AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.
AB Growth and Income Portfolio
Portfolio of Investments
September 30, 2022 (unaudited)
Company | Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS 95.5% |
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Health Care 20.3% |
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Biotechnology 4.8% |
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Amgen, Inc. |
93,845 | $ | 21,152,663 | |||||
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) |
21,070 | 14,514,491 | ||||||
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35,667,154 | ||||||||
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Health Care Providers & Services 8.3% |
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Cigna Corp. |
75,472 | 20,941,216 | ||||||
Elevance Health, Inc. |
72,867 | 33,099,106 | ||||||
Quest Diagnostics, Inc. |
63,109 | 7,742,843 | ||||||
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61,783,165 | ||||||||
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Life Sciences Tools & Services 2.5% |
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Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A(a) |
6,296 | 2,626,313 | ||||||
PerkinElmer, Inc. |
135,249 | 16,274,512 | ||||||
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18,900,825 | ||||||||
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Pharmaceuticals 4.7% |
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Pfizer, Inc. |
153,540 | 6,718,910 | ||||||
Roche Holding AG (Sponsored ADR) |
685,420 | 27,841,761 | ||||||
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34,560,671 | ||||||||
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150,911,815 | ||||||||
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Financials 17.5% |
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Banks 8.0% |
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Bank OZK |
179,120 | 7,085,987 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
211,138 | 22,063,921 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. |
751,375 | 30,220,303 | ||||||
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59,370,211 | ||||||||
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Capital Markets 2.8% |
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Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) |
42,290 | 12,393,084 | ||||||
Northern Trust Corp. |
98,543 | 8,431,339 | ||||||
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20,824,423 | ||||||||
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Consumer Finance 0.4% |
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Capital One Financial Corp. |
30,873 | 2,845,564 | ||||||
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Diversified Financial Services 4.2% |
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Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a) |
118,231 | 31,570,042 | ||||||
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Insurance 2.1% |
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Aflac, Inc. |
53,163 | 2,987,761 | ||||||
Allstate Corp. (The) |
58,817 | 7,324,481 | ||||||
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. |
101,060 | 4,967,099 | ||||||
15,279,341 | ||||||||
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129,889,581 | ||||||||
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Industrials 17.1% |
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Aerospace & Defense 3.9% |
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Curtiss-Wright Corp. |
45,666 | 6,354,881 | ||||||
Raytheon Technologies Corp. |
127,044 | 10,399,822 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. |
204,393 | 11,907,936 | ||||||
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28,662,639 | ||||||||
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Company | Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Air Freight & Logistics 0.8% |
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Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. |
32,474 | $ | 2,867,779 | |||||
FedEx Corp. |
18,640 | 2,767,481 | ||||||
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5,635,260 | ||||||||
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Airlines 1.4% |
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Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a) |
128,000 | 5,011,200 | ||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.(a) |
173,190 | 5,341,180 | ||||||
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10,352,380 | ||||||||
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Building Products 1.0% |
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Builders FirstSource, Inc.(a) |
131,825 | 7,767,129 | ||||||
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Construction & Engineering 0.6% |
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EMCOR Group, Inc. |
41,300 | 4,769,324 | ||||||
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Electrical Equipment 2.5% |
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Acuity Brands, Inc. |
36,443 | 5,738,679 | ||||||
Emerson Electric Co. |
177,259 | 12,978,904 | ||||||
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18,717,583 | ||||||||
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Machinery 3.2% |
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Altra Industrial Motion Corp. |
100,546 | 3,380,357 | ||||||
Middleby Corp. (The)(a) |
20,771 | 2,662,219 | ||||||
PACCAR, Inc. |
89,150 | 7,460,963 | ||||||
Toro Co. (The) |
62,720 | 5,424,026 | ||||||
Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp. |
60,967 | 4,959,665 | ||||||
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23,887,230 | ||||||||
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Professional Services 0.9% |
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Robert Half International, Inc. |
90,567 | 6,928,375 | ||||||
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Road & Rail 1.9% |
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Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. |
286,723 | 14,029,356 | ||||||
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Trading Companies & Distributors 0.9% |
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MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc. - Class A |
88,078 | 6,412,959 | ||||||
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127,162,235 | ||||||||
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Information Technology 11.1% |
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Communications Equipment 0.8% |
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Cisco Systems, Inc. |
157,552 | 6,302,080 | ||||||
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Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 3.0% |
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IPG Photonics Corp.(a) |
79,980 | 6,746,313 | ||||||
Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a) |
80,522 | 12,670,942 | ||||||
Littelfuse, Inc. |
13,920 | 2,765,765 | ||||||
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22,183,020 | ||||||||
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IT Services 5.9% |
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Accenture PLC - Class A |
15,920 | 4,096,216 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A |
111,206 | 6,387,673 | ||||||
FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a) |
47,429 | 8,355,567 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc. - Class A |
75,290 | 21,407,958 | ||||||
Maximus, Inc. |
61,930 | 3,583,889 | ||||||
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Company | Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 1.4% |
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MKS Instruments, Inc. |
68,391 | $ | 5,651,832 | |||||
NXP Semiconductors NV |
31,090 | 4,586,086 | ||||||
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10,237,918 | ||||||||
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82,554,321 | ||||||||
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Consumer Discretionary 11.0% |
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Auto Components 0.9% |
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BorgWarner, Inc. |
216,331 | 6,792,793 | ||||||
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Distributors 1.7% |
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LKQ Corp. |
268,266 | 12,648,742 | ||||||
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Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 0.8% |
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Choice Hotels International, Inc. |
55,411 | 6,068,613 | ||||||
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Household Durables 1.5% |
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DR Horton, Inc. |
167,991 | 11,314,194 | ||||||
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Multiline Retail 2.3% |
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Target Corp. |
116,022 | 17,216,504 | ||||||
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Specialty Retail 3.8% |
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AutoZone, Inc.(a) |
3,293 | 7,053,375 | ||||||
Lowes Cos., Inc. |
80,370 | 15,094,290 | ||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a) |
14,140 | 5,672,827 | ||||||
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27,820,492 | ||||||||
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81,861,338 | ||||||||
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Energy 5.2% |
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Energy Equipment & Services 0.7% |
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Helmerich & Payne, Inc. |
135,752 | 5,018,752 | ||||||
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Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 4.5% |
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Chevron Corp. |
32,164 | 4,621,002 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips |
59,731 | 6,112,871 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. |
91,058 | 10,173,910 | ||||||
Phillips 66 |
156,620 | 12,642,366 | ||||||
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33,550,149 | ||||||||
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38,568,901 | ||||||||
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Consumer Staples 4.9% |
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Food & Staples Retailing 0.9% |
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Kroger Co. (The) |
154,930 | 6,778,188 | ||||||
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Tobacco 4.0% |
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Philip Morris International, Inc. |
356,424 | 29,586,756 | ||||||
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36,364,944 | ||||||||
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Real Estate 3.7% |
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Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) 2.2% |
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Weyerhaeuser Co. |
572,820 | 16,359,739 | ||||||
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Company | Shares | U.S. $ Value | ||||||
Real Estate Management & Development 1.5% |
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CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(a) |
165,117 | $ | 11,147,049 | |||||
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27,506,788 | ||||||||
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Communication Services 2.4% |
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Diversified Telecommunication Services 2.4% |
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Comcast Corp. - Class A |
431,253 | 12,648,650 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. |
149,370 | 5,671,579 | ||||||
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18,320,229 | ||||||||
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Materials 1.6% |
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Chemicals 0.8% |
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Mosaic Co. (The) |
130,440 | 6,304,165 | ||||||
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Metals & Mining 0.8% |
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BHP Group Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)(b) |
58,358 | 2,920,235 | ||||||
Steel Dynamics, Inc. |
39,358 | 2,792,450 | ||||||
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5,712,685 | ||||||||
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12,016,850 | ||||||||
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Utilities 0.7% |
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Electric Utilities 0.7% |
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IDACORP, Inc. |
51,315 | 5,080,698 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks |
710,237,700 | |||||||
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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 4.7% |
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Investment Companies 4.7% |
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AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 2.58%(c) (d) (e) |
34,774,643 | 34,774,643 | ||||||
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Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned 100.2% |
745,012,343 | |||||||
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INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED 0.4% |
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Investment Companies 0.4% |
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AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 2.58%(c) (d) (e) |
2,975,361 | 2,975,361 | ||||||
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Total Investments 100.6% |
747,987,704 | |||||||
Other assets less liabilities (0.6)% |
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Net Assets 100.0% |
$ | 743,222,646 | ||||||
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(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Represents entire or partial securities out on loan. |
(c) | Affiliated investments. |
(d) | The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end. |
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(e) | To obtain a copy of the funds shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commissions website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618. |
(f) | As of September 30, 2022, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $80,633,247 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(47,386,677), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $33,246,570. |
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 & Poors. 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
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
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AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.
AB Growth and Income Portfolio
September 30, 2022 (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 Portfolios 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 Portfolios own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) |
Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.
The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolios investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2022:
Investments in Securities: |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||||||||||
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Common Stocks(a) | $ | 710,237,700 | $ | | $ | | $ | 710,237,700 | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 34,774,643 | | | 34,774,643 | ||||||||||||
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund | 2,975,361 | | | 2,975,361 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments in Securities | 747,987,704 | | | 747,987,704 | ||||||||||||
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Total | $ | 747,987,704 | $ | | $ | | $ | 747,987,704 | ||||||||
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(a) | See Portfolio of Investments for sector classifications. |
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(b) | Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on the instrument. Other financial instruments may also include swaps with upfront premiums, options written and swaptions written which are valued at market value. |
A summary of the Portfolios transactions in AB mutual funds for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 is as follows:
Portfolio | Market Value 12/31/2021 |
Purchases at Cost (000) |
Sales Proceeds (000) |
Market Value 09/30/2022 (000) |
Dividend Income (000) |
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Government Money Market Portfolio | $ | 16,507 | $ | 258,823 | $ | 240,555 | $ | 34,775 | $ | 293 | ||||||||||
Government Money Market Portfolio* | 6,838 | 55,948 | 59,811 | 2,975 | 17 | |||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 23,345 | $ | 314,771 | $ | 300,366 | $ | 37,750 | $ | 310 |
* | Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions. |
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