N-Q 1 d903450dnq.htm AB VARIABLE PRODUCTS SERIES FUND, INC. AB 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

AB 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, 2015

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 63.6%

       

Financials - 12.1%

       

Banks - 0.0%

       

Bank of Baroda

     32,100         $ 83,710   
       

 

 

 

Banks - 3.1%

       

Axis Bank Ltd.

     7,860           70,217   

Banco Macro SA (ADR) (a)

     2,050           117,260   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     48,705           234,191   

Bank of America Corp.

     118,300             1,820,637   

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     334,000           192,646   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     35,050           367,281   

Citigroup, Inc.

     20,903           1,076,923   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     22,861           551,636   

Comerica, Inc.

     9,600           433,248   

Danske Bank A/S

     18,460           486,664   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     13,200           248,820   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     23,100           116,694   

ING Groep NV (b)

     35,870           525,423   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     78,950           267,956   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     8,799           533,043   

KeyCorp

     5,836           82,638   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     126,400           782,847   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     3,700           344,988   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     2,130           80,024   

Societe Generale SA

     7,102           342,899   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     4,200           160,879   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     3,675           151,006   

UniCredit SpA

     55,540           376,633   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     37,200           2,023,680   
       

 

 

 
          11,388,233   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (b)

     2,938           631,024   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     8,000           321,920   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     1,780           651,195   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     3,077           578,384   

Morgan Stanley

     10,587           377,850   

Partners Group Holding AG

     1,000           298,127   

State Street Corp.

     4,100           301,473   

UBS Group AG (b)

     66,592           1,248,673   
       

 

 

 
          4,408,646   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.9%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     17,736           1,397,952   

Discover Financial Services

     13,500           760,725   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     5,481           17,968   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     2,305           40,915   

SLM Corp. (b)

     58,900           546,592   

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (b)

     7,100           367,567   
       

 

 

 
          3,131,719   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.0%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (b)

     5,300           764,896   

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     38,980           211,601   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     36,030           220,576   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     5,393           1,258,025   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

ORIX Corp.

     47,100           661,808   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     9,000           387,990   
       

 

 

 
          3,504,896   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.8%

       

ACE Ltd.

     2,100           234,129   

Admiral Group PLC

     41,110           930,839   

AIA Group Ltd.

     259,600           1,628,224   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     19,600           1,394,932   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     11,700           750,555   

American International Group, Inc.

     20,200           1,106,758   

Aon PLC

     9,440           907,373   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     22,866           449,595   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     1,638           165,602   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     32,790           154,736   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     5,700           413,706   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     2,350           504,973   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     4,200           114,240   

Prudential PLC

     36,520           906,260   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     15,340           157,305   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     3,700           400,081   

Unum Group

     2,300           77,579   

XL Group PLC

     3,000           110,400   
       

 

 

 
            10,407,287   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 2.3%

       

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     35,531           341,808   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     2,750           479,187   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     1,764           247,807   

Equity Residential

     6,470           503,754   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     2,595           596,590   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     14,630           432,317   

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust

     10,292           359,911   

HCP, Inc.

     14,520           627,409   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     2,360           182,570   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     5,370           108,367   

Macerich Co. (The)

     3,350           282,506   

Mapletree Industrial Trust

     159,000           182,900   

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     231,389           209,917   

Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (b)

     59,400           93,577   

Prologis, Inc.

     9,693           422,227   

Public Storage

     1,900           374,566   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     7,746           1,515,427   

Stockland

     137,209           468,786   

Vastned Retail NV

     6,634           324,956   

Ventas, Inc.

     5,520           403,070   

Vornado Realty Trust

     1,960           219,520   
       

 

 

 
          8,377,172   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.6%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     21,100           18,137   

CBRE Group, Inc.-Class A (b)

     10,990           425,423   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     19,500           398,646   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. (a)

     2,900           323,830   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     439,000           847,311   

IMMOFINANZ AG (b)

     62,420           183,839   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     239,000           169,252   
       

 

 

 
          2,366,438   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     26,340           553,929   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     17,210           120,221   
       

 

 

 
          674,150   
       

 

 

 
            44,342,251   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 10.5%

       

Auto Components - 0.9%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (a)

     8,700           315,421   

Bridgestone Corp.

     5,400           216,216   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     1,980           196,901   

Continental AG

     980           230,787   

GKN PLC

     35,560           188,623   

Lear Corp.

     5,200           576,264   

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

     9,200           493,672   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     7,200           214,573   

Plastic Omnium SA

     5,490           144,686   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     30,800           403,740   

Valeo SA

     2,090           311,734   
       

 

 

 
          3,292,617   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     1,790           222,918   

Ford Motor Co.

     70,248           1,133,803   

General Motors Co.

     11,102           416,325   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     32,000           225,589   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

     16,900           551,665   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     17,500           232,181   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     21,730           189,795   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     20,000           1,396,074   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     690           182,990   
       

 

 

 
          4,551,340   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     37,100           215,517   

H&R Block, Inc.

     10,434           334,618   

Kroton Educacional SA

     43,600           140,573   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)(b)

     7,729           256,757   
       

 

 

 
          947,465   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.1%

       

Melco International Development Ltd. (a)

     113,000           190,153   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (c)

     79,179           518,376   

Sodexo SA

     9,049           882,579   

Starbucks Corp.

     19,070           1,805,929   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     6,040           546,439   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     2,150           169,248   
       

 

 

 
          4,112,724   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

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

     5,119           222,216   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     8,350           185,620   
       

 

 

 
          407,836   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.4%

       

Just Eat PLC (b)

     23,721           153,419   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (b)

     1,100           1,280,565   
       

 

 

 
          1,433,984   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.2%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     5,775           814,852   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.8%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     20,400           1,151,988   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     5,189           163,479   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (b)

     11,718           583,673   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     2,400           368,138   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     15,910           363,384   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     2,453           99,494   

Time Warner, Inc.

     14,665           1,238,313   

Vivendi SA (b)

     19,454           483,000   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     21,238           2,227,654   
       

 

 

 
          6,679,123   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.2%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     139,637           647,305   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     5,440           742,614   

Dollar General Corp. (b)

     9,972           751,689   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (b)

     8,010           649,972   

Kohl’s Corp.

     11,332           886,729   

Poundland Group PLC

     59,110           319,870   

Target Corp.

     3,929           322,453   
       

 

 

 
          4,320,632   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.2%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     14,078           886,914   

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     8,050           119,687   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     17,900           679,484   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     20,921           2,376,835   

Inditex SA

     2,470           79,301   

Kingfisher PLC

     29,490           166,385   

L Brands, Inc.

     1,063           100,230   

L’Occitane International SA

     3,500           9,977   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

     3,370           728,729   

Office Depot, Inc. (b)

     55,194           507,785   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     4,364           61,009   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     3,341           352,008   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     1,700           157,455   

Sports Direct International PLC (b)

     61,799           555,408   

Staples, Inc.

     26,142           425,722   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (b)

     3,950           595,857   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (a)

     51,500           212,074   
       

 

 

 
            8,014,860   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     11,730           942,516   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (b)

     600,000           116,864   

HUGO BOSS AG

     3,586           435,669   

Kering

     590           115,179   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     17,521           1,757,882   

Samsonite International SA

     164,100           572,078   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     14,370           89,596   
       

 

 

 
          4,029,784   
       

 

 

 
            38,605,217   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 9.5%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     31,143           369,512   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     32,740           901,169   

F5 Networks, Inc. (b)

     4,860           558,608   
       

 

 

 
          1,829,289   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     16,231           956,493   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (b)

     4,300           262,945   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (b)

     15,180           563,937   
       

 

 

 
          1,783,375   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.1%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (b)

     1,920           400,128   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (b)

     34,060           2,800,243   

Google, Inc.-Class A (b)

     1,100           610,170   

Google, Inc.-Class C (b)

     3,220           1,764,560   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (b)

     2,130           532,202   

Telecity Group PLC

     50,683           656,099   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     4,500           85,513   

Twitter, Inc. (b)

     20,720           1,037,657   
       

 

 

 
          7,886,572   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.2%

       

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     8,600           248,884   

Cap Gemini SA

     1,900           155,879   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     3,680           57,629   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     5,350           218,851   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     41,000           2,681,810   

Xerox Corp.

     67,600           868,660   
       

 

 

 
          4,231,713   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.5%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     86,000           116,456   

Altera Corp.

     17,410           747,063   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     23,664           533,860   

ASM International NV

     6,180           284,929   

Infineon Technologies AG

     22,340           265,777   

Intel Corp.

     37,190           1,162,931   

Linear Technology Corp.

     17,660           826,488   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     41,000           211,598   

NVIDIA Corp.

     45,769           957,716   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     37,000           279,903   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sumco Corp.

     18,500           309,812   
       

 

 

 
          5,696,533   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.8%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (b)

     13,475           1,188,360   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (b)

     10,880           418,771   

Dassault Systemes

     9,770           661,179   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (b)

     9,971           586,444   

Microsoft Corp.

     37,586           1,528,059   

Mobileye NV (b)

     29,233           1,228,663   

Oracle Corp.

     11,712           505,373   

ServiceNow, Inc. (b)

     7,065           556,581   
       

 

 

 
          6,673,430   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.9%

       

Apple, Inc.

     38,660           4,810,464   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     21,000           113,186   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     20,000           209,164   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     43,000           1,339,880   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     180           233,415   
       

 

 

 
          6,706,109   
       

 

 

 
            34,807,021   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 7.5%

       

Biotechnology - 1.5%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (b)

     1,540           177,614   

Biogen, Inc. (b)

     6,612           2,791,851   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

     27,630           2,711,331   
       

 

 

 
          5,680,796   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.6%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (b)

     7,204           387,467   

Essilor International SA

     1,350           155,001   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

     3,672           1,854,470   
       

 

 

 
          2,396,938   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.1%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     11,500           1,225,095   

Anthem, Inc.

     10,500           1,621,305   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (b)

     4,157           360,703   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (b)

     13,714           515,372   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     5,934           456,028   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     29,921           3,539,355   
       

 

 

 
          7,717,858   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.0%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     5,059           1,361,620   

Illumina, Inc. (b)

     4,428           822,014   

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (b)

     1,699           558,376   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (b)

     12,473           835,317   
       

 

 

 
          3,577,327   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Pharmaceuticals - 2.3%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     18,800           308,036   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     37,120           854,500   

Johnson & Johnson

     18,000           1,810,800   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     17,399           1,000,094   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     14,100           752,711   

Pfizer, Inc.

     59,423           2,067,326   

Roche Holding AG

     3,930           1,079,933   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     11,420           186,315   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     2,770           173,117   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     1,570           97,811   
       

 

 

 
          8,330,643   
       

 

 

 
            27,703,562   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 5.6%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.0%

       

Airbus Group NV

     9,150           594,850   

General Dynamics Corp.

     2,100           285,033   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     5,064           637,001   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     10,630           1,026,326   

Safran SA

     3,950           275,993   

Zodiac Aerospace

     30,277           1,001,761   
       

 

 

 
          3,820,964   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

FedEx Corp.

     1,441           238,413   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.0%

       

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     9,550           632,019   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     28,808           1,295,208   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (b)

     58,500           521,423   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     4,000           124,429   

JetBlue Airways Corp. (b)

     31,864           613,382   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (b)

     127,940           303,461   
       

 

 

 
          3,489,922   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

       

Assa Abloy AB-Class B

     2,880           171,548   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.3%

       

APR Energy PLC

     29,787           167,460   

Babcock International Group PLC

     45,125           658,277   

Regus PLC

     26,718           86,340   
       

 

 

 
          912,077   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.3%

       

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     3,420           575,107   

AMETEK, Inc.

     9,242           485,575   
       

 

 

 
          1,060,682   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%

       

Danaher Corp.

     13,789           1,170,686   

General Electric Co.

     30,300           751,743   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     18,000           249,263   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Toshiba Corp.

     74,000           310,065   
       

 

 

 
          2,481,757   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 0.2%

       

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

     5,480           189,937   

GLP J-Reit

     104           107,674   

Hansteen Holdings PLC (a)

     68,120           123,583   

Japan Logistics Fund, Inc. (a)

     57           118,456   

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

     48           105,666   

PLA Administradora Industrial S de RL de CV (b)

     71,170           144,174   
       

 

 

 
          789,490   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

       

ITT Corp.

     13,651           544,812   

JTEKT Corp.

     21,600           336,775   

Pall Corp.

     8,180           821,190   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     8,800           836,088   
       

 

 

 
          2,538,865   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.1%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class B (a)

     65           135,865   

Nippon Yusen KK

     128,000           368,221   
       

 

 

 
          504,086   
       

 

 

 

Mixed Office Industrial - 0.1%

       

Goodman Group

     67,960           327,237   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.7%

       

Bureau Veritas SA

     37,429           803,030   

Capita PLC

     53,841           890,034   

Teleperformance

     12,403           849,999   
       

 

 

 
          2,543,063   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.2%

       

Central Japan Railway Co.

     2,200           397,583   

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     5,650           482,482   
       

 

 

 
          880,065   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     6,350           379,378   

Bunzl PLC

     8,420           228,279   

Rexel SA

     8,477           159,840   
       

 

 

 
          767,497   
       

 

 

 
            20,525,666   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.2%

       

Beverages - 0.6%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     4,100           130,005   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     1,000           74,450   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

     14,871           2,058,072   
       

 

 

 
          2,262,527   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.5%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     8,670           1,313,462   

CVS Health Corp.

     31,250           3,225,312   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Delhaize Group SA

     4,790           430,334   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (b)(c)

     6,510           50,127   

Olam International Ltd.

     179,412           258,930   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,100           103,858   
       

 

 

 
          5,382,023   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.6%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     4,200           199,080   

Bunge Ltd.

     1,020           84,007   

Ingredion, Inc.

     6,874           534,935   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     11,160           1,121,915   

Unilever PLC

     3,518           146,783   
       

 

 

 
          2,086,720   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.3%

       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     3,113           429,750   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     852           87,920   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     6,101           499,916   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     2,780           238,817   
       

 

 

 
          1,256,403   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.2%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     5,590           464,864   

L’Oreal SA

     1,770           326,018   
       

 

 

 
          790,882   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.0%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     10,291           514,756   

British American Tobacco PLC

     26,049           1,348,921   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     11,940           523,763   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     14,575           1,097,935   
       

 

 

 
          3,485,375   
       

 

 

 
            15,263,930   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (b)(c)

     14,840           77,013   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     2,700           134,973   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     7,304           609,446   
       

 

 

 
          821,432   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.6%

       

BG Group PLC

     37,120           455,601   

Chevron Corp.

     9,425           989,437   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     24,000           2,040,000   

Hess Corp.

     16,359           1,110,285   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     112,800           434,015   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     5,851           599,084   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     12,167           566,982   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     15,000           1,095,000   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     16,210           98,719   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     10,595           316,141   

TOTAL SA

     11,080           550,754   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Valero Energy Corp.

     16,962           1,079,122   
       

 

 

 
          9,335,140   
       

 

 

 
            10,156,572   
       

 

 

 

Equity: Other - 2.7%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 2.4%

       

Boral Ltd.

     83,340           403,984   

British Land Co. PLC (The)

     42,753           526,926   

Buzzi Unicem SpA (a)

     12,990           194,508   

CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (b)

     15,980           299,157   

ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.

     19,904           385,341   

Cofinimmo SA

     2,140           250,914   

CSR Ltd.

     29,850           91,247   

Duke Realty Corp.

     13,570           295,419   

East Japan Railway Co.

     2,500           200,335   

Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV

     13,620           36,073   

Folkestone Education Trust

     51,780           86,764   

Fukuoka REIT Corp.

     55           102,565   

GPT Group (The)

     86,260           299,611   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.

     13,167           369,598   

Hemfosa Fastigheter AB (b)

     12,010           273,881   

Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate PLC

     22,084           360,026   

Lend Lease Group

     31,346           395,918   

Merlin Properties Socimi SA (b)

     31,450           428,795   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     22,000           510,223   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     17,100           502,193   

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     6,400           115,259   

Orix JREIT, Inc.

     126           180,464   

Royal Mail PLC

     53,190           345,000   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     10,661           128,785   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     16,000           576,022   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     51,600           796,311   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     23,000           70,226   

UOL Group Ltd.

     30,100           167,518   

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     66,000           459,885   
       

 

 

 
          8,852,948   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 0.2%

       

Chartwell Retirement Residences

     20,060           195,761   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     8,940           411,240   
       

 

 

 
          607,001   
       

 

 

 

Triple Net - 0.1%

       

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     4,480           183,546   

Realty Income Corp. (a)

     3,560           183,696   
       

 

 

 
          367,242   
       

 

 

 
          9,827,191   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 1.7%

       

Regional Mall - 0.3%

       

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     16,140           374,932   

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     1,240           95,641   

Westfield Corp.

     33,280           241,184   

WP GLIMCHER, Inc.

     25,568           425,196   
       

 

 

 
          1,136,953   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 1.4%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     12,500           247,539   

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     16,300           160,555   

DDR Corp.

     18,030           335,718   

Federation Centres

     39,870           92,033   

Fibra Shop Portafolios Inmobiliarios SAPI de CV

     128,490           145,729   

Hammerson PLC

     22,530           221,879   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     115           228,514   

JB Hi-Fi Ltd. (a)

     13,790           195,587   

Klepierre

     9,553           469,111   

Link REIT (The)

     34,768           213,817   

Mercialys SA

     12,420           315,448   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     20,470           380,742   

Regency Centers Corp.

     2,630           178,945   

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     22,800           417,240   

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     4,973           113,748   

Scentre Group

     188,849           536,489   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     1,769           477,694   

Weingarten Realty Investors

     8,570           308,349   
       

 

 

 
          5,039,137   
       

 

 

 
          6,176,090   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.5%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.9%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     10,800           607,500   

Edison International

     16,900           1,055,743   

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     128,430           480,989   

Electricite de France SA

     11,420           273,832   

Enel SpA

     40,691           183,819   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     2,857           100,166   

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     13,052           348,227   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     10,000           387,600   
       

 

 

 
            3,437,876   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.2%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     1,800           99,540   

UGI Corp.

     20,700           674,613   
       

 

 

 
          774,153   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.2%

       

Calpine Corp. (b)

     36,286           829,861   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.2%

       

DTE Energy Co.

     1,200           96,828   

PG&E Corp.

     7,299           387,358   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     3,500           146,720   
       

 

 

 
          630,906   
       

 

 

 
          5,672,796   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.5%

       

Chemicals - 1.4%

       

Arkema SA

     3,556           281,620   

BASF SE

     1,060           104,935   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     2,783           789,481   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     7,710           353,996   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     45,000           177,286   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Essentra PLC

     92,674           1,362,283   

IMCD Group NV (b)

     2,670           89,946   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     51,516           159,120   

JSR Corp.

     22,300           386,173   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     5,238           291,937   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     8,300           728,740   

Monsanto Co.

     4,149           466,929   
       

 

 

 
          5,192,446   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.0%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     8,700           112,404   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

       

Mondi PLC

     13,260           254,818   
       

 

 

 
          5,559,668   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.4%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     10,161           331,757   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     63,518           118,280   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     3,700           127,835   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (b)

     18,160           977,734   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     10,200           629,656   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     10,200           158,135   

Telenor ASA

     6,620           133,594   
       

 

 

 
          2,476,991   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     17,000           221,113   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     630           155,022   

SoftBank Corp.

     16,000           931,830   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (b)(c)

     1,338           115,929   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (b)

     21,330           109,403   

Vodafone Group PLC

     180,923           592,038   

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     16,900           552,292   
       

 

 

 
          2,677,627   
       

 

 

 
            5,154,618   
       

 

 

 

Residential - 1.3%

       

Multi-Family - 1.0%

       

Barratt Developments PLC

     23,250           181,786   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     108,000           305,927   

China Vanke Co., Ltd.-Class H (a)(b)

     119,060           280,326   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     640,000           145,459   

Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE

     8,811           296,910   

Ichigo Real Estate Investment Corp.

     183           147,833   

Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC

     135,000           145,884   

Japan Rental Housing Investments, Inc.

     138           100,707   

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (a)(d)(e)

     409,000           82,300   

Kenedix Residential Investment Corp. (a)

     34           105,532   

LEG Immobilien AG (b)

     4,319           342,605   

Meritage Homes Corp. (b)

     4,340           211,098   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     6,880           531,618   

Sun Communities, Inc.

     5,101           340,339   

UNITE Group PLC (The)

     21,290           184,910   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.

     269,700           377,296   
       

 

 

 
          3,780,530   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 0.2%

       

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     8,660           585,156   

Safestore Holdings PLC

     46,690           202,509   
       

 

 

 
          787,665   
       

 

 

 

Single Family - 0.1%

       

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     4,220           200,366   
       

 

 

 
          4,768,561   
       

 

 

 

Office - 0.9%

       

Office - 0.9%

       

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

     7,776           247,300   

Alstria Office REIT-AG (b)

     10,638           149,522   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     8,040           85,224   

Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust

     9,836           204,633   

Entra ASA (b)(c)

     18,146           188,652   

Fabege AB

     21,670           310,520   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     57,000           430,350   

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

     7,440           246,934   

Investa Office Fund

     50,000           148,159   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     58           272,808   

Kenedix Office Investment Corp.-Class A

     59           323,733   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     1,320           100,544   

NTT Urban Development Corp.

     11,000           109,877   

Parkway Properties, Inc./Md

     12,928           224,301   

Workspace Group PLC

     17,530           221,669   
       

 

 

 
          3,264,226   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 0.3%

       

Lodging - 0.3%

       

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

     21,984           368,672   

Ashford, Inc. (b)

     408           48,454   

Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp.

     215           152,941   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     2,240           104,317   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     16,240           508,474   
       

 

 

 
          1,182,858   
       

 

 

 

Financial: Other - 0.1%

       

Financial: Other - 0.1%

       

HFF, Inc.-Class A

     11,600           435,464   
       

 

 

 

Mortgage - 0.0%

       

Mortgage - 0.0%

       

Concentradora Hipotecaria SAPI de CV

     104,000           175,566   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $192,458,976)

            233,621,257   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 8.5%

       

Industrial - 5.5%

       

Basic - 0.5%

       

Barrick Gold Corp.

       

4.10%, 5/01/23

   U.S.$     45           44,393   

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (c)

     145           199,675   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (c)

     240           239,462   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

4.125%, 11/15/21

     165           179,303   

Glencore Funding LLC

       

4.125%, 5/30/23 (c)

     126           128,317   

International Paper Co.

       

3.65%, 6/15/24

     48           48,940   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     435           512,764   

Minsur SA

       

6.25%, 2/07/24 (c)

     333           369,592   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (c)

     237           215,670   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

       

6.875%, 11/21/36

     65           62,868   
       

 

 

 
            2,000,984   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.1%

       

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

       

5.25%, 6/27/29 (c)

     217           175,227   

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (f)

     11           11,827   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

3.80%, 5/15/18

     17           18,024   

Yamana Gold, Inc.

       

4.95%, 7/15/24

     277           272,350   
       

 

 

 
          477,428   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 1.1%

       

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

       

3.00%, 9/15/22

     400           404,820   

6.15%, 2/15/41

     130           168,073   

CBS Corp.

       

5.75%, 4/15/20

     250           287,314   

Comcast Corp.

       

5.15%, 3/01/20

     451           518,347   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.80%, 3/15/22

     75           77,737   

4.45%, 4/01/24

     107           114,275   

5.00%, 3/01/21

     290           322,784   

Discovery Communications LLC

       

3.45%, 3/15/25

     176           175,858   

Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA

       

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

     221           229,011   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/19/21 (c)(h)

     233           247,027   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

   U.S.$     64           67,116   

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc.

       

8.625%, 1/15/19

     435           533,699   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.125%, 2/15/21

     165           177,455   

4.50%, 9/15/42

     36           36,928   

Time Warner, Inc.

       

3.55%, 6/01/24

     35           36,248   

4.70%, 1/15/21

     123           136,938   

7.625%, 4/15/31

     110           153,804   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     110           113,175   

5.625%, 9/15/19

     83           93,748   

WPP Finance

       

2010 4.75%, 11/21/21

     77           86,741   
       

 

 

 
            3,981,098   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.6%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     380           419,739   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.80%, 6/15/44

     74           75,778   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (c)

     490           552,547   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD     46           39,843   

SBA Tower Trust

       

2.898%, 10/15/19 (c)

   U.S.$     251           254,051   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

     185           211,424   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

3.50%, 11/01/24

     418           427,767   

6.55%, 9/15/43

     297           386,741   
       

 

 

 
          2,367,890   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.3%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.875%, 8/02/21

     915           1,077,140   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.2%

       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

       

3.875%, 1/15/22

     201           214,553   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

       

3.80%, 11/18/24

     320           330,865   
       

 

 

 
          545,418   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.9%

       

Actavis Funding SCS

       

3.80%, 3/15/25

     282           291,032   

3.85%, 6/15/24

     89           91,932   

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     71           77,424   

Altria Group, Inc.

       

2.625%, 1/14/20

     320           325,132   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Bayer US Finance LLC

       

3.375%, 10/08/24 (c)

   U.S.$     321           334,152   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

3.734%, 12/15/24

     141           147,571   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     69           69,805   

8.50%, 6/15/19

     153           188,533   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV

       

3.875%, 6/27/24 (c)

     339           347,868   

Medtronic, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/15/25 (c)

     320           334,525   

Perrigo Finance PLC

       

3.50%, 12/15/21

     300           310,439   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     220           218,912   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     121           130,645   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

2.65%, 8/15/19

     64           65,533   

3.95%, 8/15/24

     206           217,636   
       

 

 

 
            3,151,139   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.1%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

       

4.875%, 11/01/43

     111           92,861   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     140           146,509   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

7.50%, 7/01/38

     248           313,420   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     185           208,450   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

2.65%, 2/01/19

     302           302,466   

3.95%, 9/01/22

     424           430,632   

6.85%, 2/15/20

     330           385,170   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

       

5.125%, 3/01/21

     163           183,341   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

3.90%, 11/15/24

     170           172,949   

8.25%, 3/01/19

     374           447,426   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     3           2,906   

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

       

5.40%, 2/14/22 (c)

     315           345,479   

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30%, 4/01/44

     295           304,336   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     120           116,400   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     175           202,729   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     230           263,488   

Williams Partners LP

       

4.125%, 11/15/20

     155           161,480   
       

 

 

 
          4,080,042   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Other Industrial - 0.1%

       

Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd.

       

1.625%, 10/31/17 (c)

   U.S.$     320           318,687   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.4%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     114           124,708   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

       

4.65%, 11/01/24

     225           236,302   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     156           156,540   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     35           43,247   

Seagate HDD Cayman

       

4.75%, 1/01/25 (c)

     127           131,508   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

       

3.375%, 5/02/19 (c)

     335           347,103   

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

     141           141,815   

3.75%, 6/01/23

     139           138,712   
       

 

 

 
          1,319,935   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.0%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.75%, 12/15/16

     155           166,197   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.2%

       

Asciano Finance Ltd.

       

3.125%, 9/23/15 (c)

     237           238,979   

5.00%, 4/07/18 (c)

     230           247,327   

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     127           135,744   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     127           130,191   
       

 

 

 
          752,241   
       

 

 

 
            20,238,199   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 2.7%

       

Banking - 1.7%

       

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.625%, 3/30/22 (c)

   EUR     84           117,854   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

3.875%, 3/26/25

   U.S.$     235           235,799   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     314           344,234   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     92           96,785   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/26/25 (c)

     390           394,561   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.75%, 1/24/22

     335           391,065   

Series D

       

6.00%, 6/15/20

     440           513,551   

ING Bank NV

       

2.00%, 9/25/15 (c)

     480           482,840   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.625%, 9/23/19

     168           191,230   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

   U.S.$     189           216,776   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     44           46,627   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (c)

     465           552,450   

Nordea Bank AB

       

6.125%, 9/23/24 (c)(h)

     200           206,376   

PNC Bank NA

       

3.80%, 7/25/23

     685           726,737   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (c)(h)

     190           197,362   

Santander UK PLC

       

5.00%, 11/07/23 (c)

     200           215,373   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (c)

     470           483,160   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     380           460,893   

Wells Fargo Bank NA

       

6.18%, 2/15/36

     250           314,750   
       

 

 

 
            6,188,423   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.1%

       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

       

2.00%, 9/13/16

     468           472,396   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.1%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (c)

     173           201,782   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.6%

       

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

       

7.50%, 8/01/16

     160           172,700   

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     155           176,150   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     300           363,395   

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

       

5.10%, 10/28/24 (c)(h)

     320           345,600   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.125%, 4/15/22

     180           205,113   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     242           277,841   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     98           123,312   

MetLife, Inc.

       

10.75%, 8/01/39

     70           117,565   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     200           212,000   

XLIT Ltd.

       

6.375%, 11/15/24

     157           193,422   
       

 

 

 
          2,187,098   
       

 

 

 

Other Finance - 0.1%

       

ORIX Corp.

       

4.71%, 4/27/15

     336           336,773   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

REITS - 0.1%

       

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

   U.S.$     300           338,126   

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (c)

     270           290,250   
       

 

 

 
          628,376   
       

 

 

 
            10,014,848   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.3%

       

Electric - 0.1%

       

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

     155           177,288   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     89           100,532   

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

       

4.25%, 6/15/22

     128           135,058   

Pacific Gas & Electric Co.

       

6.05%, 3/01/34

     38           49,646   
       

 

 

 
          462,524   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.2%

       

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (c)

     490           520,968   
       

 

 

 
          983,492   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $29,337,460)

          31,236,539   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 7.3%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 6.8%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     342           387,569   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     34           38,885   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

     1,463           1,495,918   

3.50%, 5/01/42-3/01/45

     1,619           1,720,845   

3.50%, 5/01/45, TBA

     3,603           3,775,972   

4.00%, 5/01/45, TBA

     9,926           10,596,368   

4.50%, 5/25/45, TBA

     3,804           4,139,227   

5.00%, 12/01/39

     225           250,003   

Series 2004

       

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

     129           145,711   

Series 2007

       

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

     479           541,662   

Series 2008

       

5.50%, 8/01/37

     207           234,340   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

     1,740           1,792,336   
       

 

 

 
          25,118,836   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 0.5%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 5/01/30, TBA

   U.S.$     1,645           1,721,210   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $26,519,766)

          26,840,046   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 6.1%

       

Brazil - 0.1%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Series F

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL     1,670           496,188   
       

 

 

 

United States - 6.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.75%, 8/15/42

   U.S.$     280           291,441   

3.125%, 2/15/43-8/15/44

     1,185           1,326,250   

3.375%, 5/15/44

     234           274,010   

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

     1,380           1,686,166   

4.375%, 2/15/38

     1,027           1,376,074   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     223           303,785   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     1,510           2,107,747   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

1.25%, 10/31/18

     1,115           1,121,011   

1.375%, 3/31/20

     2,920           2,920,455   

1.50%, 1/31/19

     288           291,735   

1.625%, 8/31/19

     545           552,962   

2.00%, 11/15/21-2/15/25

     930           946,265   

2.25%, 11/15/24

     570           585,987   

2.50%, 8/15/23-5/15/24

     6,181           6,493,860   

2.75%, 2/15/24

     1,597           1,711,750   
       

 

 

 
          21,989,498   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $20,975,930)

            22,485,686   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.8%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 2.9%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     390           390,954   

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

1.29%, 1/15/19

     336           337,543   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-3, Class D

       

4.04%, 7/10/17

     320           325,620   

Series 2013-3, Class A3

       

0.92%, 4/09/18

     654           655,002   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

0.96%, 4/09/18

     275           275,186   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.65%, 3/08/17

     49           48,782   

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.90%, 2/08/19

     310           309,524   

ARI Fleet Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.81%, 11/15/22 (c)

     137           136,786   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

2.46%, 7/20/20 (c)

   U.S.$     705           711,959   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A4

       

1.57%, 12/16/19

     203           203,887   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-3, Class A2

       

1.04%, 11/21/16

     480           480,396   

Series 2014-1, Class B

       

2.22%, 1/22/19

     80           80,968   

Carfinance Capital Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.65%, 7/17/17 (c)

     37           37,153   

CPS Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-B, Class A

       

1.82%, 9/15/20 (c)

     173           171,812   

Series 2014-B, Class A

       

1.11%, 11/15/18 (c)

     142           141,822   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

0.87%, 9/20/19 (c)

     189           188,886   

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

1.05%, 3/20/20 (c)

     270           270,130   

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.30%, 9/20/20 (c)

     446             446,586   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (c)

     13           13,481   

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 10/16/17 (c)

     47           47,365   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 5/15/18 (c)

     76           76,236   

Series 2014-2A, Class A

       

1.06%, 8/15/18 (c)

     77           76,380   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A4

       

1.47%, 5/17/21

     268           268,538   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.32%, 4/16/18 (c)

     62           61,675   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (c)

   CAD     103           81,651   

Series 2014-R2A, Class A1

       

1.353%, 3/15/16 (c)

     35           27,500   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/17

   U.S.$     244           243,993   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     155           154,413   

Series 2014-2, Class A

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.31%, 4/15/26 (c)

   U.S.$     440           446,572   

Series 2014-B, Class A2

       

0.47%, 3/15/17

     262           262,027   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A1

       

1.20%, 2/15/19

     322           322,805   

Series 2015-2, Class A1

       

1.98%, 1/15/22

     322           321,200   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.10%, 12/20/17

     449           449,019   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

1.10%, 9/15/19

     270           270,254   

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.41%, 6/15/20

     126           126,092   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A1

       

1.12%, 8/25/17 (c)

     345           345,013   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

1.00%, 10/16/17 (c)

     305           305,009   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class C

       

1.95%, 10/15/18

     140           141,761   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     368           368,046   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.64%, 4/17/17

     6           6,279   

Series 2014-2, Class A3

       

0.80%, 4/16/18

     335           334,841   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.91%, 10/22/18

     634           633,608   
       

 

 

 
            10,596,754   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.6%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

0.545%, 1/16/18 (f)

     630           630,396   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.556%, 7/20/19 (f)

     407           406,622   

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

0.676%, 1/20/20 (f)

     429           429,000   

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP

       

Series 2013-3, Class A

       

0.725%, 12/10/27 (c)(f)

     282           282,214   

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.921%, 10/25/19 (c)(f)

     207           207,001   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.676%, 10/20/20 (c)(f)

   U.S.$     320           320,013   
       

 

 

 
          2,275,246   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 0.5%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

1.26%, 1/15/20

     141           141,485   

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A

       

2.41%, 7/15/22

     326           333,061   

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-A1, Class A1

       

1.15%, 1/15/19

     270           270,906   

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

2.22%, 1/15/22

     379           382,451   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     310           312,768   

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     246           246,464   
       

 

 

 
            1,687,135   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

0.515%, 3/16/20 (f)

     337           336,613   

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A2

       

0.705%, 2/18/20 (c)(f)

     325           325,951   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

       

0.525%, 8/17/20 (f)

     240           240,139   

First National Master Note Trust

       

Series 2013-2, Class A

       

0.705%, 10/15/19 (f)

     346           346,884   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.555%, 12/15/19 (f)

     295           295,544   
       

 

 

 
          1,545,131   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.3%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2013-VT1, Class A3

       

1.13%, 7/20/20 (c)

     466           466,747   

Series 2014-VT1, Class A2

       

0.86%, 5/22/17 (c)

     319           318,871   

CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A1

       

1.388%, 3/15/17 (c)

   CAD 61           48,072   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A4

       

1.61%, 5/17/21

   U.S.$     210           210,831   

Series 2015-A, Class A4

       

1.85%, 4/15/21

     227           227,536   
       

 

 

 
          1,272,057   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

GSAA Trust

       

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3

       

0.444%, 3/25/36 (f)

     375           255,312   

Residential Asset Securities Corp. Trust

       

Series 2003-KS3, Class A2

       

0.774%, 5/25/33 (f)

     1           827   
       

 

 

 
          256,139   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     77           78,024   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $17,707,457)

            17,710,486   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 3.0%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

       

5.774%, 2/10/51

     551           598,256   

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     150           159,600   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-PW13, Class AJ

       

5.611%, 9/11/41

     184           189,417   

BHMS Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-ATLS, Class AFX

       

3.601%, 7/05/33 (c)

     335           348,461   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05, Class A

       

3.369%, 3/13/35 (c)

     495           517,125   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       

5.768%, 3/15/49

     259           267,761   

Series 2015-GC27, Class A5

       

3.137%, 2/10/48

     246           252,061   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.761%, 5/15/46

     274           296,610   

Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2008-LS1, Class A1A

       

6.028%, 12/10/49

     1,010           1,098,915   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-SFS, Class A1

       

1.873%, 4/12/35 (c)

     210           207,240   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class AM

       

5.704%, 6/15/39

   U.S.$     155           162,968   

DBUBS Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2011-LC1A, Class E

       

5.558%, 11/10/46 (c)

     130           142,999   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (c)

     330           329,961   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (c)

     487           496,026   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (c)(i)

     276             281,378   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2004-LN2, Class A1A

       

4.838%, 7/15/41 (c)

     109           108,798   

Series 2007-CB19, Class AM

       

5.694%, 2/12/49

     175           185,039   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

       

6.01%, 2/15/51

     280           304,291   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

       

5.439%, 1/15/49

     591           633,283   

Series 2008-C2, Class A1A

       

5.998%, 2/12/51

     270           295,394   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (c)

     261           263,331   

Series 2011-C5, Class D

       

5.323%, 8/15/46 (c)

     100           108,161   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C1, Class A4

       

5.156%, 2/15/31

     598           606,316   

Series 2007-C1, Class AM

       

5.455%, 2/15/40

     100           106,822   

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

2.767%, 1/20/41 (c)

     188           191,635   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

       

5.739%, 8/12/43

     316           331,330   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

       

5.166%, 12/12/49

     593           620,248   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

       

3.091%, 8/10/49

     86           88,999   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

       

2.85%, 12/10/45

     168           171,423   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C23, Class A5

       

5.416%, 1/15/45

     616           632,487   

Series 2006-C26, Class A1A

       

6.009%, 6/15/45

     140           147,201   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C14, Class A5

       

3.337%, 6/15/46

   U.S.$     456           480,391   

Series 2014-C20, Class A2

       

3.036%, 5/15/47

     206           215,774   
       

 

 

 
            10,839,701   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.5%

       

Carefree Portfolio Trust

       

Series 2014-CARE, Class A

       

1.495%, 11/15/19 (c)(f)

     169           169,425   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

       

Series 2014-KYO, Class A

       

1.077%, 6/11/27 (c)(f)

     208           207,607   

Series 2014-SAVA, Class A

       

1.325%, 6/15/34 (c)(f)

     191           190,950   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.873%, 12/05/31 (c)(f)

     250           248,940   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2014-INN, Class A

       

1.095%, 6/15/29 (c)(f)

     339           337,984   

PFP III Ltd.

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

1.345%, 6/14/31 (c)(f)

     362           363,016   

Resource Capital Corp., Ltd.

       

Series 2014-CRE2, Class A

       

1.227%, 4/15/32 (c)(f)

     157           155,811   

Starwood Retail Property Trust

       

Series 2014-STAR, Class A

       

1.392%, 11/15/27 (c)(f)

     183           183,008   
       

 

 

 
          1,856,741   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $12,861,050)

          12,696,442   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 1.5%

       

United States - 1.5%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/19 (TIPS)

     4,076           4,151,419   

0.50%, 4/15/15 (TIPS)

     1,404           1,406,196   
       

 

 

 

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $5,566,360)

          5,557,615   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADE - 1.4%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.9%

       

Banking - 0.8%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series Z

       

6.50%, 10/23/24 (h)

     79           83,543   

Bank of Ireland

       

1.781%, 9/22/15 (e)(f)

   CAD     185           141,684   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.86%, 6/15/32 (c)(h)

   U.S.$     44           49,073   

7.625%, 11/21/22

     239           279,779   

7.75%, 4/10/23

     305           338,169   

Barclays PLC

       

4.375%, 9/11/24

     257           259,938   

BNP Paribas SA

       

5.186%, 6/29/15 (c)(h)

     128           128,675   

Credit Agricole SA

       

7.875%, 1/23/24 (c)(h)

     205           217,044   

HBOS Capital Funding LP

       

4.939%, 5/23/16 (h)

   EUR     298           319,318   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

       

5.017%, 6/26/24 (c)

   U.S.$     339           346,963   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (c)(h)

     94           101,990   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (c)

     215           242,476   

Societe Generale SA

       

5.922%, 4/05/17 (c)(h)

     100           104,375   

UniCredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (c)

     230           245,864   
       

 

 

 
            2,858,891   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.1%

       

AerCap Aviation Solutions BV

       

6.375%, 5/30/17

     200           212,000   

International Lease Finance Corp.

       

5.875%, 4/01/19

     93           100,905   
       

 

 

 
          312,905   
       

 

 

 
          3,171,796   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.4%

       

Basic - 0.0%

       

Novelis, Inc.

       

8.375%, 12/15/17

     29           30,305   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.0%

       

CSC Holdings LLC

       

8.625%, 2/15/19

     44           50,931   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

Numericable-SFR SAS

       

5.375%, 5/15/22 (c)

   EUR     195           219,130   

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23

   U.S.$     205           209,100   

Telecom Italia Capital SA

       

6.00%, 9/30/34

     65           67,113   
       

 

 

 
          495,343   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.1%

       

General Motors Co.

       

3.50%, 10/02/18

     130           133,193   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

       

8.25%, 8/15/20

   U.S.$     60           63,450   
       

 

 

 
          196,643   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

KB Home

       

4.75%, 5/15/19

     107           104,592   

MCE Finance Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/15/21 (c)

     210           196,350   
       

 

 

 
          300,942   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

       

5.125%, 8/15/18

     56           57,750   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

Paragon Offshore PLC

       

6.75%, 7/15/22 (c)

     18           5,940   

7.25%, 8/15/24 (c)

     116           38,570   

SM Energy Co.

       

6.50%, 1/01/23

     14           14,280   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20

     300           251,625   
       

 

 

 
          310,415   
       

 

 

 

Services - 0.0%

       

Sabre GLBL, Inc.

       

8.50%, 5/15/19 (c)

     118           126,077   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.0%

       

Hertz Corp. (The)

       

5.875%, 10/15/20

     120           123,300   
       

 

 

 
          1,691,706   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.1%

       

Electric - 0.1%

       

AES Corp./VA

       

7.375%, 7/01/21

     119           132,090   

NRG Energy, Inc.

       

Series WI

       

6.25%, 5/01/24

     92           92,690   
       

 

 

 
          224,780   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grade
(cost $5,229,242)

            5,088,282   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 1.1%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.5%

       

Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-20CB, Class 3A6

       

5.50%, 7/25/35

     52           49,077   

Series 2005-57CB, Class 4A3

       

5.50%, 12/25/35

     136           125,194   

Series 2006-23CB, Class 1A7

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     90           86,875   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2006-24CB, Class A16

       

5.75%, 6/25/36

   U.S.$     207           186,568   

Series 2006-28CB, Class A14

       

6.25%, 10/25/36

     141           120,405   

Series 2006-J1, Class 1A13

       

5.50%, 2/25/36

     130           116,897   

Series 2007-2CB, Class 2A4

       

5.75%, 3/25/37

     113           101,230   

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust

       

Series 2007-S5, Class 1A17

       

6.00%, 7/25/37

     67           58,267   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.568%, 5/25/35

     29           27,426   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2006-10, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 5/25/36

     117           109,044   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A18

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     175           161,258   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A19

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     63           57,996   

Series 2007-HYB2, Class 3A1

       

2.576%, 2/25/47

     289           240,580   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-FA3, Class A9

       

6.00%, 7/25/36

     241           201,873   

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-S3, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 8/25/37

     91           82,404   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-8, Class 2A5

       

5.75%, 7/25/37

     88           86,280   
       

 

 

 
            1,811,374   
       

 

 

 

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2013-DN2, Class M2

       

4.424%, 11/25/23 (f)

     340           349,856   

Series 2014-DN3, Class M3

       

4.174%, 8/25/24 (f)

     330           331,130   

Series 2015-HQ1, Class M2

       

2.373%, 3/25/25 (f)

     388           388,540   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C03, Class 1M1

       

1.374%, 7/25/24 (f)

     116           115,943   

Series 2014-C04, Class 1M2

       

5.074%, 11/25/24 (f)

     255           269,473   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M2

       

4.474%, 2/25/25 (f)

     155           156,809   
       

 

 

 
          1,611,751   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR4, Class A2

       

0.364%, 12/25/36 (f)

   U.S.$     404           240,039   

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-1, Class A1

       

0.424%, 3/25/35 (f)

     200           177,715   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1

       

0.294%, 7/25/36 (f)

     297           235,709   
       

 

 

 
          653,463   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICs

       

Series 2010-117, Class DI

       

4.50%, 5/25/25 (j)

     969           102,851   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $4,181,358)

          4,179,439   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.5%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.5%

       

Chile - 0.1%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (c)

     340           363,922   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.2%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (c)

     460           516,021   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.1%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

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

     312           319,082   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.1%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (c)

     465           484,762   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $1,569,644)

            1,683,787   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.4%

       

Brazil - 0.1%

       

Petrobras Global Finance BV

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     483           448,021   

Morocco - 0.1%

       

OCP SA

       

5.625%, 4/25/24 (c)

     335           364,313   

Israel - 0.1%

       

Israel Electric Corp. Ltd.

       

5.00%, 11/12/24 (c)

     320           331,200   

Canada - 0.1%

       

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

       

5.25%, 8/01/23 (c)

     125           130,625   


           Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Colombia - 0.0%

          

Ecopetrol SA

          

5.875%, 5/28/45

      U.S.$     94           87,420   
          

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $1,371,140)

             1,361,579   
          

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.1%

          

United States - 0.1%

          

State of California

          

Series 2010

          

7.625%, 3/01/40

(cost $350,543)

        345           537,741   
          

 

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.1%

          

Industrial - 0.1%

          

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

          

Comcel Trust via Comunicaciones Celulares SA

          

6.875%, 2/06/24 (c)

        200           213,100   
          

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical – 0.0%

          

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.

          

9.50%, 5/04/20 (c)

        195           184,275   
          

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds
(cost $391,370)

             397,375   
          

 

 

 
          Shares           

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.1%

          

Financial Institutions - 0.1%

          

Insurance - 0.1%

          

Allstate Corp. (The)

          

5.10%

(cost $179,024)

        6,700           173,999   
          

 

 

 
          Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.2%

          

Agency Discount Notes - 0.7%

          

Federal Home Loan Bank Discount Notes

          

Zero Coupon, 5/01/15

      U.S.$     1,100           1,099,926   

Zero Coupon, 5/01/15

        1,474           1,473,902   
          

 

 

 

Total Agency Discount Notes
(cost $2,573,828)

             2,573,828   
          

 

 

 

Time Deposit - 5.8%

          

State Street Time Deposit

          

0.01%, 4/01/15

(cost $21,285,263)

        21,285             21,285,263   
          

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit - 0.4%

          

Wells Fargo Bank NA

          

0.23%, 4/08/15

(cost $1,380,000)

        1,380           1,380,000   
          

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Commercial Paper - 0.3%

       

Banque Caisse Depargne Letat C
Zero Coupon, 9/01/15
(cost $1,180,493)

   U.S.$     1,182           1,180,493   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $26,419,584)

          26,419,584   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 106.2%
(cost $345,118,904)

          389,989,857   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 1.1%

       

Investment Companies - 1.1%

       

AB Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.08% (k)(l)
(cost $3,886,904)

     3,886,904           3,886,904   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold Short - 107.3%
(cost $349,005,808)

          393,876,761   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - (2.1)%

       

Mortgage Pass-Throughs - (2.1)%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - (2.1)%

       

Government National Mortgage Association

       

4.00%, 3/01/45, TBA

   U.S.$ (4,802        (5,125,947

4.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

     (2,401        (2,557,815
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(proceeds $7,647,314)

          (7,683,762
       

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short
(proceeds $7,647,314)

          (7,683,762
       

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Securities Sold Short - 105.2%
(cost $341,358,494) (m)

          386,192,999   

Other assets less liabilities - (5.2)% (n)

          (18,988,530
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   367,204,469   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

10 Year Canadian Bond Futures

     6         June 2015       $ 667,974       $ 676,199       $ 8,225   


Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
   Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

U.S Ultra Bond Futures

     18       June 2015    $ 2,969,347       $ 3,057,750       $ 88,403   

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

     35       June 2015      7,648,988         7,670,469         21,481   

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

     92       June 2015      10,950,902         11,059,406         108,504   

Sold Contracts

              

Euro-BOBL Futures

     27       June 2015      3,753,524         3,757,580         (4,056

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

     42       June 2015      5,348,375         5,414,062         (65,687
              

 

 

 
               $ 156,870   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver

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

Barclays Bank PLC

   HKD      13,281       USD      1,713       5/13/15    $ (186

Barclays Bank PLC

   JPY      41,635       USD      350       5/13/15      2,170   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      336       GBP      226       5/13/15      (1,052

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD      1,300       USD      1,007       5/13/15      19,515   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      1,458       USD      2,164       5/13/15      1,884   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      3,274       AUD      4,201       5/13/15      (81,571

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      1,521       GBP      986       5/13/15      (58,721

Citibank

   EUR      825       USD      935       5/13/15      47,158   

Citibank

   ILS      1,340       USD      336       5/13/15      (1,192

Citibank

   USD      490       EUR      449       5/13/15      (7,283

Citibank

   JPY      400,000       USD      3,355       5/15/15      17,830   

Citibank

   GBP      540       USD      802       6/18/15      1,674   

Credit Suisse International

   CHF      616       USD      643       5/13/15      8,093   

Credit Suisse International

   EUR      1,140       USD      1,318       5/13/15      91,181   

Credit Suisse International

   USD      430       CHF      383       5/13/15      (35,442

Credit Suisse International

   USD      937       EUR      865       5/13/15      (6,408

Deutsche Bank AG

   BRL      2,628       USD      909       4/02/15      85,667   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      819       BRL      2,628       4/02/15      4,223   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      475       JPY      55,873       5/13/15      (9,198

Deutsche Bank AG

   SEK      3,436       USD      409       6/18/15      9,231   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   EUR      478       USD      543       5/13/15      28,359   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   JPY      183,492       USD      1,538       5/13/15      6,725   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD      741       SEK      6,171       5/13/15      (24,420

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD      634       SGD      861       5/13/15      (7,621

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   EUR      461       USD      511       6/18/15      15,005   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD      446       GBP      292       6/18/15      (12,886

HSBC Bank USA

   CAD      582       USD      460       6/18/15      1,438   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   CAD      454       USD      360       4/10/15      1,958   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   USD      746       GBP      486       5/13/15      (25,317

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   GBP      1,330       USD      2,025       5/13/15      52,177   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   BRL      886       USD      289       4/02/15      11,553   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      276       BRL      886       4/02/15      1,423   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      76       BRL      249       5/05/15      1,636   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   KRW      458,543       USD      416       5/13/15      2,961   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   NZD      1,133       USD      833       5/13/15      (10,534

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      1,764       NZD      2,328       5/13/15      (30,446

Standard Chartered Bank

   CNY      3,289       USD      530       5/13/15      (4,112

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      35       CAD      45       4/10/15      (7

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      618       USD      675       4/30/15      10,536   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver

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

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   AUD      186       USD      145       5/13/15    $ 4,147   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      1,162       USD      1,301       5/13/15      50,529   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP      368       USD      558       5/13/15      12,481   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   HKD      1,459       USD      188       5/13/15      (64

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY      66,220       USD      553       5/13/15      887   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NOK      1,546       USD      204       5/13/15      11,871   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SEK      676       USD      79       5/13/15      953   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      136       AUD      175       5/13/15      (3,326

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      1,620       CHF      1,495       5/13/15      (79,142

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      484       EUR      447       5/13/15      (3,370

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      751       GBP      489       5/13/15      (25,834

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      139       HKD      1,075       5/13/15      11   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      990       JPY      118,394       5/13/15      (2,415

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      222       NOK      1,686       5/13/15      (12,946

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      236       SGD      320       5/13/15      (2,965

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   AUD      353       USD      274       6/18/15      6,643   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      1,114       USD      1,198       6/18/15      (769

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP      213       USD      316       6/18/15      382   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY      44,778       USD      372       6/18/15      (1,594

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   NOK      1,045       USD      129       6/18/15      (368

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SEK      1,210       USD      142       6/18/15      979   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      470       EUR      435       6/18/15      (2,239

UBS AG

   BRL      3,514       USD      1,096       4/02/15      (5,647

UBS AG

   USD      1,104       BRL      3,514       4/02/15      (3,305

UBS AG

   BRL      3,514       USD      1,095       5/05/15      3,230   

UBS AG

   USD      458       EUR      402       5/13/15      (25,265

UBS AG

   USD      358       CAD      449       6/18/15      (4,133

UBS AG

   USD      493       NZD      662       6/18/15      (1,416
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 23,316   
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
    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 )%      2.48   $ 2,813       $ (247,790   $ (163,447


Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

           

CDX-NAIG Series 22, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     (1.00 )%      0.56   $ 4,100       $ (75,372   $ (26,425
         

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (323,162   $ (189,872
         

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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)

   CAD 6,090         3/10/17       0.973%    3 Month CDOR    $ (9,293

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD 8,060         3/11/17       2.140%    3 Month BBSW      (31,298

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   $ 4,400         3/11/17       3 Month LIBOR    0.963%      16,312   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD     1,230         3/11/25       6 Month BBSW    2.973%      21,378   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   $ 630         3/11/25       2.306%    3 Month LIBOR      (17,017
              

 

 

 
               $ (19,918
              

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

              

BNP Paribas:

              

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,
5.95%, 9/15/16, 9/20/17*

     1.00     0.47   $ 530       $ 6,887       $ (8,874   $ 15,761   

Credit Suisse International:

              

Kohl’s Corp.,
6.250% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.51        142         2,950         (1,619     4,569   
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 9,837       $ 10,493      $ 20,330   
         

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date


INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the

Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 1,920         3/04/16         CPI     1.170   $ 9,530   

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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

   $ 1,970         1/30/17         1.059   3 Month LIBOR    $ (13,748

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     2,200         2/07/22         2.043      3 Month LIBOR      (44,066
             

 

 

 
              $ (57,814
             

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(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, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $25,232,366 or 6.9% of net assets.
(d) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(e) Illiquid security.
(f) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2015.
(g) Coupon rate adjusts periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Stated interest rate in effect at March 31, 2015.
(h) Securities are perpetual and, thus, do not have a predetermined maturity date. The date shown, if applicable, reflects the next call date.
(i) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of March 31, 2015.
(j) IO - Interest Only
(k) 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.
(l) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(m) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $51,069,478 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(6,234,973), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $44,834,505.
(n) An amount of U.S. $176,851 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2015.

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
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
BBSW    -    Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDOR    -    Canadian Dealer Offered Rate
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CDX-NAIG    -    North American Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index
CFC    -    Customer Facility Charge
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
GMTN    -    Global Medium Term Note
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REG    -    Registered Shares
REMICs    -    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
TBA    -    To Be Announced


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Balanced Wealth Strategy Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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.

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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

          

Common Stocks:

          

Financials

   $     29,230,780       $     15,111,471       $             – 0  –    $     44,342,251   

Consumer Discretionary

     27,493,730         11,111,487         – 0  –      38,605,217   

Information Technology

     31,166,482         3,640,539         – 0  –      34,807,021   

Health Care

     22,841,030         4,862,532         – 0  –      27,703,562   

Industrials

     10,852,759         9,672,907         – 0  –      20,525,666   

Consumer Staples

     11,668,581         3,595,349         – 0  –      15,263,930   

Energy

     8,323,048         1,833,524         – 0  –      10,156,572   

Equity: Other

     3,065,044         6,762,147         – 0  –      9,827,191   

Retail

     2,936,795         3,239,295         – 0  –      6,176,090   

Utilities

     4,734,156         938,640         – 0  –      5,672,796   

Materials

     2,187,500         3,372,168         – 0  –      5,559,668   

Telecommunication Services

     2,263,682         2,890,936         – 0  –      5,154,618   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Residential

   $ 2,199,371      $ 2,486,890      $ 82,300      $ 4,768,561   

Office

     1,727,938        1,536,288        – 0  –      3,264,226   

Lodging

     1,029,917        152,941        – 0  –      1,182,858   

Financial: Other

     435,464        – 0  –      – 0  –      435,464   

Mortgage

     175,566        – 0  –      – 0  –      175,566   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      31,236,539        – 0  –      31,236,539   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      26,840,046        – 0  –      26,840,046   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      22,485,686        – 0  –      22,485,686   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      15,833,360        1,877,126        17,710,486   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      9,942,836        2,753,606        12,696,442   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      5,557,615        – 0  –      5,557,615   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grade

     – 0  –      5,088,282        – 0  –      5,088,282   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      102,851        4,076,588        4,179,439   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      1,683,787        – 0  –      1,683,787   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      1,361,579        – 0  –      1,361,579   

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      537,741        – 0  –      537,741   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      397,375        – 0  –      397,375   

Preferred Stocks

     173,999        – 0  –      – 0  –      173,999   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Time Deposit

     – 0  –      21,285,263        – 0  –      21,285,263   

Agency Discount Notes

     – 0  –      2,573,828        – 0  –      2,573,828   

Certificates of Deposit

     – 0  –      1,380,000        – 0  –      1,380,000   

Commercial Paper

     – 0  –      1,180,493        – 0  –      1,180,493   

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

     3,886,904        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,886,904   

Liabilities:

        

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      (7,683,762     – 0  –      (7,683,762
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     166,392,746        211,010,633        8,789,620        386,192,999   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     226,613        – 0  –      – 0  –      226,613   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      514,510        – 0  –      514,510   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      37,690        – 0  –      37,690   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      20,330        – 0  –      20,330   

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      9,530        – 0  –      9,530   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (69,743     – 0  –      – 0  –      (69,743

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (491,194     – 0  –      (491,194

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (189,872     – 0  –      (189,872

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (57,608     – 0  –      (57,608

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (57,814     – 0  –      (57,814
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     166,549,616      $     210,796,205      $     8,789,620      $     386,135,441   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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     Asset-Backed
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
 

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ 83,861      $ 2,438,554      $ 2,402,381   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      1,488        (1,779

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      (5,121     (514


     Common Stocks     Asset-Backed
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

   $ (1,561   $ (691   $ (2,851

Purchases/Payups

     – 0  –      226,584        360,394   

Sales/Paydowns

     – 0  –      (377,081     (4,025

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      (406,607     – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ 82,300      $ 1,877,126      $ 2,753,606   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ (1,561   $ (704   $ (2,851
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Collateralized Mortgage
Obligation
    Total        

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ 3,905,817      $ 8,830,613     

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     4,847        4,556     

Realized gain (loss)

     (11,186     (16,821  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     54,505        49,402     

Purchases/Payups

     735,721        1,322,699     

Sales/Paydowns

     (613,116     (994,222  

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      (406,607  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $     4,076,588      $     8,789,620  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ 45,234      $ 40,118     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

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

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio’s Level 3 investments at March 31, 2015. Securities priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction are excluded from the following table.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

     Fair Value at
3/31/15
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input    Range/
Weighted Average
 

Common Stocks

   $ 82,300      

Market Approach

   Last Traded Price      HKD 1.56/NA   

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 28.8%

       

Financials - 6.1%

       

Banks - 2.8%

       

Aozora Bank Ltd.

     6,000         $ 21,267   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     16,735           465,571   

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     36,403           367,653   

Banco Comercial Portugues SA (a)(b)

     159,486           16,397   

Banco de Sabadell SA (a)

     20,710           50,602   

Banco Espirito Santo SA (b)(c)(d)

     10,016           0   

Banco Popular Espanol SA

     10,844           53,040   

Banco Santander SA

     76,737           575,249   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     4,812           23,138   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM (b)

     12,645           46,891   

Bank of America Corp.

     39,445             607,059   

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

     9,600           38,241   

Bank of Ireland (b)

     199,710           76,199   

Bank of Kyoto Ltd. (The)

     2,000           20,962   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     3,683           38,593   

Bank of Yokohama Ltd. (The)

     5,000           29,283   

Bankia SA (b)

     22,531           31,400   

Bankinter SA

     3,048           23,239   

Barclays PLC

     99,698           359,862   

BB&T Corp.

     2,700           105,273   

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

     3,446           32,836   

BNP Paribas SA

     6,431           391,301   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     22,500           79,955   

CaixaBank SA

     13,908           65,958   

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     3,000           21,987   

Citigroup, Inc.

     11,379           586,246   

Comerica, Inc.

     650           29,335   

Commerzbank AG (b)

     4,351           59,788   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     9,843           698,170   

Credit Agricole SA

     6,256           91,932   

Danske Bank A/S

     3,980           104,925   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     10,000           148,279   

DnB ASA

     4,364           70,041   

Erste Group Bank AG

     1,696           41,695   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     3,090           58,246   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     4,000           20,570   

Gunma Bank Ltd. (The)

     4,000           27,022   

Hachijuni Bank Ltd. (The)

     4,000           28,204   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     4,600           82,958   

Hiroshima Bank Ltd. (The)

     5,000           26,947   

HSBC Holdings PLC

     116,255           990,657   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     3,015           33,316   

ING Groep NV (b)

     17,105           250,554   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     70,654           239,800   

Iyo Bank Ltd. (The)

     2,000           23,719   

Joyo Bank Ltd. (The)

     3,000           15,417   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     14,115           855,087   

KBC Groep NV (b)

     1,520           93,940   

KeyCorp

     3,275           46,374   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (b)

     346,648           401,812   

M&T Bank Corp.

     515           65,405   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     77,400           479,370   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (b)

     973           9,874   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     140,100           246,222   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     14,363           420,467   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Natixis SA

     9,006           67,460   

Nordea Bank AB

     18,440           224,608   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     18,000           138,607   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     2,030           189,277   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

     1,100           15,287   

Regions Financial Corp.

     5,025           47,486   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     13,400           66,501   

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC (b)

     15,350           77,544   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     5,324           26,251   

Shinsei Bank Ltd.

     12,000           23,860   

Shizuoka Bank Ltd. (The)

     4,000           39,895   

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB-Class A (a)

     9,222           107,637   

Societe Generale SA

     4,399           212,393   

Standard Chartered PLC

     14,996           242,886   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (a)

     7,700           294,945   

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     20,000           83,081   

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     1,990           81,769   

Suruga Bank Ltd.

     1,000           20,767   

Svenska Handelsbanken AB-Class A

     2,228           100,341   

Swedbank AB-Class A

     4,044           96,545   

UniCredit SpA

     26,697           181,040   

Unione di Banche Italiane SCpA

     5,202           40,571   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     8,000           134,097   

US Bancorp/MN

     6,765           295,428   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     17,825           969,680   

Westpac Banking Corp.

     18,875           564,194   

Zions Bancorporation

     730           19,710   
       

 

 

 
            14,150,188   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.6%

       

3i Group PLC

     7,720           55,162   

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     5,585           37,996   

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (b)

     207           44,459   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     695           90,934   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     4,215           169,612   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     477           174,506   

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     4,290           130,588   

Credit Suisse Group AG (b)

     9,269           249,372   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     10,000           78,719   

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     8,374           290,224   

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (b)

     1,020           29,126   

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     1,470           75,440   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     1,538           289,098   

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     1,481           25,262   

ICAP PLC

     4,211           32,844   

Invesco Ltd.

     1,580           62,710   

Investec PLC

     2,464           20,435   

Julius Baer Group Ltd. (b)

     1,220           60,980   

Legg Mason, Inc.

     360           19,872   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     1,755           102,012   

Mediobanca SpA

     3,505           33,534   

Morgan Stanley

     5,720           204,147   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     22,000           129,220   

Northern Trust Corp.

     810           56,416   

Partners Group Holding AG

     158           47,104   

Schroders PLC

     729           34,534   

State Street Corp.

     1,585           116,545   

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     975           78,955   

UBS Group AG (b)

     22,171           415,731   
       

 

 

 
          3,155,537   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

       

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

     6,200           21,500   

AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd. (a)

     800           20,181   

American Express Co.

     3,360           262,483   

Capital One Financial Corp.

     2,113           166,547   

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

     700           12,557   

Discover Financial Services

     1,710           96,358   

Navient Corp.

     1,500           30,495   
       

 

 

 
          610,121   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.5%

       

ASX Ltd.

     1,453           45,713   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (b)

     6,830           985,706   

CME Group, Inc./IL-Class A

     1,200           113,652   

Deutsche Boerse AG

     1,511           123,311   

Eurazeo SA

     1,184           81,143   

Exor SpA

     1,279           58,016   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     8,609           52,704   

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     360           29,847   

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Ltd.

     6,700           164,145   

Industrivarden AB-Class C

     996           18,688   

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     466           108,704   

Investment AB Kinnevik-Class B

     2,015           67,265   

Investor AB-Class B

     1,705           67,871   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

     1,583           45,832   

Leucadia National Corp.

     1,105           24,630   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     1,369           49,791   

McGraw Hill Financial, Inc.

     1,010           104,434   

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

     3,500           17,296   

Moody’s Corp.

     695           72,141   

NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. (The)

     410           20,885   

ORIX Corp.

     8,040           112,971   

Pargesa Holding SA

     255           17,896   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     10,000           59,294   

Wendel SA

     398           47,440   
       

 

 

 
            2,489,375   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.2%

       

ACE Ltd.

     1,285           143,265   

Admiral Group PLC

     819           18,544   

Aegon NV

     11,089           87,555   

Aflac, Inc.

     1,705           109,137   

Ageas

     1,646           59,112   

AIA Group Ltd.

     73,125           458,644   

Allianz SE

     2,771           481,092   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     1,600           113,872   

American International Group, Inc.

     5,352           293,236   

AMP Ltd.

     17,956           87,640   

Aon PLC

     1,115           107,174   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     5,214           102,518   

Assurant, Inc.

     260           15,967   

Aviva PLC

     17,895           143,211   

Baloise Holding AG

     277           36,607   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     910           92,001   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     560           29,837   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

CNP Assurances

     4,544           79,641   

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

     6,545           94,936   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     6,949           32,792   

Genworth Financial, Inc.-Class A (b)

     1,785           13,048   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     3,007           51,884   

Hannover Rueck SE

     377           38,957   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     1,675           70,048   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     10,333           47,831   

Legal & General Group PLC

     36,049           148,462   

Lincoln National Corp.

     990           56,885   

Loews Corp.

     1,140           46,546   

Mapfre SA

     10,570           38,592   

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     2,040           114,424   

Medibank Pvt Ltd. (b)

     12,501           22,047   

MetLife, Inc.

     4,220           213,321   

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

     3,100           86,788   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     1,050           225,626   

Old Mutual PLC

     29,782           97,764   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     1,040           53,425   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     1,995           54,264   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     1,715           137,732   

Prudential PLC

     15,581           386,649   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     8,147           80,532   

RSA Insurance Group PLC

     7,994           49,827   

Sampo Oyj-Class A

     2,714           136,890   

SCOR SE

     1,611           54,335   

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Holdings, Inc.

     2,000           62,177   

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

     875           14,075   

Standard Life PLC

     11,878           83,466   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     7,811           80,099   

Swiss Life Holding AG (b)

     249           61,515   

Swiss Re AG

     2,138           206,227   

T&D Holdings, Inc.

     2,600           35,714   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     4,200           158,537   

Torchmark Corp.

     502           27,570   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,280           138,406   

Tryg A/S

     159           18,700   

UnipolSai SpA

     4,035           11,741   

Unum Group

     920           31,032   

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe

     190           8,413   

XL Group PLC

     960           35,328   

Zurich Insurance Group AG (b)

     907           306,568   
       

 

 

 
            6,092,226   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.6%

       

American Tower Corp.

     1,515           142,637   

Apartment Investment & Management Co.-Class A

     525           20,664   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     495           86,254   

Boston Properties, Inc.

     600           84,288   

British Land Co. PLC (The)

     5,864           72,273   

CapitaMall Trust

     14,000           22,413   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     1,270           104,826   

Dexus Property Group

     3,880           22,337   

Equity Residential

     1,340           104,332   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     228           52,417   

Fonciere Des Regions

     329           32,579   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Gecina SA

     253           34,218   

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     2,344           69,265   

Goodman Group

     10,596           51,021   

GPT Group (The)

     6,698           23,265   

Hammerson PLC

     4,761           46,887   

HCP, Inc.

     1,680           72,593   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     1,225           94,766   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     2,750           55,495   

ICADE

     449           40,565   

Intu Properties PLC

     5,825           30,031   

Iron Mountain, Inc.

     658           24,004   

Japan Prime Realty Investment Corp.

     7           24,106   

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     8           37,629   

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.

     15           29,806   

Kimco Realty Corp.

     1,480           39,738   

Klepierre

     1,311           64,378   

Land Securities Group PLC

     4,798           89,076   

Link REIT (The)

     10,500           64,573   

Macerich Co. (The)

     510           43,008   

Mirvac Group

     40,488           61,822   

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     9           44,213   

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.

     5           11,007   

Novion Property Group

     34,531           65,780   

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     630           27,374   

Prologis, Inc.

     1,870           81,457   

Public Storage

     580           114,341   

Scentre Group

     33,577           95,387   

Segro PLC

     3,337           20,607   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     1,166           228,116   

SL Green Realty Corp.

     376           48,271   

Stockland

     14,259           48,717   

Unibail-Rodamco SE

     613           165,532   

United Urban Investment Corp.

     12           18,707   

Ventas, Inc.

     1,091           79,665   

Vornado Realty Trust

     685           76,720   

Westfield Corp.

     9,308           67,456   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     1,940           64,311   
       

 

 

 
            2,998,927   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     700           13,862   

CapitaLand Ltd.

     35,000           91,230   

CBRE Group, Inc.-Class A (b)

     1,015           39,291   

City Developments Ltd.

     3,000           21,989   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     8,000           163,547   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd. (a)

     400           44,666   

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

     3,000           59,131   

Deutsche Annington Immobilien SE

     1,246           41,987   

Deutsche Wohnen AG

     1,334           34,119   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     30,422           58,717   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     14,000           39,153   

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     4,840           33,970   

Hulic Co., Ltd.

     2,197           24,686   

IMMOFINANZ AG (b)

     4,285           12,620   

Kerry Properties Ltd.

     8,500           29,506   

Lend Lease Group

     3,450           43,575   

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     8,000           185,536   

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     6,000           176,208   

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     22,000           25,534   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     800           14,407   

NTT Urban Development Corp.

     1,600           15,982   

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     16,000           26,008   

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     2,000           72,003   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     10,000           154,324   

Swire Pacific Ltd.-Class A

     2,000           27,122   

Swire Properties Ltd.

     25,389           82,459   

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

     3,000           21,979   

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

     2,000           13,641   

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     13,000           90,583   

Wheelock & Co., Ltd.

     6,000           30,699   
       

 

 

 
          1,688,534   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     1,730           18,130   

People’s United Financial, Inc.

     1,015           15,428   
       

 

 

 
          33,558   
       

 

 

 
            31,218,466   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.8%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (b)

     608           70,123   

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     780           135,174   

Amgen, Inc.

     2,853           456,052   

Biogen, Inc. (b)

     915           386,350   

Celgene Corp. (b)

     3,030           349,298   

CSL Ltd.

     2,881           201,561   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (b)

     5,680           557,378   

Grifols SA

     757           32,437   

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     290           130,929   

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (b)

     907           106,999   
       

 

 

 
          2,426,301   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.4%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     5,615           260,143   

Baxter International, Inc.

     2,030           139,055   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     787           113,005   

Boston Scientific Corp. (b)

     4,860           86,265   

Coloplast A/S-Class B

     496           37,470   

CR Bard, Inc.

     315           52,715   

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     530           26,972   

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. (b)

     395           56,272   

Essilor International SA

     1,241           142,486   

Getinge AB-Class B (a)

     2,013           49,739   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (b)

     155           78,280   

Medtronic PLC

     5,309           414,049   

Olympus Corp. (b)

     1,500           55,613   

Smith & Nephew PLC

     5,421           92,436   

Sonova Holding AG

     351           48,702   

St Jude Medical, Inc.

     1,065           69,651   

Stryker Corp.

     1,125           103,781   

Sysmex Corp.

     700           38,813   

Terumo Corp.

     1,400           36,880   

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (b)

     395           37,166   

William Demant Holding A/S (b)

     329           27,935   

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     635           74,625   
       

 

 

 
          2,042,053   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.5%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     1,317           140,300   

AmerisourceBergen Corp.-Class A

     785           89,231   

Anthem, Inc.

     1,050           162,130   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     1,245           112,386   

Cigna Corp.

     1,015           131,382   

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc. (b)

     650           52,832   

Express Scripts Holding Co. (b)

     2,789           242,002   

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     1,318           109,554   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     2,298           136,999   

HCA Holdings, Inc. (b)

     1,150           86,515   

Healthscope Ltd.

     13,458           31,288   

Henry Schein, Inc. (b)

     320           44,678   

Humana, Inc.

     565           100,581   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (b)

     325           40,979   

McKesson Corp.

     865           195,663   

Medipal Holdings Corp.

     1,500           19,551   

Patterson Cos., Inc.

     310           15,125   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     550           42,268   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     1,156           59,020   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.

     3,027           17,715   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     1,715           26,644   

Suzuken Co., Ltd./Aichi Japan

     660           20,117   

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (b)

     343           16,982   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     3,635           429,984   

Universal Health Services, Inc.-Class B

     350           41,199   
       

 

 

 
            2,365,125   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

Cerner Corp. (b)

     1,130           82,784   

M3, Inc.

     1,200           25,458   
       

 

 

 
          108,242   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.1%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     1,245           51,730   

Lonza Group AG (b)

     182           22,658   

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     405           20,712   

QIAGEN NV (b)

     2,306           57,868   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     1,485           199,495   

Waters Corp. (b)

     345           42,890   
       

 

 

 
          395,353   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.3%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     5,945           348,020   

Actavis PLC (b)

     1,446           430,359   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     13,000           213,004   

AstraZeneca PLC

     7,665           525,960   

Bayer AG

     5,020           751,072   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     6,215           400,867   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     1,000           31,561   

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. (a)

     3,900           61,974   

Eisai Co., Ltd.

     1,500           106,692   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     3,665           266,262   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Endo International PLC (b)

     583           52,295   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     29,442           677,753   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

     300           12,321   

Hospira, Inc. (b)

     630           55,339   

Johnson & Johnson

     10,605           1,066,863   

Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.

     4,000           52,139   

Mallinckrodt PLC (b)

     424           53,700   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     10,805           621,071   

Merck KGaA

     785           87,855   

Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp.

     1,000           17,155   

Mylan NV (b)

     1,405           83,387   

Novartis AG (REG)

     13,965           1,378,352   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     12,184           650,428   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     400           45,138   

Orion Oyj-Class B

     465           13,107   

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,371           74,174   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     522           86,417   

Pfizer, Inc.

     23,786           827,515   

Roche Holding AG

     4,265           1,171,988   

Sanofi

     7,220           713,040   

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     2,500           36,465   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     1,800           59,923   

Shire PLC

     3,579           285,329   

Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd. (a)

     1,400           16,582   

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd.

     567           42,129   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     4,800           239,606   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     5,202           325,111   

UCB SA

     769           55,553   

Zoetis, Inc.

     1,846           85,451   
       

 

 

 
            12,021,957   
       

 

 

 
          19,359,031   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 3.7%

       

Auto Components - 0.2%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (a)

     900           32,630   

BorgWarner, Inc.

     830           50,198   

Bridgestone Corp.

     3,900           156,156   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     1,132           112,572   

Continental AG

     668           157,312   

Delphi Automotive PLC

     1,141           90,983   

Denso Corp.

     3,000           136,756   

GKN PLC

     9,965           52,858   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     1,010           27,351   

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     2,480           125,091   

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     1,000           30,069   

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

     1,000           26,844   

NOK Corp.

     700           21,047   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     503           14,990   

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

     1,600           36,116   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     4,600           60,299   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     1,200           22,120   

Toyota Industries Corp.

     1,000           57,197   

Valeo SA

     339           50,563   

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (The)

     2,000           20,616   
       

 

 

 
          1,281,768   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Automobiles - 0.8%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     2,010           250,316   

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

     1,000           15,295   

Daimler AG (a)

     5,845           561,323   

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (b)

     5,720           92,859   

Ford Motor Co.

     14,470           233,546   

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd.

     4,000           132,785   

General Motors Co.

     5,016           188,100   

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     800           48,592   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (a)

     9,900           323,165   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     3,500           46,436   

Mazda Motor Corp.

     3,200           64,838   

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

     3,400           30,657   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     15,100           153,575   

Peugeot SA (b)

     2,295           38,362   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference Shares)

     684           66,983   

Renault SA

     857           77,841   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     2,200           66,075   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     16,600           1,158,742   

Volkswagen AG

     140           35,997   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     987           261,755   

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,200           28,909   
       

 

 

 
            3,876,151   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%

       

Genuine Parts Co.

     560           52,186   

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

     1,000           29,869   
       

 

 

 
          82,055   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.0%

       

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

     300           9,438   

H&R Block, Inc.

     1,020           32,711   
       

 

 

 
          42,149   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 0.4%

       

Accor SA

     750           39,110   

Carnival Corp.

     1,685           80,610   

Carnival PLC

     1,116           54,573   

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

     144           93,678   

Compass Group PLC

     10,184           176,787   

Crown Resorts Ltd.

     2,537           25,750   

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     470           32,590   

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd. (a)

     471           14,176   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     8,911           40,344   

Genting Singapore PLC

     22,000           14,710   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     1,433           55,892   

Marriott International, Inc./MD-Class A

     795           63,854   

McDonald’s Corp.

     3,680           358,579   

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

     500           11,081   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (e)

     3,228           21,133   

MGM China Holdings Ltd.

     14,013           26,436   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     1,200           90,862   

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.

     627           51,320   

Sands China Ltd.

     10,875           45,041   

SJM Holdings Ltd.

     13,014           16,997   

Sodexo SA

     572           55,789   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Starbucks Corp.

     2,810           266,107   

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.

     695           58,033   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     6,512           19,701   

TUI AG

     3,700           64,913   

Whitbread PLC

     1,102           85,570   

William Hill PLC

     3,391           18,621   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     450           40,712   

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     35,799           77,550   

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     310           39,023   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,645           129,494   
       

 

 

 
            2,169,036   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.2%

       

Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (a)

     800           15,153   

DR Horton, Inc.

     1,205           34,319   

Electrolux AB-Class B (a)

     2,430           69,421   

Garmin Ltd. (a)

     470           22,334   

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     240           32,071   

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,879           35,816   

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     475           21,893   

Lennar Corp.-Class A

     650           33,677   

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (b)

     250           46,438   

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     1,025           40,047   

Nikon Corp. (a)

     1,500           20,113   

Panasonic Corp.

     13,400           175,969   

Persimmon PLC (b)

     1,857           45,763   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     1,235           27,454   

Rinnai Corp.

     200           14,822   

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

     2,000           25,950   

Sekisui House Ltd.

     3,000           43,560   

Sharp Corp./Japan (a)

     9,000           17,628   

Sony Corp. (b)

     6,400           171,159   

Whirlpool Corp.

     300           60,618   
       

 

 

 
          954,205   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.2%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (b)

     1,430           532,103   

Expedia, Inc.

     382           35,958   

Netflix, Inc. (b)

     226           94,172   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (b)

     197           229,338   

Rakuten, Inc.

     4,835           85,135   

TripAdvisor, Inc. (b)

     412           34,266   
       

 

 

 
          1,010,972   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.0%

       

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     900           17,517   

Hasbro, Inc. (a)

     400           25,296   

Mattel, Inc.

     1,235           28,220   

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     300           10,655   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

     2,500           36,426   

Shimano, Inc.

     400           59,441   
       

 

 

 
          177,555   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Media - 0.8%

       

Altice SA (b)

     239           25,917   

Axel Springer SE

     401           23,668   

Cablevision Systems Corp.-Class A (a)

     780           14,274   

CBS Corp.-Class B

     1,790           108,528   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     9,720           548,888   

Dentsu, Inc.

     1,300           55,612   

DIRECTV (b)

     1,865           158,712   

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class A (b)

     545           16,764   

Discovery Communications, Inc.-Class C (b)

     995           29,328   

Eutelsat Communications SA

     1,052           34,896   

Gannett Co., Inc.

     800           29,664   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

     2,490           26,472   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     1,495           33,069   

ITV PLC

     23,254           87,064   

JCDecaux SA

     1,374           46,268   

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG (b)

     201           26,091   

Lagardere SCA

     2,184           65,641   

News Corp.-Class A (b)

     1,808           28,946   

Numericable-SFR SAS (b)

     770           42,010   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     960           74,861   

Pearson PLC

     4,977           107,123   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG

     1,328           64,956   

Publicis Groupe SA

     807           62,265   

REA Group Ltd.

     1,002           36,704   

Reed Elsevier NV

     5,063           126,158   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     6,934           119,250   

RTL Group SA

     312           30,012   

Scripps Networks Interactive, Inc.-Class A

     370           25,367   

SES SA

     1,845           65,406   

Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. (a)

     6,000           18,315   

Sky PLC

     6,268           92,215   

Telenet Group Holding NV (b)

     459           25,257   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.-Class A

     1,065           159,622   

Time Warner, Inc.

     3,195           269,786   

Toho Co., Ltd./Tokyo

     1,000           24,451   

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc.-Class A

     7,035           238,064   

Viacom, Inc.-Class B

     1,410           96,303   

Vivendi SA (b)

     7,368           182,931   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     5,914           620,320   

WPP PLC

     7,999           181,662   
       

 

 

 
            4,022,840   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 0.2%

       

Dollar General Corp. (b)

     1,120           84,426   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (b)

     750           60,859   

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.

     500           40,644   

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     355           28,130   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

     1,300           21,480   

J Front Retailing Co., Ltd.

     1,500           23,548   

Kohl’s Corp.

     780           61,035   

Macy’s, Inc.

     1,305           84,707   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

     9,926           78,503   

Next PLC

     931           96,823   

Nordstrom, Inc.

     520           41,766   

Target Corp.

     2,375           194,916   
       

 

 

 
          816,837   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 0.5%

       

ABC-Mart, Inc. (a)

     500           29,243   

AutoNation, Inc. (b)

     285           18,334   

AutoZone, Inc. (b)

     125           85,270   

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (b)

     745           57,197   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     1,050           39,680   

CarMax, Inc. (b)

     820           56,588   

Dixons Carphone PLC

     7,310           44,707   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     300           115,998   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (a)

     415           15,753   

Gap, Inc. (The)

     1,005           43,547   

Hennes & Mauritz AB-Class B

     5,764           233,544   

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

     200           12,953   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     5,080           577,139   

Inditex SA

     6,622           212,604   

Kingfisher PLC

     14,379           81,127   

L Brands, Inc.

     935           88,161   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     3,690           274,499   

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     400           27,077   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (b)

     390           84,334   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     800           84,288   

Sanrio Co., Ltd. (a)

     500           13,356   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     200           18,524   

Sports Direct International PLC (b)

     1,618           14,542   

Staples, Inc.

     2,415           39,328   

Tiffany & Co.

     405           35,644   

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,570           180,029   

Tractor Supply Co.

     515           43,806   

Urban Outfitters, Inc. (b)

     335           15,293   

USS Co., Ltd.

     1,310           22,636   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (a)

     2,700           11,118   
       

 

 

 
            2,576,319   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Adidas AG

     932           73,594   

Asics Corp.

     1,000           27,213   

Burberry Group PLC

     2,695           69,209   

Christian Dior SE

     331           62,300   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     3,169           254,632   

Coach, Inc.

     1,030           42,673   

Fossil Group, Inc. (b)

     169           13,934   

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     1,527           51,170   

Hermes International

     156           55,081   

HUGO BOSS AG

     623           75,689   

Kering

     338           65,984   

Li & Fung Ltd.

     48,000           46,869   

Luxottica Group SpA

     1,559           98,740   

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     1,695           298,291   

Michael Kors Holdings Ltd. (b)

     759           49,904   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     2,660           266,878   

Pandora A/S

     700           63,732   

PVH Corp.

     295           31,435   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     240           31,560   

Swatch Group AG (The)

     137           57,938   

Swatch Group AG (The) (REG)

     522           43,751   

Under Armour, Inc.-Class A (b)

     647           52,245   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

VF Corp.

     1,310           98,656   
       

 

 

 
          1,931,478   
       

 

 

 
            18,941,365   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 3.4%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.3%

       

Alcatel-Lucent (b)

     12,407           46,644   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     19,090           525,452   

F5 Networks, Inc. (b)

     280           32,183   

Harris Corp.

     395           31,110   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     1,490           33,644   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     845           56,336   

Nokia Oyj

     22,736           173,357   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     6,270           434,762   

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson-Class B

     18,476           231,965   
       

 

 

 
          1,565,453   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.3%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     1,150           67,770   

Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,800           21,460   

Corning, Inc.

     4,805           108,977   

FLIR Systems, Inc.

     510           15,953   

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

     1,200           36,171   

Hexagon AB-Class B

     2,435           86,455   

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd. (a)

     315           40,556   

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

     600           18,259   

Hitachi Ltd.

     29,000           198,066   

Hoya Corp.

     2,600           104,089   

Keyence Corp.

     300           163,709   

Kyocera Corp.

     1,900           103,840   

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     1,200           164,807   

Omron Corp.

     1,200           54,059   

Shimadzu Corp.

     2,000           22,274   

TDK Corp.

     600           42,485   

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     1,510           108,146   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

     2,000           29,228   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     1,100           11,851   
       

 

 

 
          1,398,155   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.5%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (b)

     655           46,535   

eBay, Inc. (b)

     4,235           244,275   

Equinix, Inc.

     215           50,063   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (b)

     7,838           644,401   

Google, Inc.-Class A (b)

     1,089           604,068   

Google, Inc.-Class C (b)

     1,089           596,772   

Kakaku.com, Inc. (a)

     961           15,947   

Mixi, Inc. (a)

     409           16,533   

United Internet AG

     1,223           55,511   

VeriSign, Inc. (a)(b)

     425           28,462   

Yahoo Japan Corp. (a)

     6,408           26,431   

Yahoo!, Inc. (b)

     3,465           153,967   
       

 

 

 
          2,482,965   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IT Services - 0.5%

       

Accenture PLC-Class A

     2,385           223,451   

Alliance Data Systems Corp. (b)

     230           68,138   

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     2,581           110,614   

AtoS

     677           46,602   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     1,820           155,865   

Cap Gemini SA

     854           70,064   

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.-Class A (b)

     2,280           142,249   

Computer Sciences Corp.

     540           35,251   

Computershare Ltd.

     3,663           35,406   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,070           72,824   

Fiserv, Inc. (b)

     950           75,430   

Fujitsu Ltd.

     11,000           75,016   

International Business Machines Corp.

     3,476           557,898   

MasterCard, Inc.-Class A

     3,710           320,507   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     600           22,542   

NTT Data Corp.

     500           21,716   

Otsuka Corp.

     600           25,569   

Paychex, Inc.

     1,195           59,290   

Teradata Corp. (b)

     545           24,056   

Total System Services, Inc.

     610           23,272   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     7,500           490,575   

Western Union Co. (The)-Class W

     1,930           40,163   

Xerox Corp.

     4,045           51,978   
       

 

 

 
          2,748,476   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 0.4%

       

Altera Corp.

     1,110           47,630   

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,180           74,340   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     4,535           102,310   

ARM Holdings PLC

     8,527           138,489   

ASM Pacific Technology Ltd.

     900           9,385   

ASML Holding NV

     1,801           182,585   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

     926           117,583   

Broadcom Corp.-Class A

     2,020           87,456   

Infineon Technologies AG

     4,860           57,819   

Intel Corp.

     18,540           579,746   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

     610           35,557   

Lam Research Corp.

     629           44,178   

Linear Technology Corp.

     890           41,652   

Microchip Technology, Inc. (a)

     745           36,430   

Micron Technology, Inc. (b)

     3,970           107,706   

NVIDIA Corp.

     1,885           39,444   

Rohm Co., Ltd.

     400           27,333   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     724           71,162   

STMicroelectronics NV

     4,174           38,898   

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     3,975           227,310   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     800           55,491   

Xilinx, Inc.

     985           41,665   
       

 

 

 
            2,164,169   
       

 

 

 

Software - 0.6%

       

Adobe Systems, Inc. (b)

     1,760           130,134   

Autodesk, Inc. (b)

     825           48,378   

CA, Inc.

     1,185           38,643   

Citrix Systems, Inc. (b)

     630           40,238   

COLOPL, Inc. (a)

     1,046           22,548   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Dassault Systemes

     924           62,531   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (b)

     1,135           66,755   

Gemalto NV (a)

     323           25,736   

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc. (a)

     4,000           15,626   

Intuit, Inc.

     1,050           101,808   

Konami Corp.

     1,300           24,321   

Microsoft Corp.

     30,920           1,257,053   

Nexon Co., Ltd.

     2,595           27,634   

NICE-Systems Ltd.

     208           12,696   

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     600           88,035   

Oracle Corp.

     12,200           526,430   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     500           21,517   

Red Hat, Inc. (b)

     690           52,268   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     6,586           45,494   

salesforce.com, Inc. (b)

     2,134           142,573   

SAP SE

     5,594           404,319   

Symantec Corp.

     2,555           59,698   

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

     500           16,475   
       

 

 

 
          3,230,910   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.8%

       

Apple, Inc.

     22,202           2,762,595   

Brother Industries Ltd.

     800           12,710   

Canon, Inc.

     6,900           244,131   

EMC Corp./MA

     7,555           193,106   

Fujifilm Holdings Corp.

     2,800           99,614   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     6,960           216,874   

Konica Minolta, Inc.

     2,000           20,269   

NEC Corp.

     16,000           46,999   

NetApp, Inc.

     1,190           42,197   

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

     4,000           43,494   

SanDisk Corp.

     870           55,349   

Seagate Technology PLC (a)

     1,200           62,436   

Seiko Epson Corp.

     1,200           21,254   

Western Digital Corp.

     830           75,538   
       

 

 

 
          3,896,566   
       

 

 

 
            17,486,694   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 3.4%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.6%

       

Airbus Group NV

     3,570           232,089   

BAE Systems PLC

     19,161           148,489   

Boeing Co. (The)

     2,510           376,701   

Cobham PLC

     7,675           34,573   

General Dynamics Corp.

     1,210           164,233   

Honeywell International, Inc.

     2,955           308,236   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     325           40,882   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     1,050           213,108   

Meggitt PLC

     4,891           39,757   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     790           127,158   

Precision Castparts Corp.

     540           113,400   

Raytheon Co.

     1,150           125,638   

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     500           48,275   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC (b)

     11,452           161,518   

Safran SA

     1,646           115,009   

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     19,000           48,182   

Textron, Inc.

     1,005           44,552   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Thales SA

     694           38,505   

United Technologies Corp.

     3,225           377,970   

Zodiac Aerospace

     1,135           37,553   
       

 

 

 
            2,795,828   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%

       

Bollore SA

     11,606           61,839   

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc. (a)

     565           41,369   

Deutsche Post AG

     5,875           183,035   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     720           34,689   

FedEx Corp.

     1,015           167,932   

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

     432           64,140   

Royal Mail PLC

     2,926           18,979   

United Parcel Service, Inc.-Class B

     2,655           257,376   

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,200           50,707   
       

 

 

 
          880,066   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.1%

       

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     2,732           144,195   

ANA Holdings, Inc.

     8,000           21,417   

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.

     20,000           46,229   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     3,152           141,714   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (REG)

     3,330           46,629   

easyJet PLC

     964           26,829   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (b)

     6,202           55,569   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     900           27,997   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

     3,000           26,120   

Southwest Airlines Co.

     2,555           113,187   
       

 

 

 
          649,886   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.1%

       

Allegion PLC

     335           20,492   

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     4,000           26,200   

Assa Abloy AB-Class B

     1,164           69,334   

Cie de Saint-Gobain

     2,759           121,140   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     1,400           93,596   

Geberit AG

     168           62,868   

LIXIL Group Corp.

     1,200           28,399   

Masco Corp.

     1,305           34,843   

TOTO Ltd.

     2,000           29,698   
       

 

 

 
          486,570   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.2%

       

ADT Corp. (The)

     647           26,863   

Aggreko PLC

     1,141           25,810   

Babcock International Group PLC

     1,139           16,616   

Brambles Ltd.

     9,492           83,009   

Cintas Corp.

     335           27,346   

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (a)

     3,000           29,139   

Edenred

     818           20,409   

G4S PLC

     12,380           54,267   

ISS A/S (b)

     954           30,070   

Pitney Bowes, Inc.

     705           16,441   

Republic Services, Inc.-Class A

     950           38,532   

Secom Co., Ltd.

     1,300           86,710   

Societe BIC SA

     221           31,486   

Stericycle, Inc. (b)

     310           43,533   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

     2,000           15,385   

Tyco International PLC

     1,645           70,834   

Waste Management, Inc.

     1,595           86,497   
       

 

 

 
          702,947   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     1,064           37,660   

Bouygues SA

     1,739           68,266   

Chiyoda Corp. (a)

     4,000           34,170   

Ferrovial SA

     1,957           41,610   

Fluor Corp.

     565           32,295   

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (b)

     465           20,999   

JGC Corp.

     1,000           19,858   

Kajima Corp.

     7,000           32,454   

Leighton Holdings Ltd.

     1,344           21,536   

Obayashi Corp.

     3,000           19,446   

Quanta Services, Inc. (b)

     765           21,825   

Shimizu Corp.

     4,000           27,043   

Skanska AB-Class B

     3,301           74,006   

Taisei Corp.

     5,000           28,222   

Vinci SA

     2,970           169,687   
       

 

 

 
          649,077   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.3%

       

ABB Ltd. (REG) (b)

     13,350           283,207   

Alstom SA (b)

     1,012           31,140   

AMETEK, Inc.

     899           47,234   

Eaton Corp. PLC

     1,794           121,884   

Emerson Electric Co.

     2,600           147,212   

First Solar, Inc. (b)

     270           16,143   

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

     4,000           18,872   

Legrand SA

     1,194           64,676   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     12,000           142,458   

Nidec Corp.

     1,300           86,296   

Osram Licht AG

     292           14,455   

Prysmian SpA

     1,074           22,135   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     530           61,475   

Schneider Electric SE (Paris)

     3,189           248,164   

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

     1,008           41,561   
       

 

 

 
          1,346,912   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.5%

       

3M Co.

     2,455           404,952   

Danaher Corp.

     2,290           194,421   

General Electric Co.

     37,620           933,352   

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     10,000           138,480   

Keihan Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     5,000           30,429   

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     13,000           85,177   

Koninklijke Philips NV

     7,299           207,072   

Roper Industries, Inc.

     375           64,500   

Seibu Holdings, Inc. (a)

     955           24,670   

Siemens AG

     4,814           520,654   

Smiths Group PLC

     2,461           40,703   

Toshiba Corp.

     24,000           100,561   
       

 

 

 
            2,744,971   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Machinery - 0.6%

       

Alfa Laval AB

     3,611           70,921   

Amada Co., Ltd.

     3,000           28,892   

Andritz AG

     485           28,958   

Atlas Copco AB-Class A

     3,037           98,319   

Atlas Copco AB-Class B

     3,579           105,686   

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,385           190,872   

CNH Industrial NV

     8,194           67,152   

Cummins, Inc.

     650           90,116   

Deere & Co.

     1,335           117,066   

Dover Corp.

     635           43,891   

FANUC Corp.

     1,200           261,977   

Flowserve Corp.

     510           28,810   

GEA Group AG

     896           43,072   

Hino Motors Ltd.

     2,000           28,457   

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd. (a)

     700           12,219   

IHI Corp.

     8,000           37,406   

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     1,375           133,568   

IMI PLC

     1,648           31,098   

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

     1,005           68,420   

Joy Global, Inc.

     385           15,084   

JTEKT Corp.

     1,400           21,828   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

     9,000           45,405   

Komatsu Ltd.

     5,700           111,735   

Kone Oyj-Class B

     1,900           84,247   

Kubota Corp.

     7,000           110,592   

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

     1,200           28,991   

Makita Corp. (a)

     700           36,274   

MAN SE

     407           42,845   

Melrose Industries PLC

     4,594           18,868   

Metso Oyj (a)

     571           16,683   

Minebea Co. Ltd.

     2,000           31,457   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     18,000           99,041   

Nabtesco Corp.

     1,000           28,889   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

     2,000           42,613   

NSK Ltd.

     2,000           29,191   

PACCAR, Inc.

     1,310           82,713   

Pall Corp.

     395           39,654   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     545           64,735   

Pentair PLC

     710           44,652   

Sandvik AB

     12,165           136,224   

Schindler Holding AG

     413           68,542   

Schindler Holding AG (REG)

     271           44,283   

SembCorp Marine Ltd. (a)

     7,000           14,858   

SKF AB-Class B

     1,658           42,811   

SMC Corp./Japan

     300           89,329   

Snap-on, Inc.

     220           32,353   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     615           58,646   

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

     6,000           39,266   

THK Co., Ltd.

     800           20,329   

Vallourec SA

     641           15,645   

Volvo AB-Class B

     6,759           81,799   

Wartsila Oyj Abp

     793           35,075   

Weir Group PLC (The)

     950           23,972   

Xylem, Inc./NY

     685           23,989   

Zardoya Otis SA

     2,136           27,568   
       

 

 

 
            3,237,086   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Marine - 0.0%

       

AP Moeller-Maersk A/S-Class A (a)

     15           30,460   

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

     43           89,880   

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

     12,000           40,700   

Nippon Yusen KK

     10,000           28,767   
       

 

 

 
          189,807   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.1%

       

Adecco SA (b)

     1,033           85,867   

Bureau Veritas SA

     1,236           26,518   

Capita PLC

     4,013           66,338   

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The)

     165           21,179   

Equifax, Inc.

     455           42,315   

Experian PLC

     6,015           99,566   

Intertek Group PLC

     720           26,669   

Nielsen NV

     1,116           49,740   

Randstad Holding NV

     1,613           97,780   

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

     653           20,375   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     485           29,352   

SGS SA

     24           45,759   
       

 

 

 
          611,458   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.3%

       

Asciano Ltd.

     8,374           40,271   

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     12,975           47,757   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     875           158,130   

CSX Corp.

     3,710           122,875   

DSV A/S

     1,630           50,659   

East Japan Railway Co.

     2,000           160,268   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     5,000           30,887   

Kansas City Southern

     420           42,874   

Keikyu Corp.

     2,000           15,986   

Keio Corp.

     3,000           23,496   

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     2,000           24,823   

Kintetsu Corp. (a)

     8,000           29,351   

MTR Corp., Ltd.

     15,500           73,523   

Nagoya Railroad Co., Ltd. (a)

     4,000           15,972   

Nippon Express Co., Ltd.

     3,000           16,762   

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     1,190           122,475   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     4,000           40,740   

Ryder System, Inc.

     215           20,401   

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

     6,000           28,426   

Tokyu Corp.

     5,000           30,934   

Union Pacific Corp.

     3,400           368,254   

West Japan Railway Co.

     751           39,375   
       

 

 

 
            1,504,239   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Ashtead Group PLC

     3,056           49,011   

Brenntag AG

     567           33,875   

Bunzl PLC

     2,030           55,036   

Fastenal Co.

     1,030           42,678   

ITOCHU Corp. (a)

     9,000           97,397   

Marubeni Corp. (a)

     10,000           57,815   

Mitsubishi Corp. (a)

     8,400           168,788   

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     10,400           139,279   

Noble Group Ltd.

     24,000           16,076   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sumitomo Corp.

     6,800           72,563   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     1,300           34,395   

Travis Perkins PLC

     1,926           55,610   

United Rentals, Inc. (b)

     350           31,906   

Wolseley PLC

     1,840           108,752   

WW Grainger, Inc.

     230           54,236   
       

 

 

 
          1,017,417   
       

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%

       

Abertis Infraestructuras SA

     2,454           44,355   

Aena SA (b)(e)

     364           36,599   

Aeroports de Paris

     305           36,455   

Atlantia SpA

     2,911           76,444   

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     6,289           21,124   

Groupe Eurotunnel SE

     2,068           29,647   

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust-Class U

     43,553           30,233   

Kamigumi Co., Ltd.

     3,000           28,320   

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

     1,000           15,563   

Sydney Airport

     15,829           62,290   

Transurban Group

     10,995           79,613   
       

 

 

 
          460,643   
       

 

 

 
            17,276,907   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.0%

       

Beverages - 0.7%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     4,882           596,411   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     2,300           72,929   

Brown-Forman Corp.-Class B

     602           54,391   

Carlsberg A/S-Class B

     695           57,307   

Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.

     3,316           27,149   

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     14,780           599,329   

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     850           37,570   

Coca-Cola HBC AG (b)

     892           16,046   

Constellation Brands, Inc.-Class A (b)

     620           72,050   

Diageo PLC

     15,252           421,479   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     720           56,506   

Heineken NV

     1,401           106,934   

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

     5,000           65,581   

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     600           44,670   

Monster Beverage Corp. (b)

     560           77,501   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     5,675           542,643   

Pernod Ricard SA

     1,289           152,414   

Remy Cointreau SA

     195           14,362   

SABMiller PLC (London)

     5,871           307,533   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     848           36,311   

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     5,315           20,651   
       

 

 

 
          3,379,767   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.6%

       

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     4,000           43,878   

Carrefour SA

     3,792           126,679   

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

     482           42,679   

Colruyt SA

     393           17,104   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     1,665           252,239   

CVS Health Corp.

     4,330           446,899   

Delhaize Group SA

     624           56,060   

Distribuidora Internacional de Alimentacion SA

     4,415           34,454   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

     400           16,759   

J Sainsbury PLC

     5,506           21,129   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     1,190           14,975   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     5,462           107,633   

Kroger Co. (The)

     1,815           139,138   

Lawson, Inc.

     600           41,592   

Metro AG

     1,551           52,563   

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

     4,600           193,307   

Sysco Corp.

     2,155           81,308   

Tesco PLC

     49,315           176,033   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     5,913           486,344   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     3,295           279,021   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     6,821           227,780   

Whole Foods Market, Inc.

     1,320           68,746   

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

     18,352           52,449   

Woolworths Ltd.

     7,649           171,292   
       

 

 

 
            3,150,061   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     3,000           65,815   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     2,415           114,471   

Aryzta AG (b)

     470           28,812   

Associated British Foods PLC

     2,163           90,269   

Barry Callebaut AG (b)

     25           24,409   

Calbee, Inc.

     698           30,302   

Campbell Soup Co.

     675           31,421   

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprungli AG (REG)

     1           63,261   

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     1,585           57,900   

Danone SA

     3,518           237,141   

General Mills, Inc.

     2,285           129,331   

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

     48,000           14,854   

Hershey Co. (The)

     550           55,500   

Hormel Foods Corp.

     475           27,004   

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     395           45,713   

Kellogg Co.

     965           63,642   

Kerry Group PLC-Class A

     961           64,582   

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc.

     478           53,407   

Kikkoman Corp.

     1,000           31,709   

Kraft Foods Group, Inc.

     2,228           194,092   

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

     475           36,627   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     760           76,403   

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd.

     300           36,543   

Mondelez International, Inc.-Class A

     6,285           226,826   

Nestle SA (REG)

     19,578           1,474,270   

NH Foods Ltd

     1,000           23,044   

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

     1,500           17,655   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

     400           19,658   

Orkla ASA

     5,657           42,695   

Tate & Lyle PLC

     2,078           18,418   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

     1,000           35,182   

Tyson Foods, Inc.-Class A

     1,075           41,173   

Unilever NV

     9,903           413,822   

Unilever PLC

     7,792           325,109   

Wilmar International Ltd.

     9,000           21,366   

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

     400           27,865   
       

 

 

 
          4,260,291   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Products - 0.4%

       

Clorox Co. (The)

     470           51,883   

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     3,200           221,888   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     579           59,749   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference Shares)

     1,082           127,093   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     1,415           151,561   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     10,165           832,920   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     3,945           338,897   

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA-Class B

     4,979           114,412   

Unicharm Corp.

     2,300           60,214   
       

 

 

 
          1,958,617   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.1%

       

Beiersdorf AG

     630           54,627   

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     840           69,855   

Kao Corp.

     3,100           154,795   

L’Oreal SA

     1,526           281,075   

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

     1,600           28,384   
       

 

 

 
          588,736   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.4%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     7,410           370,648   

British American Tobacco PLC

     11,316           585,988   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     5,811           254,907   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     6,678           211,124   

Lorillard, Inc.

     1,340           87,569   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     5,850           440,680   

Reynolds American, Inc.

     1,135           78,213   

Swedish Match AB

     831           24,434   
       

 

 

 
          2,053,563   
       

 

 

 
            15,391,035   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

       

Amec Foster Wheeler PLC

     1,606           21,483   

Baker Hughes, Inc.

     1,610           102,364   

Cameron International Corp. (b)

     770           34,742   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

     240           6,430   

Ensco PLC-Class A (a)

     850           17,910   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (b)

     860           31,829   

Halliburton Co.

     3,190           139,977   

Helmerich & Payne, Inc. (a)

     435           29,610   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     1,605           80,234   

Noble Corp. PLC (a)

     925           13,209   

Petrofac Ltd. (a)

     3,159           44,473   

Saipem SpA (a)(b)

     1,479           15,044   

Schlumberger Ltd.

     4,885           407,604   

Seadrill Ltd. (a)

     3,774           35,338   

Subsea 7 SA

     1,066           9,154   

Technip SA

     568           34,357   

Tenaris SA

     4,173           58,497   

Transocean Ltd. (a)

     1,250           18,338   

Transocean Ltd. (Zurich) (a)

     2,638           38,005   

WorleyParsons Ltd.

     2,661           19,258   
       

 

 

 
          1,157,856   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.7%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     1,895           156,925   

Apache Corp.

     1,445           87,177   

BG Group PLC

     20,707           254,152   

BP PLC

     111,844           724,991   

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     1,540           45,476   

Caltex Australia Ltd.

     1,410           37,421   

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (a)

     1,945           27,541   

Chevron Corp.

     7,130           748,507   

Cimarex Energy Co.

     327           37,634   

ConocoPhillips

     4,620           287,641   

CONSOL Energy, Inc.

     840           23,428   

Delek Group Ltd.

     11           2,831   

Devon Energy Corp.

     1,420           85,640   

ENI SpA

     15,444           267,307   

EOG Resources, Inc.

     2,060           188,881   

EQT Corp.

     590           48,893   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     16,037           1,363,145   

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     2,341           25,316   

Hess Corp.

     990           67,191   

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

     1,200           20,899   

Inpex Corp.

     5,327           58,697   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     14,000           53,867   

Kinder Morgan, Inc./DE

     6,389           268,721   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

     502           27,704   

Lundin Petroleum AB (b)

     856           11,713   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     2,505           65,406   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     1,062           108,738   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     605           28,193   

Neste Oil Oyj (a)

     572           15,009   

Newfield Exploration Co. (b)

     470           16,492   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     1,350           66,015   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     2,950           215,350   

OMV AG

     894           24,524   

ONEOK, Inc.

     770           37,145   

Origin Energy Ltd.

     4,903           42,027   

Phillips 66

     2,110           165,846   

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     565           92,383   

QEP Resources, Inc.

     575           11,989   

Range Resources Corp.

     650           33,826   

Repsol SA

     6,329           117,817   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class A

     23,936           711,787   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     14,816           461,523   

Santos Ltd.

     4,317           23,352   

Southwestern Energy Co. (b)

     1,295           30,031   

Spectra Energy Corp.

     2,485           89,883   

Statoil ASA

     6,775           119,791   

Tesoro Corp.

     475           43,363   

TonenGeneral Sekiyu KK

     2,000           17,248   

TOTAL SA

     12,995           645,943   

Tullow Oil PLC

     4,387           18,391   

Valero Energy Corp.

     1,975           125,650   

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,505           126,728   

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.

     4,502           117,948   
       

 

 

 
          8,494,096   
       

 

 

 
            9,651,952   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Materials - 1.5%

       

Chemicals - 0.8%

       

Air Liquide SA

     2,092           269,323   

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

     720           108,922   

Air Water, Inc.

     1,000           17,858   

Airgas, Inc.

     240           25,466   

Akzo Nobel NV

     704           53,229   

Arkema SA

     450           35,638   

Asahi Kasei Corp.

     8,000           76,397   

BASF SE

     5,576           551,999   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     190           53,899   

Croda International PLC

     1,144           46,398   

Daicel Corp.

     3,000           35,759   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

     4,225           202,716   

Eastman Chemical Co.

     580           40,171   

Ecolab, Inc.

     1,040           118,955   

EI du Pont de Nemours & Co.

     3,445           246,214   

EMS-Chemie Holding AG (REG)

     109           44,324   

FMC Corp.

     480           27,480   

Givaudan SA (REG) (b)

     56           101,172   

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

     900           19,218   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     7,611           23,508   

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     300           35,220   

Israel Chemicals Ltd.

     4,414           31,349   

Israel Corp., Ltd. (The)

     16           5,573   

Johnson Matthey PLC

     1,244           62,328   

JSR Corp.

     800           13,854   

K&S AG

     1,472           47,961   

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

     1,000           18,200   

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

     3,000           40,619   

LANXESS AG

     1,319           70,151   

Linde AG

     1,128           229,378   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     1,599           140,392   

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

     6,000           34,830   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

     5,000           24,606   

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

     8,000           25,654   

Monsanto Co.

     1,990           223,955   

Mosaic Co. (The)

     1,180           54,351   

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,000           36,557   

Nitto Denko Corp.

     900           60,097   

Novozymes A/S-Class B

     1,531           69,889   

OCI NV (b)

     320           9,903   

Orica Ltd.

     2,259           34,304   

PPG Industries, Inc.

     550           124,047   

Praxair, Inc.

     1,090           131,607   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     315           89,618   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     2,500           163,220   

Sigma-Aldrich Corp.

     455           62,904   

Sika AG

     6           21,483   

Solvay SA

     360           52,038   

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

     7,000           35,927   

Symrise AG

     547           34,490   

Syngenta AG

     564           191,607   

Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corp. (a)

     2,000           27,216   

Teijin Ltd.

     5,000           16,964   

Toray Industries, Inc.

     9,000           75,330   

Umicore SA

     509           21,258   

Yara International ASA

     1,297           65,852   
       

 

 

 
            4,481,378   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction Materials - 0.1%

       

CRH PLC

     4,489           117,400   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

     4,446           27,924   

HeidelbergCement AG

     856           67,694   

Holcim Ltd. (b)

     1,390           103,558   

Imerys SA

     448           32,871   

James Hardie Industries PLC

     3,449           39,897   

Lafarge SA

     832           54,089   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     227           31,735   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

     5,000           15,267   

Vulcan Materials Co.

     465           39,200   
       

 

 

 
          529,635   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     7,326           78,058   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     335           17,725   

Ball Corp.

     510           36,027   

MeadWestvaco Corp.

     620           30,919   

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (b)

     560           13,059   

Rexam PLC

     3,136           26,877   

Sealed Air Corp.

     790           35,992   

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd. (a)

     1,700           24,865   
       

 

 

 
          263,522   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.5%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     4,370           56,460   

Allegheny Technologies, Inc.

     385           11,554   

Anglo American PLC

     8,479           126,634   

Antofagasta PLC

     1,773           19,181   

ArcelorMittal (Euronext Amsterdam)

     6,075           56,999   

BHP Billiton Ltd.

     19,498           453,212   

BHP Billiton PLC

     12,822           281,383   

Boliden AB

     1,652           32,725   

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. (a)

     18,067           26,744   

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     3,875           73,431   

Fresnillo PLC

     1,459           14,734   

Glencore PLC (b)

     64,454           272,108   

Hitachi Metals Ltd.

     1,000           15,327   

Iluka Resources Ltd.

     2,008           12,943   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     3,000           66,219   

Kobe Steel Ltd.

     12,000           22,133   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

     7,000           23,522   

Newcrest Mining Ltd. (b)

     7,017           70,770   

Newmont Mining Corp.

     1,795           38,969   

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp.

     46,000           115,663   

Norsk Hydro ASA

     6,514           34,240   

Nucor Corp.

     1,210           57,511   

Randgold Resources Ltd.

     576           39,930   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     2,645           114,608   

Rio Tinto PLC

     7,725           318,554   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

     3,000           43,847   

ThyssenKrupp AG

     2,036           53,303   

Voestalpine AG

     713           26,082   
       

 

 

 
            2,478,786   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Paper & Forest Products - 0.0%

       

International Paper Co.

     1,565           86,842   

Oji Holdings Corp. (a)

     4,000           16,366   

Stora Enso Oyj-Class R

     3,342           34,363   

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

     3,231           62,768   
       

 

 

 
          200,339   
       

 

 

 
          7,953,660   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.7%

       

AT&T, Inc.

     19,448           634,977   

Belgacom SA

     795           27,816   

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     7,158           13,329   

BT Group PLC

     49,418           321,110   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     2,110           72,901   

Deutsche Telekom AG

     19,275           352,548   

Elisa Oyj (a)

     635           15,947   

Frontier Communications Corp.

     3,660           25,803   

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     18,882           24,356   

Iliad SA

     163           38,085   

Inmarsat PLC

     2,586           35,414   

Koninklijke KPN NV

     28,755           97,469   

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (b)

     1,047           56,371   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     2,300           141,981   

Orange SA

     11,257           180,783   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     48,000           152,924   

Spark New Zealand Ltd

     9,734           21,648   

Swisscom AG (REG)

     154           89,303   

TDC A/S

     3,390           24,289   

Telecom Italia SpA (ordinary shares) (b)

     64,157           75,122   

Telecom Italia SpA (savings shares)

     16,898           15,889   

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG (b)

     3,756           21,599   

Telefonica SA

     25,577           363,948   

Telenor ASA

     3,853           77,755   

TeliaSonera AB

     10,613           67,442   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     26,440           126,924   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     15,545           755,953   

Windstream Holdings, Inc.

     2,175           16,095   
       

 

 

 
          3,847,781   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.3%

       

KDDI Corp.

     10,620           239,933   

Millicom International Cellular SA

     641           46,350   

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (a)

     9,275           162,090   

SoftBank Corp.

     5,800           337,788   

StarHub Ltd.

     4,000           12,681   

Tele2 AB-Class B

     3,826           45,762   

Vodafone Group PLC

     160,882           526,458   
       

 

 

 
          1,371,062   
       

 

 

 
            5,218,843   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.0%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.5%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,825           102,656   

AusNet Services

     37,398           41,505   

Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     7,000           60,257   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

     2,900           34,579   

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     1,300           16,946   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     12,500           109,010   

Contact Energy Ltd.

     2,149           9,596   

Duke Energy Corp.

     2,632           202,085   

Edison International

     1,215           75,901   

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     14,060           52,657   

Electricite de France SA

     1,042           24,985   

Endesa SA

     1,927           37,200   

Enel SpA

     39,961           180,521   

Entergy Corp.

     675           52,306   

Eversource Energy

     1,160           58,603   

Exelon Corp.

     3,197           107,451   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     1,535           53,817   

Fortum Oyj

     2,697           56,503   

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.

     1,600           21,172   

Iberdrola SA

     31,314           201,930   

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

     3,100           29,546   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.

     1,900           18,408   

Mighty River Power Ltd.

     4,915           11,381   

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     1,645           171,162   

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

     890           23,879   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     385           24,544   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     8,500           86,384   

PPL Corp.

     2,445           82,299   

Red Electrica Corp. SA

     657           53,423   

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (b)

     2,700           33,231   

Southern Co. (The)

     3,360           148,781   

SSE PLC

     5,919           131,360   

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

     2,700           30,668   

Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. (b)

     8,800           33,307   

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     1,870           65,095   
       

 

 

 
            2,443,148   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

AGL Resources, Inc.

     448           22,243   

APA Group

     3,771           25,937   

Enagas SA

     1,276           36,487   

Gas Natural SDG SA

     2,126           47,733   

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

     32,340           74,635   

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

     11,000           46,000   

Snam SpA

     14,719           71,448   

Toho Gas Co., Ltd.

     6,000           34,975   

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     14,000           88,014   
       

 

 

 
          447,472   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.0%

       

AES Corp./VA

     2,385           30,647   

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

     500           16,844   

Enel Green Power SpA

     25,579           47,696   

Meridian Energy Ltd.

     6,766           10,228   

NRG Energy, Inc.

     1,240           31,236   
       

 

 

 
          136,651   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

       

AGL Energy Ltd.

     3,037           35,160   

Ameren Corp.

     910           38,402   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     1,545           31,533   

Centrica PLC

     30,469           113,963   

CMS Energy Corp.

     970           33,863   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     1,080           65,880   

Dominion Resources, Inc./VA

     2,185           154,851   

DTE Energy Co.

     670           54,062   

E.ON SE

     12,148           180,628   

GDF Suez

     8,789           173,521   

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

     300           21,606   

National Grid PLC

     22,895           294,339   

NiSource, Inc.

     1,155           51,005   

PG&E Corp.

     1,775           94,199   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     1,855           77,762   

RWE AG

     3,008           76,584   

SCANA Corp.

     545           29,970   

Sempra Energy

     860           93,757   

Suez Environnement Co.

     2,665           45,882   

TECO Energy, Inc.

     875           16,975   

United Utilities Group PLC

     4,140           57,245   

Veolia Environnement SA

     1,552           29,354   

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     850           42,075   
       

 

 

 
          1,812,616   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Severn Trent PLC

     1,575           48,010   
       

 

 

 
          4,887,897   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $118,329,727)

            147,385,850   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 19.7%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 19.7%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (a)

     428,964           20,731,830   

iShares International Developed Real Estate ETF (a)

     166,850           5,180,693   

iShares MSCI All Country Asia ex Japan ETF (a)

     273,650           17,513,600   

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

     43,003           2,759,503   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     198,833           41,045,096   

Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF (a)

     4,030           534,781   

Vanguard REIT ETF (a)

     122,391           10,289,411   

Vanguard Small-Cap ETF (a)

     23,840           2,921,830   

Total Investment Companies
(cost $97,349,484)

          100,976,744   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 18.8%

       

United States - 18.8%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.75%, 8/15/42

   $ 920           957,590   

2.875%, 5/15/43

     580           617,972   

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

     2,825           3,156,217   

3.50%, 2/15/39

     358           423,894   

3.625%, 8/15/43

     2,245           2,743,460   

3.75%, 8/15/41

     220           273,419   

3.875%, 8/15/40

     280           352,472   

4.25%, 5/15/39

     240           316,913   

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

     1,258           1,698,787   

4.50%, 8/15/39

     220           301,142   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

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

   $ 401           571,963   

5.375%, 2/15/31

     650           923,610   

6.00%, 2/15/26

     762           1,061,502   

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

     724           1,079,235   

6.875%, 8/15/25

     325           476,074   

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

     3,223           3,714,174   

7.50%, 11/15/16

     92           102,465   

7.625%, 2/15/25

     55           83,613   

8.00%, 11/15/21

     123           171,902   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.375%, 1/31/16

     882           883,102   

0.50%, 7/31/17

     3,520           3,506,525   

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

     5,625           5,603,116   

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

     2,315           2,329,787   

1.00%, 9/30/16-9/30/19

     8,595           8,625,773   

1.25%, 11/30/18-4/30/19

     5,994           6,006,560   

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

     9,772           9,858,331   

1.50%, 5/31/19-11/30/19

     3,845           3,878,001   

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

     2,090           2,071,363   

1.75%, 5/15/23

     1,740           1,730,620   

1.875%, 10/31/17

     1,100           1,131,539   

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

     3,760           3,831,015   

2.125%, 8/15/21

     410           422,012   

2.25%, 11/30/17-11/15/24

     899           930,419   

2.375%, 7/31/17-8/15/24

     1,271           1,320,932   

2.50%, 8/15/23-5/15/24

     2,242           2,357,881   

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

     3,140           3,319,287   

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

     3,570           3,774,600   

3.00%, 2/28/17

     889           930,603   

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

     1,111           1,177,594   

3.25%, 7/31/16

     1,147           1,190,819   

3.375%, 11/15/19

     1,890           2,063,791   

3.50%, 5/15/20

     910           1,004,057   

3.625%, 2/15/20

     2,210           2,448,784   

3.75%, 11/15/18

     6,205           6,791,565   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $94,019,071)

            96,214,480   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 3.0%

       

United States - 3.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/18-1/15/22

     2,999           3,053,628   

1.375%, 7/15/18-1/15/20

     3,377           3,643,103   

2.125%, 1/15/19

     884           973,186   

1.875%, 7/15/19

     1,265           1,395,210   

1.25%, 7/15/20

     558           605,299   

1.125%, 1/15/21

     1,702           1,827,172   

0.625%, 7/15/21

     3,436           3,600,963   
       

 

 

 

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $14,888,726)

          15,098,561   
       

 

 

 

 


      Shares        U.S. $ Value  

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Banks - 0.0%

       

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, expiring 4/14/15 (b)

     36,403           5,245   

Banco de Sabadell SA, expiring 4/17/15 (a)(b)

     20,710           5,256   
       

 

 

 
          10,501   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.0%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.0%

       

Telefonica SA, expiring 4/12/15 (b)

     25,577           4,125   
       

 

 

 

Total Rights
(cost $5,158)

          14,626   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 28.1%

       

Investment Companies - 28.1%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF
Portfolio, 0.10% (f)(g)
(Cost $143,626,695)

     143,626,695           143,626,695   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 98.4%

(cost $468,218,861)

          503,316,956   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 7.6%

       

Investment Companies - 7.6%

       

AB Exchange Reserves - Class I, 0.08% (f)(g)
(Cost $40,151,402)

     40,151,402           38,627,686   

Total Investments - 106.0%
(cost $508,370,263) (h)

          541,944,642   

Other assets less liabilities - (6.0)% (i)

          (30,658,316
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   511,286,326   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

DAX Index Futures

     24         June 2015         7,885,046         7,748,576       $ (136,470

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     527         June 2015         20,453,035         20,575,313         122,278   

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     71         June 2015         7,109,372         7,084,971         (24,401

Hang Seng Index Futures

     2         April 2015         315,155         321,813         6,658   

MSCI EAFE Mini Futures

     8         June 2015         725,685         731,960         6,275   

S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures

     29         June 2015         2,955,615         2,988,160         32,545   

SPI 200 Futures

     17         June 2015         1,890,452         1,905,306         14,854   

TOPIX Index Futures

     184         June 2015         23,459,806         23,679,827         220,021   

U.S Ultra Bond Futures

     107         June 2015         17,988,585         18,176,625         188,040   

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     6         June 2015         962,572         983,250         20,678   

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

     162         June 2015         20,704,254         20,882,812         178,558   
              

 

 

 
               $ 629,036   
              

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Bank of America, NA

     EUR         8,463         USD         9,609         6/18/15       $ 499,464   

Bank of America, NA

     USD         3,430         EUR         3,206         6/18/15         20,754   

Barclays Bank PLC

     GBP         2,584         USD         3,811         6/18/15         (19,613

Barclays Bank PLC

     JPY         601,991         USD         4,994         6/18/15         (30,534

Barclays Bank PLC

     SEK         3,999         USD         479         6/18/15         14,179   

Citibank

     EUR         10,235         USD         11,679         6/18/15         662,731   

Deutsche Bank AG

     AUD         2,852         USD         2,177         6/18/15         14,060   

HSBC Bank USA

     CAD         591         USD         468         6/18/15         1,460   

Royal Bank of Canada

     USD         892         CHF         879         6/18/15         15,450   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         1,778         GBP         1,179         6/18/15         (29,736

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         6,647         JPY         804,759         6/18/15         70,057   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         488         JPY         57,807         6/18/15         (5,926

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         2,537         CHF         2,518         6/18/15         62,255   

UBS AG

     EUR         1,415         USD         1,522         6/18/15         (738

UBS AG

     USD         14,707         EUR         12,909         6/18/15         (811,775
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 462,088   
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
     Notional
Amount

(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

            

Morgan Stanely & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

            

CDX-NAHY Series 22, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     (5.00     2.75       $ 26,528       $ (2,316,408   $ (1,133,086

iTRAXX-Xover Series 21, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     (5.00     1.73       EUR 6,060         (867,619     (26,858

Sale Contracts

            

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(INTRCONX):

            

CDX-NAHY Series 22, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     5.00        2.75       $ 26,528         2,316,408        752,851   

iTRAXX-Xover Series 21, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     5.00        1.73       EUR 6,060         867,619        126,933   
          

 

 

   

 

 

 
           $             – 0  –    $ (280,160
          

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date.


TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   # of
Shares
or
Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Obligation

  

       

Bank of America, NA

             

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     5,487         LIBOR Plus 0.27   $ 1,145         6/15/15       $ (12,309

Citibank

             

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     5,816         LIBOR Plus 0.07     12,046         2/8/16         493,071   

Deutsche Bank AG

             

FTSE EPRA/NAREIT Developed xUS Net Total Return Index

     1,246         LIBOR Plus 0.40     4,476         5/15/15         79,125   

Goldman Sachs International

             

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     441         LIBOR Minus 0.55     2,581         3/18/16         33,418   

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     627         LIBOR Minus 0.57     3,675         4/20/16         42,104   

UBS AG

             

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     599         LIBOR Minus 0.60     3,511         10/15/15         40,298   

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     30         LIBOR Minus 0.21     176         4/15/15         1,993   
             

 

 

 
              $ 677,700   
             

 

 

 

 

(a) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(b) Non-income producing security.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) 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, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $57,732 or 0.0% of net assets.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $39,358,090 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,259,995), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $35,098,095.
(i) An amount of U.S. $5,004,165 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2015.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

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


Glossary:

 

CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
DAX    -    Deutscher Aktien Index (German Stock Index)
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
EPRA    -    European Public Real Estate Association
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
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


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Dynamic Asset Allocation Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $     11,202,043      $     20,016,423      $             – 0  –^    $     31,218,466   

Health Care

     10,381,488        8,977,543        – 0  –      19,359,031   

Consumer Discretionary

     8,891,450        10,049,915        – 0  –      18,941,365   

Information Technology

     13,650,065        3,836,629        – 0  –      17,486,694   

Industrials

     7,369,456        9,907,451        – 0  –      17,276,907   

Consumer Staples

     6,780,082        8,610,953        – 0  –      15,391,035   

Energy

     5,576,085        4,075,867        – 0  –      9,651,952   

Materials

     2,215,341        5,738,319        – 0  –      7,953,660   

Telecommunication Services

     1,624,541        3,594,302        – 0  –      5,218,843   

Utilities

     2,093,805        2,794,092        – 0  –      4,887,897   

Investment Companies

     100,976,744        – 0  –      – 0  –      100,976,744   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      96,214,480        – 0  –      96,214,480   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      15,098,561        – 0  –      15,098,561   

Rights

     14,626        – 0  –      – 0  –      14,626   

Short-Term Investments

     143,626,695        – 0  –      – 0  –      143,626,695   

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

     38,627,686        – 0  –      – 0  –      38,627,686   

Total Investments in Securities

     353,030,107        188,914,535        – 0  –      541,944,642   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     426,096        363,811        – 0  –      789,907   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      1,360,410        – 0  –      1,360,410   

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      879,784        – 0  –      879,784   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      690,009        – 0  –      690,009   


Liabilities:

        

Futures

   $ – 0  –    $ (160,871   $ – 0  –    $ (160,871

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (898,322     – 0  –      (898,322

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (1,159,944     – 0  –      (1,159,944

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (12,309     – 0  –      (12,309
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     353,456,203      $     189,977,103      $             – 0  –    $     543,433,306   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Less than $0.50.
* 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     Total  

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $             – 0  –    $             – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 03/31/15

   $ – 0  –^    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from
Investments held as of 03/31/15*

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Less than $0.50.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 96.5%

       

Information Technology - 26.6%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.1%

       

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,130         $ 1,479,790   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.8%

       

InvenSense, Inc. (a)(b)

     74,485           1,132,917   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 5.8%

       

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     25,670           2,110,459   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     4,346           2,381,608   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (a)

     7,897           1,973,145   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     76,800           1,459,415   
       

 

 

 
          7,924,627   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.9%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     38,560           2,522,210   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 8.3%

       

ams AG

     28,890           1,379,376   

Avago Technologies Ltd.

     14,840           1,884,383   

MediaTek, Inc.

     95,000           1,283,046   

NVIDIA Corp.

     79,288           1,659,101   

NXP Semiconductors NV (a)

     14,600           1,465,256   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     22,420           2,203,662   

SunEdison, Inc. (a)(b)

     59,250           1,422,000   
       

 

 

 
            11,296,824   
       

 

 

 

Software - 6.6%

       

Imperva, Inc. (a)

     37,770           1,612,779   

Mobileye NV (a)

     57,910           2,433,957   

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

     26,622           1,778,616   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     16,580           1,306,173   

Verint Systems, Inc. (a)

     28,870           1,787,919   
       

 

 

 
          8,919,444   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.1%

       

Apple, Inc.

     12,745           1,585,860   

Cray, Inc. (a)

     44,490           1,249,279   
       

 

 

 
          2,835,139   
       

 

 

 
          36,110,951   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 20.0%

       

Auto Components - 1.9%

       

Delphi Automotive PLC

     32,940           2,626,636   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 3.9%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     23,830           1,447,434   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     107,300           1,091,299   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     235,494           1,250,508   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     5,556           1,473,465   
       

 

 

 
          5,262,706   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.7%

       

Kroton Educacional SA

     307,800           992,390   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.8%

       

Alsea SAB de CV (a)(b)

     263,205           770,625   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (b)

     52,800           1,133,088   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     23,840           1,876,685   
       

 

 

 
          3,780,398   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 3.6%

       

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     3,973           1,478,353   

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     55,090           1,618,544   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     1,550           1,804,433   
       

 

 

 
          4,901,330   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.5%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     11,820           667,475   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.7%

       

Lojas Renner SA

     33,900           964,247   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     884,500           1,330,124   
       

 

 

 
          2,294,371   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.6%

       

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. (b)

     740,800           794,949   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     3,500           1,353,303   
       

 

 

 
          2,148,252   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.3%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     22,560           1,812,716   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     26,550           2,663,761   
       

 

 

 
          4,476,477   
       

 

 

 
            27,150,035   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 17.9%

       

Biotechnology - 1.4%

       

Cepheid (a)

     34,917           1,986,777   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.5%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     52,020           2,410,086   

Elekta AB-Class B (b)

     70,410           633,205   

Essilor International SA

     14,590           1,675,153   
       

 

 

 
          4,718,444   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.1%

       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     24,130           2,854,338   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.5%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     7,601           1,411,049   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     29,478           1,974,142   
       

 

 

 
          3,385,191   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 8.4%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     47,870           1,512,523   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     32,130           2,072,385   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Kalbe Farma Tbk PT

     7,626,500           1,088,145   

Perrigo Co. PLC

     13,310           2,203,470   

Roche Holding AG

     9,190           2,525,339   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     121,500           1,982,247   
       

 

 

 
          11,384,109   
       

 

 

 
          24,328,859   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 12.9%

       

Banks - 3.6%

       

Credicorp Ltd.

     7,630           1,073,007   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     69,650           1,139,428   

ING Groep NV (a)

     108,350           1,587,109   

UniCredit SpA

     164,640           1,116,472   
       

 

 

 
          4,916,016   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

UBS Group AG (a)

     88,860           1,667,902   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.4%

       

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     7,700           1,796,179   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     38,830           1,412,247   
       

 

 

 
          3,208,426   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.9%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     428,600           2,688,200   

St James’s Place PLC

     85,240           1,178,971   
       

 

 

 
          3,867,171   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.0%

       

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     731,000           1,410,899   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.8%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     116,700           2,454,195   
       

 

 

 
            17,524,609   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 11.5%

       

Beverages - 1.7%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     19,360           2,365,122   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 5.2%

       

Danone SA

     21,272           1,433,900   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     18,970           1,907,054   

Nestle SA (REG)

     19,930           1,500,776   

Universal Robina Corp.

     345,721           1,746,321   

WH Group Ltd. (a)(c)

     928,000           528,310   
       

 

 

 
          7,116,361   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 3.4%

       

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     32,800           2,274,352   

Unicharm Corp.

     86,500           2,264,569   
       

 

 

 
          4,538,921   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 1.2%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     19,790           1,645,736   
       

 

 

 
          15,666,140   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 3.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.5%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     24,590           2,051,790   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.4%

       

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     13,825           1,602,594   

Noble Energy, Inc.

     35,210           1,721,769   
       

 

 

 
          3,324,363   
       

 

 

 
          5,376,153   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 1.6%

       

Chemicals - 1.6%

       

Monsanto Co.

     19,190           2,159,643   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 1.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.2%

       

Hexcel Corp.

     30,820           1,584,764   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

       

SoftBank Corp.

     20,600           1,199,732   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $106,575,194)

            131,100,886   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 3.5%

       

Time Deposit - 3.5%

       

State Street Time Deposit
Zero Coupon, 4/01/15
(cost $4,755,807)

   $ 4,756           4,755,807   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.0%

(cost $111,331,001)

          135,856,693   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 4.3%

       

Investment Companies - 4.3%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (d)(e)
(cost $5,817,184)

     5,817,184           5,817,184   
       

 

 

 


            U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 104.3%
(cost $117,148,185) (f)

          141,673,877   

Other assets less liabilities - (4.3)%

          (5,831,159
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   135,842,718   
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts  to
Deliver

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

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      2,852       USD      4,255       6/18/15    $ 26,389   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      1,593       CAD      1,991       6/18/15      (23,037

Deutsche Bank AG

   BRL      3,306       USD      1,144       4/02/15      107,748   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      1,031       BRL      3,306       4/02/15      5,312   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      2,501       CAD      3,163       6/18/15      (5,824

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      4,675       JPY      557,662       6/18/15      (20,272

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      3,133       AUD      4,104       6/18/15      (20,913

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      6,819       GBP      4,496       6/18/15      (152,942

Standard Chartered Bank

   HKD      26,691       USD      3,439       6/18/15      (3,042

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CHF      3,248       USD      3,273       6/18/15      (80,303

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      1,375       EUR      1,278       6/18/15      883   

UBS AG

   BRL      3,306       USD      1,031       4/02/15      (5,312

UBS AG

   USD      1,039       BRL      3,306       4/02/15      (3,109

UBS AG

   BRL      3,306       USD      1,030       5/05/15      3,038   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (171,384
                 

 

 

 

 

(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, 2015, the market value of this security amounted to $528,310 or 0.4% of net assets.
(d) 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.
(e) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(f) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $27,639,286 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(3,113,594), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $24,525,692.

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
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
REG    -    Registered Shares

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  51.7 %        

United States

  5.5%        

Switzerland

  5.0%        

India

  4.4%        

Japan

  3.8%        

United Kingdom

  3.8%        

Hong Kong

  2.4%        

Singapore

  2.3%        

France

  2.3%        

China

  2.3%        

Netherlands

  1.8%        

Indonesia

  1.7%        

Belgium

  9.5%        

Other

  3.5%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.3% or less in the following countries: Austria, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, South Africa, Sweden and Taiwan.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Global Thematic Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Information Technology

   $     31,989,114      $ 4,121,837      $             – 0  –    $ 36,110,951   

Consumer Discretionary

     18,043,671        9,106,364        – 0  –      27,150,035   

Health Care

     17,527,699        6,801,160        – 0  –      24,328,859   

Financials

     4,537,088        12,987,521        – 0  –      17,524,609   

Consumer Staples

     5,827,142        9,838,998        – 0  –      15,666,140   

Energy

     5,376,153        – 0  –      – 0  –      5,376,153   

Materials

     2,159,643        – 0  –      – 0  –      2,159,643   

Industrials

     1,584,764        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,584,764   

Telecommunication Services

     – 0  –      1,199,732        – 0  –      1,199,732   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      4,755,807        – 0  –      4,755,807   

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

     5,817,184        – 0  –      – 0  –      5,817,184   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     92,862,458        48,811,419     – 0  –      141,673,877   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      143,370        – 0  –      143,370   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (314,754     – 0  –      (314,754
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     92,862,458      $     48,640,035      $ – 0  –    $     141,502,493   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


* 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 $1,657,040 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1due to increase in trading volume 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 established the Committee to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 96.1%

       

Information Technology - 32.0%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.4%

       

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     5,189         $ 596,423   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     3,110           454,309   
       

 

 

 
          1,050,732   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.8%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     9,834           579,518   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 9.0%

       

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     37,337           3,069,662   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     1,649           914,700   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     3,137           1,719,076   

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     10,630           320,707   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

     16,100           806,288   
       

 

 

 
            6,830,433   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.1%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     36,320           2,375,691   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.5%

       

Altera Corp.

     12,040           516,636   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     18,320           497,022   

NVIDIA Corp.

     44,630           933,883   
       

 

 

 
          1,947,541   
       

 

 

 

Software - 8.5%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     7,026           619,623   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     14,780           568,882   

FireEye, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,540           413,695   

Microsoft Corp.

     39,566           1,608,556   

Mobileye NV (a)(b)

     15,350           645,160   

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

     6,650           616,854   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     10,717           844,285   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     5,676           525,144   

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

     3,876           658,746   
       

 

 

 
          6,500,945   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 6.7%

       

Apple, Inc.

     41,035           5,105,985   
       

 

 

 
          24,390,845   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 24.5%

       

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     14,870           903,204   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 4.2%

       

Starbucks Corp.

     23,920           2,265,224   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     10,520           951,744   
       

 

 

 
          3,216,968   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.8%

       

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     1,207           1,405,129   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.3%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     1,806           254,826   
       

 

 

 

Media - 6.2%

       

AMC Networks, Inc.-Class A (a)

     10,407           797,592   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     36,765           2,076,120   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     17,858           1,873,126   
       

 

 

 
          4,746,838   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.0%

       

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     9,060           735,174   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 7.6%

       

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     11,779           418,979   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     19,069           2,166,429   

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     18,992           1,412,815   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     3,326           719,214   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     7,122           1,074,354   
       

 

 

 
            5,791,791   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.2%

       

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     16,476           1,653,037   
       

 

 

 
          18,706,967   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 14.7%

       

Biotechnology - 5.6%

       

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     5,464           2,307,119   

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     20,280           1,990,077   
       

 

 

 
          4,297,196   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 2.9%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     7,383           397,095   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     4,925           432,267   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     2,780           1,403,983   
       

 

 

 
          2,233,345   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.1%

       

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     18,027           677,455   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     14,478           1,712,602   
       

 

 

 
          2,390,057   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 2.0%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     5,330           989,461   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     7,273           487,073   
       

 

 

 
          1,476,534   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 1.1%

       

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     12,936           834,372   
       

 

 

 
          11,231,504   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Staples - 10.7%

       

Beverages - 3.4%

       

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     19,003           2,629,920   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 4.9%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     11,485           1,739,920   

CVS Health Corp.

     19,030           1,964,086   
       

 

 

 
          3,704,006   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.7%

       

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     12,882           1,295,028   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.7%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     6,407           532,806   
       

 

 

 
          8,161,760   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 7.9%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 0.8%

       

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     6,290           607,300   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.7%

       

Spirit Airlines, Inc. (a)

     16,540             1,279,534   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%

       

Danaher Corp.

     14,326           1,216,277   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.9%

       

Pall Corp.

     8,741           877,509   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     6,320           600,463   
       

 

 

 
          1,477,972   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.2%

       

Robert Half International, Inc.

     14,820           896,906   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.7%

       

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     6,090           520,056   
       

 

 

 
          5,998,045   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 3.4%

       

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     1,851           397,558   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     1,366           499,737   
       

 

 

 
          897,295   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.2%

       

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     7,427           1,732,497   
       

 

 

 
          2,629,792   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.8%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.7%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     6,486           541,192   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.1%

       

Antero Resources Corp. (a)(b)

     6,597           233,006   

Range Resources Corp.

     11,223           584,045   
       

 

 

 
          817,051   
       

 

 

 
            1,358,243   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     15,290           823,214   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $54,394,118)

          73,300,370   
       

 

 

 
      Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 4.1%

       

Time Deposit - 4.1%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $3,178,855)

   $ 3,179           3,178,855   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.2%

(cost $57,572,973)

          76,479,225   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 1.4%

       

Investment Companies - 1.4%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $1,045,475)

     1,045,475           1,045,475   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.6%
(cost $58,618,448) (e)

          77,524,700   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.6)%

          (1,251,311
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   76,273,389   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) 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.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $19,793,218 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(886,966), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $18,906,252.

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.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 73,300,370      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 73,300,370   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      3,178,855        – 0  –      3,178,855   

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

     1,045,475        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,045,475   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     74,345,845        3,178,855        – 0  –      77,524,700   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     74,345,845      $     3,178,855      $             – 0  –    $     77,524,700   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 94.5%

       

Financials - 22.5%

       

Banks - 6.6%

       

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     478,060         $ 28,960,875   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     508,850           27,681,440   
       

 

 

 
          56,642,315   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 3.6%

       

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     28,900           10,572,776   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     77,350           14,539,480   

State Street Corp.

     79,927           5,877,032   
       

 

 

 
          30,989,288   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.9%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     97,910           7,717,266   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 4.6%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     276,402           39,890,337   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.8%

       

ACE Ltd.

     169,560           18,904,244   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     134,360           9,562,401   

Aon PLC

     72,340           6,953,321   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     189,780           7,936,600   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     240,949           10,143,953   

WR Berkley Corp.

     110,261           5,569,283   
       

 

 

 
          59,069,802   
       

 

 

 
            194,309,008   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 20.1%

       

Biotechnology - 1.8%

       

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     162,410           15,937,293   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 3.3%

       

Abbott Laboratories

     144,876           6,712,105   

Medtronic PLC

     279,815           21,822,772   
       

 

 

 
          28,534,877   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 4.5%

       

Cigna Corp.

     40,950           5,300,568   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     280,670           33,200,454   
       

 

 

 
          38,501,022   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 10.5%

       

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     97,778           6,306,681   

Eli Lilly & Co.

     194,900           14,159,485   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     179,989           10,345,768   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,116,130           38,830,163   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     340,505           21,213,461   
       

 

 

 
          90,855,558   
       

 

 

 
          173,828,750   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 13.2%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.9%

       

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     107,870           7,725,649   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

IT Services - 0.7%

       

Xerox Corp.

     438,310           5,632,284   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.2%

       

Intel Corp.

     602,160           18,829,543   

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)

     198,674           5,390,026   

NVIDIA Corp.

     563,764           11,796,762   
       

 

 

 
            36,016,331   
       

 

 

 

Software - 4.0%

       

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     634,161           14,411,309   

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)

     104,801           8,590,538   

Microsoft Corp.

     289,710           11,778,160   
       

 

 

 
          34,780,007   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.4%

       

Apple, Inc.

     191,405           23,816,524   

EMC Corp./MA

     115,530           2,952,947   

NetApp, Inc.

     84,040           2,980,058   
       

 

 

 
          29,749,529   
       

 

 

 
          113,903,800   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.8%

       

Auto Components - 0.9%

       

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     155,250           7,830,810   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.6%

       

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     216,740           13,164,788   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.9%

       

Liberty Interactive Corp.-Class A (a)

     273,308           7,977,860   
       

 

 

 

Media - 6.8%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     496,440           28,033,967   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     469,740           10,390,649   

Time Warner, Inc.

     243,210           20,536,652   
       

 

 

 
          58,961,268   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.2%

       

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)

     104,050           7,988,439   

DSW, Inc.-Class A

     158,610           5,849,537   

GNC Holdings, Inc.-Class A

     105,310           5,167,561   
       

 

 

 
          19,005,537   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Coach, Inc.

     81,204           3,364,282   
       

 

 

 
          110,304,545   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 11.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 3.8%

       

Boeing Co. (The)

     78,120           11,724,249   

Raytheon Co.

     192,780           21,061,215   
       

 

 

 
          32,785,464   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 4.3%

       

Copa Holdings SA-Class A (b)

     164,136           16,572,812   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     468,070           21,044,427   
       

 

 

 
          37,617,239   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Electrical Equipment - 0.6%

       

Emerson Electric Co.

     89,890           5,089,572   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%

       

General Electric Co.

     538,075           13,349,641   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.3%

       

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     27,899           3,313,843   

Snap-on, Inc.

     52,840           7,770,651   
       

 

 

 
          11,084,494   
       

 

 

 
          99,926,410   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 5.3%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 5.3%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     372,871           38,484,016   

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     87,930           7,232,242   
       

 

 

 
          45,716,258   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.8%

       

Cameron International Corp. (a)

     77,180           3,482,361   

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     91,660           3,392,337   
       

 

 

 
          6,874,698   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 4.1%

       

Chevron Corp.

     54,588           5,730,648   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     242,660           20,626,100   

Hess Corp.

     69,500           4,716,965   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     63,262           4,618,126   
       

 

 

 
          35,691,839   
       

 

 

 
          42,566,537   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.7%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.8%

       

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     279,320           7,452,258   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.9%

       

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     153,150           7,580,925   
       

 

 

 
          15,033,183   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.6%

       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     281,125           13,671,109   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 0.9%

       

Chemicals - 0.9%

       

Mosaic Co. (The)

     163,150           7,514,689   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $636,208,569)

            816,774,289   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.6%

       

Time Deposit - 5.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit 0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $48,675,254)

   $ 48,675           48,675,254   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.1%

(cost $684,883,823)

          865,449,543   
       

 

 

 
      Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 1.9%

       

Investment Companies - 1.9%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $16,247,363)

     16,247,363           16,247,363   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 102.0%
(cost $701,131,186) (e)

          881,696,906   

Other assets less liabilities - (2.0)%

          (17,376,887
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   864,320,019   
       

 

 

 

 

(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) 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.
(e) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $196,096,226 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(15,530,506), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $180,565,720.

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


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Growth & Income Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

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

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

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

   

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

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

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

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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 816,774,289      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 816,774,289   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      48,675,254        – 0  –      48,675,254   

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

     16,247,363        – 0  –      – 0  –      16,247,363   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     833,021,652        48,675,254        – 0  –      881,696,906   

Other Financial Instruments**

        
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     833,021,652      $     48,675,254      $             – 0  –    $     881,696,906   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 22.7%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 1.7%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 5/01/30, TBA

   U.S.$     1,267         $ 1,325,698   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 21.0%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 1/01/35

     171           193,192   

Series 2007

       

5.50%, 7/01/35

     46           52,196   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

     371           379,347   

3.50%, 5/01/42-3/01/45

     878           933,690   

3.50%, 5/01/45, TBA

     3,113           3,262,553   

4.00%, 5/01/45, TBA

     6,759           7,215,880   

4.50%, 5/25/45, TBA

     2,188           2,380,817   

Series 2003

       

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

     157           177,543   

Series 2004

       

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

     142           160,389   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 2/01/35

     173           195,722   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

     1,032           1,063,041   

Series 1994

       

9.00%, 9/15/24

     1           1,686   
       

 

 

 
            16,016,056   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $17,159,951)

          17,341,754   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 21.7%

       

Brazil - 0.4%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Series F

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL 1,030           306,032   
       

 

 

 

Canada - 0.5%

       

Canadian Government Bond

       

2.25%, 6/01/25

   CAD 440           377,173   
       

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 0.7%

       

United Kingdom Gilt

       

3.75%, 9/07/21 (a)

   GBP 320           547,646   
       

 

 

 

United States - 20.1%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.50%, 2/15/45

   U.S.$ 105           104,032   

3.125%, 8/15/44

     329           368,385   

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

     564           688,941   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     654           891,467   

4.625%, 2/15/40

     2,560           3,573,399   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.375%, 3/31/16

     943           943,885   

1.375%, 3/31/20

     470           470,073   

1.50%, 8/31/18-11/30/19

     1,147           1,157,448   

1.625%, 6/30/19-12/31/19

     962           976,042   

1.75%, 9/30/19

     1,632           1,663,007   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.00%, 2/15/25

   U.S.$ 335           337,120   

2.25%, 11/15/24

     171           175,693   

2.375%, 8/15/24

     583           606,462   

2.50%, 8/15/23-5/15/24

         2,190           2,300,842   

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

     1,014           1,087,502   
       

 

 

 
          15,344,298   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $15,340,248)

          16,575,149   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 21.3%

       

Industrial - 14.4%

       

Basic - 1.8%

       

Basell Finance Co. BV

       

8.10%, 3/15/27 (a)

     85           117,051   

Cia Minera Milpo SAA

       

4.625%, 3/28/23 (a)

     260           259,417   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

       

8.55%, 5/15/19

     86           107,674   

Glencore Funding LLC

       

4.125%, 5/30/23 (a)

     58           59,067   

International Paper Co.

       

3.65%, 6/15/24

     49           49,959   

4.75%, 2/15/22

     65           71,858   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.75%, 4/15/24

     200           235,753   

Minsur SA

       

6.25%, 2/07/24 (a)

     210           233,076   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

       

3.625%, 4/03/23 (a)

     260           236,600   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

       

6.875%, 11/21/36

     40           38,688   
       

 

 

 
            1,409,143   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.2%

       

Owens Corning

       

6.50%, 12/01/16 (b)

     10           10,752   

Yamana Gold, Inc.

       

4.95%, 7/15/24

     166           163,213   
       

 

 

 
          173,965   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 2.3%

       

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

       

4.00%, 10/01/23

     64           68,569   

4.50%, 2/15/21

     300           332,298   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/16

     95           97,090   

3.80%, 3/15/22

     57           59,080   

4.45%, 4/01/24

     81           86,507   

5.00%, 3/01/21

     175           194,784   

Discovery Communications LLC

       

3.45%, 3/15/25

     105           104,915   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/19/21 (a)(c)

     128           135,705   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

       

3.625%, 5/01/22

   U.S.$ 33           34,607   

TCI Communications, Inc.

       

7.875%, 2/15/26

     115           162,690   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.125%, 2/15/21

     200           215,097   

Time Warner, Inc.

       

3.55%, 6/01/24

     40           41,426   

7.625%, 4/15/31

     69           96,477   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     68           69,963   

5.625%, 9/15/19

     60           67,770   
       

 

 

 
          1,766,978   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 2.0%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     260           287,190   

AT&T, Inc.

       

4.80%, 6/15/44

     44           45,058   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (a)

     320           360,847   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 27           23,386   

SBA Tower Trust

       

2.898%, 10/15/19 (a)

   U.S.$     147           148,787   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

     120           137,140   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

3.50%, 11/01/24

     258           264,028   

3.85%, 11/01/42

     89           80,849   

6.55%, 9/15/43

     165           214,856   
       

 

 

 
            1,562,141   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.7%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

5.875%, 8/02/21

     455           535,627   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.3%

       

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

       

3.80%, 11/18/24

     195           201,621   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 2.5%

       

Actavis Funding SCS

       

3.80%, 3/15/25

     165           170,285   

3.85%, 6/15/24

     54           55,779   

Altria Group, Inc.

       

2.625%, 1/14/20

     195           198,128   

Bayer US Finance LLC

       

3.375%, 10/08/24 (a)

     200           208,194   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

3.734%, 12/15/24

     85           88,961   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV

       

3.875%, 6/27/24 (a)

     201           206,258   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     194           200,424   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Medtronic, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/15/25 (a)

   U.S.$     195           203,851   

Perrigo Finance PLC

       

3.50%, 12/15/21

     200           206,959   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     127           126,372   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     78           84,217   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

2.65%, 8/15/19

     39           39,934   

3.95%, 8/15/24

     123           129,948   
       

 

 

 
          1,919,310   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.8%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

       

4.875%, 11/01/43

     68           56,888   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     45           47,092   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

7.50%, 7/01/38

     244           308,364   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

5.20%, 9/01/20

     55           61,972   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     321           326,021   

4.15%, 3/01/22

     89           91,641   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

3.90%, 11/15/24

     107           108,856   

8.25%, 3/01/19

     238           284,726   

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30%, 4/01/44

     145           149,589   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     235           227,950   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     177           205,046   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     135           154,656   

Williams Partners LP

       

4.125%, 11/15/20

     97           101,055   
       

 

 

 
            2,123,856   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.3%

       

Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd.

       

1.625%, 10/31/17 (a)

     200           199,179   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 1.1%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     107           117,050   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

       

4.65%, 11/01/24

     134           140,731   

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/01/23

     86           86,298   

7.50%, 5/15/25

     25           30,891   

Seagate HDD Cayman

       

4.75%, 1/01/25 (a)

     75           77,662   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

       

3.375%, 5/02/19 (a)

     205           212,406   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

   U.S.$     74           74,428   

3.75%, 6/01/23

     69           68,857   
       

 

 

 
          808,323   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Southwest Airlines Co.

       

5.75%, 12/15/16

     75           80,418   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.3%

       

Ryder System, Inc.

       

5.85%, 11/01/16

     116           123,987   

7.20%, 9/01/15

     108           110,713   
       

 

 

 
          234,700   
       

 

 

 
          11,015,261   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 5.9%

       

Banking - 3.1%

       

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     250           274,072   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/26/25 (a)

     270           273,157   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

3.85%, 7/08/24

     210           219,780   

Series D

       

6.00%, 6/15/20

     395           461,029   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.625%, 9/23/19

     143           162,773   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     27           28,612   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (a)

     230           273,255   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (a)(c)

     90           93,488   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (a)

     265           272,420   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     250           303,219   
       

 

 

 
            2,361,805   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.2%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (a)

     155           180,787   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.8%

       

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     75           85,234   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     215           260,433   

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

       

5.10%, 10/28/24 (a)(c)

     200           216,000   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.50%, 3/30/20

     200           229,620   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     113           142,186   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MetLife, Inc.

       

10.75%, 8/01/39

   U.S.$     85           142,758   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (a)

     55           88,743   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     185           196,100   
       

 

 

 
          1,361,074   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.8%

       

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     179           201,518   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     183           206,257   

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (a)

     200           215,000   
       

 

 

 
          622,775   
       

 

 

 
          4,526,441   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 1.0%

       

Electric - 0.6%

       

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     170           221,598   

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

     37           42,320   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     64           72,292   

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

       

4.25%, 6/15/22

     78           82,301   
       

 

 

 
          418,511   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.4%

       

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (a)

     305           324,276   
       

 

 

 
          742,787   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $15,144,031)

            16,284,489   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 13.4%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 8.1%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

1.00%, 2/15/18

     260           260,636   

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

1.29%, 1/15/19

     252           253,157   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-3, Class D

       

4.04%, 7/10/17

     200           203,513   

Series 2012-3, Class A3

       

0.96%, 1/09/17

     6           6,378   

Series 2013-3, Class A3

       

0.92%, 4/09/18

     327           327,501   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

0.96%, 4/09/18

     130           130,088   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.65%, 3/08/17

     22           22,293   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

ARI Fleet Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.81%, 11/15/22 (a)

   U.S.$ 86           85,750   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2013-2A, Class A

       

2.97%, 2/20/20 (a)

     288           297,715   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

2.46%, 7/20/20 (a)

     149           150,471   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A4

       

1.57%, 12/16/19

     122           122,533   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A2

       

0.62%, 7/20/16

     17           16,563   

Series 2013-3, Class A2

       

1.04%, 11/21/16

     232           231,770   

Series 2014-1, Class B

       

2.22%, 1/22/19

     60           60,726   

CarMax Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/16

     14           13,651   

CPS Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-B, Class A

       

1.82%, 9/15/20 (a)

     146           145,096   

Series 2014-B, Class A

       

1.11%, 11/15/18 (a)

     75           74,953   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

1.05%, 3/20/20 (a)

     200             200,096   

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.30%, 9/20/20 (a)

     263           263,346   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-2A, Class A

       

1.30%, 6/15/17 (a)

     8           7,913   

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 10/16/17 (a)

     24           24,113   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 5/15/18 (a)

     46           46,589   

Series 2014-2A, Class A

       

1.06%, 8/15/18 (a)

     45           45,262   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A4

       

1.47%, 5/17/21

     165           165,331   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.32%, 4/16/18 (a)

     33           32,893   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (a)

   CAD     62           49,086   

Series 2014-R2A, Class A1

       

1.353%, 3/15/16 (a)

     17           13,130   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/17

   U.S.$     144           143,996   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     100           99,621   

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

2.31%, 4/15/26 (a)

     257           260,839   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A1

       

1.20%, 2/15/19

     201           201,502   

Series 2015-2, Class A1

       

1.98%, 1/15/22

     198           197,508   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.10%, 12/20/17

     260           259,911   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.68%, 4/15/17

     35           35,457   

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.41%, 6/15/20

     137           137,100   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A1

       

1.12%, 8/25/17 (a)

     175           175,007   

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (a)

     485           482,479   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

1.00%, 10/16/17 (a)

     177           177,005   

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.59%, 2/15/16

     24           24,386   

Series 2014-A, Class A2A

       

0.48%, 6/15/16

     150           149,760   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     184           184,023   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.64%, 4/17/17

     3           2,876   

Series 2014-2, Class A3

       

0.80%, 4/16/18

     205           204,902   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.91%, 10/22/18

     232           231,856   
       

 

 

 
            6,218,781   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 1.6%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

1.26%, 1/15/20

     161           161,554   

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A

       

2.41%, 7/15/22

     320           326,931   

Discover Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-A3, Class A3

       

0.86%, 11/15/17

     300           300,157   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

2.22%, 1/15/22

   U.S.$     232           234,113   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     190           191,696   
       

 

 

 
          1,214,451   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 1.4%

       

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.556%, 7/20/19 (b)

     240           239,777   

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

0.676%, 1/20/20 (b)

     254           254,000   

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP

       

Series 2013-3, Class A

       

0.725%, 12/10/27 (a)(b)

     143           142,818   

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.921%, 10/25/19 (a)(b)

     197           197,001   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.676%, 10/20/20 (a)(b)

     197           197,008   
       

 

 

 
            1,030,604   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 1.1%

       

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

0.515%, 3/16/20 (b)

     205           204,765   

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.525%, 3/16/20 (b)

     205           205,011   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

       

0.525%, 8/17/20 (b)

     263           263,152   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.555%, 12/15/19 (b)

     185           185,341   
       

 

 

 
          858,269   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.9%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2013-VT1, Class A3

       

1.13%, 7/20/20 (a)

     213           213,412   

Series 2014-VT1, Class A2

       

0.86%, 5/22/17 (a)

     196           195,921   

CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A1

       

1.388%, 3/15/17 (a)

   CAD     38           29,868   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A4

       

1.61%, 5/17/21

   U.S.$     101           101,247   

Series 2015-A, Class A4

       

1.85%, 4/15/21

     134           134,157   
       

 

 

 
          674,605   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Asset Backed Funding Certificates

       

Series 2003-WF1, Class A2

       

1.299%, 12/25/32 (b)

     47           45,010   

GSAA Trust

       

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3

       

0.444%, 3/25/36 (b)

     189           128,806   
       

 

 

 
          173,816   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.1%

       

Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC

       

Series 2003-CB1, Class AF

       

3.95%, 1/25/33

     89           89,735   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $10,260,922)

            10,260,261   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 9.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 8.1%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

       

5.774%, 2/10/51

     339           367,553   

Series 2007-5, Class AM

       

5.772%, 2/10/51

     78           82,730   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-PW13, Class AJ

       

5.611%, 9/11/41

     108           111,315   

BHMS Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-ATLS, Class AFX

       

3.601%, 7/05/33 (a)

     200           208,037   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-VN05, Class A

       

3.369%, 3/13/35 (a)

     260           271,621   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       

5.768%, 3/15/49

     128           132,542   

Series 2015-GC27, Class A5

       

3.137%, 2/10/48

     144           147,146   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

       

5.761%, 5/15/46

     168           181,293   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-SFS, Class A1

       

1.873%, 4/12/35 (a)

     109           108,045   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class AM

       

5.704%, 6/15/39

     95           99,497   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

DBUBS Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2011-LC1A, Class E

       

5.558%, 11/10/46 (a)

   U.S.$ 100           109,915   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

       

2.295%, 12/05/31 (a)

     180           179,979   

Greenwich Capital Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

       

5.444%, 3/10/39

     506           534,405   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-KING, Class A

       

2.706%, 12/10/27 (a)

     264           269,271   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (a)

     136           139,162   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (a)

     169           170,624   

Series 2011-C5, Class D

       

5.323%, 8/15/46 (a)

     100           108,161   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

       

5.739%, 8/12/43

     157           164,199   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

       

5.166%, 12/12/49

     588           614,685   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

         1,105           1,184,654   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

       

3.091%, 8/10/49

     60           61,844   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

       

2.85%, 12/10/45

     112           114,434   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C23, Class A5

       

5.416%, 1/15/45

     380           390,171   

Series 2006-C26, Class A1A

       

6.009%, 6/15/45

     90           94,791   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-C14, Class A5

       

3.337%, 6/15/46

     233           245,469   

Series 2014-C20, Class A2

       

3.036%, 5/15/47

     125           131,044   
       

 

 

 
            6,222,587   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 1.4%

       

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

       

Series 2014-KYO, Class A

       

1.077%, 6/11/27 (a)(b)

     102           101,176   

Series 2014-SAVA, Class A

       

1.325%, 6/15/34 (a)(b)

     100           99,849   

Extended Stay America Trust

       

Series 2013-ESFL, Class A2FL

       

0.873%, 12/05/31 (a)(b)

     140           139,406   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2014-INN, Class A

       

1.095%, 6/15/29 (a)(b)

   U.S.$ 201           200,398   

PFP III Ltd.

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

1.345%, 6/14/31 (a)(b)

     220           220,127   

Resource Capital Corp., Ltd.

       

Series 2014-CRE2, Class A

       

1.227%, 4/15/32 (a)(b)

     100           99,243   

Starwood Retail Property Trust

       

Series 2014-STAR, Class A

       

1.392%, 11/15/27 (a)(b)

     196           196,232   
       

 

 

 
            1,056,431   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $7,273,304)

          7,279,018   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADE - 5.8%

       

Industrial - 2.9%

       

Basic - 0.2%

       

Axalta Coating Systems US Holdings, Inc./Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B

       

7.375%, 5/01/21 (a)

     150           161,250   

Novelis, Inc.

       

8.375%, 12/15/17

     18           18,810   
       

 

 

 
          180,060   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.6%

       

Arqiva Broadcast Finance PLC

       

9.50%, 3/31/20 (a)

   GBP     100           163,886   

CSC Holdings LLC

       

8.625%, 2/15/19

   U.S.$ 29           33,568   

Quebecor Media, Inc.

       

5.75%, 1/15/23

     75           77,250   

Unitymedia Hessen GmbH & Co. KG/Unitymedia NRW GmbH

       

5.50%, 1/15/23 (a)

     200           209,260   
       

 

 

 
          483,964   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.4%

       

Numericable-SFR SAS

       

5.375%, 5/15/22 (a)

   EUR     120           134,849   

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23

   U.S.$ 100           102,000   

Windstream Corp.

       

6.375%, 8/01/23

     80           71,800   
       

 

 

 
          308,649   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.2%

       

General Motors Co.

       

3.50%, 10/02/18

     80           81,965   

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

       

8.25%, 8/15/20

     36           38,070   
       

 

 

 
          120,035   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.1%

       

KB Home

       

4.75%, 5/15/19

   U.S.$ 63           61,583   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.1%

       

CST Brands, Inc.

       

5.00%, 5/01/23

     75           76,500   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.3%

       

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

       

5.125%, 8/15/18

     33           34,031   

First Quality Finance Co., Inc.

       

4.625%, 5/15/21 (a)

     85           80,113   

Voyage Care Bondco PLC

       

6.50%, 8/01/18 (a)

   GBP     100           152,790   
       

 

 

 
          266,934   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.5%

       

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

   U.S.$ 203           192,219   

Paragon Offshore PLC

       

7.25%, 8/15/24 (a)

     81           26,932   

SM Energy Co.

       

6.50%, 1/01/23

     9           9,180   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20

     185           155,169   
       

 

 

 
          383,500   
       

 

 

 

Services - 0.1%

       

Sabre GLBL, Inc.

       

8.50%, 5/15/19 (a)

     70           74,792   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.1%

       

Audatex North America, Inc.

       

6.00%, 6/15/21 (a)

     73           77,197   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Airlines - 0.1%

       

Air Canada

       

6.75%, 10/01/19 (a)

     70           74,725   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.2%

       

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc.

       

5.50%, 4/01/23

     42           43,365   

Hertz Corp. (The)

       

5.875%, 10/15/20

     70           71,925   
       

 

 

 
          115,290   
       

 

 

 
            2,223,229   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Financial Institutions - 2.6%

       

Banking - 2.2%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series Z

       

6.50%, 10/23/24 (c)

   U.S.$ 49           51,817   

Bank of Ireland

       

1.781%, 9/22/15 (b)(d)

   CAD     110           84,245   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.86%, 6/15/32 (a)(c)

   U.S.$ 29           32,344   

7.625%, 11/21/22

     200           234,125   

7.75%, 4/10/23

     200           221,750   

BNP Paribas SA

       

5.186%, 6/29/15 (a)(c)

     62           62,327   

Credit Suisse Group AG

       

7.50%, 12/11/23 (a)(c)

     200           214,750   

HBOS Capital Funding LP

       

4.939%, 5/23/16 (c)

   EUR     82           87,866   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

       

5.017%, 6/26/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 202           206,745   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

       

7.50%, 6/27/24 (c)

     200           212,500   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (a)

     39           43,984   

UniCredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (a)

     190           203,105   
       

 

 

 
            1,655,558   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.3%

       

AerCap Aviation Solutions BV

       

6.375%, 5/30/17

     200           212,000   

International Lease Finance Corp.

       

5.875%, 4/01/19

     55           59,675   
       

 

 

 
          271,675   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.1%

       

American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.

       

6.625%, 7/15/21

     70           75,075   
       

 

 

 
          2,002,308   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.3%

       

Electric - 0.3%

       

AES Corp./VA

       

7.375%, 7/01/21

     70           77,700   

NRG Energy, Inc.

       

7.875%, 5/15/21

     70           75,250   

Series WI

       

6.25%, 5/01/24

     54           54,405   
       

 

 

 
          207,355   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grade
(cost $4,565,876)

          4,432,892   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 4.3%

       

United States - 4.3%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/19 (TIPS)

   U.S.$     2,414           2,458,745   

0.50%, 4/15/15 (TIPS)

     830           831,553   
       

 

 

 

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $3,295,778)

            3,290,298   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 4.2%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 1.8%

       

Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-20CB, Class 3A6

       

5.50%, 7/25/35

     34           32,718   

Series 2005-57CB, Class 4A3

       

5.50%, 12/25/35

     84           77,088   

Series 2006-23CB, Class 1A7

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     46           43,987   

Series 2006-24CB, Class A16

       

5.75%, 6/25/36

     123           110,759   

Series 2006-28CB, Class A14

       

6.25%, 10/25/36

     83           71,148   

Series 2006-9T1, Class A1

       

5.75%, 5/25/36

     53           43,852   

Series 2006-J1, Class 1A13

       

5.50%, 2/25/36

     77           69,641   

Series 2007-2CB, Class 2A4

       

5.75%, 3/25/37

     68           60,738   

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust

       

Series 2007-S5, Class 1A17

       

6.00%, 7/25/37

     41           35,726   

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.568%, 5/25/35

     102           97,950   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2006-10, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 5/25/36

     70           65,427   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A18

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     104           95,457   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A19

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     37           34,421   

Series 2007-HYB2, Class 3A1

       

2.576%, 2/25/47

     146           121,028   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-FA3, Class A9

       

6.00%, 7/25/36

     122           102,071   

JPMorgan Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-A3, Class 2A1

       

2.557%, 7/25/36

     227           176,876   

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-S3, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 8/25/37

     56           50,426   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-8, Class 2A5

       

5.75%, 7/25/37

   U.S.$     50           48,532   
       

 

 

 
          1,337,845   
       

 

 

 

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 1.6%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2014-DN2, Class M3

       

3.774%, 4/25/24 (b)

     250           244,210   

Series 2014-DN3, Class M2

       

2.574%, 8/25/24 (b)

     335           339,776   

Series 2014-HQ3, Class M2

       

2.824%, 10/25/24 (b)

     250           253,018   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C03, Class 1M1

       

1.374%, 7/25/24 (b)

     69           68,707   

Series 2014-C04, Class 1M2

       

5.074%, 11/25/24 (b)

     234           247,282   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M2

       

4.474%, 2/25/25 (b)

     95           96,109   
       

 

 

 
            1,249,102   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.7%

       

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR4, Class A2

       

0.364%, 12/25/36 (b)

     204           120,951   

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-1, Class A1

       

0.424%, 3/25/35 (b)

     100           89,313   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1

       

0.294%, 7/25/36 (b)

     151           119,686   

Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

       

Series 2007-OA1, Class A1A

       

0.828%, 2/25/47 (b)

     200           160,075   
       

 

 

 
          490,025   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.1%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association Grantor Trust

       

Series 2004-T5, Class AB4

       

0.708%, 5/28/35

     50           45,527   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICs

       

Series 2010-117, Class DI

       

4.50%, 5/25/25 (e)

   U.S.$     565           59,997   
       

 

 

 
          105,524   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $3,255,350)

          3,182,496   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 2.8%

       

United States - 2.8%

       

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip
Zero Coupon, 7/15/20
(cost $1,868,587)

     2,292             2,089,360   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 1.3%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 1.3%

       

Chile - 0.3%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (a)

     210           224,775   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.6%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (a)

     420           471,149   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.4%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

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

     272           272,403   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $891,192)

          968,327   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 1.2%

       

Brazil - 0.3%

       

Petrobras Global Finance BV

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     297           275,491   
       

 

 

 

Canada - 0.1%

       

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

       

5.25%, 8/01/23 (a)

     74           77,330   
       

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.1%

       

Ecopetrol SA

       

5.875%, 5/28/45

     57           53,010   
       

 

 

 

Germany - 0.1%

       

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

       

5.125%, 2/01/17

     70           75,617   
       

 

 

 

Israel - 0.3%

       

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd.

       

5.00%, 11/12/24 (a)

     200           207,000   
       

 

 

 

Morocco - 0.3%

       

OCP SA

       

5.625%, 4/25/24 (a)

     205           222,938   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $911,943)

          911,386   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.4%

       

Financials - 0.4%

       

Insurance - 0.3%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

5.10%

     7,925           205,812   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

Sovereign Real Estate Investment Trust

       

12.00% (a)

     93           125,085   
       

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks
(cost $299,414)

          330,897   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.4%

       

United States - 0.4%

       

State of California

       

Series 2010

       

7.625%, 3/01/40

(cost $203,213)

   U.S. $     200           311,734   
       

 

 

 

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.1%

       

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

       

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.

       

9.50%, 5/04/20 (a)

(cost $99,801)

     100           94,500   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

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

     47           0   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 8.0%

       

Time Deposit - 7.1%

       

State Street Time Deposit
Zero Coupon, 4/01/15
(cost $5,446,746)

   U.S.$     5,447             5,446,746   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Paper - 0.9%

       

Banque Caisse Depargne Letat C
Zero Coupon, 9/01/15
(cost $691,118)

     692           691,118   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $6,137,864)

          6,137,864   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Securities Sold Short - 117.1%
(cost $86,707,474)

          89,490,425   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SECURITIES SOLD SHORT - (2.0)%

       

Mortgage Pass-Throughs - (2.0)%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - (2.0)%

       

Government National Mortgage Association

       

4.00%, 4/01/45, TBA

(cost $(1,509,885))

   U.S.$     (1,424)           (1,517,005
       

 

 

 

Total Investments, Net of Securities Sold Short - 115.1%
(cost $85,197,589) (h)

          87,973,420   

Other assets less liabilities - (15.1)% (i)

          (11,558,962
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   76,414,458   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
   Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

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

     3       June 2015    $ 656,302       $ 657,469       $ 1,167   

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

     4       June 2015      477,131         480,844         3,713   

Sold Contracts

              

Euro-BOBL Futures

     15       June 2015      2,085,332         2,087,545         (2,213

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

     4       June 2015      509,369         515,625         (6,256
              

 

 

 
               $ (3,589
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      187       IDR      2,418,023       4/17/15    $ (2,461

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      252       USD      371       4/23/15      (2,589

Citibank

   CAD      473       USD      377       4/10/15      3,741   

Citibank

   JPY      265,000       USD      2,223       5/15/15      11,812   

Deutsche Bank AG

   BRL      1,021       USD      353       4/02/15      33,277   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      318       BRL      1,021       4/02/15      1,640   

HSBC Bank USA

   USD      903       NZD      1,245       4/10/15      27,587   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   CAD      705       USD      560       4/10/15      3,044   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   AUD      1,201       USD      918       5/15/15      5,005   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   NZD      1,239       USD      908       4/10/15      (17,990

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      188       IDR      2,465,929       4/17/15      (191

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   GBP      256       USD      376       4/23/15      (4,149


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   SGD      255       USD      187       4/24/15    $ 1,136   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   TWD      5,912       USD      190       4/28/15      351   

Standard Chartered Bank

   IDR      1,910,850       USD      144       4/17/15      (1,369

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CAD      473       USD      372       4/10/15      (1,338

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      9       GBP      6       4/23/15      (67

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      697       USD      761       4/30/15      11,702   

UBS AG

   BRL      1,021       USD      318       4/02/15      (1,640

UBS AG

   USD      321       BRL      1,021       4/02/15      (960

UBS AG

   GBP      588       USD      904       4/23/15      31,614   

UBS AG

   BRL      1,021       USD      318       5/05/15      938   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 99,093   
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

            

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

            

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03       $ 72       $ (5,961   $ (260

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         72         (5,962     (323

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         69         (5,716     (299

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         68         (5,635     (308

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         74         (6,125     (372

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         51         (4,246     (263

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         51         (4,246     (223

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         51         (4,246     (116

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         81         (6,778     (371

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     (5.00     3.03         68         (5,635     (332

Sale Contracts

            

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

            

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     5.00        3.03         1,548         129,024        57,501   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         66         4,807        225   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         69         5,025        288   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         66         4,806        262   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         66         4,807        292   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         65         4,734        320   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         79         5,754        393   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.40         72         5,244        394   


Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
     Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00         3.40       $ 49       $ 3,569       $ 268   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00         3.40         49         3,568         233   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00         3.40         49         3,569         121   
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
            $ 120,357       $ 57,430   
           

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* 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)

  CAD 3,560        3/10/17      0.973%   3 Month CDOR   $ (5,432

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD 4,720        3/11/17      2.140%   3 Month BBSW     (18,328

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    2,580        3/11/17      3 Month LIBOR   0.963%     9,565   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    380        6/25/21      2.243%   3 Month LIBOR     (14,467

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    530        1/14/24      2.980%   3 Month LIBOR     (48,062

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    460        2/14/24      2.889%   3 Month LIBOR     (37,100

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    650        4/28/24      2.817%   3 Month LIBOR     (54,170

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    450        5/29/24      3 Month LIBOR   2.628%     29,015   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

  AUD     720        3/11/25      6 Month BBSW   2.973%     12,514   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

    370        3/11/25      2.306%   3 Month LIBOR     (9,994
         

 

 

 
          $ (136,459
         

 

 

 


CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
     Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31, 2015
     Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Sale Contracts

                

Credit Suisse International:

                

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.,

     1.00         0.47       $ 270       $ 3,509       $ (4,699   $ 8,208   

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

                

Kohl’s Corp.,

     1.00         0.51         92         1,908         (1,048     2,956   

6.25% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

                

Kohl’s Corp.,

     1.00         0.51         37         772         (423     1,195   

6.25% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

                

Kohl’s Corp.,

     1.00         0.51         37         777         (427     1,204   

6.25% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

                

Kohl’s Corp.,

     1.00         0.51         54         1,119         (551     1,670   

6.25% 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

                
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
            $ 8,085       $ (7,148   $ 15,233   
           

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date.

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made

by  the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 1,120         3/04/16         CPI     1.170   $ 5,559   

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

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

   $ 1,390         1/30/17         1.059     3 Month LIBOR       $ (9,701

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     1,520         2/07/22         2.043     3 Month LIBOR         (30,446
             

 

 

 
              $ (40,147
             

 

 

 


(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $14,613,715 or 19.1% of net assets.
(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at March 31, 2015.
(c) Securities are perpetual and, thus, do not have a predetermined maturity date. The date shown, if applicable, reflects the next call date.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) IO - Interest Only
(f) Non-income producing security.
(g) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(h) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $3,468,339 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(692,508), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $2,775,831.
(i) An amount of U.S. $20,804 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2015.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
IDR    -    Indonesian Rupiah
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
BBSW    -    Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDOR    -    Canadian Dealer Offered Rate
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
REMICs    -    Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits
TBA    -    To Be Announced
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Intermediate Bond Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

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

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

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

   

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

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

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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

   $ – 0  –    $ 17,341,754       $ – 0  –    $ 17,341,754   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      16,575,149         – 0  –      16,575,149   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      16,284,489         – 0  –      16,284,489   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      9,322,104         938,157        10,260,261   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      6,767,400         511,618        7,279,018   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grade

     – 0  –      4,432,892         – 0  –      4,432,892   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      3,290,298         – 0  –      3,290,298   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      105,524         3,076,972        3,182,496   

Agencies

     – 0  –      2,089,360         – 0  –      2,089,360   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      968,327         – 0  –      968,327   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      911,386         – 0  –      911,386   

Preferred Stocks

     205,812        125,085         – 0  –      330,897   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 311,734      $ – 0  –    $ 311,734   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      94,500        – 0  –      94,500   

Warrants

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

Short-Term Investments:

        

Time Deposit

     – 0  –      5,446,746        – 0  –      5,446,746   

Commercial Paper

     – 0  –      691,118        – 0  –      691,118   

Liabilities:

        

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      (1,517,005     – 0  –      (1,517,005
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     205,812        83,240,861        4,526,747        87,973,420   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     4,880        – 0  –      – 0  –      4,880   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      131,847        – 0  –      131,847   

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      60,297        – 0  –      60,297   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      51,094        – 0  –      51,094   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      15,233        – 0  –      15,233   

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      5,559        – 0  –      5,559   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (8,469     – 0  –      – 0  –      (8,469

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (32,754     – 0  –      (32,754

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (2,867     – 0  –      (2,867

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (187,553     – 0  –      (187,553

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (40,147     – 0  –      (40,147
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total**

   $     202,223      $     83,241,570      $     4,526,747      $     87,970,540   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ 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
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
 

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ 1,289,761      $ 292,194      $ 3,033,170   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     676        (256     3,338   

Realized gain (loss)

     (3,694     – 0  –      (7,882

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (393     (398     41,324   

Purchases/Payups

     133,595        220,078        202,310   

Sales/Paydowns

     (242,020     – 0  –      (195,288

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (239,768     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ 938,157      $ 511,618      $ 3,076,972   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from
investments held as of 3/31/15

   $ (400   $ (398   $ 38,941   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


      Warrants^     Total      

Balance as of 12/31/14

   $ –0  –    $ 4,615,125     

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      3,758     

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      (11,576  

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     – 0  –      40,533     

Purchases/Payups

     – 0  –      555,983     

Sales/Paydowns

     – 0  –      (437,308  

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      (239,768  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Balance as of 3/31/15

   $ – 0  –    $ 4,526,747  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 3/31/15

   $             – 0  –    $ 38,143     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

As of March 31, 2015 all Level 3 securities were priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction, which approximates fair value.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.5%

       

Financials - 27.7%

       

Banks - 7.8%

       

Credicorp Ltd.

     8,150         $ 1,146,135   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     64,150           1,049,452   

ING Groep NV (a)

     102,240           1,497,609   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     115,300           810,724   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (b)

     28,900           1,107,002   

UniCredit SpA

     191,819           1,300,781   
       

 

 

 
          6,911,703   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 6.6%

       

Aberdeen Asset Management PLC

     118,310           804,898   

Azimut Holding SpA

     45,785           1,305,064   

Partners Group Holding AG

     6,300           1,878,201   

UBS Group AG (a)

     100,518           1,884,823   
       

 

 

 
          5,872,986   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 2.4%

       

IG Group Holdings PLC

     108,230           1,136,470   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     27,850           1,012,905   
       

 

 

 
          2,149,375   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 7.2%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     434,000           2,722,070   

Prudential PLC

     106,075           2,632,298   

St James’s Place PLC

     77,650           1,073,992   
       

 

 

 
          6,428,360   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.1%

       

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     481,100           928,569   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 2.6%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.

     110,977           2,333,840   
       

 

 

 
          24,624,833   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 17.5%

       

Automobiles - 5.2%

       

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     119,500           842,432   

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.

     148,400           1,509,308   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     196,441           1,043,131   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     4,702           1,246,982   
       

 

 

 
          4,641,853   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.4%

       

Kroton Educacional SA

     107,100           345,305   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.6%

       

Alsea SAB de CV (a)(b)

     200,921           588,267   

Melco Crown Entertainment Ltd. (ADR) (b)

     37,567           806,188   
       

 

 

 
          1,394,455   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.5%

       

Panasonic Corp.

     103,300             1,356,539   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.3%

       

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     37,998           1,116,381   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.8%

       

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     10,600           1,625,943   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.1%

       

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     647,500           973,720   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.2%

       

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd. (b)

     554,600           595,139   

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     3,500           1,353,303   
       

 

 

 
          1,948,442   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.4%

       

Brunello Cucinelli SpA (b)

     26,623           468,614   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     20,222           1,624,856   
       

 

 

 
          2,093,470   
       

 

 

 
            15,496,108   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 14.7%

       

Beverages - 2.2%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     16,309           1,992,395   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.1%

       

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     12,500           956,893   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 6.2%

       

Danone SA

     21,340           1,438,484   

Nestle SA (REG)

     29,748           2,240,095   

Universal Robina Corp.

     250,530           1,265,487   

WH Group Ltd. (a)(c)

     964,000           548,805   
       

 

 

 
          5,492,871   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 3.3%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     19,890           1,708,662   

Unicharm Corp.

     46,800           1,225,223   
       

 

 

 
          2,933,885   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.9%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     32,967           1,707,164   
       

 

 

 
          13,083,208   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 11.9%

       

Biotechnology - 0.6%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     4,740           546,681   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.9%

       

Elekta AB-Class B (b)

     64,150           576,908   

Essilor International SA

     9,282           1,065,714   
       

 

 

 
          1,642,622   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 9.4%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     31,211           986,157   

Bayer AG

     7,988           1,195,132   

H Lundbeck A/S (a)

     29,110           613,208   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     26,015           1,388,778   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Roche Holding AG

     10,620           2,918,291   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     78,409           1,279,226   
       

 

 

 
          8,380,792   
       

 

 

 
          10,570,095   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 11.1%

       

Internet Software & Services - 3.5%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     7,310           1,523,404   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     84,400           1,603,837   
       

 

 

 
          3,127,241   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.9%

       

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     19,140           782,956   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 4.9%

       

ams AG

     21,310           1,017,462   

MediaTek, Inc.

     110,000           1,485,633   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     401,000           1,863,672   
       

 

 

 
          4,366,767   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.8%

       

Mobileye NV (a)

     37,786           1,588,146   
       

 

 

 
          9,865,110   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 8.0%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.1%

       

Safran SA

     26,360           1,841,814   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 1.2%

       

Aggreko PLC

     45,366           1,026,201   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.5%

       

Toshiba Corp.

     324,000           1,357,580   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.5%

       

Komatsu Ltd.

     66,800           1,309,459   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 1.7%

       

Capita PLC

     91,850           1,518,353   
       

 

 

 
          7,053,407   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 4.0%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.2%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     12,420           1,036,325   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.8%

       

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

     32,823             1,006,031   

TOTAL SA

     30,890           1,535,449   
       

 

 

 
          2,541,480   
       

 

 

 
          3,577,805   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.6%

       

Chemicals - 1.7%

       

Linde AG

     7,310           1,486,483   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.9%

       

BHP Billiton PLC

     36,400           798,809   
       

 

 

 
          2,285,292   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $62,722,360)

          86,555,858   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.9%

       

Time Deposit - 1.9%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $1,659,049)

   $ 1,659           1,659,049   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for
Securities Loaned - 99.4%

(cost $64,381,409)

          88,214,907   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 4.5%

       

Investment Companies - 4.5%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (d)(e)
(cost $4,009,222)

     4,009,222           4,009,222   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.9%
(cost $68,390,631) (f)

          92,224,129   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.9)%

          (3,440,359
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   88,783,770   
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC

     HKD         18,090         USD         2,333       5/13/15    $ (253

Barclays Bank PLC

     JPY         377,583         USD         3,144       5/13/15      (5,868

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD         1,279         CAD         1,604       5/13/15      (13,554

BNP Paribas SA

     CAD         1,207         USD         966       5/13/15      13,914   

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         746         USD         1,113       5/13/15      6,902   

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         4,375         AUD         5,667       5/13/15      (69,183

Citibank

     USD         354         AUD         458       5/13/15      (6,363

Citibank

     USD         880         JPY         103,577       5/13/15      (15,490

Deutsche Bank AG

     CHF         4,171         USD         4,527       5/13/15      227,436   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         2,708         JPY         323,143       5/13/15      (11,843

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     GBP         960         USD         1,461       5/13/15      37,662   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         2,642         JPY         315,246       5/13/15      (11,702

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,347         CAD         2,931       5/13/15      (33,938

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         1,461         GBP         960       5/13/15      (37,695

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CHF         946         USD         949       5/13/15      (26,175

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         308         USD         338       5/13/15      6,696   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         846         EUR         768       5/13/15      (20,060
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 40,486   
                 

 

 

 

 


(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, 2015, the market value of this security amounted to $548,805 or 0.6% of net assets.
(d) 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.
(e) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(f) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $27,060,231 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(3,226,733), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $23,833,498.

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

Currency Abbreviations:

 

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

Glossary:

 

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

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  14.3%        

United Kingdom

  12.6%        

Switzerland

  11.5%        

Japan

  7.3%        

India

  6.7%        

France

  5.8%        

China

  5.3%        

Hong Kong

  4.4%        

Germany

  3.8%        

Taiwan

  3.5%        

Italy

  3.0%        

United States

  2.9%        

South Africa

  2.3%        

Denmark

  14.7%        

Other

  1.9%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 2.3% or less in the following countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Philippines, Singapore, Sweden and Thailand.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

International Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Financials

   $ 1,146,135      $ 23,478,698      $ – 0  –    $ 24,624,833   

Consumer Discretionary

     3,324,755        12,171,353        – 0  –      15,496,108   

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –      13,083,208        – 0  –      13,083,208   

Health Care

     1,856,134        8,713,961        – 0  –      10,570,095   

Information Technology

     3,894,506        5,970,604        – 0  –      9,865,110   

Industrials

     – 0  –      7,053,407        – 0  –      7,053,407   

Energy

     2,042,356        1,535,449        – 0  –      3,577,805   

Materials

     – 0  –      2,285,292        – 0  –      2,285,292   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,659,049        – 0  –      1,659,049   

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

     4,009,222        – 0  –      – 0  –      4,009,222   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     16,273,108        75,951,021     – 0  –      92,224,129   

Other Financial Instruments*:

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      292,609        – 0  –      292,609   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (252,123     – 0  –      (252,123
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (a)(b)

   $     16,273,108      $     75,991,507      $             – 0  –    $ 92,264,615   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


* 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.
(a) An amount of $1,767,789 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to increase in trading volume during the reporting period.
(b) An amount of $1,655,068 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 due to increase in trading volume 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%

       

Financials - 24.2%

       

Banks - 13.7%

       

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     46,070         $ 2,635,204   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     1,100,305           5,290,662   

Bank of Baroda

     770,900           2,010,342   

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     7,561,000           4,361,072   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     784,720           8,222,905   

Danske Bank A/S

     429,450           11,321,650   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     531,850           2,686,730   

ING Groep NV (a)

     804,550           11,785,031   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     1,815,080           6,160,385   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     2,844,000           17,614,063   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     49,440           1,857,451   

Societe Generale SA

     159,912           7,720,872   

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     95,000           3,638,935   

UniCredit SpA

     1,251,950           8,489,840   
       

 

 

 
          93,795,142   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 3.5%

       

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     881,360           4,784,428   

Friends Life Group Ltd.

     813,170           4,978,244   

ORIX Corp.

     1,024,800           14,399,587   
       

 

 

 
          24,162,259   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 5.1%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     1,074,400           6,738,690   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     508,417           9,996,576   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     740,280           3,493,377   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     53,250           11,442,473   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     347,170           3,560,091   
       

 

 

 
          35,231,207   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.6%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd. (b)

     203,100           4,022,010   

Lend Lease Group

     355,270           4,487,269   

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     311,000           2,167,034   
       

 

 

 
          10,676,313   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.3%

       

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     294,260           2,055,563   
       

 

 

 
            165,920,484   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 18.2%

       

Auto Components - 6.6%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd. (b)

     200,300           7,261,938   

Bridgestone Corp.

     122,100           4,888,874   

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin-Class B

     44,492           4,424,502   

GKN PLC

     719,020           3,813,948   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     159,620           4,756,963   

Plastic Omnium SA

     132,470           3,491,168   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     676,700           8,870,488   

Valeo SA

     50,790           7,575,591   
       

 

 

 
          45,083,472   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Automobiles - 5.7%

       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     42,820           5,332,594   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H

     776,000           5,470,523   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (b)

     405,800           13,246,498   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     382,000           5,068,175   

Peugeot SA (a)

     64,330           1,075,315   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     342,320           2,989,912   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     251,540           1,335,715   

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     17,850           4,733,863   
       

 

 

 
          39,252,595   
       

 

 

 

Media - 3.5%

       

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     270,597           13,478,437   

Vivendi SA (a)

     424,476           10,538,801   
       

 

 

 
          24,017,238   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.0%

       

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     142,070           2,112,287   

Kingfisher PLC

     644,960           3,638,910   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     38,300           3,547,374   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd. (b)

     1,153,700           4,750,859   
       

 

 

 
          14,049,430   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.4%

       

Kering

     14,000           2,733,063   
       

 

 

 
            125,135,798   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 13.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 3.0%

       

Airbus Group NV

     208,090           13,528,113   

Safran SA

     98,190           6,860,689   
       

 

 

 
          20,388,802   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.5%

       

Royal Mail PLC

     574,550           3,726,642   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 3.2%

       

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     1,322,700           11,789,502   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     78,400           2,438,809   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     3,169,033           7,516,641   
       

 

 

 
          21,744,952   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.9%

       

Hutchison Whampoa Ltd.

     415,000           5,746,905   

Toshiba Corp.

     1,731,000           7,252,998   
       

 

 

 
          12,999,903   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

       

JTEKT Corp.

     499,100           7,781,687   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 1.7%

       

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

     1,556           3,252,393   

Nippon Yusen KK

     2,952,000           8,492,112   
       

 

 

 
          11,744,505   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Road & Rail - 1.3%

       

Central Japan Railway Co.

     49,100           8,873,326   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.5%

       

Rexel SA

     193,548           3,649,498   
       

 

 

 
          90,909,315   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 8.4%

       

Biotechnology - 0.6%

       

Actelion Ltd. (REG) (a)

     34,480           3,976,701   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 7.8%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     422,700           6,925,891   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     832,320           19,159,954   

Roche Holding AG

     76,310           20,969,379   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     99,990           6,249,097   
       

 

 

 
          53,304,321   
       

 

 

 
          57,281,022   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 7.6%

       

IT Services - 0.6%

       

Cap Gemini SA

     45,960           3,770,631   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.2%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     1,955,000           2,647,331   

ASM International NV

     163,900           7,556,612   

Infineon Technologies AG

     548,440           6,524,751   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     881,000           4,546,779   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     918,000           6,944,607   

Sumco Corp.

     448,700           7,514,198   
       

 

 

 
          35,734,278   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.8%

       

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     469,000           2,527,821   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     453,000           4,737,569   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     4,100           5,316,688   
       

 

 

 
          12,582,078   
       

 

 

 
            52,086,987   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 7.4%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.5%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     1,378,693           2,567,322   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     231,600           14,296,903   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     230,400           3,571,992   

Telenor ASA

     168,030           3,390,908   
       

 

 

 
          23,827,125   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 3.9%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     394,000           5,124,614   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     14,270           3,511,368   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (a)(c)

     32,838           2,845,194   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS (a)

     432,090           2,216,224   

Vodafone Group PLC

     4,063,124           13,295,852   
       

 

 

 
          26,993,252   
       

 

 

 
          50,820,377   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 6.3%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.3%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (a)(b)(c)

     418,792           2,173,350   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 6.0%

       

BG Group PLC

     839,106           10,298,967   

JX Holdings, Inc. (b)

     2,446,000           9,411,361   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR)

     310,330           1,889,909   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     251,719           7,510,959   

TOTAL SA

     233,300           11,596,644   
       

 

 

 
          40,707,840   
       

 

 

 
          42,881,190   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 6.0%

       

Chemicals - 4.5%

       

Arkema SA

     82,521           6,535,319   

BASF SE

     22,660           2,243,239   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     970,000           3,821,497   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

     987,100           3,048,904   

JSR Corp.

     480,100           8,313,980   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     118,995           6,632,116   
       

 

 

 
          30,595,055   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.7%

       

Boral Ltd.

     977,360           4,737,676   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.8%

       

Mondi PLC

     304,290           5,847,542   
       

 

 

 
          41,180,273   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 4.3%

       

Beverages - 0.4%

       

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     92,600           2,936,202   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.4%

       

Delhaize Group SA

     107,930           9,696,442   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.8%

       

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     62,830           5,397,446   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.7%

       

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     267,220           11,721,938   
       

 

 

 
          29,752,028   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 2.9%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.9%

       

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     2,877,270           10,775,791   

Electricite de France SA

     211,860           5,080,040   

Enel SpA

     952,320           4,302,032   
       

 

 

 
          20,157,863   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $633,176,925)

            676,125,337   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

       

Time Deposit - 0.5%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $3,753,638)

   $ 3,754           3,753,638   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 99.0%

(cost $636,930,563)

          679,878,975   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 4.4%

       

Investment Companies - 4.4%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (d)(e)
(cost $30,128,384)

     30,128,384           30,128,384   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 103.4%
(cost $667,058,947) (f)

          710,007,359   

Other assets less liabilities - (3.4)% (g)

          (23,623,738
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   686,383,621   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
March 31,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     63         June 2015       $ 2,459,874       $ 2,459,667       $ (207

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

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

Barclays Bank PLC

     KRW         9,889,411         USD         8,954         4/16/15       $ 42,021   

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD         28,342         CHF         28,658         4/16/15         1,163,274   

Barclays Bank PLC

     USD         33,881         GBP         21,942         4/16/15         (1,335,331

BNP Paribas SA

     AUD         39,462         USD         31,084         4/16/15         1,052,178   

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         18,434         USD         27,465         4/16/15         122,474   

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         11,239         USD         16,626         4/16/15         (44,362

BNP Paribas SA

     USD         35,101         AUD         44,562         4/16/15         (1,188,553

BNP Paribas SA

     GBP         3,818         USD         5,645         7/15/15         (15,208

Citibank

     EUR         18,481         USD         21,863         4/16/15         1,987,256   

Citibank

     GBP         4,502         USD         6,795         4/16/15         117,558   

Citibank

     ILS         7,510         USD         1,942         4/16/15         54,631   

Citibank

     ILS         28,684         USD         7,182         4/16/15         (26,120

Citibank

     USD         2,822         CHF         2,658         4/16/15         (85,166

Citibank

     USD         5,580         EUR         4,983         4/16/15         (221,079

Citibank

     USD         18,000         NZD         23,508         4/16/15         (448,952

Credit Suisse International

     CHF         15,317         USD         15,972         4/16/15         201,839   

Credit Suisse International

     EUR         25,856         USD         29,875         4/16/15         2,067,981   

Credit Suisse International

     USD         8,043         CHF         7,169         4/16/15         (662,007

Credit Suisse International

     USD         16,007         EUR         14,782         4/16/15         (109,442


Counterparty

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

Deutsche Bank AG

     BRL         11,687         USD         4,043         4/02/15       $ 380,898   

Deutsche Bank AG

     USD         3,643         BRL         11,687         4/02/15         18,777   

Deutsche Bank AG

     AUD         2,914         USD         2,274         4/16/15         56,616   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     CNY         13,887         USD         2,245         4/16/15         (14,319

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     JPY         980,867         USD         8,256         4/16/15         75,749   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         1,765         CNY         10,939         4/16/15         13,848   

HSBC Bank USA

     HKD         83,274         USD         10,738         4/16/15         (3,033

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     USD         18,782         GBP         12,233         4/16/15         (637,692

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     SEK         49,728         USD         5,913         4/16/15         137,539   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

     USD         19,022         SEK         151,801         4/16/15         (1,392,697

Northern Trust Co.

     JPY         6,464,389         USD         54,198         4/16/15         288,649   

Northern Trust Co.

     NOK         40,947         USD         5,285         4/16/15         203,297   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     BRL         8,561         USD         2,678         4/02/15         (4,573

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,669         BRL         8,561         4/02/15         13,755   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     JPY         458,350         USD         3,833         4/16/15         10,921   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     NZD         49,208         USD         36,277         4/16/15         (460,446

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         38,481         NZD         50,621         4/16/15         (688,651

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

     USD         2,747         BRL         9,032         5/05/15         59,325   

Standard Chartered Bank

     CNY         75,325         USD         12,155         4/16/15         (97,315

Standard Chartered Bank

     HKD         19,531         USD         2,519         4/16/15         0   

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         20,007         JPY         2,332,071         4/16/15         (558,315

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         8,409         GBP         5,646         7/15/15         (39,250

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         6,915         EUR         6,082         4/16/15         (373,901

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         8,721         JPY         1,043,089         4/16/15         (22,541

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         2,111         SEK         17,462         4/16/15         (82,938

UBS AG

     BRL         20,248         USD         6,312         4/02/15         (32,532

UBS AG

     USD         6,363         BRL         20,248         4/02/15         (19,041

UBS AG

     USD         33,345         AUD         41,584         4/16/15         (1,698,286

UBS AG

     USD         20,290         EUR         18,490         4/16/15         (404,988

UBS AG

     BRL         20,248         USD         6,311         5/05/15         18,605   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (2,579,547
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $5,018,544 or 0.7% of net assets.
(d) 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.
(e) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(f) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $75,212,754 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(32,264,342), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $42,948,412.
(g) An amount of U.S.$243,258 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at March 31, 2015.


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
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
USD    -    United States Dollar

 

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
REG    -    Registered Shares

Country Breakdown*

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  26.8%        

Japan

  15.4%        

United Kingdom

  13.0%        

France

  5.3%        

Australia

  4.9%        

Netherlands

  4.5%        

Germany

  4.3%        

Italy

  4.1%        

Switzerland

  2.2%        

China

  2.2%        

Hong Kong

  2.1%        

Denmark

  2.1%        

Taiwan

  2.1%        

Israel

  10.4%        

Other

  0.6%        

Short-Term

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of March 31, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.6% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Finland, India, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, and Turkey.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

International Value Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stock:

      

Financials

   $ 2,635,204      $     163,285,280      $             –0  –   $     165,920,484   

Consumer Discretionary

         13,478,437        111,657,361        – 0  –     125,135,798   

Industrials

     – 0  –     90,909,315        – 0  –     90,909,315   

Health Care

     – 0  –     57,281,022        – 0  –     57,281,022   

Information Technology

     – 0  –     52,086,987        – 0  –     52,086,987   

Telecommunication Services

     6,417,186        44,403,191        – 0  –     50,820,377   

Energy

     1,889,909        40,991,281        – 0  –     42,881,190   

Materials

     – 0  –     41,180,273        – 0  –     41,180,273   

Consumer Staples

     – 0  –     29,752,028        – 0  –     29,752,028   

Utilities

     – 0  –     20,157,863        – 0  –     20,157,863   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –     3,753,638        – 0  –     3,753,638   

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

     30,128,384        – 0  –     – 0  –     30,128,384   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     54,549,120        655,458,239     – 0  –     710,007,359   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –     8,087,191        – 0  –     8,087,191   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     – 0  –     (207     – 0  –     (207

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –     (10,666,738     – 0  –     (10,666,738
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $ 54,549,120      $ 652,878,485      $ – 0  –   $ 707,427,605   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


* 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 no transfers between any levels 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Large Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 93.1%

       

Technology - 24.4%

       

Computer Services, Software & Systems - 12.9%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     81,072         $ 7,149,740   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     68,421           2,633,524   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     29,200           3,356,248   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     210,639           17,317,686   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     7,080           3,927,276   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     19,795           10,847,660   

LinkedIn Corp.-Class A (a)

     13,420           3,353,121   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     45,401           3,576,691   

Twitter, Inc. (a)

     132,790           6,650,123   
       

 

 

 
          58,812,069   
       

 

 

 

Computer Technology - 6.7%

       

Apple, Inc.

     243,464           30,294,226   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Components - 1.3%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     97,254           5,731,178   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Component - 3.5%

       

Altera Corp.

     103,750           4,451,912   

Linear Technology Corp.

     114,066           5,338,289   

NVIDIA Corp.

     295,692           6,187,355   
       

 

 

 
          15,977,556   
       

 

 

 
            110,815,029   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 23.1%

       

Auto Parts - 1.7%

       

Mobileye NV (a)

     184,900           7,771,347   
       

 

 

 

Cable Television Services - 1.6%

       

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     129,040           7,286,889   
       

 

 

 

Cosmetics - 0.6%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     33,490           2,785,028   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Retail - 2.7%

       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     53,850           8,158,006   

Dollar Tree, Inc. (a)

     50,630           4,108,371   
       

 

 

 
          12,266,377   
       

 

 

 

Entertainment - 3.2%

       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     137,470           14,419,228   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Time - 1.8%

       

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     7,010           8,160,692   
       

 

 

 

Photography - 0.3%

       

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

     32,896           1,428,015   
       

 

 

 

Recreational Vehicles & Boats - 1.1%

       

Polaris Industries, Inc.

     36,998           5,220,418   
       

 

 

 

Restaurants - 2.4%

       

Starbucks Corp.

     114,695           10,861,616   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Specialty Retail - 5.2%

       

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     135,341           15,376,091   

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

     20,290           4,387,510   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     24,970           3,766,724   
       

 

 

 
          23,530,325   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Shoes - 2.5%

       

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     112,390           11,276,089   
       

 

 

 
            105,006,024   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 16.6%

       

Biotechnology - 4.0%

       

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     42,775           18,061,316   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Management Services - 3.7%

       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     144,341           17,074,097   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Services - 0.7%

       

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     80,346           3,019,403   
       

 

 

 

Health Care: Misc. - 1.2%

       

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     80,688           5,403,675   
       

 

 

 

Medical & Dental Instruments & Supplies - 0.5%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     43,214           2,324,265   
       

 

 

 

Medical Equipment - 3.8%

       

Illumina, Inc. (a)

     28,456           5,282,572   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     23,696           11,967,191   
       

 

 

 
          17,249,763   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.7%

       

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     124,250           12,192,652   
       

 

 

 
          75,325,171   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 9.8%

       

Beverage: Soft Drinks - 2.9%

       

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     96,196           13,313,045   
       

 

 

 

Drug & Grocery Store Chains - 3.9%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     172,014           17,753,565   
       

 

 

 

Foods - 1.5%

       

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     68,620           6,898,369   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 1.5%

       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     90,931           6,849,832   
       

 

 

 
          44,814,811   
       

 

 

 

Producer Durables - 8.5%

       

Aerospace - 1.4%

       

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     68,310           6,595,330   
       

 

 

 

Air Transport - 0.9%

       

Alaska Air Group, Inc.

     61,836           4,092,306   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Manufacturing Operations - 1.6%

       

Danaher Corp.

     88,602           7,522,310   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Railroad Equipment - 1.2%

       

Wabtec Corp./DE

     56,530           5,370,915   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Control & Filter - 1.2%

       

Pall Corp.

     52,550           5,275,495   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Electrical - 0.7%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     58,701           3,084,151   
       

 

 

 

Scientific Instruments: Gauges & Meters - 0.8%

       

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

     10,995           3,613,507   
       

 

 

 

Truckers - 0.7%

       

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     36,560           3,122,041   
       

 

 

 
          38,676,055   
       

 

 

 

Financial Services - 7.1%

       

Asset Management & Custodian - 1.8%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     18,687           4,013,594   

BlackRock, Inc.-Class A

     10,930           3,998,631   
       

 

 

 
          8,012,225   
       

 

 

 

Financial Data & Systems - 3.5%

       

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     245,800           16,077,778   
       

 

 

 

Securities Brokerage & Services - 1.8%

       

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     34,851           8,129,693   
       

 

 

 
          32,219,696   
       

 

 

 

Materials & Processing - 1.4%

       

Building Materials - 0.8%

       

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     21,960           3,692,794   
       

 

 

 

Fertilizers - 0.6%

       

Monsanto Co.

     25,073           2,821,715   
       

 

 

 
          6,514,509   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.4%

       

Utilities: Telecommunications - 1.4%

       

Level 3 Communications, Inc. (a)

     116,420           6,268,053   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.8%

       

Oil Well Equipment & Services - 0.8%

       

Schlumberger Ltd.

     44,875           3,744,370   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $321,542,604)

            423,383,718   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 7.3%

       

Time Deposit - 7.3%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(Cost $32,996,936)

   $ 32,997           32,996,936   
       

 

 

 

 


               U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.4%
(cost $354,539,540)

          456,380,654   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 0.3%

       

Investment Companies - 0.3%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $1,385,463)

     1,385,463           1,385,463   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.7%
(cost $355,925,003) (e)

          457,766,117   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.7)%

          (3,111,300
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   454,654,817   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) 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.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $103,659,472 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,818,358), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $101,841,114.

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, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 423,383,718      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 423,383,718   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      32,996,936        – 0  –      32,996,936   

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

     1,385,463        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,385,463   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     424,769,181        32,996,936        – 0  –      457,766,117   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     424,769,181      $     32,996,936      $ – 0  –    $     457,766,117   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Real Estate Investment Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.5%

       

Equity: Other - 33.1%

       

Diversified/Specialty - 19.9%

       

American Tower Corp.

     20,660         $ 1,945,139   

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc.

     15,250           345,565   

CBRE Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     15,420           596,908   

Chambers Street Properties

     31,810           250,663   

ClubCorp Holdings, Inc.

     32,274           624,825   

Crown Castle International Corp.

     15,460           1,276,068   

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

     5,030           331,779   

Duke Realty Corp.

     41,350           900,189   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.

     29,328           823,237   

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.

     10,590           276,823   

Lexington Realty Trust (b)

     41,370           406,667   

Rayonier, Inc.

     9,310           250,998   

Regal Entertainment Group-Class A

     36,190           826,579   

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

     59,509           718,869   

Vornado Realty Trust

     6,100           683,200   

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     17,199           570,147   
       

 

 

 
            10,827,656   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 11.0%

       

HCP, Inc.

     35,990           1,555,128   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

     16,241           1,256,404   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     26,390           1,213,940   

Senior Housing Properties Trust

     19,620           435,368   

Ventas, Inc.

     20,430           1,491,798   
       

 

 

 
          5,952,638   
       

 

 

 

Triple Net - 2.2%

       

EPR Properties

     3,970           238,319   

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     13,000           532,610   

Realty Income Corp. (b)

     8,050           415,380   
       

 

 

 
          1,186,309   
       

 

 

 
          17,966,603   
       

 

 

 

Retail - 24.1%

       

Regional Mall - 14.4%

       

General Growth Properties, Inc.

     33,490           989,630   

Macerich Co. (The)

     7,750           653,558   

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust

     39,080           907,828   

Simon Property Group, Inc.

     19,610           3,836,500   

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     1,580           121,865   

WP GLIMCHER, Inc.

     77,843           1,294,529   
       

 

 

 
          7,803,910   
       

 

 

 

Shopping Center/Other Retail - 9.7%

       

American Realty Capital Properties, Inc.

     45,610           449,258   

DDR Corp.

     48,423           901,636   

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     1,790           263,506   

Kite Realty Group Trust

     15,386           433,424   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     6,034           84,355   

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust

     47,481           883,147   

Regency Centers Corp.

     6,300           428,652   

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.

     51,630           944,829   

Retail Properties of America, Inc.-Class A

     14,000           224,420   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Weingarten Realty Investors

     18,450           663,831   
       

 

 

 
          5,277,058   
       

 

 

 
            13,080,968   
       

 

 

 

Residential - 21.4%

       

Multi-Family - 14.4%

       

Apartment Investment & Management Co.-Class A

     8,970           353,059   

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     6,840           1,191,870   

Camden Property Trust

     2,010           157,041   

Equity Residential

     19,850           1,545,521   

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     5,820           1,338,018   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     11,200           544,768   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     15,190           1,173,731   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     18,370           408,365   

Sun Communities, Inc.

     13,205           881,038   

TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. (a)

     14,424           222,563   
       

 

 

 
          7,815,974   
       

 

 

 

Self Storage - 5.7%

       

CubeSmart

     21,380           516,327   

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     19,210           1,298,020   

Public Storage

     5,410           1,066,527   

Sovran Self Storage, Inc.

     2,450           230,153   
       

 

 

 
          3,111,027   
       

 

 

 

Single Family - 0.9%

       

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.

     10,420           494,742   
       

 

 

 

Student Housing - 0.4%

       

American Campus Communities, Inc.

     4,400           188,628   
       

 

 

 
          11,610,371   
       

 

 

 

Lodging - 9.1%

       

Lodging - 9.1%

       

Ashford Hospitality Prime, Inc.

     49,132           823,944   

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc.

     87,319           840,009   

Ashford, Inc. (a)

     769           91,326   

Chesapeake Lodging Trust

     11,140           376,866   

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     10,170           205,230   

Intrawest Resorts Holdings, Inc. (a)

     30,740           268,053   

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     11,630           541,609   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     26,140           818,443   

Strategic Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (a)

     10,920           135,736   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     9,010           815,135   
       

 

 

 
          4,916,351   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 4.8%

       

Industrial Warehouse Distribution - 4.8%

       

DCT Industrial Trust, Inc.

     17,230           597,192   

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust

     23,970           838,231   

Prologis, Inc.

     27,132           1,181,870   
       

 

 

 
          2,617,293   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Office - 4.7%

       

Office - 4.7%

       

Boston Properties, Inc.

     6,189           869,431   

Corporate Office Properties Trust

     5,950           174,811   

Cousins Properties, Inc.

     14,420           152,852   

Government Properties Income Trust

     5,570           127,274   

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.

     13,580           450,720   

Kilroy Realty Corp.

     3,710           282,591   

Parkway Properties, Inc./Md

     28,336           491,630   
       

 

 

 
          2,549,309   
       

 

 

 

Financial: Other - 1.3%

       

Financial: Other - 1.3%

       

HFF, Inc.-Class A

     18,350           688,859   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $44,069,855)

          53,429,754   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.4%

       

Time Deposit - 1.4%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $776,179)

   $ 776           776,179   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned 99.9%
(cost $44,846,034)

          54,205,933   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 1.5%

       

Investment Companies - 1.5%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $848,680)

     848,680           848,680   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.4%
(cost $45,694,714) (e)

          55,054,613   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.4)%

          (784,137
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $   54,270,476   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) 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.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $9,896,542 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(536,643), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $9,359,899.


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

Glossary:

 

REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Real Estate Investment Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 53,429,754      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 53,429,754   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      776,179        – 0  –      776,179   

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

     848,680        – 0  –      – 0  –      848,680   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     54,278,434        776,179        – 0  –      55,054,613   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     54,278,434      $     776,179      $ – 0  –    $     55,054,613   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 99.8%

       

Information Technology - 30.4%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.3%

       

Zebra Technologies Corp.-Class A (a)

     12,386         $ 1,123,596   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 7.1%

       

Cimpress NV (a)

     11,697           986,993   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     5,509           1,089,845   

Dealertrack Technologies, Inc. (a)

     26,073           1,004,332   

Envestnet, Inc. (a)

     20,068           1,125,413   

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     22,600           681,842   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)(b)

     29,370           476,088   

Shutterstock, Inc. (a)(b)

     13,300           913,311   
       

 

 

 
          6,277,824   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.7%

       

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

     17,959           626,590   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 6.5%

       

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     17,485           1,238,288   

Intersil Corp.-Class A

     44,233           633,416   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     20,529           930,785   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     18,655           982,186   

Silicon Laboratories, Inc. (a)

     14,710           746,827   

Synaptics, Inc. (a)(b)

     14,713           1,196,240   
       

 

 

 
          5,727,742   
       

 

 

 

Software - 14.8%

       

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     17,186           661,489   

Blackbaud, Inc.

     24,828           1,176,351   

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

     39,639           1,385,383   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     22,779           1,198,403   

Infoblox, Inc. (a)

     48,796           1,164,761   

Proofpoint, Inc. (a)(b)

     25,806           1,528,231   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     27,496           1,408,895   

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     20,237           1,260,765   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     12,458           1,152,614   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     27,107           690,009   

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

     8,957           1,522,287   
       

 

 

 
          13,149,188   
       

 

 

 
            26,904,940   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 25.4%

       

Biotechnology - 7.5%

       

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     33,621           331,503   

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     3,384           319,111   

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     12,629           364,473   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     11,368           723,801   

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     8,250           252,532   

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

     7,065           354,310   

Otonomy, Inc. (a)

     10,936           386,697   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,080           126,568   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     4,494           1,061,078   

Receptos, Inc. (a)

     3,939           649,502   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

     6,490           325,993   

Synageva BioPharma Corp. (a)(b)

     4,632           451,759   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     10,861           623,421   

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc. (a)

     6,121           380,053   

Xencor, Inc. (a)

     16,801           257,391   
       

 

 

 
          6,608,192   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 7.9%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     14,975           805,430   

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)

     21,523           840,258   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     18,998           1,184,335   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     11,522           1,011,286   

K2M Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

     29,066           640,905   

LDR Holding Corp. (a)

     26,412           967,736   

Neovasc, Inc. (a)

     30,135           271,215   

Nevro Corp. (a)

     8,192           392,643   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     10,219           919,608   
       

 

 

 
          7,033,416   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 5.0%

       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     27,975           2,003,010   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     25,879           972,533   

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (a)

     24,590           1,438,761   
       

 

 

 
          4,414,304   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.4%

       

ICON PLC (a)

     13,218           932,265   

PAREXEL International Corp. (a)

     4,926           339,845   
       

 

 

 
          1,272,110   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.6%

       

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     18,191           864,254   

Aratana Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     23,166           370,888   

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR) (a)(b)

     4,269           389,034   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

     4,407           761,486   

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc./DE (a)

     4,309           382,855   

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     10,357           379,480   
       

 

 

 
          3,147,997   
       

 

 

 
            22,476,019   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 15.9%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.7%

       

Hexcel Corp.

     29,506           1,517,199   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.7%

       

Dycom Industries, Inc. (a)

     31,473           1,537,141   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.6%

       

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     14,908           1,380,928   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 6.3%

       

Actuant Corp.-Class A

     13,145           312,062   

IDEX Corp.

     14,188           1,075,876   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     16,861           1,102,541   

Middleby Corp. (The) (a)

     12,688           1,302,423   

RBC Bearings, Inc.

     10,870           831,990   

Valmont Industries, Inc. (b)

     7,999           982,917   
       

 

 

 
          5,607,809   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 1.2%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     14,151           1,062,033   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.4%

       

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     12,926           1,246,584   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 2.0%

       

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

     40,403           1,009,671   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     8,396           765,379   
       

 

 

 
          1,775,050   
       

 

 

 
            14,126,744   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.6%

       

Distributors - 1.7%

       

Pool Corp.

     21,871           1,525,721   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 2.9%

       

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     22,885           1,173,314   

Capella Education Co.

     21,172           1,373,639   
       

 

 

 
          2,546,953   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 3.8%

       

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

     7,802           1,414,035   

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. (a)

     30,089           1,005,875   

Zoe’s Kitchen, Inc. (a)(b)

     28,286           941,641   
       

 

 

 
          3,361,551   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.0%

       

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

     15,027           867,659   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.9%

       

National CineMedia, Inc.

     50,434           761,553   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.0%

       

Tuesday Morning Corp. (a)

     55,411           892,117   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.3%

       

Cabela’s, Inc. (a)(b)

     2,630           147,228   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     29,144           1,036,652   
       

 

 

 
          1,183,880   
       

 

 

 
          11,139,434   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Financials - 6.1%

       

Banks - 5.0%

       

City National Corp./CA

     8,419           749,965   

Iberiabank Corp.

     14,556           917,465   

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     9,238           324,900   

Signature Bank/New York NY (a)

     7,994           1,035,863   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     9,007           1,144,249   

Western Alliance Bancorp (a)

     8,385           248,531   
       

 

 

 
          4,420,973   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.1%

       

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     17,463           973,562   
       

 

 

 
          5,394,535   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.6%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.7%

       

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (a)

     31,073           696,967   

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)

     16,146           558,329   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     32,942           1,160,547   
       

 

 

 
          2,415,843   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.9%

       

Freshpet, Inc. (a)(b)

     38,371           745,548   
       

 

 

 
          3,161,391   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.4%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 1.4%

       

Dril-Quip, Inc. (a)

     6,221           425,454   

Oil States International, Inc. (a)

     9,815           390,342   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

     20,440           456,630   
       

 

 

 
            1,272,426   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.0%

       

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)(b)

     40,653           530,115   

Matador Resources Co. (a)

     15,880           348,090   
       

 

 

 
          878,205   
       

 

 

 
          2,150,631   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.3%

       

Chemicals - 1.6%

       

PolyOne Corp.

     39,298           1,467,780   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.7%

       

Summit Materials, Inc.-Class A (a)

     27,114           600,575   
       

 

 

 
          2,068,355   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 1.1%

       

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

     63,563           974,421   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $73,269,758)

          88,396,470   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%

       

Time Deposit - 0.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $584,461)

   $ 584           584,461   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.4%

(cost $73,854,219)

          88,980,931   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES
LOANED - 8.7%

       

Investment Companies - 8.7%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $7,682,376)

     7,682,376           7,682,376   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 109.1%
(cost $81,536,595) (e)

            96,663,307   

Other assets less liabilities - (9.1)%

          (8,079,204
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 88,584,103   
       

 

 

 

 

(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) 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.
(e) As of March 31, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $16,927,084 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,800,372), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $15,126,712.

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


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Small Cap Growth Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Common Stocks*

   $ 88,396,470      $ – 0  –     $             – 0  –    $ 88,396,470   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      584,461         – 0  –      584,461   

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

     7,682,376        – 0  –       – 0  –      7,682,376   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     96,078,846        584,461         – 0  –      96,663,307   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     96,078,846      $     584,461       $ – 0  –    $     96,663,307   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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).


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.9%

       

Financials - 27.8%

       

Banks - 9.0%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     260,530         $ 4,845,858   

Comerica, Inc.

     140,400           6,336,252   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     559,700           4,947,748   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     809,730           8,947,516   

Popular, Inc. (a)

     230,950           7,942,371   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     488,904           6,702,874   

Synovus Financial Corp.

     197,140           5,521,891   

Webster Financial Corp.

     162,850           6,033,593   

Zions Bancorporation

     334,340           9,027,180   
       

 

 

 
          60,305,283   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 1.2%

       

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     282,220           8,058,792   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.2%

       

SLM Corp. (a)

     878,690           8,154,243   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 8.3%

       

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     150,020           9,623,783   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     195,490           9,232,993   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     565,620           9,739,976   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     125,260           9,091,371   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

     140,180           9,616,348   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     185,832           7,823,527   
       

 

 

 
          55,127,998   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 7.0%

       

DDR Corp.

     337,710           6,288,160   

DiamondRock Hospitality Co.

     566,300           8,001,819   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     188,140           8,654,440   

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     527,900           7,781,246   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     72,240           5,581,985   

Parkway Properties, Inc./Md

     323,990           5,621,227   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     193,370           4,548,062   
       

 

 

 
          46,476,939   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.1%

       

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     303,468           7,255,920   
       

 

 

 
            185,379,175   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 20.7%

       

Communications Equipment - 2.8%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     526,460           6,246,448   

Finisar Corp. (a)(b)

     229,590           4,899,451   

Harris Corp.

     98,350           7,746,046   
       

 

 

 
          18,891,945   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 7.9%

       

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     136,750           8,362,262   

Avnet, Inc.

     223,690           9,954,205   

CDW Corp./DE

     206,180           7,678,143   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     257,364           7,340,021   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     171,030           6,353,765   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     502,692           4,529,255   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     604,540           8,354,743   
       

 

 

 
          52,572,394   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 3.7%

       

Amdocs Ltd.

     161,700           8,796,480   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     319,260           9,239,384   

Genpact Ltd. (a)

     275,310           6,400,958   
       

 

 

 
          24,436,822   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.8%

       

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

     931,280           2,495,830   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     532,960           9,689,213   

Lam Research Corp.

     110,430           7,756,051   

Teradyne, Inc.

     300,740           5,668,949   
       

 

 

 
          25,610,043   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.1%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     117,960           6,937,817   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.4%

       

NCR Corp. (a)

     322,040           9,503,401   
       

 

 

 
            137,952,422   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 18.4%

       

Auto Components - 3.4%

       

Dana Holding Corp.

     261,460           5,532,494   

Lear Corp.

     73,480           8,143,053   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     153,340           8,804,783   
       

 

 

 
          22,480,330   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.3%

       

Thor Industries, Inc.

     138,810           8,774,180   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.4%

       

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     396,259           9,640,981   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 3.0%

       

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

     64,510           5,256,920   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     198,380           9,649,203   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     242,890           5,399,445   
       

 

 

 
          20,305,568   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 2.7%

       

Big Lots, Inc.

     207,040           9,944,131   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     58,030           7,921,676   
       

 

 

 
          17,865,807   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 5.8%

       

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

     199,830           6,554,424   

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)

     143,109           9,186,167   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (b)

     191,420           7,266,303   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     1,081,470           9,949,524   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     409,580           5,725,928   
       

 

 

 
          38,682,346   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.8%

       

Crocs, Inc. (a)

     430,180           5,080,426   
       

 

 

 
            122,829,638   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 13.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.3%

       

Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc.-Class A (a)

     169,000           8,823,490   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 3.5%

       

AECOM (a)

     195,535           6,026,389   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     97,742           4,542,071   

Granite Construction, Inc.

     182,001           6,395,515   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     275,090           6,423,351   
       

 

 

 
          23,387,326   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 1.9%

       

General Cable Corp.

     230,130           3,965,140   

Regal-Beloit Corp.

     107,820           8,616,974   
       

 

 

 
          12,582,114   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 3.0%

       

ITT Corp.

     164,110           6,549,630   

Oshkosh Corp.

     160,650           7,838,114   

Terex Corp.

     200,260           5,324,913   
       

 

 

 
          19,712,657   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.2%

       

Korn/Ferry International

     40,095           1,317,923   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 2.1%

       

Con-way, Inc.

     134,810           5,949,165   

Ryder System, Inc.

     82,930           7,869,228   
       

 

 

 
          13,818,393   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.2%

       

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     118,170           8,258,901   
       

 

 

 
          87,900,804   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 5.2%

       

Electric Utilities - 2.7%

       

PNM Resources, Inc.

     322,000           9,402,400   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     218,085           8,452,975   
       

 

 

 
          17,855,375   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 2.5%

       

Southwest Gas Corp.

     146,280           8,509,107   

UGI Corp.

     260,440           8,487,740   
       

 

 

 
          16,996,847   
       

 

 

 
          34,852,222   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 4.2%

       

Chemicals - 1.8%

       

A Schulman, Inc.

     174,280           8,400,296   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Huntsman Corp.

     153,650           3,406,421   
       

 

 

 
          11,806,717   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 1.6%

       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     107,140           5,668,777   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     369,220           5,368,459   
       

 

 

 
          11,037,236   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.8%

       

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     267,450           5,375,745   
       

 

 

 
          28,219,698   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.5%

       

Health Care Providers & Services - 3.5%

       

LifePoint Hospitals, Inc. (a)

     105,965           7,783,129   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     90,050           6,059,465   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     104,790           9,584,093   
       

 

 

 
          23,426,687   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.5%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.5%

       

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)(b)

     380,720           3,159,976   

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

     318,250           5,416,615   

SM Energy Co.

     157,180           8,123,062   
       

 

 

 
          16,699,653   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 2.4%

       

Food Products - 2.4%

       

Dean Foods Co.

     563,720           9,318,291   

Ingredion, Inc.

     89,190           6,940,766   
       

 

 

 
          16,259,057   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $534,570,589)

            653,519,356   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.5%

       

Time Deposit - 2.5%

       

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $16,474,106)

   $ 16,474           16,474,106   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities
Loaned - 100.4%

(cost $551,044,695)

          669,993,462   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 2.1%

       

Investment Companies - 2.1%

       

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $13,858,631)

     13,858,631           13,858,631   
       

 

 

 


         

U.S. $ Value

Total Investments - 102.5%
(cost $564,903,326) (e)

     683,852,093

Other assets less liabilities - (2.5)%

     (16,650,439)
    

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $  667,201,654
    

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) 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.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $143,390,280 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(24,441,513), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $118,948,767.

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.


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Small/Mid Cap Value Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

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

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

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

   

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

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. 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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 653,519,356      $ – 0  –    $             – 0  –    $ 653,519,356   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      16,474,106        – 0  –      16,474,106   

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

     13,858,631        – 0  –      – 0  –      13,858,631   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     667,377,987        16,474,106        – 0  –      683,852,093   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     667,377,987      $     16,474,106      $ – 0  –    $     683,852,093   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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 any levels 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 established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee 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, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 98.9%

       

Financials - 27.0%

       

Banks - 10.1%

       

Bank of America Corp.

     185,232         $ 2,850,720   

Citigroup, Inc.

     26,477           1,364,095   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     34,749           838,493   

Comerica, Inc.

     16,000           722,080   

Fifth Third Bancorp

     19,800           373,230   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     12,191           738,531   

KeyCorp

     9,566           135,455   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     4,845           451,748   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     61,300           3,334,720   
       

 

 

 
          10,809,072   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.4%

       

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     13,500           543,240   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     4,786           899,624   

Morgan Stanley

     15,717           560,940   

State Street Corp.

     7,300           536,769   
       

 

 

 
          2,540,573   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 4.7%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     28,600           2,254,252   

Discover Financial Services

     23,800           1,341,130   

SLM Corp. (a)

     92,700           860,256   

Springleaf Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)

     10,210           528,572   
       

 

 

 
          4,984,210   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.3%

       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc.-Class B (a)

     8,100           1,168,992   

Voya Financial, Inc.

     5,319           229,302   
       

 

 

 
          1,398,294   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 8.5%

       

ACE Ltd.

     3,725           415,300   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     29,200           2,078,164   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     21,900           1,404,885   

American International Group, Inc.

     31,126           1,705,394   

Aon PLC

     12,533           1,204,672   

Chubb Corp. (The)

     2,632           266,095   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     10,400           754,832   

Progressive Corp. (The)

     6,800           184,960   

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     7,600           821,788   

Unum Group

     3,900           131,547   

XL Group PLC

     3,209           118,091   
       

 

 

 
          9,085,728   
       

 

 

 
            28,817,877   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 14.0%

       

Biotechnology - 1.0%

       

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)

     10,606           1,040,767   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 5.9%

       

Aetna, Inc.

     19,000           2,024,070   

Anthem, Inc.

     14,600           2,254,386   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     8,926           685,963   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     11,300           1,336,677   
       

 

 

 
          6,301,096   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 7.1%

       

Johnson & Johnson

     28,300           2,846,980   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     26,806           1,540,809   

Pfizer, Inc.

     91,553           3,185,129   
       

 

 

 
          7,572,918   
       

 

 

 
            14,914,781   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 14.0%

       

Auto Components - 1.7%

       

Lear Corp.

     7,300           808,986   

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

     19,400           1,041,004   
       

 

 

 
          1,849,990   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.6%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     107,119           1,728,901   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.5%

       

H&R Block, Inc.

     16,493           528,930   
       

 

 

 

Media - 1.9%

       

Time Warner, Inc.

     23,852           2,014,063   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 3.9%

       

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     8,403           1,147,094   

Dollar General Corp. (a)

     15,206           1,146,228   

Kohl’s Corp.

     17,643           1,380,565   

Target Corp.

     6,047           496,277   
       

 

 

 
          4,170,164   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 4.4%

       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     22,636           1,426,068   

GameStop Corp.-Class A (b)

     27,651           1,049,632   

L Brands, Inc.

     1,693           159,633   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     87,215           802,378   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     5,083           535,545   

Staples, Inc.

     39,736           647,101   
       

 

 

 
          4,620,357   
       

 

 

 
          14,912,405   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 12.6%

       

Communications Equipment - 1.7%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     48,434           574,670   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     46,475           1,279,224   
       

 

 

 
          1,853,894   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.2%

       

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     7,400           452,510   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     22,621           840,370   
       

 

 

 
          1,292,880   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 1.5%

       

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     14,300           413,842   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Xerox Corp.

     93,951           1,207,270   
       

 

 

 
          1,621,112   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 2.5%

       

Applied Materials, Inc.

     39,800           897,888   

Intel Corp.

     55,600           1,738,612   
       

 

 

 
          2,636,500   
       

 

 

 

Software - 3.8%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     15,270           898,105   

Microsoft Corp.

     56,353           2,291,031   

Oracle Corp.

     18,907           815,837   
       

 

 

 
          4,004,973   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.9%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     65,947           2,054,909   
       

 

 

 
            13,464,268   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 10.9%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.2%

       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     4,445           222,205   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 10.7%

       

Chevron Corp.

     9,179           963,611   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     42,903           3,646,755   

Hess Corp.

     25,838           1,753,625   

Marathon Oil Corp.

     8,200           214,102   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     8,262           845,946   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     19,071           888,709   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     22,200           1,620,600   

Valero Energy Corp.

     23,201           1,476,048   
       

 

 

 
          11,409,396   
       

 

 

 
          11,631,601   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 6.5%

       

Electric Utilities - 3.4%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     16,600           933,750   

Edison International

     29,313           1,831,183   

FirstEnergy Corp.

     4,547           159,418   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     17,000           658,920   
       

 

 

 
          3,583,271   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 1.5%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     10,700           591,710   

UGI Corp.

     31,650           1,031,474   
       

 

 

 
          1,623,184   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.2%

       

Calpine Corp. (a)

     58,414           1,335,928   
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.4%

       

DTE Energy Co.

     2,000           161,380   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     5,800           243,136   
       

 

 

 
          404,516   
       

 

 

 
            6,946,899   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.2%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 1.3%

       

General Dynamics Corp.

     3,500           475,055   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     7,295           917,638   
       

 

 

 
          1,392,693   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.2%

       

FedEx Corp.

     988           163,464   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 2.7%

       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     42,980           1,932,381   

JetBlue Airways Corp. (a)

     50,024           962,962   
       

 

 

 
          2,895,343   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 1.2%

       

General Electric Co.

     52,700           1,307,487   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.8%

       

ITT Corp.

     20,781           829,370   
       

 

 

 
          6,588,357   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 3.8%

       

Beverages - 0.1%

       

Molson Coors Brewing Co.-Class B

     1,600           119,120   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.5%

       

CVS Health Corp.

     5,019           518,011   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.1%

       

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     7,000           331,800   

Ingredion, Inc.

     11,077           862,012   
       

 

 

 
          1,193,812   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 1.3%

       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     4,915           678,516   

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     8,500           696,490   
       

 

 

 
          1,375,006   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.8%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     16,022           801,420   
       

 

 

 
          4,007,369   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 2.6%

       

Chemicals - 2.4%

       

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     4,243           1,203,654   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     15,400           1,352,120   
       

 

 

 
          2,555,774   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.2%

       

Alcoa, Inc.

     14,100           182,172   
       

 

 

 
          2,737,946   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares      U.S. $ Value  

Telecommunication Services - 1.3%

     

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.4%

     

AT&T, Inc.

     6,273         204,814   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     6,200         214,210   
     

 

 

 
        419,024   
     

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.9%

     

Vodafone Group PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     29,500         964,060   
     

 

 

 
        1,383,084   
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $83,983,326)

        105,404,587   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
        

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.2%

     

Time Deposit - 1.2%

     

State Street Time Deposit
0.01%, 4/01/15
(cost $1,222,980)

   $ 1,223         1,222,980   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned - 100.1%
(cost $85,206,306)

        106,627,567   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED - 1.2%

     

Investment Companies - 1.2%

     

AB Exchange Reserves-Class I, 0.08% (c)(d)
(cost $1,292,361)

     1,292,361         1,292,361   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.3%
(cost $86,498,667) (e)

        107,919,928   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.3)%

        (1,366,435
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $   106,553,493   
     

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.
(c) 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.
(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, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $23,642,835 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(2,221,574), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $21,421,261.

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


AB Variable Products Series Fund

Value Portfolio

March 31, 2015 (unaudited)

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

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

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

   

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

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

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.

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, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks*

   $ 105,404,587      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 105,404,587   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,222,980        – 0  –      1,222,980   

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

     1,292,361        – 0  –      – 0  –      1,292,361   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     106,696,948        1,222,980        – 0  –      107,919,928   

Other Financial Instruments**

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

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     106,696,948      $     1,222,980      $             – 0  –    $     107,919,928   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* 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.


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): AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/    Robert M. Keith
  Robert M. Keith
  President
Date:   May 21, 2015

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 21, 2015
By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   May 21, 2015