

Sales

     (41,704     – 0  –      (294,648

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $     2,654,531      $ 8,763      $     7,173,489   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ 73,051      $ 8,763      $ 86,034   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio with material categories of Level 3 investments at March 31, 2014:

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

     Fair Value at
3/31/14
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input    Range/
Weighted Average
 

Asset-Backed Securities

     2,263,958      

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes    $
$
69.69 – $100.64/
96.35
  
  
     240,615      

Valuation Committee Evaluation

   Transaction Price    $ 90.46/NA   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     2,005,622      

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes    $
$
99.58 – $112.34/
110.33
  
  

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     2,654,531      

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes    $
$
61.37 – $106.34/
89.66
  
  

Rights

     8,763      

Market Approach

   Underlying Price
Less Subscription
Cost
   $ 0.21/NA   

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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 29.4%

       

Financials - 6.1%

       

Capital Markets - 0.6%

       

3i Group PLC

     4,278         $ 28,410   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     3,678           23,972   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     745           82,002   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     4,215           148,747   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     477           150,007   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     4,240           115,879   

Credit Suisse Group AG (a)

     6,750           218,485   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     7,000           60,818   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     4,552           204,014   

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     1,020           23,480   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     1,470           79,645   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     1,538           252,001   

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     1,481           36,027   

ICAP PLC

     4,211           26,540   

Invesco Ltd.

     1,580           58,460   

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (a)

     1,220           54,181   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     360           17,654   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     1,286           69,344   

Mediobanca SpA (a)

     3,505           40,120   

Morgan Stanley

     5,070           158,032   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     16,200           103,921   

Northern Trust Corp.

     810           53,104   

Partners Group Holding AG

     158           44,380   

Schroders PLC

     729           31,616   

State Street Corp.

     1,585           110,237   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     975           80,291   

UBS AG (REG) (a)

     16,277           336,826   
       

 

 

 
          2,608,193   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.9%

       

Aozora Bank Ltd.

     6,000           17,083   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     12,253           376,938   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     25,822           310,489   

Banco de Sabadell SA

     15,417           47,663   

Banco Espirito Santo SA (a)(b)

     10,016           18,757   

Banco Popular Espanol SA

     7,493           56,658   

Banco Santander SA

     52,139           497,727   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     4,812           27,472   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (a)

     6,125           23,906   

Bank of America Corp.

     39,195           674,154   

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

     9,600           37,591   

Bank of Ireland (a)

     104,450           44,480   

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The)

     2,000           16,484   

Bank of Yokohama Ltd. (The)

     5,000           24,941   

Bankia SA (a)

     22,531           47,615   

Barclays PLC

     68,219           265,473   

BB&T Corp.

     2,550           102,433   

Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     3,446           36,404   

BNP Paribas SA

     4,438           342,166   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     10,000           28,490   

CaixaBank SA

     7,628           49,102   

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     3,000           18,466   

Citigroup, Inc.

     11,129           529,740   

Comerica, Inc.

     650           33,670   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Commerzbank AG (a)

     4,351           80,033   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     7,198           518,180   

Credit Agricole SA (a)

     4,067           64,097   

Danske Bank A/S

     2,928           81,471   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     8,000           103,072   

DnB ASA

     4,364           75,830   

Erste Group Bank AG

     1,151           39,375   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     3,240           74,358   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     4,000           16,430   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,100           33,447   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     84,291           853,481   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     3,015           30,060   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     52,270           177,362   

Joyo Bank Ltd. (The)

     3,000           14,953   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     13,815           838,709   

KBC Groep NV

     1,196           73,657   

KeyCorp

     3,275           46,636   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     222,634           278,519   

M&T Bank Corp.

     465           56,405   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     56,900           313,336   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

     973           13,309   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     102,500           203,140   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     10,463           344,966   

Natixis

     9,006           66,142   

Nordea Bank AB

     12,659           179,576   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd. (c)(d)

     12,000           90,723   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     1,980           172,260   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

     527           17,586   

Regions Financial Corp.

     5,025           55,828   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     8,400           40,593   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (a)

     9,565           49,625   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     5,324           20,893   

Shinsei Bank Ltd. (b)

     12,000           23,559   

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

     4,000           38,981   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB-Class A (b)

     4,967           68,233   

Societe Generale SA

     3,136           193,038   

Standard Chartered PLC

     10,809           226,023   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     5,700           244,324   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     15,000           67,868   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     1,940           77,193   

Suruga Bank Ltd.

     1,000           17,616   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB-Class A (b)

     2,228           111,960   

Swedbank AB-Class A

     4,044           108,564   

UniCredit SpA

     15,077           137,819   

Unione di Banche Italiane SCpA

     5,202           49,080   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     6,000           103,497   

US Bancorp/MN

     6,665           285,662   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     17,625           876,667   

Westpac Banking Corp.

     13,859           445,604   

Zions Bancorporation

     630           19,517   
       

 

 

 
          11,747,159   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.2%

       

Acom Co., Ltd. (a)(b)

     6,200           19,810   

AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. (b)

     800           18,050   

American Express Co.

     3,410           307,002   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     2,113           163,039   

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

     700           13,921   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Discover Financial Services

     1,760           102,414   

SLM Corp.

     1,600           39,168   
       

 

 

 
          663,404   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%

       

ASX Ltd.

     1,453           48,688   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     6,630           828,551   

CME Group, Inc./IL-Class A

     1,150           85,112   

Deutsche Boerse AG

     862           68,627   

Eurazeo SA

     402           36,105   

Exor SpA

     1,279           57,400   

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     360           35,964   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

     4,900           74,416   

ING Groep NV (a)

     17,105           243,262   

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

     416           82,297   

Investment AB Kinnevik-Class B

     2,015           74,436   

Investor AB-Class B

     1,705           61,760   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

     900           21,999   

Leucadia National Corp.

     1,105           30,940   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     969           31,852   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     1,010           77,063   

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

     3,500           17,182   

Moody’s Corp.

     695           55,127   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)

     410           15,145   

ORIX Corp.

     5,580           78,644   

Pargesa Holding SA

     18           1,559   

Pohjola Bank PLC-Class A

     654           14,560   

Resolution Ltd.

     6,320           31,487   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     3,000           16,579   

Wendel SA

     398           61,872   
       

 

 

 
          2,150,627   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.1%

       

ACE Ltd.

     1,235           122,339   

Admiral Group PLC

     819           19,501   

Aegon NV

     6,317           58,187   

Aflac, Inc.

     1,705           107,483   

Ageas

     943           42,048   

AIA Group Ltd.

     53,781           255,790   

Allianz SE

     2,036           344,122   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     1,650           93,357   

American International Group, Inc.

     5,402           270,154   

AMP Ltd.

     13,149           60,861   

Aon PLC

     1,115           93,972   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     5,214           116,218   

Assurant, Inc.

     260           16,890   

Aviva PLC

     13,159           104,991   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     910           81,263   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     510           24,817   

CNP Assurances

     1,570           33,253   

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

     3,800           55,279   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     6,949           27,514   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     1,785           31,648   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     1,479           30,030   

Hannover Rueck SE

     377           33,723   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     1,625           57,314   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     10,333           53,443   

Legal & General Group PLC

     26,411           90,170   

Lincoln National Corp.

     940           47,630   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Loews Corp.

     1,090           48,014   

Mapfre SA

     3,353           14,148   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     1,990           98,107   

MetLife, Inc.

     4,120           217,536   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

     2,300           52,650   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     801           175,032   

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.

     1,000           25,674   

Old Mutual PLC

     21,822           73,258   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     990           45,530   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     1,995           48,319   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     1,715           145,175   

Prudential PLC

     11,428           241,982   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     5,358           63,674   

RSA Insurance Group PLC

     16,295           24,327   

Sampo-Class A

     2,010           104,338   

SCOR SE

     935           32,749   

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

     875           14,308   

Standard Life PLC

     10,591           66,726   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     5,745           68,753   

Swiss Life Holding AG (a)

     249           61,233   

Swiss Re AG (a)

     1,573           145,997   

T&D Holdings, Inc.

     2,600           30,944   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     3,100           92,970   

Torchmark Corp.

     335           26,365   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,330           113,183   

Tryg A/S

     183           18,102   

UnipolSai SpA (a)

     4,035           15,470   

Unum Group

     920           32,485   

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

     190           9,389   

XL Group PLC

     1,010           31,562   

Zurich Insurance Group AG (a)

     662           203,310   
       

 

 

 
          4,613,307   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.5%

       

American Tower Corp.

     1,465           119,939   

Apartment Investment & Management Co.-Class A

     525           15,865   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     445           58,437   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     550           62,991   

British Land Co. PLC

     4,209           45,926   

CapitaMall Trust

     14,000           21,065   

CFS Retail Property Trust Group

     11,279           19,790   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     1,220           90,012   

Dexus Property Group

     23,282           22,959   

Equity Residential

     1,240           71,908   

Fonciere Des Regions

     329           30,468   

Gecina SA

     253           33,626   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     1,944           42,768   

Goodman Group

     5,915           26,015   

GPT Group

     6,698           22,765   

Hammerson PLC

     3,205           29,629   

HCP, Inc.

     1,630           63,228   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     1,075           64,070   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     2,750           55,660   

ICADE

     449           44,391   

Intu Properties PLC

     3,529           16,605   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     4           20,129   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     8           15,766   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Kimco Realty Corp.

     1,480           32,382   

Klepierre

     695           31,091   

Land Securities Group PLC

     3,497           59,599   

Link REIT (The)

     6,000           29,664   

Macerich Co. (The)

     510           31,788   

Mirvac Group

     12,834           20,281   

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     6           31,397   

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

     5           10,093   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     630           26,485   

ProLogis, Inc.

     1,820           74,311   

Public Storage

     530           89,300   

Segro PLC

     3,337           18,488   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     1,166           191,224   

Stockland

     6,911           24,074   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     613           159,091   

United Urban Investment Corp.

     12           17,658   

Ventas, Inc.

     1,091           66,082   

Vornado Realty Trust

     635           62,586   

Westfield Group

     9,308           88,661   

Westfield Retail Trust

     23,944           66,292   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     2,140           62,809   
       

 

 

 
          2,187,368   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     700           17,934   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     11,000           25,335   

CapitaMalls Asia Ltd.

     21,164           30,173   

CBRE Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     1,015           27,841   

Cheung Kong Holdings Ltd.

     6,000           99,689   

City Developments Ltd.

     3,000           24,143   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     300           27,788   

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

     3,000           50,935   

Deutsche Wohnen AG

     1,334           28,612   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     14,661           30,941   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     14,000           40,300   

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     4,400           25,777   

Hulic Co., Ltd.

     2,197           30,158   

IMMOFINANZ AG (a)

     4,285           20,085   

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     8,500           28,456   

Lend Lease Group

     3,450           37,995   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     6,000           142,474   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     4,000           122,033   

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     22,000           22,193   

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     800           15,318   

NTT Urban Development Corp.

     1,600           15,060   

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     16,000           23,666   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     2,000           78,277   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     7,000           85,956   

Swire Pacific Ltd.-Class A

     2,000           23,334   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     25,389           72,800   

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

     3,000           25,705   

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

     2,000           14,914   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     4,000           25,655   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     6,000           23,515   
       

 

 

 
          1,237,062   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     1,730           17,006   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     1,165           17,323   
       

 

 

 
          34,329   
       

 

 

 
          25,241,449   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care - 3.5%

       

Biotechnology - 0.4%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     608           57,619   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     730           111,055   

Amgen, Inc.

     2,803           345,722   

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     865           264,577   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     1,540           214,984   

CSL Ltd.

     2,196           141,843   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     5,630           398,942   

Grifols SA

     757           41,486   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     290           87,081   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     857           60,607   
       

 

 

 
          1,723,916   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     5,665           218,159   

Baxter International, Inc.

     1,980           145,688   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     730           85,468   

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)

     4,860           65,707   

CareFusion Corp. (a)

     740           29,763   

Coloplast A/S-Class B

     496           40,102   

Covidien PLC

     1,675           123,381   

CR Bard, Inc.

     315           46,614   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     480           22,099   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (a)

     395           29,297   

Essilor International SA

     954           96,276   

Getinge AB-Class B

     2,013           56,834   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     155           67,889   

Medtronic, Inc.

     3,660           225,236   

Olympus Corp. (a)

     900           28,738   

Smith & Nephew PLC

     4,018           61,025   

Sonova Holding AG (a)

     351           51,350   

St Jude Medical, Inc.

     1,065           69,640   

Stryker Corp.

     1,075           87,580   

Sysmex Corp.

     400           12,753   

Terumo Corp.

     1,400           30,494   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

     395           33,176   

William Demant Holding A/S (a)(b)

     158           13,503   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     635           60,058   
       

 

 

 
          1,700,830   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.4%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     1,367           102,484   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.-Class A

     835           54,768   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     1,245           87,125   

Celesio AG

     370           12,647   

CIGNA Corp.

     1,015           84,986   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (a)

     650           44,752   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (a)

     2,939           220,690   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     961           67,238   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     558           87,588   

Humana, Inc.

     565           63,687   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)

     325           31,918   

McKesson Corp.

     865           152,733   

Medipal Holdings Corp.

     1,500           22,969   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     260           10,858   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     500           28,960   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     1,156           51,655   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

     1,663           12,644   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     1,715           27,476   

Suzuken Co., Ltd./Aichi Japan

     600           23,210   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)

     343           14,684   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     3,685           302,133   

WellPoint, Inc.

     1,100           109,505   
       

 

 

 
          1,614,710   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

Cerner Corp. (a)

     1,080           60,750   

M3, Inc.

     1,200           19,680   
       

 

 

 
          80,430   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.1%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     1,195           66,824   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     405           18,249   

QIAGEN NV (a)

     2,306           48,438   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     1,485           178,557   

Waters Corp. (a)

     295           31,981   
       

 

 

 
          344,049   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.2%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     5,845           300,433   

Actavis PLC (a)

     638           131,332   

Allergan, Inc./United States

     1,100           136,510   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     9,500           112,789   

AstraZeneca PLC

     5,591           362,448   

Bayer AG

     3,693           500,119   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     6,065           315,077   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     1,000           25,542   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     3,000           50,551   

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.

     1,400           22,224   

Eisai Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,100           42,759   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     3,615           212,779   

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     865           79,814   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     21,996           586,531   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

     300           13,538   

Hospira, Inc. (a)

     580           25,085   

Johnson & Johnson

     10,355           1,017,172   

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.

     1,000           10,655   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     10,755           610,561   

Merck KGaA

     204           34,355   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     1,000           13,993   

Mylan, Inc./PA (a)

     1,405           68,606   

Novartis AG

     10,271           872,089   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     8,890           404,781   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     400           34,773   

Orion Oyj-Class B (b)

     465           14,038   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,619           48,433   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     522           80,733   

Pfizer, Inc.

     23,786           764,006   

Roche Holding AG

     3,137           943,496   

Sanofi

     5,321           556,040   

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     500           22,124   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     1,000           18,487   

Shire PLC

     2,646           130,991   

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.

     172           13,853   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     3,500           165,663   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     3,794           199,946   

UCB SA

     579           46,451   

Zoetis, Inc.

     1,796           51,976   
       

 

 

 
          9,040,753   
       

 

 

 
          14,504,688   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 3.5%

       

Auto Components - 0.2%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     900           32,487   

BorgWarner, Inc.

     830           51,020   

Bridgestone Corp.

     2,900           102,778   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     815           101,887   

Continental AG

     499           119,669   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     1,041           70,642   

Denso Corp.

     2,200           105,504   

GKN PLC

     7,308           47,617   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     860           22,472   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     2,480           117,354   

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

     1,000           22,472   

NOK Corp.

     700           11,391   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     503           20,351   

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

     500           11,096   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     1,200           15,264   

Toyota Industries Corp.

     700           33,643   

Valeo SA

     339           47,742   

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (The)

     2,000           18,810   
       

 

 

 
          952,199   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.7%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     1,478           186,769   

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,000           17,657   

Daimler AG

     4,296           406,396   

Fiat SpA (a)

     5,440           63,421   

Ford Motor Co.

     14,470           225,732   

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

     3,000           81,240   

General Motors Co.

     4,766           164,046   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     800           53,288   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     7,300           256,862   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     5,000           28,709   

Mazda Motor Corp.

     11,000           48,869   

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

     2,400           25,065   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     11,100           98,938   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference Shares)

     684           70,320   

Renault SA

     857           83,244   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     1,600           41,716   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     12,300           693,644   

Volkswagen AG

     140           35,518   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     646           167,505   

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,200           19,145   
       

 

 

 
          2,768,084   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%

       

Genuine Parts Co.

     560           48,636   

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

     1,000           36,093   
       

 

 

 
          84,729   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

       

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

     300           11,475   

Graham Holdings Co.-Class B

     61           42,929   

Gree, Inc. (b)

     682           7,539   

H&R Block, Inc.

     970           29,284   
       

 

 

 
          91,227   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

       

Accor SA

     750           38,383   

Carnival Corp.

     1,585           60,008   

Carnival PLC

     818           31,251   

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

     144           81,799   

Compass Group PLC

     8,127           124,089   

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     2,537           39,238   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     470           23,857   

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. (b)

     471           22,979   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd. (a)

     8,911           77,834   

Genting Singapore PLC

     22,000           23,397   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     1,228           39,529   

International Game Technology

     880           12,373   

Marriott International, Inc./DE-Class A

     795           44,536   

McDonald’s Corp.

     3,680           360,750   

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

     500           13,442   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     200           30,404   

Sands China Ltd.

     10,875           81,421   

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     13,014           36,664   

Sodexo

     292           30,605   

Starbucks Corp.

     2,760           202,529   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     695           55,322   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     6,512           17,535   

TUI Travel PLC

     2,386           17,435   

Whitbread PLC

     801           55,599   

William Hill PLC

     3,391           19,293   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     450           32,954   

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     10,107           41,871   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     310           68,867   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,645           124,017   
       

 

 

 
          1,807,981   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.2%

       

Casio Computer Co., Ltd.

     800           9,459   

DR Horton, Inc.

     1,005           21,758   

Electrolux AB-Class B (b)

     2,430           53,206   

Garmin Ltd. (b)

     420           23,209   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     240           25,536   

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

     867           12,005   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     475           15,504   

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     600           23,772   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

     250           33,995   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     1,025           30,648   

Nikon Corp. (b)

     1,500           24,165   

Panasonic Corp.

     9,900           112,594   

Persimmon PLC (a)

     1,354           30,413   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     1,235           23,700   

Rinnai Corp.

     200           17,592   

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

     2,000           20,773   

Sekisui House Ltd.

     2,000           24,736   

Sharp Corp./Japan (a)

     9,000           27,409   

Sony Corp. (b)

     4,500           85,713   

Whirlpool Corp.

     300           44,838   
       

 

 

 
          661,025   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.2%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     1,380           464,398   

ASOS PLC (a)

     244           21,091   

Expedia, Inc.

     382           27,695   

NetFlix, Inc. (a)

     226           79,559   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     197           234,802   

Rakuten, Inc.

     3,245           43,346   

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

     412           37,323   
       

 

 

 
          908,214   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.0%

       

Hasbro, Inc.

     400           22,248   

Mattel, Inc.

     1,235           49,536   

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     900           21,348   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     300           12,626   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

     700           15,714   

Shimano, Inc.

     400           40,234   
       

 

 

 
          161,706   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.8%

       

Axel Springer SE

     401           25,661   

British Sky Broadcasting Group PLC

     4,358           66,333   

Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A

     780           13,159   

CBS Corp.-Class B

     2,040           126,072   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     9,570           478,691   

Dentsu, Inc.

     1,000           37,868   

DIRECTV (a)

     1,815           138,702   

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class A (a)

     845           69,881   

Eutelsat Communications SA

     1,052           35,700   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     800           22,080   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,495           25,624   

ITV PLC

     16,647           53,187   

JCDecaux SA

     1,374           60,134   

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG

     201           27,610   

Lagardere SCA

     177           7,025   

News Corp.-Class A (a)

     1,808           31,134   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     960           69,696   

Pearson PLC

     3,650           64,801   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

     637           29,219   

Publicis Groupe SA

     807           72,857   

Reed Elsevier NV

     2,970           64,261   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     5,173           79,051   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

RTL Group SA

     312           35,751   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     420           31,882   

SES SA

     971           36,228   

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (b)

     6,000           20,051   

Telenet Group Holding NV

     194           11,959   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     1,065           146,097   

Time Warner, Inc.

     3,295           215,262   

Toho Co., Ltd./Tokyo

     1,000           20,043   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     7,185           229,704   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     1,510           128,335   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     6,014           481,541   

WPP PLC

     5,882           121,535   
       

 

 

 
          3,077,134   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.1%

       

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     1,070           59,363   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     750           39,135   

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.

     500           25,814   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     355           20,593   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

     1,300           16,037   

J Front Retailing Co., Ltd.

     3,000           20,646   

Kohl’s Corp.

     730           41,464   

Macy’s, Inc.

     1,355           80,338   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     7,213           54,299   

Next PLC

     713           78,466   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     520           32,474   

Target Corp.

     2,325           140,686   
       

 

 

 
          609,315   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.5%

       

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

     235           12,509   

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     125           67,138   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     795           54,696   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     1,000           26,410   

CarMax, Inc. (a)

     820           38,376   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     200           72,338   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     415           17,057   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     955           38,257   

Hennes & Mauritz AB-Class B

     4,231           180,453   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     5,180           409,893   

Inditex SA

     974           146,128   

Kingfisher PLC

     10,966           77,100   

L Brands, Inc.

     885           50,242   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     3,840           187,776   

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     400           17,358   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     390           57,872   

PetSmart, Inc.

     380           26,178   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     800           57,240   

Sanrio Co., Ltd. (b)

     500           16,877   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     200           17,307   

Staples, Inc.

     2,415           27,386   

Tiffany & Co.

     405           34,891   

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,620           158,903   

Tractor Supply Co.

     515           36,374   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

     385           14,041   

USS Co., Ltd.

     1,310           18,403   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,700           8,999   
       

 

 

 
          1,870,202   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Adidas AG

     932           100,776   

Asics Corp.

     1,000           19,659   

Burberry Group PLC

     1,975           45,917   

Christian Dior SA

     166           31,883   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     2,331           222,699   

Coach, Inc.

     1,030           51,150   

Fossil Group, Inc. (a)

     169           19,707   

Hugo Boss AG

     198           26,364   

Kering

     338           68,916   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     48,000           71,130   

Luxottica Group SpA

     759           43,856   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     1,134           205,495   

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     659           61,465   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     2,760           203,854   

PVH Corp.

     295           36,807   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     240           38,623   

Swatch Group AG (The)

     137           85,945   

Swatch Group AG (The) (REG)

     522           60,533   

VF Corp.

     1,310           81,063   
       

 

 

 
          1,475,842   
       

 

 

 
          14,467,658   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 3.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.6%

       

Airbus Group NV

     2,598           186,071   

BAE Systems PLC

     14,460           100,454   

Boeing Co. (The)

     2,560           321,254   

Cobham PLC

     7,675           38,316   

General Dynamics Corp.

     1,260           137,239   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     2,905           269,468   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     325           38,399   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     1,000           163,240   

Meggitt PLC

     2,537           20,347   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     840           103,639   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     540           136,490   

Raytheon Co.

     1,200           118,548   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     500           39,835   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (a)

     8,396           150,300   

Safran SA

     1,117           77,385   

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     19,000           57,806   

Textron, Inc.

     1,005           39,487   

Thales SA

     694           46,019   

United Technologies Corp.

     3,125           365,125   

Zodiac Aerospace

     1,135           40,101   
       

 

 

 
          2,449,523   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%

       

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     565           29,600   

Deutsche Post AG

     4,049           150,531   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     720           28,534   

FedEx Corp.

     1,115           147,804   

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

     432           60,456   

Royal Mail PLC (a)

     2,926           27,504   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     2,655           258,544   

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,600           34,434   
       

 

 

 
          737,407   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.1%

       

ANA Holdings, Inc. (b)

     16,000           34,551   

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

     20,000           37,304   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     3,102           107,484   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (REG) (a)

     1,092           28,632   

easyJet PLC

     713           20,405   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     4,346           30,327   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     472           23,229   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

     3,000           24,964   

Southwest Airlines Co.

     2,555           60,324   
       

 

 

 
          367,220   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.1%

       

Allegion PLC

     335           17,477   

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     4,000           23,144   

Assa Abloy AB-Class B

     1,164           62,002   

Cie de St-Gobain

     1,779           107,406   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     1,000           56,079   

Geberit AG

     168           55,050   

LIXIL Group Corp.

     1,200           33,113   

Masco Corp.

     1,305           28,984   

TOTO Ltd. (b)

     2,000           27,724   
       

 

 

 
          410,979   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.1%

       

ADT Corp. (The)

     647           19,378   

Aggreko PLC

     1,199           30,037   

Babcock International Group PLC

     1,614           36,245   

Brambles Ltd.

     6,954           59,832   

Cintas Corp.

     385           22,950   

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

     2,000           19,126   

Edenred

     818           25,660   

G4S PLC

     6,839           27,594   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     614           16,928   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     705           18,323   

Republic Services, Inc.-Class A

     950           32,452   

Secom Co., Ltd.

     900           51,737   

Societe BIC SA

     221           29,030   

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

     310           35,222   

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (b)

     2,000           14,300   

Tyco International Ltd.

     1,695           71,868   

Waste Management, Inc.

     1,595           67,102   
       

 

 

 
          577,784   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     667           26,225   

Bouygues SA (b)

     1,650           68,755   

Chiyoda Corp.

     1,000           12,903   

Ferrovial SA

     1,957           42,423   

Fluor Corp.

     615           47,804   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

     465           29,527   

JGC Corp.

     1,000           34,739   

Kajima Corp.

     7,000           24,493   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

     1,344           26,346   

Obayashi Corp.

     3,000           16,911   

OCI (a)

     320           14,519   

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

     765           28,229   

Shimizu Corp.

     4,000           20,716   

Taisei Corp.

     5,000           22,314   

Vinci SA

     2,135           158,480   
       

 

 

 
          574,384   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.3%

       

ABB Ltd. (REG) (a)

     9,800           253,143   

Alstom SA

     1,012           27,618   

AMETEK, Inc.

     899           46,290   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     1,744           131,009   

Emerson Electric Co.

     2,600           173,680   

First Solar, Inc. (a)

     270           18,843   

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

     4,000           17,883   

Legrand SA

     827           51,373   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     9,000           101,311   

Nidec Corp.

     1,000           61,317   

Osram Licht AG (a)

     292           18,934   

Prysmian SpA

     1,074           26,727   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     530           66,012   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     375           50,066   

Schneider Electric SA (London)

     82           7,288   

Schneider Electric SA (Paris)

     2,356           208,804   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     3,400           50,758   
       

 

 

 
          1,311,056   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

       

3M Co.

     2,355           319,479   

Danaher Corp.

     2,190           164,250   

General Electric Co.

     37,170           962,331   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     10,000           132,847   

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     4,000           34,703   

Koninklijke Philips NV

     3,341           117,533   

Siemens AG

     3,541           477,549   

Smiths Group PLC

     2,461           52,291   

Toshiba Corp.

     18,000           76,294   
       

 

 

 
          2,337,277   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

       

Alfa Laval AB

     3,611           97,816   

Amada Co., Ltd.

     3,000           21,107   

Andritz AG (b)

     375           23,187   

Atlas Copco AB-Class A

     1,805           52,108   

Atlas Copco AB-Class B

     1,715           46,976   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,335           232,029   

CNH Industrial NV (a)

     2,876           33,100   

Cummins, Inc.

     650           96,844   

Deere & Co.

     1,385           125,758   

Dover Corp.

     635           51,911   

FANUC Corp.

     900           159,113   

Flowserve Corp.

     510           39,953   

GEA Group AG

     896           40,936   

Hino Motors Ltd.

     2,000           29,620   

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (b)

     700           13,451   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IHI Corp.

     6,000           25,245   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,525           124,028   

IMI PLC

     1,025           24,942   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     955           54,664   

Joy Global, Inc.

     385           22,330   

JTEKT Corp.

     1,400           20,783   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

     5,000           18,421   

Komatsu Ltd.

     4,200           88,051   

Kone Oyj-Class B

     1,392           58,448   

Kubota Corp.

     5,000           66,453   

Makita Corp.

     400           22,021   

MAN SE

     407           51,880   

Melrose Industries PLC

     4,948           24,521   

Metso Oyj (b)

     571           18,697   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     14,000           81,009   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

     1,000           20,862   

NSK Ltd.

     2,000           20,515   

PACCAR, Inc.

     1,310           88,346   

Pall Corp.

     395           35,341   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     545           65,242   

Pentair Ltd.

     710           56,331   

Sandvik AB

     2,698           38,161   

Scania AB-Class B

     5,123           150,774   

Schindler Holding AG (REG)

     271           39,804   

SembCorp Marine Ltd. (b)

     7,000           22,569   

SKF AB-Class B (b)

     1,658           42,453   

SMC Corp./Japan

     200           52,747   

Snap-On, Inc.

     220           24,966   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     565           45,901   

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. (b)

     6,000           24,403   

Vallourec SA

     641           34,774   

Volvo AB-Class B

     6,759           107,443   

Wartsila Oyj Abp

     793           43,105   

Weir Group PLC (The)

     950           40,181   

Xylem, Inc./NY

     635           23,127   

Zardoya Otis SA (b)

     1,239           21,117   
       

 

 

 
          2,763,564   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.0%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class A

     3           34,525   

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B

     6           71,812   

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

     4,000           15,559   

Nippon Yusen KK

     5,000           14,522   
       

 

 

 
          136,418   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.1%

       

Adecco SA (a)

     590           49,103   

Bureau Veritas SA

     1,236           37,910   

Capita PLC

     2,937           53,703   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

     165           16,393   

Equifax, Inc.

     455           30,954   

Experian PLC

     4,508           81,350   

Intertek Group PLC

     720           36,966   

Nielsen Holdings NV

     916           40,881   

Randstad Holding NV

     1,613           94,407   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     485           20,346   

SGS SA

     24           59,190   
       

 

 

 
          521,203   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Road & Rail - 0.3%

       

Asciano Ltd.

     8,374           40,513   

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     6,403           30,585   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     644           75,226   

CSX Corp.

     3,710           107,479   

DSV A/S

     511           16,477   

East Japan Railway Co.

     1,500           110,486   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     5,000           27,201   

Kansas City Southern

     420           42,865   

Keikyu Corp.

     2,000           16,865   

Keio Corp.

     3,000           20,887   

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     2,000           17,336   

Kintetsu Corp. (b)

     8,000           28,447   

MTR Corp., Ltd.

     7,000           25,938   

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

     3,000           14,672   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     1,140           110,774   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     2,000           17,215   

Ryder System, Inc.

     215           17,183   

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

     3,000           14,485   

Tokyu Corp.

     5,000           30,555   

Union Pacific Corp.

     1,725           323,714   

West Japan Railway Co.

     751           30,653   
       

 

 

 
          1,119,556   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     189           35,100   

Bunzl PLC

     1,482           39,514   

Fastenal Co.

     980           48,333   

ITOCHU Corp.

     7,000           81,903   

Marubeni Corp.

     7,000           46,992   

Mitsubishi Corp.

     6,300           116,864   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     7,800           110,242   

Sumitomo Corp. (b)

     5,000           63,578   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     700           17,755   

Travis Perkins PLC

     1,092           34,385   

Wolseley PLC

     1,423           81,078   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     230           58,112   
       

 

 

 
          733,856   
       

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%

       

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

     1,637           37,414   

Aeroports de Paris

     305           38,014   

Atlantia SpA

     2,911           74,797   

Auckland International Airport Ltd. (a)

     4,070           13,465   

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust-Class U

     43,553           28,317   

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

     1,000           13,894   

Sydney Airport

     15,829           61,590   

Transurban Group

     3,826           25,793   
       

 

 

 
          293,284   
       

 

 

 
          14,333,511   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 3.5%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.4%

       

Alcatel-Lucent (a)

     12,407           48,862   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     19,640           440,133   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     280           29,856   

Harris Corp.

     395           28,898   

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

     1,840           47,399   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     845           54,325   

Nokia Oyj (a)

     16,723           123,038   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     6,220           490,509   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson-Class B

     13,589           181,241   
       

 

 

 
          1,444,261   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

Apple, Inc.

     3,313           1,778,220   

EMC Corp./MA

     7,555           207,082   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     7,060           228,461   

NEC Corp.

     9,000           27,645   

NetApp, Inc.

     1,240           45,756   

SanDisk Corp.

     820           66,576   

Seagate Technology PLC

     1,200           67,392   

Seiko Epson Corp.

     600           18,748   

Western Digital Corp.

     780           71,620   
       

 

 

 
          2,511,500   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     575           52,699   

Corning, Inc.

     5,305           110,450   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     510           18,360   

Fujifilm Holdings Corp.

     2,100           56,368   

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

     600           27,068   

Hexagon AB-Class B

     938           31,891   

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

     100           13,748   

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

     600           13,977   

Hitachi Ltd.

     22,000           162,845   

Hoya Corp.

     1,900           59,434   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     675           12,150   

Keyence Corp.

     200           82,393   

Kyocera Corp.

     1,400           63,095   

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     900           85,069   

Omron Corp.

     900           37,239   

TDK Corp.

     900           37,532   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     1,510           90,917   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     1,100           17,783   
       

 

 

 
          973,018   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.5%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

     655           38,128   

Dena Co., Ltd. (b)

     529           9,556   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     4,285           236,703   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     6,050           364,452   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     1,039           1,157,976   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

     961           15,624   

United Internet AG

     1,223           57,367   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

     475           25,607   

Yahoo Japan Corp.

     6,408           31,392   

Yahoo!, Inc. (a)

     3,465           124,393   
       

 

 

 
          2,061,198   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IT Services - 0.6%

       

Accenture PLC-Class A

     2,335           186,146   

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (a)

     180           49,041   

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     1,699           70,602   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     1,770           136,750   

Cap Gemini SA

     854           64,653   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     2,230           112,860   

Computer Sciences Corp.

     540           32,843   

Computershare Ltd.

     1,449           16,296   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,070           57,191   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     950           53,856   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     8,000           48,356   

International Business Machines Corp.

     3,626           697,969   

MasterCard, Inc.-Class A

     3,810           284,607   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     600           18,928   

NTT Data Corp.

     500           19,403   

Otsuka Corp.

     200           26,087   

Paychex, Inc.

     1,195           50,907   

Teradata Corp. (a)

     595           29,268   

Total System Services, Inc.

     610           18,550   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     1,875           404,737   

Western Union Co. (The)-Class W

     2,030           33,211   

Xerox Corp.

     4,245           47,969   
       

 

 

 
            2,460,230   
       

 

 

 

Office Electronics - 0.1%

       

Canon, Inc.

     5,100           158,283   

Konica Minolta, Inc.

     2,000           18,711   

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

     3,000           34,778   
       

 

 

 
          211,772   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.4%

       

Altera Corp.

     1,160           42,038   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,130           60,048   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     4,385           89,542   

ARM Holdings PLC

     6,241           105,400   

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     900           8,801   

ASML Holding NV

     1,801           167,643   

Broadcom Corp.-Class A

     1,970           62,016   

Infineon Technologies AG

     4,860           57,981   

Intel Corp.

     18,240           470,774   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     610           42,175   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     579           31,845   

Linear Technology Corp.

     840           40,900   

LSI Corp.

     1,970           21,808   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     695           33,193   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     3,820           90,381   

NVIDIA Corp.

     2,085           37,342   

Rohm Co., Ltd.

     400           17,861   

STMicroelectronics NV

     4,174           38,680   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     4,025           189,779   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     800           49,721   

Xilinx, Inc.

     985           53,456   
       

 

 

 
          1,711,384   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.7%

       

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)

     1,710           112,415   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

     825           40,574   

CA, Inc.

     1,185           36,700   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)

     680           39,052   

Dassault Systemes

     243           28,435   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     1,135           32,926   

Gemalto NV (b)

     323           37,647   

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (b)

     4,000           21,744   

Intuit, Inc.

     1,050           81,617   

Microsoft Corp.

     27,920           1,144,441   

Nexon Co., Ltd.

     2,595           21,793   

NICE Systems Ltd.

     208           9,275   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     500           59,770   

Oracle Corp.

     12,900           527,739   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     500           22,672   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     690           36,556   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     4,400           30,689   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     2,034           116,121   

SAP AG

     4,114           333,710   

Symantec Corp.

     2,555           51,023   

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

     500           15,448   
       

 

 

 
          2,800,347   
       

 

 

 
            14,173,710   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.0%

       

Beverages - 0.7%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     3,588           377,871   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,700           47,661   

Beam, Inc.

     600           49,980   

Brown-Forman Corp.-Class B

     602           53,993   

Carlsberg A/S-Class B

     478           47,517   

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     3,316           33,981   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     13,930           538,534   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     850           40,596   

Coca-Cola HBC AG (a)

     892           22,239   

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A (a)

     620           52,681   

Diageo PLC

     11,209           348,141   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     720           39,211   

Heineken NV

     1,245           86,636   

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

     4,000           55,358   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     550           32,373   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     510           35,419   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     5,625           469,687   

Pernod Ricard SA

     946           110,091   

Remy Cointreau SA (b)

     195           15,642   

SABMiller PLC (London)

     4,293           214,660   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     848           29,216   

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. (b)

     5,315           17,460   
       

 

 

 
          2,718,947   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

       

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     2,700           30,390   

Carrefour SA

     2,692           104,138   

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

     482           57,308   

Colruyt SA

     393           21,664   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1,615           180,363   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     4,380           327,887   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Delhaize Group SA

     404           29,545   

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

     2,417           22,103   

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

     400           17,590   

J Sainsbury PLC

     5,506           29,036   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA (b)

     1,190           19,969   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     5,463           109,726   

Kroger Co. (The)

     1,865           81,407   

Lawson, Inc.

     200           14,152   

Metro AG

     1,551           63,267   

Safeway, Inc.

     895           33,061   

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,400           129,555   

Sysco Corp.

     2,105           76,054   

Tesco PLC

     36,078           177,941   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     5,963           455,752   

Walgreen Co.

     3,195           210,966   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     5,147           197,210   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     1,370           69,473   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     9,857           35,049   

Woolworths Ltd.

     5,562           184,447   
       

 

 

 
            2,678,053   
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 0.8%

       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     3,000           42,936   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     2,415           104,787   

Aryzta AG (a)

     470           41,560   

Associated British Foods PLC

     1,705           79,116   

Campbell Soup Co.

     625           28,050   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     1,535           47,631   

Danone SA (b)

     2,553           180,363   

General Mills, Inc.

     2,335           121,000   

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

     48,000           21,960   

Hershey Co. (The)

     550           57,420   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     475           23,403   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     395           38,410   

Kellogg Co.

     915           57,380   

Kerry Group PLC-Class A

     781           59,618   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     478           50,472   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     2,178           122,186   

Lindt & Spruengli AG (REG)

     1           58,877   

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

     475           34,077   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     760           63,186   

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd.

     300           18,910   

Mondelez International, Inc.-Class A

     6,435           222,329   

Nestle SA

     14,400           1,083,882   

Nippon Meat Packers, Inc.

     1,000           14,886   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd. (b)

     400           18,051   

Orkla ASA

     2,074           17,681   

Tate & Lyle PLC

     2,078           23,144   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

     1,000           33,414   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     975           42,910   

Unilever NV

     7,274           299,213   

Unilever PLC

     5,731           245,112   

Wilmar International Ltd.

     9,000           24,799   

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

     400           20,079   
       

 

 

 
          3,296,842   
       

 

 

 

Household Products – 0.4%

       

Clorox Co. (The)

     470           41,365   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     3,200           207,584   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     579           58,229   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference Shares)

     796           85,683   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     1,415           156,004   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     10,015           807,209   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     2,888           235,675   

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA-Class B

     2,115           62,289   

Unicharm Corp.

     500           26,678   
       

 

 

 
          1,680,716   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Avon Products, Inc.

     1,555           22,765   

Beiersdorf AG

     310           30,236   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     940           62,867   

Kao Corp.

     2,300           81,452   

L’Oreal SA

     1,080           178,179   

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

     1,600           28,190   
       

 

 

 
          403,689   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.4%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     7,310           273,613   

British American Tobacco PLC

     8,566           477,861   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     4,350           175,903   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     4,912           154,175   

Lorillard, Inc.

     1,340           72,467   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     5,900           483,033   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     1,135           60,632   

Swedish Match AB

     831           27,204   
       

 

 

 
          1,724,888   
       

 

 

 
            12,503,135   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

       

Aker Solutions ASA

     1,244           19,361   

AMEC PLC

     1,606           30,078   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     1,610           104,682   

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     870           53,740   

CGG SA (a)

     1,620           25,963   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. (b)

     240           11,702   

Ensco PLC-Class A

     850           44,863   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     860           44,969   

Fugro NV

     538           33,056   

Halliburton Co.

     3,090           181,970   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     385           41,411   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     915           22,555   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     1,555           121,088   

Noble Corp. PLC

     925           30,285   

Petrofac Ltd.

     1,166           27,953   

Rowan Cos., PLC-Class A (a)

     455           15,324   

Saipem SpA

     1,479           36,124   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     4,835           471,413   

Seadrill Ltd.

     1,676           59,007   

Subsea 7 SA

     1,066           19,815   

Technip SA

     267           27,524   

Tenaris SA

     1,269           28,041   

Transocean Ltd. (b)

     1,200           49,608   

Transocean Ltd. (Zurich)

     1,255           51,744   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

     885           12,464   
       

 

 

 
          1,564,740   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.1%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     1,845           156,382   

Apache Corp.

     1,445           119,863   

BG Group PLC

     15,199           283,755   

BP PLC

     84,788           681,276   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     1,540           52,175   

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     1,410           28,852   

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     1,845           47,269   

Chevron Corp.

     7,080           841,883   

ConocoPhillips

     4,520           317,982   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

     840           33,558   

Delek Group Ltd.

     47           18,774   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

     1,310           21,484   

Devon Energy Corp.

     1,420           95,041   

ENI SpA

     11,360           284,868   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     1,005           197,151   

EQT Corp.

     540           52,364   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     16,087           1,571,378   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     1,550           26,756   

Hess Corp.

     1,040           86,195   

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

     1,200           24,685   

Inpex Corp.

     4,000           51,941   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     10,000           48,210   

Kinder Morgan, Inc./DE

     2,475           80,413   

Koninklijke Vopak NV (b)

     502           28,020   

Lundin Petroleum AB (a)

     856           17,621   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     2,555           90,754   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     1,112           96,788   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     655           41,173   

Neste Oil Oyj (b)

     572           11,663   

Newfield Exploration Co. (a)

     470           14,739   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     1,300           92,352   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     2,950           281,105   

OMV AG

     658           29,868   

ONEOK, Inc.

     770           45,622   

Origin Energy Ltd.

     4,903           65,122   

Peabody Energy Corp.

     945           15,441   

Phillips 66

     2,210           170,303   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     515           96,377   

QEP Resources, Inc.

     625           18,400   

Range Resources Corp.

     600           49,782   

Repsol SA

     3,820           97,560   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class A

     17,357           634,186   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     11,041           431,045   

Santos Ltd.

     4,317           54,121   

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

     1,245           57,282   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     2,435           89,949   

Statoil ASA

     4,983           140,594   

Tesoro Corp.

     475           24,030   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

     2,000           17,647   

Total SA (b)

     9,552           628,756   

Tullow Oil PLC

     4,387           54,824   

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,975           104,872   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,505           101,653   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     2,943           106,564   
       

 

 

 
          8,830,468   
       

 

 

 
            10,395,208   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Materials - 1.7%

       

Chemicals - 0.9%

       

Air Liquide SA

     1,392           188,505   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     770           91,661   

Air Water, Inc.

     1,000           13,801   

Airgas, Inc.

     240           25,562   

Akzo Nobel NV

     704           57,418   

Arkema SA

     450           50,907   

Asahi Kasei Corp.

     6,000           40,684   

BASF SE

     4,101           456,329   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     240           62,554   

Croda International PLC

     549           23,347   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     4,425           215,011   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     580           50,002   

Ecolab, Inc.

     990           106,910   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     3,395           227,804   

EMS-Chemie Holding AG (REG)

     109           41,193   

FMC Corp.

     480           36,749   

Givaudan SA (a)

     37           57,230   

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

     900           12,242   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     7,611           20,931   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     300           28,701   

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     1,432           12,528   

Israel Corp., Ltd. (The) (a)

     16           8,936   

Johnson Matthey PLC

     915           49,958   

JSR Corp.

     800           14,801   

K&S AG

     1,472           48,338   

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

     1,000           14,237   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

     1,000           11,441   

Lanxess AG

     509           38,420   

Linde AG

     827           165,587   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     1,599           142,215   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

     6,000           24,917   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     2,000           11,275   

Monsanto Co.

     1,940           220,714   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     1,230           61,500   

Nippon Paint Co., Ltd.

     1,000           15,141   

Nitto Denko Corp.

     600           28,772   

Novozymes A/S-Class B

     1,129           49,630   

Orica Ltd.

     2,259           45,966   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     550           106,403   

Praxair, Inc.

     1,090           142,757   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     315           62,096   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     1,800           102,611   

Showa Denko KK

     7,000           9,909   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     455           42,488   

Sika AG

     6           24,543   

Solvay SA

     236           37,072   

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

     7,000           25,808   

Syngenta AG

     416           157,924   

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp.

     2,000           15,731   

Teijin Ltd.

     5,000           12,389   

Toray Industries, Inc. (b)

     7,000           46,187   

Umicore SA

     509           25,956   

Yara International ASA

     541           23,963   
       

 

 

 
          3,607,754   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction Materials - 0.1%

       

CRH PLC

     3,257           91,135   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

     3,064           25,347   

HeidelbergCement AG

     440           37,713   

Holcim Ltd. (a)

     816           67,629   

James Hardie Industries PLC

     3,449           46,072   

Lafarge SA

     832           64,938   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     5,000           18,007   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     465           30,899   
       

 

 

 
          381,740   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     5,378           51,962   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     335           16,974   

Ball Corp.

     510           27,953   

Bemis Co., Inc.

     330           12,949   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     620           23,337   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

     560           18,945   

Rexam PLC

     3,528           28,669   

Sealed Air Corp.

     690           22,680   

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,700           27,589   
       

 

 

 
          231,058   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.6%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     3,920           50,450   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

     385           14,507   

Anglo American PLC

     6,223           159,027   

Antofagasta PLC

     1,773           24,736   

ArcelorMittal (Euronext Amsterdam)

     8,908           143,767   

BHP Billiton Ltd.

     14,341           486,092   

BHP Billiton PLC

     9,431           291,217   

Boliden AB

     1,652           25,158   

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. (b)

     530           10,844   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     6,938           33,968   

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.

     3,775           124,839   

Fresnillo PLC

     1,459           20,567   

Glencore Xstrata PLC

     47,381           244,404   

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

     1,000           14,245   

Iluka Resources Ltd.

     2,008           18,490   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     2,200           41,339   

Kobe Steel Ltd.

     12,000           15,925   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

     7,000           19,838   

Newcrest Mining Ltd. (a)

     2,055           18,804   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     1,795           42,075   

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

     34,000           92,778   

Norsk Hydro ASA

     6,514           32,433   

Nucor Corp.

     1,160           58,626   

Randgold Resources Ltd.

     390           29,275   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     1,946           114,780   

Rio Tinto PLC

     5,676           316,538   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

     2,000           25,068   

ThyssenKrupp AG (a)

     1,305           35,011   

United States Steel Corp. (b)

     530           14,633   

Voestalpine AG

     442           19,452   
       

 

 

 
          2,538,886   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

International Paper Co.

     1,615           74,096   

OJI Holdings Corp.

     4,000           17,891   

Stora Enso Oyj-Class R

     2,457           26,296   

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

     2,358           40,343   
       

 

 

 
          158,626   
       

 

 

 
          6,918,064   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.8%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     19,348           678,534   

Belgacom SA

     795           24,910   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     7,158           12,760   

BT Group PLC

     35,190           223,799   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     2,160           70,934   

Deutsche Telekom AG

     12,543           203,517   

Elisa Oyj (a)

     635           18,267   

Frontier Communications Corp. (b)

     3,660           20,862   

HKT Trust and HKT Ltd.

     18,882           19,922   

Iliad SA

     163           47,000   

Inmarsat PLC

     1,541           18,681   

Koninklijke KPN NV (a)

     2,757           9,732   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     1,900           103,249   

Orange SA

     8,280           122,310   

Portugal Telecom SGPS SA (b)

     2,560           10,896   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     36,000           104,377   

Swisscom AG

     104           63,895   

TDC A/S

     3,390           31,339   

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd.

     9,734           20,640   

Telecom Italia SpA (ordinary shares)

     64,157           75,830   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     16,898           15,857   

Telefonica SA

     18,290           289,837   

Telekom Austria AG

     1,044           10,395   

Telenor ASA

     2,746           60,777   

TeliaSonera AB

     10,613           80,154   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     20,376           96,082   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     15,195           722,826   

Vivendi SA

     5,418           150,798   

Windstream Holdings, Inc. (b)

     2,175           17,922   

Ziggo NV

     1,595           70,833   
       

 

 

 
          3,396,935   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

       

KDDI Corp.

     2,403           139,530   

Millicom International Cellular SA

     641           65,287   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     6,800           107,151   

Softbank Corp.

     4,300           324,943   

StarHub Ltd.

     4,000           13,383   

Vodafone Group PLC

     118,560           435,983   
       

 

 

 
          1,086,277   
       

 

 

 
          4,483,212   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Utilities - 1.0%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.5%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,775           89,922   

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     7,000           44,768   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     2,900           34,120   

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     1,300           18,089   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     5,000           37,702   

Contact Energy Ltd.

     2,149           9,926   

Duke Energy Corp.

     2,582           183,890   

Edison International

     1,165           65,951   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     8,962           41,607   

Electricite de France

     1,042           41,201   

Enel SpA

     29,393           166,252   

Entergy Corp.

     625           41,781   

Exelon Corp.

     3,147           105,613   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     1,535           52,236   

Fortum Oyj

     1,983           45,076   

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     1,800           15,172   

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.

     1,600           20,746   

Iberdrola SA

     21,215           148,451   

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

     3,100           31,776   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,900           23,230   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     1,595           152,514   

Northeast Utilities

     1,160           52,780   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     890           18,227   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     385           21,044   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     3,500           30,379   

PPL Corp.

     2,295           76,056   

Red Electrica Corp. SA

     483           39,275   

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     700           9,491   

Southern Co. (The)

     3,210           141,047   

SP AusNet

     12,753           15,525   

SSE PLC

     4,306           105,471   

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,400           14,398   

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (a)

     5,500           22,129   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     1,820           55,255   
       

 

 

 
            1,971,100   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

AGL Resources, Inc.

     398           19,486   

APA Group (b)

     2,828           16,855   

Enagas SA

     853           25,948   

Gas Natural SDG SA

     1,513           42,566   

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

     29,400           64,232   

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

     8,000           30,236   

Snam SpA

     6,059           35,491   

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

     2,000           10,867   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     11,000           55,777   
       

 

 

 
          301,458   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders - 0.0%

       

AES Corp./VA

     2,385           34,058   

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

     500           14,063   

Enel Green Power SpA

     25,579           71,837   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     1,140           36,252   
       

 

 

 
          156,210   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

       

AGL Energy Ltd.

     3,037           42,826   

Ameren Corp.

     860           35,432   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     1,545           36,601   

Centrica PLC

     23,112           127,149   

CMS Energy Corp.

     970           28,402   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     1,080           57,942   

Dominion Resources, Inc./VA

     2,135           151,564   

DTE Energy Co.

     670           49,774   

E.ON SE

     8,042           157,061   

GDF Suez

     5,926           162,105   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

     300           17,895   

National Grid PLC

     16,377           225,046   

NiSource, Inc.

     1,105           39,261   

PG&E Corp.

     1,625           70,200   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     1,855           70,750   

RWE AG

     2,185           88,666   

SCANA Corp.

     495           25,403   

Sempra Energy

     860           83,214   

Suez Environnement Co.

     1,324           26,895   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     725           12,434   

United Utilities Group PLC

     2,853           37,529   

Veolia Environnement SA

     1,552           30,758   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     800           37,240   
       

 

 

 
          1,614,147   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Severn Trent PLC

     1,196           36,349   
       

 

 

 
          4,079,264   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $96,053,633)

          121,099,899   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 22.3%

       

United States - 22.3%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.75%, 8/15/42

   $ 775           661,656   

3.125%, 11/15/41-2/15/43

     2,825           2,607,963   

3.50%, 2/15/39

     152           152,475   

3.625%, 8/15/43

     1,735           1,756,146   

3.75%, 8/15/41

     220           229,212   

3.875%, 8/15/40

     280           298,463   

4.25%, 5/15/39

     240           271,687   

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

     1,258           1,452,624   

4.50%, 8/15/39

     220           258,775   

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

     401           489,697   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     650           831,492   

6.00%, 2/15/26

     434           570,642   

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

     724           994,546   

6.875%, 8/15/25

     325           453,832   

7.25%, 5/15/16-8/15/22

     883           1,180,532   

7.50%, 11/15/16

     92           108,158   

7.625%, 2/15/25

     55           80,283   

8.00%, 11/15/21

     123           171,508   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.25%, 5/31/15-7/31/15

     4,480           4,484,479   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

0.375%, 4/15/15-1/31/16

     6,515           6,523,505   

0.50%, 7/31/17

     1,540           1,510,523   

0.75%, 2/28/18-3/31/18

     5,625           5,490,332   

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

     2,315           2,316,894   

1.00%, 9/30/16-5/31/18

     5,485           5,451,442   

1.25%, 8/31/15-4/30/19

     3,360           3,336,299   

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

     15,232           15,337,833   

1.625%, 8/15/22-11/15/22

     2,090           1,938,187   

1.75%, 7/31/15-5/15/23

     6,350           6,350,971   

1.875%, 10/31/17

     1,100           1,126,125   

2.00%, 4/30/16-2/15/23

     3,760           3,653,612   

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

     825           830,825   

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

     739           762,816   

2.375%, 7/31/17

     416           433,270   

2.50%, 3/31/15-8/15/23

     1,653           1,634,952   

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

     2,010           2,082,608   

2.75%, 5/31/17-11/15/23

     2,875           3,018,544   

3.00%, 2/28/17

     889           943,382   

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

     1,111           1,176,860   

3.25%, 7/31/16

     1,147           1,218,239   

3.375%, 11/15/19

     1,055           1,137,669   

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

     1,425           1,554,017   

3.75%, 11/15/18

     6,205           6,802,231   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $93,124,692)

          91,685,306   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 9.8%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 9.8%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     60,289           2,958,984   

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

     40,137           2,696,003   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     129,032           24,134,145   

Vanguard REIT ETF

     147,681           10,429,232   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $38,751,770)

          40,218,364   
       

 

 

 
     Contracts           

OPTIONS PURCHASED - PUTS - 0.1%

       

Options on Equity Indices - 0.1%

       

S&P 500 Index

       

Expiration: June 2014,

       

Exercise Price: $1,750.00 (a)(e)

     218           360,790   
       

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
(000)
          

Swaptions - 0.0%

       

IRS Swaption, Deutsche Bank AG London,

       

Expiration: May 2014, Pay 1.95%,

       

Receive 3-month LIBOR (BBA)

     7,770           27,911   

IRS Swaption, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA,

       

Expiration: May 2014, Pay 3.12%,

       

Receive 3-month LIBOR (BBA)

     2,510           3,721   


     Notional
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

IRS Swaption, Morgan Stanley Capital Services, LLC,

       

Expiration: May 2014, Pay 3.14%,

       

Receive 3-month LIBOR (BBA)

     2,710           2,035   

IRS Swaption, Citibank, NA,

       

Expiration: May 2014, Pay 3.95%,

       

Receive 3-month LIBOR (BBA)

     1,730           397   
       

 

 

 
          34,064   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Puts
(premiums paid $806,168)

          394,854   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Commercial Banks - 0.0%

       

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya, expiring 4/14/14 (a)

     25,822           6,047   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.0%

       

Intu Properties PLC, expiring 4/17/14 (a)

     1,008           1,597   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

New World Development Co., Ltd.,

       

expiring 4/17/17 (a)

     7,333           1,513   
       

 

 

 

Total Rights
(cost $5,979)

          9,157   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 36.3%

       

Investment Companies - 36.3%

       

AllianceBernstein Fixed-Income Shares, Inc.-
Government STIF Portfolio, 0.08% (f)(g)
(cost $149,222,972)

     149,222,972           149,222,972   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 97.9%
(cost $377,965,214)

          402,630,552   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.5%

  

Investment Companies - Sec Lending - 0.5%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.07% (g)
(cost $2,113,653)

     2,113,653           2,113,653   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.4%
(cost $380,078,867) (h)

          404,744,205   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.6% (i)

          6,512,436   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 411,256,641   
       

 

 

 


FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

     444         June 2014       $ 18,382,842       $ 18,961,969       $ 579,127   

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     90         June 2014         9,796,138         9,818,097         21,959   

MSCI EAFE Mini Futures

     1         June 2014         93,546         94,750         1,204   

Russell 2000 Mini Futures

     74         June 2014         8,706,989         8,661,700         (45,289

S&P 500 E Mini Futures

     185         June 2014         16,955,840         17,247,550         291,710   

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     92         June 2014         12,513,049         12,649,080         136,031   

SPI 200 Futures

     2         June 2014         248,270         250,074         1,804   

TOPIX Index Futures

     132         June 2014         15,556,228         15,384,973         (171,255

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     212         June 2014         26,308,220         26,182,000         (126,220

U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT) Futures

     56         June 2014         7,887,489         8,090,250         202,761   

Sold Contracts

              

Hang Seng Index Futures

     12         April 2014         1,693,708         1,712,628         (18,920
              

 

 

 
               $ 872,912   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver

(000)
     In Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         832         SEK         5,306         6/18/14       $ (13,281

BNP Paribas SA

     AUD         2,274         USD         2,036         6/18/14         (61,918

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         447         GBP         268         6/18/14         (59

Citibank, NA

     USD         635         GBP         381         6/18/14         (407

Credit Suisse International

     USD         7,436         JPY         760,438         6/18/14         (65,841

Royal Bank of Canada

     CAD         302         USD         272         6/18/14         (786

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         1,022         GBP         627         6/18/14         22,257   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         640         JPY         65,201         6/18/14         (7,629

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         611         EUR         445         6/18/14         1,833   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         3,758         EUR         2,711         6/18/14         (23,643

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         38         GBP         23         6/18/14         129   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         1,471         CHF         1,291         6/18/14         (9,895

UBS AG

     JPY         80,847         USD         787         6/18/14         3,748   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (155,492
                 

 

 

 

 


CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Clearing Broker

/(Exchange)

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

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(CME Group)

     3,460         11/04/18         3 Month LIBOR         1.453   $ (15,324

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(CME Group)

     970         11/01/23         3 Month LIBOR         2.617     (4,497

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(CME Group)

     1,220         11/05/23         3 Month LIBOR         2.76     9,725   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(CME Group)

     600         11/04/43         3 Month LIBOR         3.58     13,294   
             

 

 

 
              $ 3,198   
             

 

 

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Receive/Pay
Total
Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid
by

the Fund
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
  

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Index

  

             

Receive

   MSCI AC Far East Ex Japan Index      6,741         0.44   $ 2,272       10/15/14    Bank of America, NA    $ 66,843   

Receive

   MSCI AC Far East Ex Japan Index      8,220         0.39     2,770       11/17/14    Bank of America, NA      81,555   

Receive

   MSCI AC Far East Ex Japan Index      6,978         0.50     2,351       12/15/14    Bank of America, NA      69,142   

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      109         0.01     604       10/15/14    Bank of America, NA      (7,228

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      237         0.54     895       4/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      11,245   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      330         0.54     1,246       4/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      15,658   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      292         0.54     1,102       7/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      13,855   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      256         0.57     966       8/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      12,137   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      18         0.67     68       10/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      851   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      181         0.67     683       10/15/14    Deutsche Bank AG London      8,558   


Receive/Pay
Total

Return on
Reference
Index

  

Index

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid
by

the Fund
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
  

Counterparty

   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive

   MSCI Emerging Markets Index      4,237         0.31   $ 1,641       7/31/14    Deutsche Bank AG London    $ 90,771   

Receive

   iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF      2,511         1.00     103       6/27/14    Goldman Sachs International      108   

Receive

   iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF      14,581         1.00     583       6/27/14    Goldman Sachs International      14,441   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      137         0.54     517       5/15/14    UBS AG      6,500   

Receive

   FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed Real Estate Index      132         0.66     498       10/15/14    UBS AG      6,243   

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      65         1.00     360       10/15/14    UBS AG      (4,306

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      487         1.00     2,700       3/16/15    UBS AG      (32,290

Receive

   Russell 2000 Total Return Index      30         1.00     166       4/15/15    UBS AG      (1,989
                   

 

 

 
                    $ 352,094   
                   

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) One contract relates to 100 shares.
(f) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AllianceBernstein at (800) 227-4618.
(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $28,059,047 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(3,393,709), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $24,665,338.
(i) An amount of U.S. $5,004,165 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2014.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen

SEK

   -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

AC    -    All Country
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade


CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
EPRA    -    European Public Real Estate Association
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
IRS    -    Interest Rate Swaption
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NAREIT    -    National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts
REG    -    Registered Shares
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Common Stocks:

       

Financials

   $ 10,137,688      $ 15,013,038       $     90,723      $ 25,241,449   

Health Care

     8,252,451        6,252,237         – 0  –      14,504,688   

Consumer Discretionary

     7,586,659        6,880,999         – 0  –      14,467,658   

Industrials

     6,651,542        7,681,969         – 0  –      14,333,511   

Information Technology

         11,468,428        2,705,282         – 0  –      14,173,710   

Consumer Staples

     6,176,438        6,326,697         – 0  –      12,503,135   

Energy

     6,316,801        4,078,407         – 0  –      10,395,208   

Materials

     2,166,934        4,751,130         – 0  –      6,918,064   

Telecommunication Services

     1,589,417        2,893,795         – 0  –      4,483,212   

Utilities

     1,970,544        2,108,720         – 0  –      4,079,264   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –          91,685,306         – 0  –          91,685,306   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Investment Companies

   $ 40,218,364      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 40,218,364   

Options Purchased - Puts

     – 0  –      394,854        – 0  –      394,854   

Rights

     7,644        – 0  –      1,513        9,157   

Short-Term Investments

     149,222,972        – 0  –      – 0  –      149,222,972   

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

     2,113,653        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,113,653   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     253,879,535        150,772,434        92,236        404,744,205   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     631,706        602,890        – 0  –      1,234,596   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      27,967        – 0  –      27,967   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      23,019        – 0  –      23,019   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      397,907        – 0  –      397,907   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (171,509     (190,175     – 0  –      (361,684

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (183,459     – 0  –      (183,459

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (19,821     – 0  –      (19,821

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (45,813     – 0  –      (45,813
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     254,339,732      $     151,384,949      $     92,236      $     405,816,917   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common Stocks     Rights     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/13

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (6,540     1,513        (5,027

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     97,263        – 0  –      97,263   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $     90,723      $     1,513      $     92,236   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ (6,540   $ 1,513      $ (5,027
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.2%

       

Information Technology - 26.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.5%

       

CalAmp Corp. (a)

     47,770         $ 1,331,350   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     24,620           1,941,533   
       

 

 

 
          3,272,883   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 2.7%

       

Apple, Inc.

     4,295           2,305,298   

Silicon Graphics International Corp. (a)

     106,802           1,311,529   
       

 

 

 
          3,616,827   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.2%

       

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(b)

     66,550           1,575,238   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 8.3%

       

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

     27,815           1,331,504   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     28,750           1,588,150   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     2,531           2,820,825   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (a)

     8,327           1,539,995   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     17,100           1,193,583   

Yandex NV-Class A (a)

     40,840           1,232,960   

Yelp, Inc. (a)

     16,686           1,283,654   
       

 

 

 
          10,990,671   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.7%

       

QIWI PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     29,593           1,025,398   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     12,120           2,616,223   
       

 

 

 
          3,641,621   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.6%

       

ams AG

     6,705           941,574   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

     23,240           1,496,889   

MediaTek, Inc.

     119,000           1,761,400   

NVIDIA Corp.

     70,418           1,261,186   

NXP Semiconductor NV (a)

     33,920           1,994,835   
       

 

 

 
          7,455,884   
       

 

 

 

Software - 3.7%

       

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

     14,279           1,354,077   

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     23,812           1,359,427   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     21,000           1,258,320   

Splunk, Inc. (a)

     13,638           974,981   
       

 

 

 
          4,946,805   
       

 

 

 
          35,499,929   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 20.6%

       

Auto Components - 1.4%

       

Delphi Automotive PLC

     26,760           1,815,934   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 2.1%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     26,260           1,749,179   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     114,400           1,019,684   
       

 

 

 
          2,768,863   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.4%

       

Kroton Educacional SA

     86,200           1,895,716   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.8%

       

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     58,180           2,248,657   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     20,030           1,510,062   
       

 

 

 
          3,758,719   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.3%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     6,853           2,306,172   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     1,700           2,026,213   
       

 

 

 
          4,332,385   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.1%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     18,170           1,454,872   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.7%

       

Lojas Renner SA

     37,000           1,047,219   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT (a)

     944,000           1,160,508   
       

 

 

 
          2,207,727   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.6%

       

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     732,000           728,006   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     4,000           1,446,760   
       

 

 

 
          2,174,766   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 5.2%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     25,110           2,398,963   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     27,060           1,998,652   

Prada SpA

     141,200           1,093,827   

Samsonite International SA

     457,000           1,415,885   
       

 

 

 
          6,907,327   
       

 

 

 
          27,316,309   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 15.8%

       

Biotechnology - 3.5%

       

Cepheid, Inc. (a)

     39,447           2,034,676   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     32,908           1,670,739   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     13,720           970,279   
       

 

 

 
          4,675,694   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.0%

       

Elekta AB-Class B

     75,760           1,008,552   

Essilor International SA

     16,060           1,620,746   
       

 

 

 
          2,629,298   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.3%

       

Odontoprev SA

     209,200           831,637   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     27,060           2,218,649   
       

 

 

 
          3,050,286   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.3%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     11,551           1,717,172   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 6.7%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     16,630           2,063,783   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     35,790           1,859,291   

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

     9,727,500           1,261,807   

Roche Holding AG

     8,030           2,415,132   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     135,560           1,307,715   
       

 

 

 
          8,907,728   
       

 

 

 
          20,980,178   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 11.8%

       

Beverages - 3.0%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     17,980           1,893,567   

Diageo PLC

     67,380           2,092,761   
       

 

 

 
          3,986,328   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.7%

       

Raia Drogasil SA

     109,700           949,057   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 4.8%

       

Danone SA (b)

     23,430           1,655,266   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     21,400           1,779,196   

Nestle SA

     21,950           1,652,167   

Universal Robina Corp.

     395,461           1,254,891   
       

 

 

 
          6,341,520   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.3%

       

Unicharm Corp.

     32,000           1,707,413   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.1%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     21,630           1,446,615   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.9%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     21,460           1,197,162   
       

 

 

 
          15,628,095   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 8.9%

       

Capital Markets - 1.5%

       

UBS AG (a)

     97,490           2,019,993   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 2.0%

       

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     527,500           1,502,828   

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV-Class O

     158,140           1,069,448   
       

 

 

 
          2,572,276   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%

       

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

     8,700           1,721,121   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.7%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     483,000           2,297,218   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.3%

       

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     806,000           1,701,013   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.1%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     101,360           1,495,471   
       

 

 

 
          11,807,092   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 8.7%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 4.3%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     12,280           956,244   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     29,110           2,091,844   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     27,090           2,641,275   
       

 

 

 
          5,689,363   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.4%

       

BG Group PLC

     84,560           1,578,676   

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     16,480           2,018,800   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     31,290           2,222,842   
       

 

 

 
          5,820,318   
       

 

 

 
          11,509,681   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 1.8%

       

Machinery - 1.8%

       

FANUC Corp.

     5,900           1,043,073   

Proto Labs, Inc. (a)

     20,833           1,409,769   
       

 

 

 
          2,452,842   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.6%

       

Chemicals - 1.6%

       

Monsanto Co.

     18,260           2,077,440   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.3%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.3%

       

Softbank Corp.

     23,000           1,738,069   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $107,754,838)

          129,009,635   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.6%

       

Time Deposit - 3.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $4,821,004)

   U.S.$ 4,821           4,821,004   

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.8%

(cost $112,575,842)

          133,830,639   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 2.4%

   

    

Investment Companies - 2.4%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.07% (c)
(cost $3,223,315)

     3,223,315           3,223,315   
       

 

 

 

 


           U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 103.2%
(cost $ 115,799,157) (d)

        137,053,954   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.2)%

        (4,287,109
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 132,766,845   
     

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         79,619         USD         779         6/18/14       $ 6,807   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         951         CHF         841         6/18/14         1,353   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         358         SEK         2,283         6/18/14         (5,714

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         3,873         AUD         4,325         6/18/14         116,789   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         2,746         CAD         3,056         6/18/14         12,954   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         1,868         EUR         1,347         6/18/14         (12,485

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         6,070         GBP         3,629         6/18/14         (22,952

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         3,190         JPY         328,625         6/18/14         (4,674

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     BRL         8,035         USD         3,355         6/18/14         (115,027

HSBC Bank USA

     GBP         1,896         USD         3,139         6/18/14         (20,017

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         343         HKD         2,660         6/18/14         52   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         392         NOK         2,339         6/18/14         (2,542

Royal Bank of Canada

     USD         2,300         CAD         2,555         6/18/14         6,655   

Standard Chartered Bank

     HKD         48,950         USD         6,308         6/18/14         (4,445

Standard Chartered Bank

     RUB         63,077         USD         1,695         6/18/14         (67,785

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         354         USD         488         6/18/14         535   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         6,910         EUR         4,985         6/18/14         (43,475

UBS AG

     CHF         3,384         USD         3,858         6/18/14         28,180   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (125,791
                 

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $23,727,719 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(2,472,922), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $21,254,797.

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
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar


JPY    -    Japanese Yen
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
RUB    -    Russian Ruble
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

  51.8%        

United States

  6.3%        

Switzerland

  6.1%        

Hong Kong

  5.2%        

Japan

  5.0%        

United Kingdom

  3.5%        

Brazil

  2.5%        

France

  2.1%        

India

  1.8%        

Indonesia

  1.7%        

Russia

  1.5%        

Netherlands

  1.4%        

Belgium

  7.5%        

Other

  3.6%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2014. 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 1.3% or less in the following countries: Austria, China, Italy, Mexico, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden and Taiwan.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $ 31,603,372      $ 3,896,557      $             – 0  –    $ 35,499,929   

Consumer Discretionary

     18,052,676        9,263,633        – 0  –      27,316,309   

Health Care

     13,366,226        7,613,952        – 0  –      20,980,178   

Consumer Staples

     4,174,868        11,453,227        – 0  –      15,628,095   

Financials

     4,810,562        6,996,530        – 0  –      11,807,092   

Energy

     9,931,005        1,578,676        – 0  –      11,509,681   

Industrials

     1,409,769        1,043,073        – 0  –      2,452,842   

Materials

     2,077,440        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,077,440   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      1,738,069        – 0  –      1,738,069   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      4,821,004        – 0  –      4,821,004   

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

     3,223,315        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,223,315   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     88,649,233        48,404,721     – 0  –      137,053,954   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      173,324        – 0  –      173,324   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (299,115     – 0  –      (299,115
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     88,649,233      $     48,278,930      $ – 0  –    $     136,928,163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.5%

       

Information Technology - 25.1%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.5%

       

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,450         $ 1,114,284   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 4.0%

       

Apple, Inc.

     5,745           3,083,571   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     6,240           571,896   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 8.0%

       

eBay, Inc. (a)

     25,130           1,388,181   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     12,640           761,434   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     3,592           4,003,320   
       

 

 

 
          6,152,935   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 6.7%

       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     44,560           2,255,181   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     13,180           2,845,035   
       

 

 

 
          5,100,216   
       

 

 

 

Software - 4.2%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     13,680           1,053,633   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     21,910           928,108   

Concur Technologies, Inc. (a)

     3,660           362,596   

Informatica Corp. (a)

     15,200           574,256   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     3,920           298,234   
       

 

 

 
          3,216,827   
       

 

 

 
          19,239,729   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 22.7%

       

Automobiles - 1.3%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     15,580           1,037,784   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.3%

       

Starbucks Corp.

     23,850           1,750,113   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 4.4%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     1,620           545,162   

HSN, Inc.

     9,820           586,549   

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     1,595           1,901,065   

TripAdvisor, Inc. (a)

     3,780           342,430   
       

 

 

 
          3,375,206   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 1.1%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     5,970           834,069   
       

 

 

 

Media - 6.4%

       

AMC Networks, Inc.-Class A (a)

     8,329           608,766   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     47,650           2,383,453   

Liberty Media Corp.-Class A (a)

     6,400           836,672   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     12,600           1,070,874   
       

 

 

 
          4,899,765   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 5.2%

       

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     8,760           372,125   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     39,800           1,946,220   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     3,740           554,978   

Tractor Supply Co.

     9,830           694,293   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)

     10,790           393,511   
       

 

 

 
          3,961,127   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.0%

       

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     8,267           771,063   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     10,980           810,983   
       

 

 

 
          1,582,046   
       

 

 

 
          17,440,110   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 15.8%

       

Biotechnology - 6.9%

       

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     5,130           1,569,113   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     25,750           1,824,645   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     30,244           1,535,488   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     5,700           403,104   
       

 

 

 
          5,332,350   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%

       

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     5,830           546,737   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     2,536           1,110,743   
       

 

 

 
          1,657,480   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.9%

       

McKesson Corp.

     5,380           949,947   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     15,340           1,257,726   
       

 

 

 
          2,207,673   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.8%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     16,440           2,040,204   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     16,710           868,085   
       

 

 

 
          2,908,289   
       

 

 

 
          12,105,792   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 12.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.9%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     10,230           1,283,763   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     3,760           950,377   
       

 

 

 
          2,234,140   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.2%

       

Copa Holdings SA-Class A

     6,140           891,467   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.2%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     17,590           905,709   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.8%

       

Danaher Corp.

     18,850           1,413,750   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Machinery - 1.8%

       

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     8,630           621,446   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     6,560           785,298   
       

 

 

 
          1,406,744   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.6%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     4,860           492,075   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.0%

       

Robert Half International, Inc.

     18,290           767,266   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.1%

       

Union Pacific Corp.

     4,340           814,444   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.5%

       

WW Grainger, Inc.

     1,550           391,623   
       

 

 

 
          9,317,218   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 11.9%

       

Beverages - 1.2%

       

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     13,810           959,105   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 6.3%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     16,800           1,876,224   

CVS Caremark Corp.

     31,550           2,361,833   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     16,090           579,723   
       

 

 

 
          4,817,780   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 3.2%

       

Hershey Co. (The)

     6,920           722,448   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     9,850           1,040,061   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     8,320           691,725   
       

 

 

 
          2,454,234   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.2%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     13,330           891,510   
       

 

 

 
          9,122,629   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 6.4%

       

Capital Markets - 3.5%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     4,790           958,240   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     4,100           1,289,368   

Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.-Class A

     5,860           431,413   
       

 

 

 
          2,679,021   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.9%

       

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

     11,180           2,211,739   
       

 

 

 
          4,890,760   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 5.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 3.0%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     23,555           2,296,612   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.5%

       

Antero Resources Corp. (a)

     9,992           625,499   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     6,420           456,077   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Range Resources Corp.

     9,840           816,425   
       

 

 

 
          1,898,001   
       

 

 

 
          4,194,613   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $58,767,564)

          76,310,851   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.6%

       

Time Deposit - 1.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $1,228,718)

   $ 1,229           1,228,718   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.1%
(cost $59,996,282) (b)

          77,539,569   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.1)%

          (871,768
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 76,667,801   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of March 31, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $17,936,671 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(393,384), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $17,543,287.

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, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 76,310,851      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 76,310,851   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,228,718        – 0  –      1,228,718   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     76,310,851        1,228,718        – 0  –      77,539,569   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     76,310,851      $     1,228,718      $             – 0  –    $     77,539,569   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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

Growth & Income Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 95.1%

       

Financials - 21.4%

       

Capital Markets - 4.9%

       

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     43,680         $ 13,736,486   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     81,170           13,299,705   

State Street Corp.

     220,570           15,340,643   
       

 

 

 
          42,376,834   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 5.5%

       

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     365,140           22,167,649   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     506,250           25,180,875   
       

 

 

 
          47,348,524   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.6%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     68,150           5,258,454   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 4.7%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     325,752           40,709,228   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 5.7%

       

ACE Ltd.

     164,870           16,332,022   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     145,410           8,227,298   

Aon PLC

     77,140           6,501,359   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     224,610           7,921,995   

MetLife, Inc.

     60,972           3,219,322   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     78,570           6,686,307   
       

 

 

 
          48,888,303   
       

 

 

 
          184,581,343   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 17.6%

       

Biotechnology - 0.7%

       

Amgen, Inc.

     46,042           5,678,820   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.1%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     362,560           13,962,185   

Medtronic, Inc.

     115,190           7,088,793   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     60,220           5,695,608   
       

 

 

 
          26,746,586   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.9%

       

CIGNA Corp.

     43,100           3,608,763   

McKesson Corp.

     36,820           6,501,308   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     392,190           32,155,658   
       

 

 

 
          42,265,729   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 8.9%

       

Eli Lilly & Co.

     277,860           16,354,839   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     424,319           24,088,590   

Pfizer, Inc.

     923,850           29,674,062   

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     174,360           6,576,859   
       

 

 

 
          76,694,350   
       

 

 

 
          151,385,485   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 13.6%

       

Auto Components - 0.4%

       

Gentex Corp./MI

     99,010           3,121,785   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 2.5%

       

Liberty Interactive Corp.-Class A (a)

     751,388           21,692,572   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Equipment & Products - 0.3%

       

Mattel, Inc.

     70,460           2,826,151   
       

 

 

 

Media - 9.5%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     570,990           28,560,920   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     144,150           10,942,426   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     145,049           19,897,822   

Time Warner, Inc.

     153,940           10,056,900   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     144,010           12,239,410   
       

 

 

 
          81,697,478   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.9%

       

Macy’s, Inc.

     127,490           7,558,882   
       

 

 

 
          116,896,868   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 11.0%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.7%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     257,470           5,769,903   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 3.2%

       

Apple, Inc.

     40,825           21,912,410   

NetApp, Inc.

     151,250           5,581,125   
       

 

 

 
          27,493,535   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 2.9%

       

Avnet, Inc.

     151,950           7,070,234   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     97,300           3,502,800   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     245,310           14,770,115   
       

 

 

 
          25,343,149   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.4%

       

Amdocs Ltd.

     148,604           6,904,142   

International Business Machines Corp.

     27,130           5,222,254   
       

 

 

 
          12,126,396   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.2%

       

NVIDIA Corp.

     557,640           9,987,332   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.6%

       

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

     87,771           5,935,953   

Microsoft Corp.

     195,780           8,025,022   
       

 

 

 
          13,960,975   
       

 

 

 
          94,681,290   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 10.9%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 4.7%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     145,320           18,236,207   

Raytheon Co.

     225,750           22,301,842   
       

 

 

 
          40,538,049   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 2.3%

       

Copa Holdings SA-Class A

     87,010           12,632,982   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     195,130           6,761,255   
       

 

 

 
          19,394,237   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrial Conglomerates - 2.4%

       

General Electric Co.

     804,980           20,840,932   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.5%

       

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     261,220           8,920,663   

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     30,780           3,684,674   
       

 

 

 
          12,605,337   
       

 

 

 
          93,378,555   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 9.6%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.1%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     99,467           7,745,495   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     72,300           7,049,250   

Transocean Ltd. (b)

     88,260           3,648,669   
       

 

 

 
          18,443,414   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 7.5%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     68,490           5,805,212   

Chevron Corp.

     110,160           13,099,126   

ConocoPhillips

     96,750           6,806,362   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     214,420           20,944,546   

HollyFrontier Corp.

     106,830           5,082,971   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     141,830           5,037,802   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     79,770           7,601,283   
       

 

 

 
          64,377,302   
       

 

 

 
          82,820,716   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 4.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 4.2%

       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     755,120           35,921,058   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.7%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.9%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     332,707           24,906,446   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.8%

       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     68,390           6,889,608   
       

 

 

 
          31,796,054   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.3%

       

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     410,210           11,092,078   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.6%

       

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     113,720           5,293,666   
       

 

 

 
          16,385,744   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.2%

       

Paper & Forest Products - 1.2%

       

Domtar Corp.

     93,590           10,502,670   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $621,323,137)

          818,349,783   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.6%

       

Time Deposit - 5.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $47,752,518)

   $ 47,753           47,752,518   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending
Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.7%
(cost $669,075,655)

          866,102,301   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.4%

       

Investment Companies - 0.4%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.07% (c)
(cost $3,728,985)

     3,728,985           3,728,985   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.1%
(cost $672,804,640) (d)

          869,831,286   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.1)%

          (9,421,941
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 860,409,345   
       

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $201,339,105 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,312,459), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $197,026,646.

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

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 818,349,783      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 818,349,783   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      47,752,518        – 0  –      47,752,518   

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

     3,728,985        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,728,985   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     822,078,768        47,752,518        – 0  –      869,831,286   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     822,078,768      $     47,752,518      $     – 0  –    $     869,831,286   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 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

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 23.5%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 19.2%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

4.00%, 4/01/44, TBA

   U.S.$ 340         $ 352,710   

4.50%, 10/01/39

     1,509           1,609,835   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     218           241,910   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     62           68,992   

Series 2013

       

3.50%, 6/01/43

     814           819,178   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 6/01/43-7/01/43

     1,470           1,420,970   

3.50%, 7/01/43

     935           943,093   

3.50%, 4/01/44, TBA

     3,805           3,827,592   

4.00%, 4/01/44, TBA

     2,897           3,011,069   

4.50%, 4/25/44, TBA

     800           853,375   

5.00%, 4/25/44, TBA

     800           872,187   

Series 2003

       

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

     199           221,576   

Series 2004

       

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

     182           202,498   

Series 2005

       

4.50%, 8/01/35

     160           170,965   

5.50%, 2/01/35

     225           250,314   

Series 2007

       

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

     224           239,768   

Series 2012

       

3.50%, 1/01/43

     545           548,774   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 1994

       

9.00%, 9/15/24

     1           1,531   
       

 

 

 
          15,656,337   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 3.6%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

2.50%, 4/01/29, TBA

     2,665           2,662,918   

3.00%, 4/12/29, TBA

     280           287,613   
       

 

 

 
          2,950,531   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.7%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

2.375%, 11/01/35 (a)

     177           189,840   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2003

       

2.56%, 12/01/33 (b)

     121           130,687   

Series 2007

       

2.332%, 3/01/34 (b)

     219           232,465   
       

 

 

 
          552,992   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $18,950,313)

          19,159,860   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADES - 22.4%

       

Industrial - 11.9%

       

Basic - 2.5%

       

Barrick North America Finance LLC

       

4.40%, 5/30/21

     139           140,060   

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (c)

     85           110,904   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (c)

     260           241,146   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

4.375%, 11/15/42

     94           86,770   

8.55%, 5/15/19

     86           110,118   

Gerdau Trade, Inc.

       

4.75%, 4/15/23 (c)

     260           242,857   

Glencore Funding LLC

       

4.125%, 5/30/23 (c)

     155           148,038   

International Paper Co.

       

4.75%, 2/15/22

     65           70,281   

7.95%, 6/15/18

     56           68,491   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     200           230,398   

Minsur SA

       

6.25%, 2/07/24 (c)

     210           220,530   

Rio Tinto Finance USA PLC

       

2.875%, 8/21/22

     117           111,360   

3.50%, 3/22/22

     51           51,019   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (c)

     260           234,382   
       

 

 

 
          2,066,354   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.8%

       

Embraer SA

       

5.15%, 6/15/22

     82           85,075   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (a)

     160           176,676   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

5.25%, 11/15/21

     150           167,684   

5.50%, 9/15/19

     160           181,420   
       

 

 

 
          610,855   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 1.6%

       

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

       

4.00%, 10/01/23

     64           65,143   

4.50%, 2/15/21

     300           325,510   

DirecTV Holdings LLC/DirecTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16

     95           99,299   

3.80%, 3/15/22

     165           163,274   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/29/49 (c)

     128           129,280   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

     87           86,400   

SES Global Americas Holdings GP

       

2.50%, 3/25/19 (c)

     66           65,597   

TCI Communications, Inc.

       

7.875%, 2/15/26

     115           152,329   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.125%, 2/15/21

     200           209,376   
       

 

 

 
          1,296,208   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Communications - Telecommunications - 1.7%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     260           279,839   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.30%, 12/15/42

     31           27,468   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (c)

     320           321,887   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 27           24,889   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

   U.S.$  120           131,920   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

5.15%, 9/15/23

     192           210,109   

6.55%, 9/15/43

     299           363,863   
       

 

 

 
          1,359,975   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.6%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.875%, 8/02/21

     455           523,539   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.3%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

       

7.625%, 4/15/31

     105           139,894   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     68           67,833   

5.625%, 9/15/19

     60           67,923   
       

 

 

 
          275,650   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

Dollar General Corp.

       

4.125%, 7/15/17

     50           53,476   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.8%

       

Ahold Finance USA LLC

       

6.875%, 5/01/29

     245           298,373   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     194           191,921   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     127           119,482   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     78           80,249   
       

 

 

 
          690,025   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.9%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

6.45%, 9/15/36

     124           146,666   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     45           46,180   

Hess Corp.

       

7.875%, 10/01/29

     19           24,953   

Nabors Industries, Inc.

       

5.10%, 9/15/23 (c)

     170           176,789   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

8.25%, 3/01/19

     238           296,360   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

3.95%, 3/15/22

     125           123,951   

4.90%, 8/01/20

     32           34,144   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.375%, 12/15/21

     1           1,124   

6.50%, 11/15/20

     185           207,742   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     177           205,527   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     190           246,655   
       

 

 

 
          1,510,091   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 1.2%

       

Baidu, Inc.

       

2.25%, 11/28/17

     220           220,381   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     107           113,193   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     165           157,734   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     25           30,244   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

       

4.125%, 5/15/22

     300           306,442   

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

     74           72,968   

3.75%, 6/01/23

     69           65,523   
       

 

 

 
          966,485   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.75%, 12/15/16

     75           83,275   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.3%

       

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     116           128,617   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     108           117,166   
       

 

 

 
          245,783   
       

 

 

 
          9,681,716   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 7.2%

       

Banking - 4.3%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

5.875%, 2/07/42

     113           130,660   

BNP Paribas SA

       

5.186%, 6/29/15 (c)

     62           63,628   

BPCE SA

       

5.70%, 10/22/23 (c)

     225           233,881   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     250           263,927   

Credit Suisse AG

       

6.50%, 8/08/23 (c)

     240           262,393   

Danske Bank A/S

       

5.684%, 2/15/17

   GBP 98           169,034   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

Series D

       

6.00%, 6/15/20

   U.S.$  395           453,582   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

       

4.875%, 8/10/17 (c)

     232           250,346   

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman 3 Ltd.

       

4.60%, 3/27/24 (c)

     207           207,914   

Morgan Stanley

       

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

     140           157,986   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     27           29,164   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (c)

     230           268,134   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (c)

     90           94,387   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (c)

     39           45,728   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

       

5.471%, 3/23/15 (c)

     100           102,000   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (c)

     265           269,955   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     250           293,221   

Unicredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (c)

     190           204,731   
       

 

 

 
          3,500,671   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.9%

       

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     75           82,127   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     215           256,160   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (c)

     164           223,434   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.50%, 3/30/20

     200           226,512   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     113           145,692   

MetLife, Inc.

       

7.717%, 2/15/19

     109           135,571   

10.75%, 8/01/39

     85           128,775   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (c)

     100           147,064   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     185           188,700   
       

 

 

 
          1,534,035   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 1.0%

       

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     278           311,257   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     275           302,911   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (c)

     200           199,500   
       

 

 

 
          813,668   
       

 

 

 
          5,848,374   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 3.0%

       

Electric - 0.7%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

             37           41,155   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     64           69,899   

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     170           203,355   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     95           100,508   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     120           132,711   
       

 

 

 
          547,628   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 2.3%

       

DCP Midstream LLC

       

5.35%, 3/15/20 (c)

     108           116,055   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

7.50%, 7/01/38

     336           414,589   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     55           61,391   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     321           319,301   

4.15%, 3/01/22

     89           90,110   

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (c)

     305           304,494   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     235           243,460   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

       

3.70%, 1/15/23

     209           189,664   

Williams Partners LP

       

5.25%, 3/15/20

     173           190,483   
       

 

 

 
          1,929,547   
       

 

 

 
          2,477,175   
       

 

 

 

Non Corporate Sectors - 0.3%

       

Agencies - Not Government Guaranteed - 0.3%

       

CNOOC Finance 2013 Ltd.

       

3.00%, 5/09/23

     260           235,229   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grades
(cost $17,109,495)

          18,242,494   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 15.9%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 9.7%

       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-SN1, Class A3

       

0.72%, 5/20/16

     392           392,828   

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     260           260,735   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

1.29%, 1/15/19

    
252
  
       251,965   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

0.96%, 1/09/17

             355           355,935   

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.49%, 6/08/16

     103           102,829   

Series 2013-3, Class A3

       

0.92%, 4/09/18

     335           335,132   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

0.96%, 4/09/18

     130           130,233   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.65%, 3/08/17

     85           85,046   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust 2011-3

       

Series 2011-3, Class D

       

4.04%, 7/10/17

     200           208,025   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2013-2A, Class A

       

2.97%, 2/20/20 (c)

     288           295,106   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

2.46%, 7/20/20 (c)

     149           147,813   

Bank of America Auto Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A4

       

1.03%, 12/15/16

     245           246,450   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-3, Class A2

       

1.04%, 11/21/16

     275           276,163   

Series 2014-1, Class B

       

2.22%, 1/22/19

     60           60,013   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust/Ally

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.62%, 7/20/16

     202           202,020   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/16

     113           113,113   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (c)

     93           93,540   

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 10/16/17 (c)

     82           81,735   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 5/15/18 (c)

     106           106,284   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.61%, 9/15/17

     204           204,128   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.32%, 4/16/18 (c)

     75           74,609   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2011-R3A, Class A2

       

1.96%, 7/15/15 (c)

   CAD 59           53,013   

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (c)

     199           180,626   

Series 2013-R4A, Class A1

       

1.487%, 8/15/15 (c)

     59           53,475   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-R2A, Class A1

       

1.353%, 3/15/16 (c)

     127           114,880   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A2

       

0.54%, 11/15/14

   U.S.$ 7           6,820   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

             100           98,922   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A1

       

0.74%, 9/15/16

     330           330,447   

Series 2013-1, Class A1

       

0.85%, 1/15/18

     136           136,171   

Series 2014-1, Class A1

       

1.20%, 2/15/19

     201           200,989   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.68%, 4/15/17

     166           166,722   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A1

       

1.12%, 8/25/17 (c)

     175           174,920   

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (c)

     485           476,827   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.66%, 6/15/16 (c)

     264           264,434   

M&T Bank Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A3

       

1.06%, 11/15/17 (c)

     160           160,428   

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.59%, 2/15/16

     173           173,170   

Mercedes-Benz Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-AA, Class A

       

0.79%, 11/15/17 (c)

     373           373,790   

Navistar Financial Corp. Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A2

       

0.85%, 3/18/15 (c)

     14           13,596   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A2A

       

0.45%, 6/15/15

     53           52,550   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

1.08%, 4/15/16

     172           172,538   

Series 2012-6, Class A2

       

0.47%, 9/15/15

     4           4,453   

Series 2013-3, Class C

       

1.81%, 4/15/19

     249           249,505   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     270           271,428   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.64%, 4/17/17

     131           131,060   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SMART Trust/Australia

       

Series 2012-4US, Class A2A

       

0.67%, 6/14/15

     58           58,490   
       

 

 

 
          7,942,956   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 2.9%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

0.68%, 3/15/18

     620           621,639   

Series 2012-5, Class A

       

0.59%, 5/15/18

     325           325,228   

Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

2.71%, 2/17/26 (c)

     255           242,016   

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2013-A1, Class A1

       

1.30%, 2/18/20

     220           216,762   

Series 2014-A2, Class A2

       

2.77%, 3/15/23

     205           204,872   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2012-A1, Class A1

       

0.81%, 8/15/17

     224           224,782   

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-A3, Class A3

       

0.86%, 11/15/17

     300           301,394   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     190           189,662   
       

 

 

 
          2,326,355   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 1.3%

       

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.53%, 12/16/19 (a)

     320           320,004   

Cabela’s Master Credit Card Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.504%, 3/16/20 (a)

     205           205,017   

Gracechurch Card Funding PLC

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A1

       

0.855%, 2/15/17 (a)(c)

     320           321,306   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.535%, 12/15/19 (a)

     185           185,006   
       

 

 

 
          1,031,333   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.9%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2013-VT1, Class A3

       

1.13%, 7/20/20 (c)

     213           214,335   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2012-A, Class A3

       

0.94%, 5/15/17

     95           94,861   

Series 2013-C, Class A2

       

0.63%, 1/17/17

     180           180,443   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013-D, Class A2

       

0.49%, 3/15/17

     211           210,883   

GE Equipment Midticket LLC

       

Series 2011-1, Class A3

       

1.00%, 8/24/15

     39           38,886   
       

 

 

 
          739,408   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.6%

       

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-3, Class A

       

0.647%, 6/20/17 (a)

     485           486,582   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.3%

       

Asset Backed Funding Certificates

       

Series 2003-WF1, Class A2

       

0.904%, 12/25/32 (a)

     54           51,938   

GSAA Home Equity Trust

       

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3

       

0.424%, 3/25/36 (a)

     205           143,016   

HSBC Home Equity Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-3, Class A1

       

0.417%, 1/20/35 (a)

     59           58,303   
       

 

 

 
          253,257   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.2%

       

Citifinancial Mortgage Securities, Inc.

       

Series 2003-1, Class AFPT

       

3.86%, 1/25/33

     47           48,374   

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     103           101,646   
       

 

 

 
          150,020   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $12,957,641)

          12,929,911   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 11.8%

       

Brazil - 1.4%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Series F

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL 2,660           1,109,857   
       

 

 

 

United States - 10.4%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

3.625%, 8/15/43

   U.S.$ 245           247,986   

3.75%, 11/15/43

     490           507,303   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     2,780           3,332,959   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.125%, 4/30/15

     835           834,837   

1.50%, 8/31/18-1/31/19

     1,575           1,562,491   

2.50%, 8/15/23

     215           211,926   

2.75%, 11/15/23-2/15/24

     1,770           1,776,087   
       

 

 

 
          8,473,589   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $9,221,774)

          9,583,446   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 9.8%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 9.3%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

       

5.774%, 2/10/51

     343           384,333   

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     78           84,004   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05

       

3.369%, 3/13/23 (c)

     260           251,894   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       

5.783%, 3/15/49

     131           140,975   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.771%, 5/15/46

     191           211,116   

Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2013-SFS, Class A1

       

1.873%, 4/12/35 (c)

     121           117,196   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C3, Class AJ

       

5.792%, 6/15/38

     105           104,559   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (c)

     180           172,890   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp.

       

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

       

5.444%, 3/10/39

     506           554,836   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2004-GG2, Class A6

       

5.396%, 8/10/38

     130           130,156   

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (c)

     274           274,268   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (c)

     136           129,891   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-CB18, Class A1A

       

5.431%, 6/12/47

     461           504,354   

Series 2007-CB20, Class A1A

       

5.746%, 2/12/51

     419           467,763   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (c)

     206           211,492   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2004-C4, Class A4

       

6.00%, 6/15/29

     86           86,208   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2005-CIP1, Class A2

       

4.96%, 7/12/38

     111           110,467   

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

       

5.739%, 8/12/43

     159           174,283   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

       

5.166%, 12/12/49

     604           656,573   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

     1,105           1,234,375   

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

       

Series 2007-T27, Class A1A

       

5.648%, 6/11/42

     377           422,041   

Motel 6 Trust

       

Series 2012-MTL6, Class A2

       

1.948%, 10/05/25 (c)

     280           277,847   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

       

3.091%, 8/10/49

     60           57,926   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

       

2.85%, 12/10/45

     112           106,679   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C25, Class A1A

       

5.717%, 5/15/43

     412           448,397   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C14, Class A5

       

3.337%, 6/15/46

     233           229,079   
       

 

 

 
          7,543,602   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.5%

       

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.855%, 12/05/31 (a)(c)

     140           139,451   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-KYO, Class A

       

1.004%, 11/08/29 (a)(c)

     275           275,000   
       

 

 

 
          414,451   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $7,947,853)

          7,958,053   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 5.2%

       

Agency Debentures - 5.2%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.25%, 5/15/29

     1,670           2,195,965   

6.625%, 11/15/30

     80           109,927   

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

     2,292           1,963,772   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $4,065,672)

          4,269,664   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 3.1%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 3.1%

       

Chile - 0.3%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (c)

     210           217,008   
       

 

 

 

China - 0.3%

       

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd.

       

4.375%, 10/17/23 (c)

     225           226,205   
       

 

 

 

Indonesia - 0.4%

       

Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT

       

5.50%, 11/22/21 (c)

     360           363,600   
       

 

 

 

Kazakhstan - 0.3%

       

KazMunayGas National Co. JSC

       

7.00%, 5/05/20 (c)

     212           239,030   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.6%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (c)

     420           472,380   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.3%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

3.50%, 7/18/18-1/30/23

     295           290,140   
       

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.4%

       

Korea National Oil Corp.

       

3.125%, 4/03/17 (c)

     310           323,052   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.5%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (c)

     360           383,400   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $2,372,015)

          2,514,815   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADES - 2.6%

       

Financial Institutions - 1.7%

       

Banking - 1.2%

       

ABN AMRO Bank NV

       

4.31%, 3/10/16

   EUR 60           83,692   

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series U

       

5.20%, 6/01/23

   U.S.$  108           101,520   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

7.625%, 11/21/22

     280           308,700   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

5.95%, 1/30/23

     161           157,377   

HBOS Capital Funding LP

       

4.939%, 5/23/16

   EUR 82           109,352   

6.071%, 6/30/14 (c)

   U.S.$ 95           95,119   

Societe Generale SA

       

4.196%, 1/26/15

   EUR 48           66,749   
       

 

 

 
          922,509   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Finance - 0.5%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (c)

   U.S.$  155           173,500   

SLM Corp.

       

7.25%, 1/25/22

     5           5,512   

Series A

       

5.375%, 5/15/14

     248           249,240   
       

 

 

 
          428,252   
       

 

 

 
          1,350,761   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.6%

       

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.

       

4.625%, 5/15/23 (c)

     101           95,193   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.3%

       

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23 (c)

     100           110,000   

T-Mobile USA, Inc.

       

6.625%, 4/01/23

     90           95,400   
       

 

 

 
          205,400   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.0%

       

Dana Holding Corp.

       

6.00%, 9/15/23

     37           38,526   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Entertainment - 0.0%

       

Greektown Holdings LLC

       

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

     55           0   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.2%

       

Cimarex Energy Co.

       

5.875%, 5/01/22

     93           100,905   

Denbury Resources, Inc.

       

4.625%, 7/15/23

     102           94,860   
       

 

 

 
          195,765   
       

 

 

 
          534,884   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.3%

       

Natural Gas - 0.3%

       

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

     203           194,439   

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

       

4.50%, 11/01/23

     29           26,970   
       

 

 

 
          221,409   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grades
(cost $1,980,657)

          2,107,054   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 2.2%

       

United States - 2.2%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index
0.125%, 4/15/16 (TIPS)
(cost $1,822,466)

     1,785           1,833,705   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 1.7%

       

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.9%

       

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR4, Class A2

       

0.344%, 12/25/36 (a)

     216           132,791   

Fannie Mae Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C01, Class M2

       

4.554%, 1/25/24 (a)

     62           65,180   

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-1, Class A1

       

0.404%, 3/25/35 (a)

     114           97,101   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1

       

0.274%, 7/25/36 (a)

     163           124,400   

Series 2006-AR27, Class 2A2

       

0.354%, 10/25/36 (a)

     173           147,533   

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA1, Class A1A

       

0.829%, 2/25/47 (a)

     219           177,937   
       

 

 

 
          744,942   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.7%

       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.619%, 5/25/35

     117           112,321   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2007-HYB2, Class 3A1

       

2.665%, 2/25/47

     164           131,936   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-FA3, Class A9

       

6.00%, 7/25/36

     140           122,935   

JP Morgan Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-A3, Class 2A1

       

2.666%, 7/25/36

     252           191,319   
       

 

 

 
          558,511   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.1%

       

Fannie Mae Grantor Trust

       

Series 2004-T5, Class AB4

       

0.649%, 5/28/35

     50           44,991   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $1,471,485)

          1,348,444   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.8%

       

Qatar - 0.5%

       

Qatar Government International Bond

       

4.50%, 1/20/22 (c)

     360           391,500   
       

 

 

 

Turkey - 0.3%

       

Turkey Government International Bond

       

4.875%, 4/16/43

     260           221,650   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Bonds
(cost $613,954)

          613,150   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.7%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.7%

       

Banking - 0.3%

       

Morgan Stanley

       

7.125%

     5,000           132,650   

State Street Corp.

       

5.90%

     2,975           77,023   
       

 

 

 
     209,673        

Insurance - 0.3%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

5.10%

     9,175           228,457   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.1%

       

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust

       

12.00% (c)

     93           123,651   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $532,229)

          561,781   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.3%

       

United States - 0.3%

       

California GO
7.625%, 3/01/40
(cost $203,257)

   U.S.$  200           279,174   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.2%

       

Germany - 0.1%

       

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

       

5.125%, 2/01/17

     70           78,094   
       

 

 

 

Ireland - 0.1%

       

Bank of Ireland

       

Series MPLE

       

2.054%, 9/22/15 (a)

   CAD  110           94,527   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $167,522)

          172,621   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.1%

       

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

       

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.
9.50%, 5/04/20 (c)
(cost $99,772)

   U.S.$ 100           100,375   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Talon Equity Co. NV, expiring 11/24/15 (d)(e)(f)
(cost $0)

     47           0   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 15.9%

       

Time Deposit - 1.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $1,263,891)

   U.S.$ 1,264           1,263,891   
       

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bills - 11.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon 4/24/14
(cost $8,999,396)

     9,000           8,999,396   
       

 

 

 

Governments - Treasuries - 3.3%

       

Japan - 3.3%

       

Japan Treasury Discount Bill
Series 440
Zero Coupon 5/23/14
(cost $2,731,747)

   JPY   280,000           2,712,666   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $12,995,034)

          12,975,953   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 116.2%
(cost $92,511,139) (g)

          94,650,500   

Other assets less liabilities - (16.2)% (h)

          (13,219,662
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 81,430,838   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     9         June 2014       $ 1,075,771       $ 1,070,578       $ (5,193


Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     11         June 2014       $ 1,364,703       $ 1,358,500       $ (6,203

Sold Contracts

              

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

     5         June 2014         1,099,133         1,097,812         1,321   
              

 

 

 
               $ (10,075
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     IDR         2,546,655         USD         219         4/11/14       $ (5,738

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         213         IDR         2,562,961         4/11/14         12,906   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         140,000         USD         1,369         5/23/14         11,916   

BNP Paribas SA

     CAD         524         USD         473         4/10/14         (1,436

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         408         PEN         1,152         4/21/14         394   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         812         MYR         2,688         4/25/14         12,300   

Credit Suisse International

     PLN         2,487         USD         819         4/03/14         (3,834

Credit Suisse International

     JPY         84,071         USD         816         4/11/14         1,300   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     BRL         416         USD         169         4/02/14         (14,008

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         184         BRL         416         4/02/14         (486

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     BRL         1,663         USD         687         5/05/14         (39,267

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     JPY         140,000         USD         1,359         5/23/14         1,763   

HSBC Bank USA

     BRL         1,426         USD         630         4/02/14         1,666   

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         614         BRL         1,426         4/02/14         14,611   

HSBC Bank USA

     BRL         1,426         USD         609         5/05/14         (14,010

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         207         BRL         493         5/05/14         8,001   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     BRL         1,010         USD         418         4/02/14         (26,908

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD         127         USD         115         4/10/14         157   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         66         CAD         74         4/10/14         690   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     AUD         17         USD         15         4/17/14         (514

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         192         USD         266         4/24/14         1,981   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         90         USD         149         5/08/14         (504
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (39,020
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/

(Exchange)

& Referenced

Obligation

   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
March 31,
2014
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Morgan Stanely & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

           

CDX-NAHY Series 21, 5 Year Index, 12/20/18*

     (5.00 )%      3.08   $ 1,350       $ (109,579   $ (58,230


Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2014
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CDX-NAIG Series 22,
5 Year Index,
06/20/19*

     (1.00 )%      0.69   $ 2,530       $ (39,413   $ (2,055
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (148,992   $ (60,285
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Clearing Broker/(Exchange)

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

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/
(CME Group)

   AUD 1,890         1/13/17         3 Month BBR        3.170   $ 1,503   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/
(CME Group)

     1,650         2/13/17         3 Month BBR        3.245     4,038   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/
(CME Group)

   $ 530         1/14/24         2.980     3 Month LIBOR        (10,692

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/
(CME Group)

     460         2/14/24         2.889     3 Month LIBOR        (4,009
            

 

 

 
             $ (9,160
            

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2014
    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     0.44   $ 270       $ 5,171       $ (6,598   $ 11,769   

 

* Termination date

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                   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       $ (7,227

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     1,520         2/07/22         2.043     3 Month LIBOR         50,296   
             

 

 

 
              $ 43,069   
             

 

 

 

 


 

(a) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2014.
(b) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2014.
(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, 2014, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $13,491,729 or 16.6% of net assets.
(d) Non-income producing security.
(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(f) Illiquid security.
(g) As of March 31, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $2,751,646 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(612,285), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $2,139,361.
(h) An amount of U.S. $23,395 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2014.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
IDR    -    Indonesian Rupiah
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
MYR    -    Malaysian Ringgit
PEN    -    Peruvian Nuevo Sol
PLN    -    Polish Zloty
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
BBR    -    Bank of England Base Rate
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CDX-NAIG    -    North American Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
GO    -    General Obligation
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
JSC    -    Joint Stock Company
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA    -    To Be Announced
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

   $     – 0  –    $     19,159,860       $ – 0  –    $     19,159,860   

Corporates - Investment Grades

     – 0  –      18,242,494         – 0  –      18,242,494   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      11,672,346         1,257,565        12,929,911   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Governments - Treasuries

   $ – 0  –    $ 9,583,446      $ – 0  –    $ 9,583,446   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      7,769,490        188,563        7,958,053   

Agencies

     – 0  –      4,269,664        – 0  –      4,269,664   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      2,514,815        – 0  –      2,514,815   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grades

     – 0  –      2,107,054        – 0  – ^      2,107,054   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      1,833,705        – 0  –      1,833,705   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      44,991        1,303,453        1,348,444   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      613,150        – 0  –      613,150   

Preferred Stocks

     438,130        123,651        – 0  –      561,781   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      279,174        – 0  –      279,174   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      172,621        – 0  –      172,621   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      100,375        – 0  –      100,375   

Warrants

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

Short-Term Investments:

        

Time Deposit

     – 0  –      1,263,891        – 0  –      1,263,891   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      8,999,396        – 0  –      8,999,396   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      2,712,666        – 0  –      2,712,666   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     438,130        91,462,789        2,749,581        94,650,500   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     1,321        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,321   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      67,685        – 0  –      67,685   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      5,541        – 0  –      5,541   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      11,769        – 0  –      11,769   

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      50,296        – 0  –      50,296   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (11,396     – 0  –      – 0  –      (11,396

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (106,705     – 0  –      (106,705

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (60,285     – 0  –      (60,285

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (14,701     – 0  –      (14,701

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (7,227     – 0  –      (7,227
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total**

   $     428,055      $     91,409,162      $     2,749,581      $     94,586,798   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 12/31/13

   $     1,270,213      $     186,676      $             – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     739        (41     – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     991        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     5,615        1,928        – 0  – 

Purchases

     113,809        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (133,802     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $ 1,257,565      $ 188,563      $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
from Investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ 5,615      $ 1,928      $ – 0  – 

 


     Collateralized Mortgage
Obligations
    Common Stocks     Warrants^  

Balance as of 12/31/13

   $ 1,240,216      $ 3,690      $ – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     2,114        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     (2,263     3,742        – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     34,586        (3,686     – 0  – 

Purchases

     62,036        – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (33,236     (3,746     – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $ 1,303,453      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from
investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ 34,585      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Total              

Balance as of 12/31/13

   $ 2,700,795       

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     2,812       

Realized gain (loss)

     2,470       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     38,443       

Purchases

     175,845       

Sales

     (170,784    

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –     

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –     
  

 

 

     

Balance as of 3/31/14

   $     2,749,581       
  

 

 

     

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 3/31/14

   $ 42,128       

 

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

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio with material categories of Level 3 investments at March 31, 2014:

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

     Fair Value at
3/31/14
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input   Range/
Weighted Average
 

Asset-Backed Securities

   $ 1,142,685      

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes   $ 69.69 – $102.10/$96.16   
   $ 114,880      

Valuation Committee Valuation

   Transaction Price   $ 90.46/N/A   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

   $ 188,563      

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes   $ 99.58 – $108.29/$103.46   


     Fair Value at
3/31/14
   

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input   Range/
Weighted Average
 

Corporates—Non-Investment Grades

   $ – 0  –   

Qualitative Assessment

     $ 0.00/N/A   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

   $ 1,303,453     

Third Party Vendor

   Evaluated Quotes   $ 61.37 – $105.07/$81.70   

Warrants

   $ – 0  –   

Qualitative Assessment

     $ 0.00/N/A   

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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 96.6%

       

Financials - 25.8%

       

Capital Markets - 8.7%

       

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     266,580         $ 1,737,459   

Azimut Holding SpA

     42,025           1,501,270   

Partners Group Holding AG

     10,083           2,832,185   

UBS AG (REG) (a)

     109,050           2,256,609   
       

 

 

 
          8,327,523   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 6.7%

       

Credicorp Ltd.

     8,900           1,227,488   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     124,001           1,255,562   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     125,500           690,630   

Sberbank of Russia (Sponsored ADR)

     59,988           586,083   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     32,800           1,405,936   

UniCredit SpA

     138,160           1,262,925   
       

 

 

 
          6,428,624   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%

       

IG Group Holdings PLC

     122,108           1,278,463   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.0%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     598,400           2,846,078   

Prudential PLC

     137,420           2,909,792   
       

 

 

 
          5,755,870   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.2%

       

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     522,000           1,101,648   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.9%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     124,580           1,838,060   
       

 

 

 
            24,730,188   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.8%

       

Automobiles - 2.8%

       

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     168,700           1,503,678   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     4,609           1,195,093   
       

 

 

 
          2,698,771   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.9%

       

Kroton Educacional SA

     38,800           853,292   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.4%

       

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     33,840           1,307,916   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.9%

       

Panasonic Corp.

     78,200           889,375   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.4%

       

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     12,050           1,327,825   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.1%

       

Golden Eagle Retail Group Ltd. (b)

     393,000           543,472   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT (a)

     706,500           868,537   

Poundland Group PLC (a)

     92,669           587,074   
       

 

 

 
          1,999,083   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 2.0%

       

Belle International Holdings Ltd.

     539,000           536,059   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     3,900           1,410,591   
       

 

 

 
          1,946,650   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 4.3%

       

Brunello Cucinelli SpA (b)

     19,523           517,109   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     22,892           2,187,060   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     408,000           604,605   

Prada SpA

     105,300           815,722   
       

 

 

 
          4,124,496   
       

 

 

 
            15,147,408   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 13.3%

       

Beverages - 2.3%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     20,522           2,161,279   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.5%

       

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     5,000           492,595   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 5.2%

       

Danone SA (b)

     24,266           1,714,327   

Nestle SA

     32,272           2,429,100   

Universal Robina Corp.

     270,820           859,376   
       

 

 

 
          5,002,803   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 2.9%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     22,520           1,837,744   

Unicharm Corp.

     17,000           907,063   
       

 

 

 
          2,744,807   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.4%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     40,787           2,275,333   
       

 

 

 
          12,676,817   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 12.0%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.2%

       

Elekta AB-Class B

     40,530           539,554   

Essilor International SA

     10,100           1,019,274   

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

     496,000           565,820   
       

 

 

 
          2,124,648   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%

       

Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd.

     182,640           667,330   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 9.1%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd.

     27,101           723,266   

Bayer AG

     9,007           1,219,760   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     33,395           1,520,549   

Roche Holding AG

     11,530           3,467,805   

Shire PLC

     18,871           934,214   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     84,660           816,695   
       

 

 

 
          8,682,289   
       

 

 

 
          11,474,267   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 11.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%

       

Safran SA

     29,880           2,070,071   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.4%

       

Aggreko PLC

     53,400           1,337,778   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.6%

       

Komatsu Ltd.

     72,300           1,515,738   

Melrose Industries PLC

     198,903           985,722   
       

 

 

 
          2,501,460   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 3.4%

       

Capita PLC

     102,990           1,883,168   

Intertek Group PLC

     27,470           1,410,351   
       

 

 

 
          3,293,519   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.5%

       

Wolseley PLC

     24,632           1,403,463   
       

 

 

 
          10,606,291   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 10.1%

       

Internet Software & Services - 4.7%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     10,110           1,540,562   

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

     20,560           729,009   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     21,300           1,486,743   

Yandex NV-Class A (a)

     24,890           751,429   
       

 

 

 
          4,507,743   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.8%

       

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     20,800           745,239   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.6%

       

ams AG

     7,500           1,053,215   

MediaTek, Inc.

     120,000           1,776,202   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     401,000           1,577,751   
       

 

 

 
          4,407,168   
       

 

 

 
            9,660,150   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 4.7%

       

Chemicals - 3.7%

       

Croda International PLC

     33,560           1,427,196   

Essentra PLC

     30,120           438,963   

Linde AG

     8,280           1,657,874   
       

 

 

 
          3,524,033   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.0%

       

BHP Billiton PLC

     30,700           947,975   
       

 

 

 
          4,472,008   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 3.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.0%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     20,040           1,953,900   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.8%

       

BG Group PLC

     89,570           1,672,209   
       

 

 

 
          3,626,109   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $67,561,387)

          92,393,238   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.9%

     

Time Deposit - 3.9%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $3,780,065)

   U.S.$ 3,780         3,780,065   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.5%
(cost $71,341,452)

   

     96,173,303   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 2.9%

  

Investment Companies - 2.9%

     

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.07%(d)
(cost $2,722,994)

     2,722,994         2,722,994   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.4%
(cost $74,064,446) (e)

        98,896,297   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.4)%

        (3,227,940
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 95,668,357   
     

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     HKD         5,982         USD         771       5/15/14    $ 32   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         498,297         USD         4,865       5/15/14      36,072   

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     JPY         58,693         USD         569       5/15/14      (93

Barclays Bank PLC Wholesale

     USD         2,773         CHF         2,456       5/15/14      6,063   

BNP Paribas SA

     CAD         2,960         USD         2,684       5/15/14      9,113   

BNP Paribas SA

     CHF         8,570         USD         9,533       5/15/14      (164,131

BNP Paribas SA

     EUR         743         USD         1,030       5/15/14      6,866   

BNP Paribas SA

     EUR         2,107         USD         2,863       5/15/14      (39,911

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         266         USD         445       5/15/14      1,676   

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         897         USD         1,474       5/15/14      (21,212

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         8,461         AUD         9,490       5/15/14      313,799   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         4,959         CAD         5,502       5/15/14      13,107   

Citibank, NA

     AUD         3,494         USD         3,142       5/15/14      (88,854

Citibank, NA

     USD         772         CAD         857       5/15/14      2,748   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         3,958         CAD         4,349       5/15/14      (27,585

Deutsche Bank AG London

     CHF         495         USD         562       5/15/14      1,631   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     JPY         57,289         USD         565       5/15/14      9,847   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         1,774         EUR         1,290       5/15/14      2,555   

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         3,123         GBP         1,878       5/15/14      7,046   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         4,733         CHF         4,269       5/15/14      97,853   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         1,959         JPY         204,256       5/15/14      20,086   


Counterparty

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

HSBC Bank USA

     HKD         35,447         USD         4,569       5/15/14    $ (1,866

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         471         HKD         3,655       5/15/14      87   

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         2,073         HKD         16,070       5/15/14      (408

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     JPY         87,556         USD         851       5/15/14      2,921   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         10,200         JPY         1,038,970       5/15/14      (132,077

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     CHF         2,168         USD         2,388       5/15/14      (65,418

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     GBP         11,569         USD         18,869       5/15/14      (412,328

Standard Chartered Bank

     RUB         42,138         USD         1,141       5/15/14      (45,368

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         1,152         USD         1,584       5/15/14      (3,392

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     NOK         2,195         USD         357       5/15/14      (8,842

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SEK         4,426         USD         684       5/15/14      1,045   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         7,646         EUR         5,623       5/15/14      99,850   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         909         NOK         5,652       5/15/14      32,897   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         2,218         SEK         14,411       5/15/14      6,766   

UBS AG

     CHF         483         USD         550       5/15/14      3,841   

UBS AG

     USD         8,122         GBP         4,917       5/15/14      72,726   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (262,858
                 

 

 

 

 

(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. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2014, the market value of this security amounted to $729,009 or 0.8% of net assets.
(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $26,901,821 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(2,069,970), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $24,831,851.
   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
RUB    -    Russian Ruble
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
REG    -    Registered Shares


Country Breakdown*

 

  25.3%        

United Kingdom

  13.7%        

Switzerland

  8.5%        

Japan

  5.5%        

Hong Kong

  5.0%        

France

  4.3%        

China

  4.3%        

Italy

  4.2%        

Germany

  3.5%        

India

  3.5%        

Taiwan

  2.8%        

South Africa

  2.3%        

Belgium

  13.2%        

Other

  3.9%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2014. 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 2.1% or less in the following countries: Austria, Brazil, Denmark, Indonesia, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand and United States.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 1,813,571      $ 22,916,617      $ – 0  –    $ 24,730,188   

Consumer Discretionary

     2,748,282        12,399,126        – 0  –      15,147,408   

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      12,676,817        – 0  –      12,676,817   

Health Care

     – 0  –      11,474,267        – 0  –      11,474,267   

Industrials

     – 0  –      10,606,291        – 0  –      10,606,291   

Information Technology

     2,603,951        7,056,199        – 0  –      9,660,150   

Materials

     – 0  –      4,472,008        – 0  –      4,472,008   

Energy

     1,953,900        1,672,209        – 0  –      3,626,109   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      3,780,065        – 0  –      3,780,065   

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

     2,722,994        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,722,994   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     11,842,698        87,053,599     – 0  –      98,896,297   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      748,627        – 0  –      748,627   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (1,011,485     – 0  –      (1,011,485
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total++

   $     11,842,698      $     86,790,741      $     – 0  –    $     98,633,439   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 $5,997,430 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools 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

International Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%

       

Financials - 23.7%

       

Capital Markets - 2.6%

       

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     214,941         $ 9,633,341   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     200,427           10,807,404   
       

 

 

 
          20,440,745   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 12.3%

       

Banco do Brasil SA

     215,400           2,164,443   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     803,085           4,584,819   

BNP Paribas SA

     74,760           5,763,930   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     3,772,000           2,647,722   

Danske Bank A/S

     209,370           5,825,680   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     953,486           9,654,441   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     2,777,000           1,711,964   

KBC Groep NV

     136,120           8,383,085   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (a)

     10,557,428           13,207,548   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     1,530,000           8,425,374   

Societe Generale SA

     195,622           12,041,620   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     153,800           6,592,468   

UniCredit SpA

     1,572,560           14,374,820   
       

 

 

 
          95,377,914   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.0%

       

ING Groep NV (a)

     282,680           4,020,185   

ORIX Corp.

     821,900           11,583,842   
       

 

 

 
          15,604,027   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.9%

       

Aegon NV

     475,823           4,382,859   

AIA Group Ltd.

     1,417,400           6,741,361   

Aviva PLC

     595,600           4,752,104   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     917,510           3,632,864   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

     48,650           10,630,856   
       

 

 

 
          30,140,044   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.0%

       

Stockland

     2,612           9,099   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 2.9%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     160,800           4,119,615   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     948,000           2,457,041   

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd.

     9,470,000           3,928,319   

Lend Lease Group

     566,810           6,242,242   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     116,000           3,538,953   

Wharf Holdings Ltd.

     311,000           1,994,655   
       

 

 

 
          22,280,825   
       

 

 

 
          183,852,654   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 15.6%

       

Auto Components - 4.8%

       

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     92,962           11,621,621   

GKN PLC

     967,350           6,303,035   

Plastic Omnium SA

     81,446           3,019,908   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Valeo SA

     115,730           16,298,649   
       

 

 

 
          37,243,213   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 5.1%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     53,150           6,716,355   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     225,600           7,938,109   

Mazda Motor Corp.

     595,000           2,643,348   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     955,800           8,519,357   

Renault SA

     35,430           3,441,451   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     428,010           2,891,048   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     29,630           7,682,926   
       

 

 

 
          39,832,594   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%

       

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     175,690           6,790,419   

William Hill PLC

     252,284           1,435,357   
       

 

 

 
          8,225,776   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.6%

       

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     2,432,240           4,781,075   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.3%

       

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     250,900           10,214,139   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.3%

       

Myer Holdings Ltd. (b)

     901,780           1,868,423   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.8%

       

Kingfisher PLC

     644,960           4,534,571   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     45,700           3,954,604   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,722,600           5,741,378   
       

 

 

 
          14,230,553   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.6%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     48,710           4,653,664   
       

 

 

 
          121,049,437   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 12.4%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 4.0%

       

Airbus Group NV

     216,160           15,481,578   

MTU Aero Engines AG

     45,650           4,237,898   

Safran SA

     120,160           8,324,625   

Thales SA

     47,740           3,165,639   
       

 

 

 
          31,209,740   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.3%

       

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     47,900           2,357,377   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     3,952,513           4,060,636   

Turk Hava Yollari

     1,083,248           3,335,843   
       

 

 

 
          9,753,856   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.3%

       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     460,000           2,661,513   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.0%

       

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     526,800           7,864,488   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.9%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd.

     110,440           2,918,011   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     464,000           6,164,115   

Toshiba Corp.

     1,375,000           5,828,031   
       

 

 

 
          14,910,157   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.4%

       

IHI Corp.

     667,000           2,806,421   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 1.9%

       

AP Moeller - Maersk A/S-Class B (b)

     740           8,856,875   

Nippon Yusen KK

     1,892,000           5,494,972   
       

 

 

 
          14,351,847   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.9%

       

Central Japan Railway Co.

     60,900           7,113,783   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.7%

       

Mitsubishi Corp.

     305,300           5,663,257   
       

 

 

 
          96,335,062   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.9%

       

Biotechnology - 0.9%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     71,790           6,803,418   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 9.0%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     248,000           2,944,397   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     306,000           5,156,240   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     788,480           21,025,080   

Novartis AG

     189,240           16,067,976   

Richter Gedeon Nyrt

     155,360           2,710,010   

Roche Holding AG

     65,660           19,748,144   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     45,750           2,411,054   
       

 

 

 
          70,062,901   
       

 

 

 
          76,866,319   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 7.4%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 4.5%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     1,757,973           3,133,767   

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA (a)

     164,210           2,710,443   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     156,600           8,509,896   

Telenor ASA

     168,030           3,718,979   

Vivendi SA

     516,556           14,377,221   

Ziggo NV

     47,450           2,107,227   
       

 

 

 
          34,557,533   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.9%

       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     291,000           4,585,425   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (a)

     546,640           3,062,025   

Vodafone Group PLC

     4,114,814           15,131,494   
       

 

 

 
          22,778,944   
       

 

 

 
          57,336,477   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 7.2%

       

Chemicals - 4.6%

       

Arkema SA

     75,666           8,559,761   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

BASF SE

     27,110           3,016,603   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     970,000           3,322,906   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     1,883,880           5,180,797   

JSR Corp.

     286,400           5,298,636   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     90,145           6,182,829   

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

     367,000           4,345,484   
       

 

 

 
          35,907,016   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 1.8%

       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     348,000           2,903,302   

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC (ADR)

     237,500           3,949,625   

Rio Tinto PLC

     129,700           7,233,073   
       

 

 

 
          14,086,000   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.8%

       

Mondi PLC

     343,690           6,022,707   
       

 

 

 
          56,015,723   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.6%

       

Beverages - 1.1%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     112,600           3,156,831   

Carlsberg A/S-Class B

     52,510           5,219,903   
       

 

 

 
          8,376,734   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.3%

       

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     491,684           9,876,035   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     263,000           3,764,081   

Danone SA

     48,440           3,422,155   
       

 

 

 
          7,186,236   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.8%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     71,240           5,813,538   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.5%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     171,040           9,541,593   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     251,000           10,149,833   
       

 

 

 
          19,691,426   
       

 

 

 
          50,943,969   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 6.1%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

       

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson-Class B

     267,065           3,561,937   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 1.1%

       

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     507,000           2,771,516   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     826,000           5,997,473   
       

 

 

 
          8,768,989   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

       

LG Display Co., Ltd. (a)

     42,180           1,060,587   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.7%

       

Fujitsu Ltd.

     935,000           5,651,632   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.6%

       

ASM International NV

     94,630           3,794,250   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     464,000           2,132,750   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     5,950           7,521,826   

SK Hynix, Inc. (a)

     74,200           2,517,671   

Sumco Corp.

     503,400           3,900,129   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     799,000           3,143,700   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     79,900           4,965,831   
       

 

 

 
          27,976,157   
       

 

 

 
          47,019,302   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 5.6%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.7%

       

Aker Solutions ASA

     314,702           4,897,891   

Saipem SpA

     196,210           4,792,393   

Seadrill Ltd.

     110,810           3,901,292   
       

 

 

 
          13,591,576   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.9%

       

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.-Class H

     2,408,000           2,160,072   

ENI SpA

     276,930           6,944,404   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     318,430           2,474,201   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     1,626,200           7,839,963   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     292,129           10,674,014   
       

 

 

 
          30,092,654   
       

 

 

 
          43,684,230   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 3.0%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.1%

       

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     1,643,770           7,631,424   

Electricite de France

     92,880           3,672,528   

Enel SpA

     952,320           5,386,488   
       

 

 

 
          16,690,440   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.9%

       

National Grid PLC

     510,620           7,016,731   
       

 

 

 
          23,707,171   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $636,329,145)

          756,810,344   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.6%

       

Financials - 0.6%

       

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/01/15 (a)
(cost $2,799,578)

     1,682,800           4,558,758   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%

       

Time Deposit - 0.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $4,346,043)

   $ 4,346         $ 4,346,043   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 98.7%

(cost $643,474,766)

          765,715,145   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 2.1%

  

    

Investment Companies - 2.1%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.07% (c)
(cost $16,395,288)

     16,395,288           16,395,288   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.8%
(cost $659,870,054) (d)

          782,110,433   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.8)% (e)

          (5,927,311
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 776,183,122   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2014
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures

     63         June 2014       $ 2,580,438       $ 2,690,550       $ 110,112   

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         14,319         GBP         8,592         4/16/14       $ 3,772   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         6,138         KRW         6,619,648         4/16/14         82,242   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         15,223         JPY         1,555,147         7/15/14         (147,605

Citibank, NA

     USD         3,130         EUR         2,274         7/15/14         2,021   

Credit Suisse International

     CHF         16,156         USD         18,207         4/16/14         (70,338

Credit Suisse International

     GBP         2,376         USD         3,916         4/16/14         (44,384

Credit Suisse International

     USD         7,528         AUD         8,468         4/16/14         317,533   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         8,239         CHF         7,329         4/16/14         52,529   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         7,302         NOK         44,998         4/16/14         208,571   

Credit Suisse International

     CHF         22,485         USD         25,423         7/15/14         (32,715

Credit Suisse International

     GBP         8,721         USD         14,365         7/15/14         (163,086

Deutsche Bank AG London

     USD         3,765         EUR         2,734         7/15/14         732   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     JPY         1,763,531         USD         16,803         4/16/14         (284,730

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         15,515         GBP         9,430         4/16/14         204,374   


Counterparty

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

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         1,922         RUB         70,242         4/16/14       $ 71,603   

HSBC Bank USA

     GBP         22,654         USD         36,988         4/16/14         (775,736

HSBC Bank USA

     USD         11,367         GBP         7,008         4/16/14         315,345   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

     USD         16,914         JPY         1,763,531         4/16/14         173,406   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     CNY         61,885         USD         10,136         4/16/14         155,484   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     EUR         1,757         USD         2,392         4/16/14         (28,487

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     KRW         21,510,585         USD         20,054         4/16/14         (158,378

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     NZD         26,094         USD         21,765         4/16/14         (854,772

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     SEK         20,114         USD         3,077         4/16/14         (30,141

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         7,491         EUR         5,441         4/16/14         4,720   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         11,065         NOK         67,142         4/16/14         142,396   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         14,699         NZD         17,798         4/16/14         729,094   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         36,787         SEK         241,759         4/16/14         557,327   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         13,940         KRW         14,890,937         4/16/14         52,524   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         6,865         NZD         8,296         4/16/14         326,779   

Standard Chartered Bank

     EUR         3,684         USD         5,063         4/16/14         (12,222

Standard Chartered Bank

     HKD         162,386         USD         20,944         4/16/14         7,431   

Standard Chartered Bank

     RUB         216,464         USD         6,055         4/16/14         (88,467

Standard Chartered Bank

     BRL         4,506         USD         1,808         5/05/14         (161,241

UBS AG

     USD         1,845         BRL         4,506         5/05/14         124,089   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 679,670   
                 

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $141,435,454 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(19,195,075), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $122,240,379.
(e) An amount of U.S. 244,196 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2014.

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
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
CNY    -    Chinese Yuan Renminbi
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
RUB    -    Russian Ruble
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares


Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

  22.1%        

Japan

  19.7%        

United Kingdom

  14.3%        

France

  6.2%        

Switzerland

  5.5%        

Germany

  4.1%        

Italy

  4.0%        

Netherlands

  3.7%        

Australia

  2.8%        

Hong Kong

  2.6%        

Denmark

  1.8%        

Taiwan

  1.7%        

China

  1.6%        

Norway

  9.3%        

Other

  0.6%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2014. 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 1.4% or less in the following countries: Belgium, Brazil, Greece, Hungary, India, Israel, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Common Stocks:

         

Financials

   $ 5,797,307      $     178,055,347       $             – 0  –    $     183,852,654   

Consumer Discretionary

         17,004,558        104,044,879         – 0  –      121,049,437   

Industrials

     – 0  –      96,335,062         – 0  –      96,335,062   

Health Care

     – 0  –      76,866,319         – 0  –      76,866,319   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      57,336,477         – 0  –      57,336,477   

Materials

     3,949,625        52,066,098         – 0  –      56,015,723   

Consumer Staples

     9,876,035        41,067,934         – 0  –      50,943,969   

Information Technology

     – 0  –      47,019,302         – 0  –      47,019,302   

Energy

     2,474,201        41,210,029         – 0  –      43,684,230   

Utilities

     – 0  –      23,707,171         – 0  –      23,707,171   

Warrants

     – 0  –      4,558,758         – 0  –      4,558,758   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Short-Term Investments

   $ – 0  –    $ 4,346,043      $ – 0  –    $ 4,346,043   

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

     16,395,288        – 0  –      – 0  –      16,395,288   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     55,497,014            726,613,419     – 0  –      782,110,433   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     – 0  –      110,112        – 0  –      110,112   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      3,531,972        – 0  –      3,531,972   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (2,852,302     – 0  –      (2,852,302
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total++^

   $     55,497,014      $ 727,403,201      $             – 0  –    $     782,900,215   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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 from Level 2 to Level 1 during the reporting period.
^ An amount of $9,837,515 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools 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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 93.5%

       

Consumer Discretionary - 22.0%

       

Auto Parts - 0.9%

       

LKQ Corp. (a)

     141,163         $ 3,719,645   
       

 

 

 

Cable Television Services - 2.7%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     220,570           11,032,911   
       

 

 

 

Cosmetics - 0.9%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     54,660           3,655,661   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Media - 1.4%

       

Liberty Media Corp.-Class A (a)

     41,540           5,430,524   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Retail - 3.1%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     17,460           5,875,639   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     61,410           6,858,269   
       

 

 

 
          12,733,908   
       

 

 

 

Entertainment - 2.2%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     112,240           8,987,057   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Time - 2.2%

       

priceline.com, Inc. (a)

     7,570           9,022,607   
       

 

 

 

Recreational Vehicles & Boats - 1.3%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     37,570           5,248,905   
       

 

 

 

Restaurants - 2.3%

       

Starbucks Corp.

     123,815           9,085,545   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.1%

       

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     114,810           9,084,915   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     24,630           3,654,846   
       

 

 

 
          12,739,761   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Shoes - 1.9%

       

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (a)

     33,130           3,090,035   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     63,480           4,688,633   
       

 

 

 
          7,778,668   
       

 

 

 
          89,435,192   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 20.4%

       

Communications Technology - 0.6%

       

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     31,850           2,511,691   
       

 

 

 

Computer Services, Software & Systems - 12.7%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     81,262           6,258,799   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (a)

     196,200           9,929,682   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     59,550           6,349,817   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     71,520           4,308,365   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     18,650           20,785,612   

Informatica Corp. (a)

     69,490           2,625,332   

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

     27,580           1,461,188   
       

 

 

 
          51,718,795   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Computer Technology - 3.7%

       

Apple, Inc.

     27,845           14,945,525   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 1.7%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     76,230           6,986,479   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Component - 1.7%

       

Linear Technology Corp.

     143,190           6,971,921   
       

 

 

 
          83,134,411   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 15.3%

       

Biotechnology - 5.0%

       

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)

     35,494           10,856,550   

Celgene Corp. (a)

     17,290           2,413,684   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     139,288           7,071,652   
       

 

 

 
          20,341,886   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Management Services - 1.8%

       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     90,001           7,379,182   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Services - 1.0%

       

McKesson Corp.

     23,750           4,193,537   
       

 

 

 

Medical Equipment - 1.9%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     15,055           2,238,076   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     12,497           5,473,561   
       

 

 

 
          7,711,637   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.6%

       

Allergan, Inc./United States

     112,316           13,938,416   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     121,240           8,591,066   
       

 

 

 
          22,529,482   
       

 

 

 
          62,155,724   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 11.1%

       

Beverage: Soft Drinks - 2.5%

       

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     41,020           4,331,302   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     81,926           5,689,760   
       

 

 

 
          10,021,062   
       

 

 

 

Drug & Grocery Store Chains - 2.9%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     156,360           11,705,110   
       

 

 

 

Foods - 3.3%

       

Hershey Co. (The)

     66,400           6,932,160   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     80,270           6,673,648   
       

 

 

 
          13,605,808   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.4%

       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     118,681           9,716,413   
       

 

 

 
          45,048,393   
       

 

 

 

Producer Durables - 10.3%

       

Aerospace - 2.5%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     79,440           9,968,925   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Air Transport - 1.7%

       

Copa Holdings SA-Class A

     48,840           7,091,080   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations - 2.7%

       

Danaher Corp.

     144,382           10,828,650   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter - 1.1%

       

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     38,970           4,665,099   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Electrical - 1.4%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     113,271           5,832,324   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters - 0.9%

       

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     15,275           3,600,012   
       

 

 

 
          41,986,090   
       

 

 

 

Financial Services - 9.1%

       

Asset Management & Custodian - 1.9%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     19,501           3,901,175   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     11,830           3,720,298   
       

 

 

 
          7,621,473   
       

 

 

 

Financial Data & Systems - 3.8%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     72,460           15,641,216   
       

 

 

 

Insurance: Property-Casualty - 0.7%

       

Verisk Analytics, Inc.-Class A (a)

     43,871           2,630,505   
       

 

 

 

Securities Brokerage & Services - 2.7%

       

IntercontinentalExchange Group, Inc.

     56,291           11,136,049   
       

 

 

 
          37,029,243   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.9%

       

Oil Well Equipment & Services - 2.9%

       

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     42,590           3,060,517   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     91,075           8,879,813   
       

 

 

 
          11,940,330   
       

 

 

 

Materials & Processing - 2.4%

       

Fertilizers - 1.2%

       

Monsanto Co.

     43,213           4,916,343   
       

 

 

 

Metal Fabricating - 1.2%

       

Precision Castparts Corp.

     18,768           4,743,800   
       

 

 

 
          9,660,143   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $291,627,224)

          380,389,526   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.8%

       

Time Deposit - 7.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $31,664,832)

   $ 31,665           31,664,832   
       

 

 

 


        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 101.3%
(cost $323,292,056) (b)

       412,054,358   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.3)%

       (5,260,661
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 406,793,697   
    

 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) As of March 31, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $90,310,985 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,548,683), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $88,762,302.

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, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 380,389,526      $ – 0  –   $ – 0  –   $ 380,389,526   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –     31,664,832        – 0  –     31,664,832   

Total Investments in Securities

     380,389,526        31,664,832        – 0  –     412,054,358   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     380,389,526      $     31,664,832      $             – 0  –   $     412,054,358   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.0%

       

Equity: Other - 29.4%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 15.4%

       

American Tower Corp.

     18,870         $ 1,544,887   

Armada Hoffler Properties, Inc.

     20,130           202,105   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     16,300           333,987   

Chambers Street Properties

     29,540           229,526   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. (a)

     9,280           492,582   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc. (a)

     76,970           397,165   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

     28,520           641,985   

Lexington Realty Trust (a)

     59,210           645,981   

Rayonier, Inc.

     12,650           580,762   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     34,110           637,175   

Vornado Realty Trust

     8,110           799,322   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     22,910           672,408   
       

 

 

 
          7,177,885   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 12.9%

       

HCP, Inc.

     27,630           1,071,768   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     16,441           979,883   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     22,020           828,613   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     64,315           822,589   

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     29,960           1,004,259   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     15,680           352,330   

Ventas, Inc.

     15,980           967,908   
       

 

 

 
          6,027,350   
       

 

 

 

Triple Net - 1.1%

       

EPR Properties

     3,970           211,958   

National Retail Properties, Inc. (a)

     9,240           317,117   
       

 

 

 
          529,075   
       

 

 

 
          13,734,310   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 22.8%

       

Regional Mall - 11.7%

       

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     54,010           1,188,220   

Glimcher Realty Trust

     35,100           352,053   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     19,410           350,351   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     21,910           3,593,240   
       

 

 

 
          5,483,864   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 11.1%

       

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     55,520           778,390   

DDR Corp.

     50,123           826,027   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     4,830           554,098   

Inland Real Estate Corp.

     29,170           307,744   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     23,780           520,306   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     65,394           392,364   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     47,481           773,940   

Regency Centers Corp.

     6,630           338,528   

Retail Properties of America, Inc.-Class A

     15,110           204,589   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     15,520           465,600   
       

 

 

 
          5,161,586   
       

 

 

 
          10,645,450   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Residential - 16.9%

       

Multi-Family - 10.0%

       

Apartment Investment & Management Co.-Class A

     9,960           300,991   

Associated Estates Realty Corp.

     45,560           771,786   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     4,020           527,906   

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc. (b)

     10,053           210,812   

Camden Property Trust

     2,010           135,353   

Equity Residential

     14,030           813,600   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     5,440           925,072   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     14,310           976,944   
       

 

 

 
          4,662,464   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 6.3%

       

CubeSmart

     25,420           436,207   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     17,310           839,708   

Public Storage

     8,880           1,496,191   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

     2,450           179,953   
       

 

 

 
          2,952,059   
       

 

 

 

Student Housing - 0.6%

       

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     7,620           284,607   
       

 

 

 
          7,899,130   
       

 

 

 

Office - 12.5%

       

Office - 12.5%

       

Boston Properties, Inc.

     9,639           1,103,955   

Columbia Property Trust, Inc.

     27,570           751,283   

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     6,870           183,017   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     54,419           624,186   

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     9,630           261,358   

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

     8,890           112,014   

Government Properties Income Trust

     4,470           112,644   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     5,850           342,693   

Mack-Cali Realty Corp.

     6,490           134,927   

Parkway Properties, Inc./MD

     42,266           771,354   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     14,216           1,430,414   
       

 

 

 
          5,827,845   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 10.8%

       

Lodging - 10.8%

       

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

     43,632           659,716   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     68,839           775,816   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     13,470           346,583   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     72,170           847,997   

FelCor Lodging Trust, Inc.

     37,790           341,622   

Hersha Hospitality Trust

     120,987           705,354   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     36,200           732,688   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     14,690           496,081   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (b)

     13,550           138,075   
       

 

 

 
          5,043,932   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.1%

       

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 6.1%

       

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust

     19,780           717,223   

ProLogis, Inc.

     32,882           1,342,572   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     33,180           799,638   
       

 

 

 
          2,859,433   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mortgage - 0.5%

       

Mortgage - 0.5%

       

Altisource Residential Corp.
(cost $204,486)

     6,686           211,010   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $40,671,560)

          46,221,110   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.9%

       

Time Deposit - 0.9%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $414,870)

   $ 415           414,870   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 99.9%

(cost $41,086,430)

          46,635,980   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 3.6%

       

Investment Companies - 3.6%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.07% (c)
(cost $1,664,235)

     1,664,235           1,664,235   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.5%
(cost $42,750,665) (d)

          48,300,215   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.5)%

          (1,637,835
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 46,662,380   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $6,262,650 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(713,100), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $5,549,550.

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, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 46,221,110      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 46,221,110   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      414,870        – 0  –      414,870   

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

     1,664,235        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,664,235   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     47,885,345        414,870        – 0  –      48,300,215   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     47,885,345      $     414,870      $             – 0  –    $     48,300,215   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%

       

Information Technology - 27.8%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.2%

       

Zebra Technologies Corp.-Class A (a)

     2,140         $ 148,537   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 11.5%

       

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. (a)

     17,680           846,342   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     7,478           1,396,442   

Criteo SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     9,766           396,011   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. (a)

     20,582           1,012,428   

Demandware, Inc. (a)

     9,504           608,826   

Envestnet, Inc. (a)

     18,820           756,188   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     23,310           706,759   

Shutterstock, Inc. (a)

     9,878           717,242   

Yelp, Inc. (a)

     10,693           822,612   

Zillow, Inc.-Class A (a)(b)

     9,890           871,309   
       

 

 

 
          8,134,159   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.7%

       

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     16,410           717,609   

Power Integrations, Inc.

     13,402           881,584   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     16,010           836,523   

Spansion, Inc.-Class A (a)

     41,310           719,620   

Synaptics, Inc. (a)

     11,270           676,425   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     46,500           924,885   
       

 

 

 
          4,756,646   
       

 

 

 

Software - 9.4%

       

A10 Networks, Inc.(a)(b)

     18,433           277,232   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     20,412           864,652   

FireEye, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,447           212,232   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     19,229           943,183   

Interactive Intelligence Group, Inc. (a)

     12,040           872,900   

PTC, Inc. (a)

     29,940           1,060,774   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (a)

     12,489           499,810   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     11,488           874,007   

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     7,222           989,414   
       

 

 

 
          6,594,204   
       

 

 

 
          19,633,546   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 22.1%

       

Biotechnology - 6.3%

       

Celldex Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     9,467           167,282   

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     10,231           748,398   

Insys Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,115           211,915   

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     1,217           401,355   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,411           406,649   

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     6,735           208,044   

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,186           285,715   

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,386           86,047   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     18,530           554,603   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     3,753           390,837   

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)

     4,136           343,164   

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp. (a)(b)

     6,780           145,702   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     9,540           281,239   

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     3,712           181,480   
       

 

 

 
          4,412,430   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 5.1%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     17,040           882,501   

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

     11,554           367,302   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     8,329           781,094   

LDR Holding Corp. (a)

     11,036           378,866   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     7,764           579,738   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc. (a)

     15,978           352,954   

TearLab Corp. (a)(b)

     20,281           137,099   

Unilife Corp. (a)(b)

     37,027           150,700   
       

 

 

 
          3,630,254   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.6%

       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     22,377           1,009,650   

Mednax, Inc. (a)

     11,534           714,877   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     17,152           565,159   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     20,829           932,098   
       

 

 

 
          3,221,784   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.6%

       

ICON PLC (a)

     16,935           805,259   

PAREXEL International Corp. (a)

     18,520           1,001,747   
       

 

 

 
          1,807,006   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.5%

       

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     34,828           766,216   

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     14,827           275,189   

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR) (a)

     4,249           252,263   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

     3,610           500,635   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc./DE (a)

     10,170           711,798   
       

 

 

 
          2,506,101   
       

 

 

 
          15,577,575   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 22.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.2%

       

Hexcel Corp. (a)

     24,886           1,083,536   

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

     25,325           473,831   
       

 

 

 
          1,557,367   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.9%

       

Interface, Inc.

     31,700           651,435   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction & Engineering - 1.4%

       

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

     31,454           994,261   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%

       

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     13,220           1,048,875   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 8.7%

       

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     21,470           733,200   

Chart Industries, Inc. (a)

     10,347           823,104   

IDEX Corp.

     13,995           1,020,096   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     13,470           969,975   

Middleby Corp. (The) (a)

     4,330           1,144,029   

RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)

     9,236           588,333   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     5,502           818,918   
       

 

 

 
          6,097,655   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 1.6%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     11,337           1,147,871   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 2.7%

       

TrueBlue, Inc. (a)

     34,738           1,016,434   

WageWorks, Inc. (a)

     16,160           906,737   
       

 

 

 
          1,923,171   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.5%

       

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     10,372           1,009,403   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.6%

       

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     12,086           1,147,445   
       

 

 

 
          15,577,483   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.5%

       

Distributors - 0.9%

       

LKQ Corp. (a)

     24,016           632,822   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.3%

       

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     17,970           702,807   

Capella Education Co.

     14,320           904,308   
       

 

 

 
          1,607,115   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 2.4%

       

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     22,930           863,773   

Shutterfly, Inc. (a)

     6,639           283,352   

zulily, Inc.-Class A (a)(b)

     11,183           561,275   
       

 

 

 
          1,708,400   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.7%

       

National CineMedia, Inc.

     30,489           457,335   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 6.2%

       

Cabela’s, Inc. (a)

     12,065           790,378   

Container Store Group, Inc. (The) (a)(b)

     13,772           467,559   

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     15,760           860,654   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     16,979           721,268   

Hibbett Sports, Inc. (a)

     10,458           553,019   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Lumber Liquidators Holdings, Inc. (a)

     10,540           988,652   
       

 

 

 
          4,381,530   
       

 

 

 
          8,787,202   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 5.2%

       

Capital Markets - 1.0%

       

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     14,830           737,941   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 4.2%

       

City National Corp./CA

     6,680           525,850   

Iberiabank Corp.

     10,448           732,927   

Signature Bank/New York NY (a)

     6,356           798,250   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     6,891           887,423   
       

 

 

 
          2,944,450   
       

 

 

 
          3,682,391   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 2.1%

       

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

     5,560           623,276   

Forum Energy Technologies, Inc. (a)

     2,050           63,509   

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

     3,051           300,829   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

     15,466           475,734   
       

 

 

 
          1,463,348   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.2%

       

Emerald Oil, Inc. (a)

     25,680           172,569   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     17,964           464,549   

Matador Resources Co. (a)

     19,116           468,151   

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     10,855           452,979   
       

 

 

 
          1,558,248   
       

 

 

 
          3,021,596   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.9%

       

Chemicals - 1.9%

       

PolyOne Corp.

     37,260           1,365,952   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.9%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.9%

       

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (a)

     23,173           495,902   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     23,509           847,029   
       

 

 

 
          1,342,931   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

RingCentral, Inc.-Class A (a)

     28,878           522,692   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $50,563,563)

          69,511,368   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.1%

     

Time Deposit - 1.1%

     

State Street Time Deposit

     

0.01%, 4/01/14

(cost $745,575)

   $ 746         745,575   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 99.6%
(cost $51,309,138)

        70,256,943   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 3.9%

     

Investment Companies - 3.9%

     

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,

     

0.07% (c)

(cost $2,777,739)

     2,777,739         2,777,739   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.5%
(cost $54,086,877) (d)

        73,034,682   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.5)%

        (2,451,856
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 70,582,826   
     

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $19,446,391 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(498,586), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $18,947,805.

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

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt


AllianceBernstein Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 69,511,368      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 69,511,368   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      745,575        – 0  –      745,575   

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

     2,777,739        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,777,739   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     72,289,107        745,575        – 0  –      73,034,682   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     72,289,107      $     745,575      $     – 0  –    $     73,034,682   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.2%

       

Financials - 28.5%

       

Capital Markets - 1.0%

       

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)

     312,120         $ 7,185,002   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 9.8%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     352,160           6,360,010   

CapitalSource, Inc.

     440,530           6,427,333   

Comerica, Inc.

     186,090           9,639,462   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     852,580           8,056,881   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     947,030           9,441,889   

Popular, Inc. (a)

     265,970           8,242,410   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     450,254           5,128,393   

Webster Financial Corp.

     174,140           5,408,788   

Zions Bancorporation

     295,930           9,167,912   
       

 

 

 
          67,873,078   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 8.6%

       

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     167,640           9,674,504   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     231,540           9,192,138   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     630,400           11,176,992   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     59,900           6,199,650   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     81,120           6,459,586   

Unum Group

     226,280           7,989,947   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     238,562           8,996,173   
       

 

 

 
          59,688,990   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 8.9%

       

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     251,790           5,159,177   

Camden Property Trust

     81,210           5,468,681   

DDR Corp.

     391,290           6,448,459   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     640,480           7,525,640   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     212,320           7,989,602   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     629,690           8,053,735   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     117,940           8,051,764   

Parkway Properties, Inc./MD

     402,110           7,338,508   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     210,200           5,065,820   
       

 

 

 
          61,101,386   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

       

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     45,520           1,022,379   
       

 

 

 
          196,870,835   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 19.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.7%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     341,740           3,625,862   

Harris Corp.

     112,170           8,206,357   
       

 

 

 
          11,832,219   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 9.1%

       

Anixter International, Inc.

     66,720           6,773,414   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     173,380           10,291,837   

Avnet, Inc.

     223,320           10,391,080   

CDW Corp./DE

     291,860           8,008,638   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     183,434           4,606,028   

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     453,950           8,171,100   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     594,562           5,024,049   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     650,630           9,681,374   
       

 

 

 
          62,947,520   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 4.0%

       

Amdocs Ltd.

     176,060           8,179,747   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     205,420           4,519,240   

Convergys Corp.

     377,280           8,266,205   

Genpact Ltd. (a)

     392,040           6,829,337   
       

 

 

 
          27,794,529   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

       

Entegris, Inc. (a)

     509,150           6,165,806   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     153,180           8,424,900   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     152,788           4,566,833   

Teradyne, Inc. (a)

     340,630           6,775,131   
       

 

 

 
          25,932,670   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.1%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     269,060           7,805,431   
       

 

 

 
          136,312,369   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 16.8%

       

Auto Components - 5.5%

       

Dana Holding Corp.

     420,220           9,778,519   

Lear Corp.

     118,870           9,951,796   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     157,150           9,125,701   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     110,690           9,034,518   
       

 

 

 
          37,890,534   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.3%

       

Thor Industries, Inc.

     147,170           8,986,200   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.9%

       

DineEquity, Inc.

     74,948           5,851,190   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 3.2%

       

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

     91,870           6,360,160   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     162,650           6,811,782   

NVR, Inc. (a)

     1,476           1,692,972   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     383,170           7,353,033   
       

 

 

 
          22,217,947   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.5%

       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     375,070           10,351,932   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     382,220           7,139,870   
       

 

 

 
          17,491,802   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.4%

       

Children’s Place Retail Stores, Inc. (The)

     156,209           7,780,770   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     187,850           7,720,635   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     1,941,700           8,019,221   
       

 

 

 
          23,520,626   
       

 

 

 
          115,958,299   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 10.9%

       

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.1%

       

Steelcase, Inc.-Class A

     459,330           7,629,471   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 3.6%

       

AECOM Technology Corp. (a)

     165,780           5,333,143   

Granite Construction, Inc.

     136,150           5,436,469   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     280,590           8,044,515   

URS Corp.

     134,980           6,352,159   
       

 

 

 
          25,166,286   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.8%

       

General Cable Corp.

     201,200           5,152,732   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 2.2%

       

Kennametal, Inc.

     147,620           6,539,566   

Terex Corp.

     187,250           8,295,175   
       

 

 

 
          14,834,741   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 2.6%

       

Con-way, Inc.

     212,480           8,728,679   

Ryder System, Inc.

     118,550           9,474,516   
       

 

 

 
          18,203,195   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.6%

       

Aircastle Ltd.

     219,085           4,245,867   
       

 

 

 
          75,232,292   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.8%

       

Chemicals - 1.4%

       

Huntsman Corp.

     392,370           9,581,675   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 2.3%

       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     143,690           7,280,772   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co. (a)

     833,180           8,465,109   
       

 

 

 
          15,745,881   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 3.1%

       

Commercial Metals Co.

     375,540           7,090,195   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     90,045           6,362,580   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     447,120           7,954,265   
       

 

 

 
          21,407,040   
       

 

 

 
          46,734,596   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 6.3%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.6%

       

PNM Resources, Inc.

     329,170           8,897,465   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     254,415           8,945,232   
       

 

 

 
          17,842,697   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Gas Utilities - 3.7%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     185,210           8,728,947   

Southwest Gas Corp.

     149,910           8,012,690   

UGI Corp.

     192,250           8,768,522   
       

 

 

 
          25,510,159   
       

 

 

 
          43,352,856   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 5.0%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.6%

       

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. (a)

     186,560           4,287,149   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.4%

       

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

     348,440           8,920,064   

Cimarex Energy Co.

     41,990           5,001,429   

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

     186,280           8,676,922   

Stone Energy Corp. (a)

     188,870           7,926,874   
       

 

 

 
          30,525,289   
       

 

 

 
          34,812,438   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 4.2%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Theravance, Inc. (a)(b)

     109,840           3,398,449   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.7%

       

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     289,580           9,848,616   

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)

     139,055           7,585,450   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     223,210           8,383,768   
       

 

 

 
          25,817,834   
       

 

 

 
          29,216,283   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 1.0%

       

Food Products - 1.0%

       

Dean Foods Co.

     434,550           6,718,143   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $537,141,004)

          685,208,111   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%

       

Time Deposit - 0.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $4,219,534)

   $ 4,220           4,219,534   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 99.8%
(cost $541,360,538)

          689,427,645   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.5%

       

Investment Companies - 0.5%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.07% (c)
(cost $3,388,291)

     3,388,291           3,388,291   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.3%
(cost $544,748,829) (d)

          692,815,936   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.3)%

          (1,834,531
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 690,981,405   
       

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $158,194,573 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(10,127,466), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $148,067,107.

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/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

March 31, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 685,208,111      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 685,208,111   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      4,219,534        – 0  –      4,219,534   

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

     3,388,291        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,388,291   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     688,596,402        4,219,534        – 0  –      692,815,936   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     688,596,402      $     4,219,534      $ – 0  –    $     692,815,936   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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

Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.8%

       

Financials - 29.0%

       

Capital Markets - 0.9%

       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     4,000         $ 655,400   

State Street Corp.

     7,300           507,715   
       

 

 

 
          1,163,115   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Banks - 11.3%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     232,600           4,000,720   

CIT Group, Inc.

     30,500           1,495,110   

Citigroup, Inc.

     55,600           2,646,560   

Comerica, Inc.

     16,000           828,800   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     19,800           454,410   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     37,200           2,258,412   

Regions Financial Corp.

     36,700           407,737   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     46,800           2,327,832   
       

 

 

 
          14,419,581   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 3.6%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     25,700           1,983,012   

Discover Financial Services

     27,300           1,588,587   

SLM Corp.

     44,100           1,079,568   
       

 

 

 
          4,651,167   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.7%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     8,100           1,012,257   

ING US, Inc.

     28,800           1,044,576   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     2,000           152,600   
       

 

 

 
          2,209,433   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 11.5%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

     18,100           1,024,098   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     21,900           1,263,849   

American International Group, Inc.

     47,200           2,360,472   

Aon PLC

     16,000           1,348,480   

Assurant, Inc.

     15,300           993,888   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     13,800           1,232,340   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (a)

     60,700           1,076,211   

Lincoln National Corp.

     43,600           2,209,212   

PartnerRe Ltd.

     13,900           1,438,650   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.-Class A

     9,500           756,485   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     10,300           876,530   

Unum Group

     3,900           137,709   
       

 

 

 
          14,717,924   
       

 

 

 
          37,161,220   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 14.3%

       

Auto Components - 2.6%

       

Lear Corp.

     7,300           611,156   

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

     15,700           1,512,067   

TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. (a)

     14,000           1,142,680   
       

 

 

 
          3,265,903   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     97,300           1,517,880   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Durables - 0.7%

       

PulteGroup, Inc.

     46,200           886,578   
       

 

 

 

Media - 5.1%

       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     50,600           1,396,560   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     8,133           338,333   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     38,133           1,552,394   

Time Warner, Inc.

     15,100           986,483   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     37,700           1,205,269   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     12,500           1,062,375   
       

 

 

 
          6,541,414   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.1%

       

Macy’s, Inc.

     23,800           1,411,102   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 3.6%

       

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     37,200           1,528,920   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     8,500           340,510   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     190,100           785,113   

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     32,300           1,958,995   
       

 

 

 
          4,613,538   
       

 

 

 
          18,236,415   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 14.2%

       

Biotechnology - 0.6%

       

Theravance, Inc. (a)(b)

     8,400           259,896   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,400           523,328   
       

 

 

 
          783,224   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.8%

       

Medtronic, Inc.

     37,100           2,283,134   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.1%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     17,400           1,304,478   

Health Net, Inc./CA (a)

     28,800           979,488   

WellPoint, Inc.

     4,400           438,020   
       

 

 

 
          2,721,986   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 9.7%

       

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     23,000           1,228,890   

Johnson & Johnson

     34,500           3,388,935   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     23,900           1,356,803   

Pfizer, Inc.

     161,100           5,174,532   

Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR)

     32,000           1,207,040   
       

 

 

 
          12,356,200   
       

 

 

 
          18,144,544   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 13.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.9%

       

Halliburton Co.

     22,400           1,319,136   

Nabors Industries Ltd.

     42,000           1,035,300   
       

 

 

 
          2,354,436   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 12.0%

       

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

     8,500           217,770   

Chevron Corp.

     22,700           2,699,257   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     44,500           4,346,760   

Hess Corp.

     29,000           2,403,520   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     24,200           2,306,018   

Phillips 66

     11,900           917,014   

Valero Energy Corp.

     47,400           2,516,940   
       

 

 

 
          15,407,279   
       

 

 

 
          17,761,715   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 10.5%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.0%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. (a)

     67,700           718,297   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     22,000           493,020   

Harris Corp.

     18,300           1,338,828   
       

 

 

 
          2,550,145   
       

 

 

 

Computers & Peripherals - 3.3%

       

Apple, Inc.

     2,000           1,073,480   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     97,500           3,155,100   
       

 

 

 
          4,228,580   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.7%

       

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     14,900           884,464   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.6%

       

Western Union Co. (The)-Class W

     38,200           624,952   

Xerox Corp.

     131,200           1,482,560   
       

 

 

 
          2,107,512   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.8%

       

Applied Materials, Inc.

     55,300           1,129,226   

Lam Research Corp. (a)

     9,600           528,000   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     28,600           676,676   
       

 

 

 
          2,333,902   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.1%

       

CA, Inc.

     4,800           148,656   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     42,400           1,230,024   
       

 

 

 
          1,378,680   
       

 

 

 
          13,483,283   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 5.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.6%

       

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     6,700           826,646   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.5%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     19,900           689,535   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.3%

       

URS Corp.

     7,800           367,068   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 3.0%

       

General Electric Co.

     147,000           3,805,830   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.2%

       

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     15,400           1,252,482   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     2,000           239,420   
       

 

 

 
          1,491,902   
       

 

 

 
          7,180,981   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 3.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.6%

       

Edison International

     35,600           2,015,316   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 1.5%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     32,000           1,508,160   

UGI Corp.

     9,200           419,612   
       

 

 

 
          1,927,772   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.8%

       

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     32,600           772,294   

DTE Energy Co.

     4,000           297,160   
       

 

 

 
          1,069,454   
       

 

 

 
          5,012,542   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.4%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.5%

       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     15,100           1,130,386   

Kroger Co. (The)

     49,000           2,138,850   
       

 

 

 
          3,269,236   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.9%

       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     14,100           1,136,460   
       

 

 

 
          4,405,696   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 2.9%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 2.4%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     86,600           3,037,062   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.5%

       

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     19,636           722,801   
       

 

 

 
          3,759,863   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.1%

       

Chemicals - 1.1%

       

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     15,400           1,369,676   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $92,555,128)

          126,515,935   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%

       

Time Deposit - 1.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/14
(cost $2,272,833)

   $ 2,273           2,272,833   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.6%
(cost $94,827,961)

          128,788,768   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.2%

       

Investment Companies - 0.2%

       

AllianceBernstein Exchange Reserves-Class I,
0.07% (c)
(cost $268,800)

     268,800           268,800   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.8%
(cost $95,096,761) (d)

          129,057,568   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.8)%

          (1,045,994
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $     128,011,574   
       

 

 

 

 

(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, 2014, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $34,624,154 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(663,347), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $33,960,807.

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, 2014 (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 or liability (including those valued based on their market values). 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. In addition, non-agency rated investments are 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.

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, 2014:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 126,515,935      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 126,515,935   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      2,272,833        – 0  –      2,272,833   

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

     268,800        – 0  –      – 0  –      268,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     126,784,735        2,272,833        – 0  –      129,057,568   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     126,784,735      $     2,272,833      $             – 0  –    $     129,057,568   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications.
** Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, 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).


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, 2014

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, 2014
By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   May 22, 2014