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AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.

AB Global Risk Allocation-Moderate Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

September 30, 2023 (unaudited)

 

Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS – 72.3%

 

Information Technology – 15.8%

 

Communications Equipment – 0.5%

 

Arista Networks, Inc.(a)

     2,705        $ 497,531  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     43,961          2,363,343  

F5, Inc.(a)

     640          103,130  

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     3,467          96,348  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     1,802          490,576  

Nokia Oyj

     57,110          214,738  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson - Class B(b)

     31,254          152,262  
       

 

 

 
                  3,917,928  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.6%

 

Amphenol Corp. - Class A

     6,419          539,132  

Azbil Corp.

     1,243          37,973  

CDW Corp./DE

     1,446          291,745  

Corning, Inc.

     8,282          252,352  

Halma PLC

     4,008          94,431  

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

     1,510          63,501  

Hexagon AB - Class B

     21,950          186,811  

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

     326          37,709  

Ibiden Co., Ltd.

     1,205          63,914  

Keyence Corp.

     2,077          768,128  

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

     1,924          254,564  

Kyocera Corp.

     3,417          173,234  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     18,414          335,911  

Omron Corp.

     1,854          82,506  

Shimadzu Corp.

     2,567          68,090  

TDK Corp.

     4,191          154,942  

TE Connectivity Ltd.

     3,387          418,396  

Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(a)

     508          207,559  

Trimble, Inc.(a)

     2,679          144,291  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.(b)

     2,574          92,692  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     2,300          44,392  

Zebra Technologies Corp. - Class A(a)

     554          131,038  
       

 

 

 
          4,443,311  
       

 

 

 

IT Services – 0.8%

 

Accenture PLC - Class A

     6,805          2,089,884  

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(a)

     1,640          174,726  

Bechtle AG

     933          43,450  

Capgemini SE

     1,767          308,331  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. - Class A

     5,448          369,047  

DXC Technology Co.(a)

     2,213          46,097  

EPAM Systems, Inc.(a)

     625          159,806  

Fujitsu Ltd.

     1,902          223,696  

Gartner, Inc.(a)

     850          292,068  

International Business Machines Corp.

     9,828          1,378,868  

NEC Corp.

     2,617          144,518  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     4,139          107,580  

NTT Data Corp.

     6,709          89,775  

Obic Co., Ltd.(b)

     765          115,913  

Otsuka Corp.

     1,284          54,324  

SCSK Corp.

     1,574          27,442  

TIS, Inc.

     2,330          51,235  

VeriSign, Inc.(a)

     968          196,049  

Wix.com Ltd.(a)

     571          52,418  
       

 

 

 
          5,925,227  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 4.5%

 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)

     17,429        $         1,792,050  

Advantest Corp.(b)

     8,268          230,624  

Analog Devices, Inc.

     5,409          947,062  

Applied Materials, Inc.

     9,059          1,254,219  

ASM International NV

     502          209,631  

ASML Holding NV

     4,303          2,533,391  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

     823          80,495  

Broadcom, Inc.

     4,452          3,697,742  

Disco Corp.

     1,001          184,941  

Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)

     1,471          176,741  

First Solar, Inc.(a)

     1,152          186,152  

Infineon Technologies AG

     13,946          461,902  

Intel Corp.

     45,179          1,606,113  

KLA Corp.

     1,475          676,524  

Lam Research Corp.

     1,438          901,295  

Lasertec Corp.(b)

     830          129,075  

Microchip Technology, Inc.

     5,872          458,310  

Micron Technology, Inc.

     11,816          803,842  

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     515          237,930  

NVIDIA Corp.

     26,646          11,590,744  

NXP Semiconductors NV

     2,781          555,978  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)

     4,655          432,682  

Qorvo, Inc.(a)

     1,056          100,816  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     12,039          1,337,051  

Renesas Electronics Corp.(a)

     13,459          205,586  

Rohm Co., Ltd.

     3,804          71,512  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

     1,719          169,476  

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)

     610          79,001  

STMicroelectronics NV

     7,364          317,558  

SUMCO Corp.

     3,702          48,174  

Teradyne, Inc.

     1,661          166,864  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     9,795          1,557,503  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     5,034          687,605  
       

 

 

 
          33,888,589  
       

 

 

 

Software – 5.6%

 

Adobe, Inc.(a)

     4,917          2,507,178  

ANSYS, Inc.(a)

     936          278,507  

Autodesk, Inc.(a)

     2,306          477,134  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a)

     2,932          686,968  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(a)

     1,022          136,212  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(a)

     466          76,317  

Dassault Systemes SE

     7,200          267,425  

Fair Isaac Corp.(a)

     268          232,766  

Fortinet, Inc.(a)

     7,032          412,638  

Gen Digital, Inc.

     6,070          107,318  

Intuit, Inc.

     3,021          1,543,550  

Microsoft Corp.

     80,150          25,307,362  

Monday.com Ltd.(a)

     232          36,939  

Nemetschek SE

     648          39,436  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Nice Ltd.(a)

     687        $ 117,174  

Oracle Corp.

     16,983          1,798,839  

Oracle Corp. Japan

     456          33,778  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(a)

     3,299          773,418  

PTC, Inc.(a)

     1,282          181,634  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     1,151          557,406  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     10,941          131,663  

Salesforce, Inc.(a)

     10,507          2,130,609  

SAP SE

     11,146          1,442,761  

ServiceNow, Inc.(a)

     2,201          1,230,271  

Synopsys, Inc.(a)

     1,641          753,170  

Temenos AG (REG)

     677          47,350  

Trend Micro, Inc./Japan

     1,437          54,395  

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

     454          175,308  

WiseTech Global Ltd.

     1,755          72,851  

Xero Ltd.(a)

     1,583          113,846  
       

 

 

 
          41,724,223  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 3.8%

 

Apple, Inc.

     158,537          27,143,120  

Brother Industries Ltd.

     2,377          38,289  

Canon, Inc.(b)

     10,709          257,965  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

     4,033          233,311  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     13,933          242,016  

HP, Inc.

     9,360          240,552  

Logitech International SA (REG)

     1,812          124,663  

NetApp, Inc.

     2,274          172,551  

Ricoh Co., Ltd.

     5,799          50,033  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

     2,081          137,242  

Seiko Epson Corp.(b)

     3,139          49,297  

Western Digital Corp.(a)

     3,451          157,469  
       

 

 

 
          28,846,508  
       

 

 

 
              118,745,786  
       

 

 

 

Financials – 10.6%

 

Banks – 3.7%

 

ABN AMRO Bank NV(c)

     4,207          59,456  

AIB Group PLC

     15,373          68,905  

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.

     32,077          526,116  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     63,278          512,104  

Banco Santander SA

     172,173          655,647  

Bank Hapoalim BM

     13,559          120,805  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     15,840          131,248  

Bank of America Corp.

     74,579          2,041,973  

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

     11,086          108,372  

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise (REG)(b)

     317          33,171  

Barclays PLC

     164,047          316,189  

BNP Paribas SA

     11,199          712,103  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     39,083          106,691  

CaixaBank SA

     43,625          173,802  

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     5,340          38,795  

Citigroup, Inc.

     20,774          854,435  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

     5,095          136,546  

Comerica, Inc.

     1,422          59,084  

Commerzbank AG

     11,361          128,940  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     17,936        $         1,145,681  

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

     10,968          49,965  

Credit Agricole SA

     12,536          154,128  

Danske Bank A/S

     7,403          171,794  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     19,478          478,373  

DNB Bank ASA

     9,890          198,708  

Erste Group Bank AG

     3,629          125,334  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     7,345          186,049  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     6,517          78,694  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     8,009          99,371  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     210,563          1,647,736  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     15,619          162,438  

ING Groep NV

     38,632          509,172  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     165,870          424,829  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd. - Class A

     12,463          67,551  

Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.

     14,977          130,327  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     31,350          4,546,377  

KBC Group NV

     2,670          166,225  

KeyCorp

     10,096          108,633  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     687,389          369,399  

M&T Bank Corp.

     1,790          226,345  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

     5,771          76,085  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     121,879          1,032,822  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

     1,725          62,643  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     25,812          438,235  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     33,509          622,072  

NatWest Group PLC

     60,628          173,430  

Nordea Bank Abp (Stockholm)

     34,219          375,168  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp., Ltd.

     36,043          337,076  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     4,296          527,420  

Regions Financial Corp.

     10,123          174,116  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     22,172          122,593  

Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     4,497          36,648  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB - Class A

     16,831          200,657  

Societe Generale SA

     7,691          186,104  

Standard Chartered PLC

     25,196          231,741  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     13,558          666,051  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     3,559          133,986  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB - Class A

     15,192          135,177  

Swedbank AB - Class A

     8,976          164,991  

Truist Financial Corp.

     14,369          411,097  

UniCredit SpA

     19,698          469,332  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     13,375          278,576  

US Bancorp

     16,796          555,276  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     39,470          1,612,744  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     37,463          506,408  

Zions Bancorp NA

     1,598          55,754  
       

 

 

 
          27,417,713  
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 2.0%

 

3i Group PLC

     10,347          260,441  

Abrdn PLC

     19,986          37,761  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     1,107          364,956  

Amundi SA(c)

     691          38,811  

ASX Ltd.

     2,054          75,131  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     8,401          358,303  

BlackRock, Inc.

     1,514          978,786  

Blackstone, Inc.

     7,657          820,371  

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     1,138          177,767  

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     16,041          880,651  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

CME Group, Inc.

     3,881        $ 777,054  

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.(b)

     13,519          77,958  

Deutsche Bank AG (REG)

     20,492          225,213  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     2,031          350,747  

EQT AB(b)

     3,703          72,960  

Euronext NV(c)

     936          65,107  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     412          180,151  

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     3,068          75,411  

Futu Holdings Ltd. (ADR)(a), (b)

     656          37,923  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     3,556          1,150,615  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     3,584          33,707  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     12,930          479,868  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     6,174          679,264  

Invesco Ltd.

     4,840          70,277  

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.(b)

     5,165          95,688  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     2,199          140,753  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     4,295          430,470  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     3,930          420,856  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

     406          86,738  

Moody’s Corp.

     1,702          538,121  

Morgan Stanley

     13,764          1,124,106  

MSCI, Inc.

     853          437,657  

Nasdaq, Inc.

     3,657          177,694  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     32,077          128,450  

Northern Trust Corp.

     2,233          155,149  

Partners Group Holding AG

     245          275,036  

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     2,028          203,672  

S&P Global, Inc.

     3,510          1,282,589  

SBI Holdings, Inc.(b)

     2,467          51,920  

Schroders PLC

     8,348          41,250  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     8,880          63,172  

St. James’s Place PLC

     5,807          58,587  

State Street Corp.

     3,437          230,142  

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     2,420          253,785  

UBS Group AG (REG)(a)

     35,105          864,713  
       

 

 

 
                15,329,781  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.2%

 

American Express Co.

     6,276          936,316  

Capital One Financial Corp.

     4,115          399,361  

Discover Financial Services

     2,696          233,555  

Synchrony Financial

     4,511          137,901  
       

 

 

 
          1,707,133  
       

 

 

 

Financial Services – 2.5%

 

Adyen NV(a), (b), (c)

     233          172,754  

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B(a)

     19,673          6,891,452  

Edenred SE

     2,691          168,338  

Eurazeo SE

     464          27,610  

EXOR NV(b)

     1,169          103,397  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     6,391          353,231  

Fiserv, Inc.(a)

     6,576          742,825  

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.(a)

     798          203,761  

Global Payments, Inc.

     2,805          323,669  

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

     481          26,245  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV(b)

     1,018          75,750  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrivarden AB - Class A

     1,313        $ 34,623  

Industrivarden AB - Class C

     1,637          43,137  

Investor AB - Class B

     18,560          355,322  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

     786          118,796  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB - Class B(b)

     871          36,317  

M&G PLC

     22,056          52,844  

Mastercard, Inc. - Class A

     8,976          3,553,688  

Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.(b)

     8,514          56,729  

Nexi SpA(a), (c)

     6,113          37,247  

ORIX Corp.

     12,381          231,183  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)

     11,845          692,459  

Sofina SA

     177          35,774  

Visa, Inc. - Class A

     17,334          3,986,993  

Wendel SE

     317          25,057  

Wise PLC - Class A(a)

     6,500          54,206  

Worldline SA/France(a), (c)

     2,518          70,684  
       

 

 

 
                18,474,091  
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 2.2%

 

Admiral Group PLC

     2,244          64,851  

Aegon NV(b)

     18,011          86,808  

Aflac, Inc.

     5,832          447,606  

Ageas SA/NV

     1,677          69,070  

AIA Group Ltd.

     123,105          995,568  

Allianz SE (REG)

     4,305          1,024,487  

Allstate Corp. (The)

     2,822          314,399  

American International Group, Inc.

     7,680          465,408  

Aon PLC - Class A

     2,188          709,393  

Arch Capital Group Ltd.(a)

     4,023          320,673  

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     2,325          529,937  

ASR Nederland NV

     1,706          63,834  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     10,716          218,739  

Assurant, Inc.

     572          82,128  

Aviva PLC

     29,197          138,194  

AXA SA

     19,588          581,154  

Baloise Holding AG (REG)

     490          70,940  

Brown & Brown, Inc.

     2,539          177,324  

Chubb Ltd.

     4,431          922,446  

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     1,692          173,075  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

     9,921          204,812  

Everest Re Group Ltd.

     466          173,198  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     2,015          29,567  

Globe Life, Inc.

     938          101,989  

Hannover Rueck SE

     665          145,914  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

     3,299          233,932  

Helvetia Holding AG (REG)

     426          59,507  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     24,836          90,094  

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

     24,011          192,091  

Japan Post Insurance Co., Ltd.

     2,013          33,855  

Legal & General Group PLC

     63,804          172,164  

Loews Corp.

     1,995          126,303  

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.

     5,329          1,014,109  

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

     27,747          61,241  

MetLife, Inc.

     6,815          428,732  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.(b)

     4,612          168,773  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     1,457          567,432  

NN Group NV(b)

     2,651          84,986  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

     7,768        $ 45,525  

Poste Italiane SpA(c)

     5,263          55,268  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

     2,399          172,896  

Progressive Corp. (The)

     6,314          879,540  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     3,916          371,589  

Prudential PLC

     29,109          312,902  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     15,464          154,907  

Sampo Oyj - Class A

     4,977          215,163  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

     3,155          135,213  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     13,390          119,300  

Swiss Life Holding AG (REG)

     316          196,608  

Swiss Re AG

     3,258          334,598  

T&D Holdings, Inc.(b)

     5,343          87,866  

Talanx AG(a)

     670          42,404  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     19,282          446,449  

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The)

     2,470          403,376  

Tryg A/S

     3,577          65,457  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     1,131          236,334  

WR Berkley Corp.

     2,195          139,361  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     1,606          734,834  
       

 

 

 
                16,494,323  
       

 

 

 
          79,423,041  
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 9.7%

 

Biotechnology – 1.3%

 

AbbVie, Inc.

     19,041          2,838,251  

Amgen, Inc.

     5,770          1,550,745  

Argenx SE(a)

     601          292,669  

Biogen, Inc.(a)

     1,562          401,450  

CSL Ltd.

     5,149          829,519  

Genmab A/S(a)

     716          253,500  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     13,442          1,007,344  

Grifols SA(a), (b)

     3,005          38,920  

Incyte Corp.(a)

     2,006          115,887  

Moderna, Inc.(a)

     3,572          368,952  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

     1,151          947,227  

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB(a)

     1,962          40,089  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)

     2,784          968,108  
       

 

 

 
          9,652,661  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.8%

 

Abbott Laboratories

     18,721          1,813,129  

Alcon, Inc.

     5,373          414,620  

Align Technology, Inc.(a)

     768          234,486  

Asahi Intecc Co., Ltd.(b)

     2,189          39,245  

Baxter International, Inc.

     5,463          206,174  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

     3,130          809,199  

BioMerieux

     475          45,952  

Boston Scientific Corp.(a)

     15,796          834,029  

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

     450          39,228  

Cochlear Ltd.

     725          118,743  

Coloplast A/S - Class B

     1,275          134,917  

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

     534          169,817  

Demant A/S(a)

     1,082          44,677  

DENTSPLY SIRONA, Inc.

     2,284          78,021  

 

7


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Dexcom, Inc.(a)

     4,184        $ 390,367  

DiaSorin SpA

     239          21,764  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(a)

     6,558          454,338  

EssilorLuxottica SA

     3,147          547,407  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd.

     6,105          78,712  

GE Healthcare, Inc.

     4,220          287,129  

Getinge AB - Class B

     2,520          44,282  

Hologic, Inc.(a)

     2,642          183,355  

Hoya Corp.

     3,805          389,698  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.(a)

     896          391,794  

Insulet Corp.(a)

     753          120,096  

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)

     3,790          1,107,779  

Koninklijke Philips NV(a), (b)

     9,927          198,066  

Medtronic PLC

     14,360          1,125,249  

Olympus Corp.

     13,514          175,459  

ResMed, Inc.

     1,585          234,374  

Siemens Healthineers AG(c)

     3,007          152,100  

Smith & Nephew PLC

     9,172          113,830  

Sonova Holding AG (REG)

     556          131,592  

STERIS PLC

     1,064          233,463  

Straumann Holding AG (REG)

     1,218          155,026  

Stryker Corp.

     3,646          996,342  

Sysmex Corp.

     1,777          84,438  

Teleflex, Inc.

     507          99,580  

Terumo Corp.

     7,115          188,340  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     2,254          252,944  
       

 

 

 
                13,139,761  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services – 1.6%

 

Amplifon SpA(b)

     1,382          40,909  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

     2,747          238,495  

Cencora, Inc.

     1,749          314,767  

Centene Corp.(a)

     5,841          402,328  

Cigna Group (The)

     3,193          913,421  

CVS Health Corp.

     13,856          967,426  

DaVita, Inc.(a)

     581          54,922  

EBOS Group Ltd.

     1,688          34,580  

Elevance Health, Inc.

     2,542          1,106,838  

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA

     2,193          94,281  

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     4,563          141,728  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     2,171          534,023  

Henry Schein, Inc.(a)

     1,409          104,618  

Humana, Inc.

     1,337          650,477  

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

     956          192,204  

McKesson Corp.

     1,455          632,707  

Molina Healthcare, Inc.(a)

     629          206,243  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     1,211          147,572  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.(b)

     1,960          65,053  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     4,801          91,675  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     9,993          5,038,371  

Universal Health Services, Inc. - Class B

     670          84,239  
       

 

 

 
          12,056,877  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology – 0.0%

 

M3, Inc.

     4,607          83,565  
       

 

 

 

 

8


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.9%

 

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     3,186        $ 356,259  

Bachem Holding AG (REG)(b)

     393          28,987  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A(a)

     225          80,651  

Bio-Techne Corp.

     1,698          115,583  

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.(a)

     553          108,377  

Danaher Corp.

     7,089          1,758,781  

Eurofins Scientific SE

     1,485          83,690  

Illumina, Inc.(a)

     1,708          234,474  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,975          388,581  

Lonza Group AG (REG)

     798          369,113  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.(a)

     236          261,505  

QIAGEN NV(a)

     2,427          97,928  

Revvity, Inc.

     1,339          148,227  

Sartorius AG

     291          98,560  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

     312          74,226  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     4,164          2,107,692  

Waters Corp.(a)

     638          174,946  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     797          299,042  
       

 

 

 
                  6,786,622  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals – 4.1%

 

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     19,122          264,679  

AstraZeneca PLC

     16,543          2,231,393  

Bayer AG (REG)

     10,515          504,976  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     22,537          1,308,048  

Catalent, Inc.(a)

     1,945          88,556  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     7,154          220,587  

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     19,743          540,510  

Eisai Co., Ltd.

     2,714          150,420  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     8,602          4,620,392  

GSK PLC

     43,708          790,844  

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

     1,710          43,422  

Ipsen SA

     431          56,470  

Johnson & Johnson

     25,977          4,045,918  

Kyowa Kirin Co., Ltd.

     2,720          47,292  

Merck & Co., Inc.

     27,374          2,818,153  

Merck KGaA

     1,386          231,056  

Novartis AG (REG)

     21,878          2,234,370  

Novo Nordisk A/S - Class B

     34,832          3,171,495  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     4,103          78,689  

Organon & Co.

     2,757          47,862  

Orion Oyj - Class B

     1,167          45,847  

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     4,225          150,009  

Pfizer, Inc.

     60,907          2,020,285  

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA(b)

     1,163          54,807  

Roche Holding AG (BR)

     355          104,294  

Roche Holding AG (Genusschein)

     7,499          2,047,235  

Sanofi

     12,127          1,302,140  

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     2,770          123,554  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(b)

     16,893          523,624  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)(a)

     11,958          121,972  

UCB SA

     1,386          113,526  

Viatris, Inc.

     12,940          127,588  

Zoetis, Inc.

     4,966          863,985  
       

 

 

 
          31,093,998  
       

 

 

 
          72,813,484  
       

 

 

 

 

9


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Discretionary – 8.0%

 

Automobile Components – 0.2%

 

Aisin Corp.

     1,641        $ 62,005  

Aptiv PLC(a)

     3,051          300,798  

BorgWarner, Inc.

     2,536          102,378  

Bridgestone Corp.

     6,140          239,263  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

     7,309          223,706  

Continental AG

     1,197          84,104  

Denso Corp.

     18,488          296,656  

Koito Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     2,104          31,728  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     7,626          91,870  

Valeo SE

     2,088          35,830  
       

 

 

 
                  1,468,338  
       

 

 

 

Automobiles – 1.9%

 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     3,213          326,335  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Preference Shares)

     653          60,782  

Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG (Preference Shares)(c)

     1,214          113,906  

Ferrari NV

     1,352          398,550  

Ford Motor Co.

     42,411          526,745  

General Motors Co.

     14,843          489,374  

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     49,314          554,767  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     5,874          73,846  

Mazda Motor Corp.

     5,729          65,050  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

     8,565          596,096  

Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.(b)

     24,777          109,347  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Preference Shares)

     1,700          83,622  

Renault SA

     2,081          85,147  

Stellantis NV (Italy)

     23,513          450,237  

Subaru Corp.

     6,506          126,506  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     3,989          160,441  

Tesla, Inc.(a)

     29,789          7,453,804  

Toyota Motor Corp.(b)

     113,189          2,030,647  

Volkswagen AG

     326          42,813  

Volkswagen AG (Preference Shares)

     2,222          255,306  

Volvo Car AB - Class B(a)

     6,056          24,495  

Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.(b)

     3,192          83,908  
       

 

 

 
          14,111,724  
       

 

 

 

Broadline Retail – 1.9%

 

Amazon.com, Inc.(a)

     97,948          12,451,150  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (REG)

     5,572          678,576  

eBay, Inc.

     5,741          253,121  

Etsy, Inc.(a)

     1,327          85,698  

Global-e Online Ltd.(a)

     964          38,309  

Next PLC

     1,291          114,501  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

     4,058          85,165  

Prosus NV(a)

     16,316          480,768  

Rakuten Group, Inc.(b)

     15,953          65,547  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     12,202          412,964  
       

 

 

 
          14,665,799  
       

 

 

 

 

10


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Distributors – 0.1%

 

D’ieteren Group

     230        $ 38,776  

Genuine Parts Co.

     1,515          218,736  

LKQ Corp.

     2,886          142,886  

Pool Corp.

     421          149,918  
       

 

 

 
          550,316  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services – 0.0%

 

IDP Education Ltd.

     2,648          36,238  

Pearson PLC

     6,879          72,579  
       

 

 

 
          108,817  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.5%

 

Accor SA

     2,014          67,740  

Airbnb, Inc. - Class A(a)

     4,599          631,029  

Amadeus IT Group SA

     4,858          293,436  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     6,278          164,022  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)

     385          1,187,321  

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.(a)

     2,322          107,625  

Carnival Corp.(a)

     10,867          149,095  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(a)

     298          545,885  

Compass Group PLC

     18,435          448,737  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

     1,304          186,759  

Delivery Hero SE(a), (c)

     1,890          53,966  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     379          143,561  

Entain PLC

     6,817          77,317  

Evolution AB(c)

     1,961          197,883  

Expedia Group, Inc.(a)

     1,487          153,265  

Flutter Entertainment PLC(a)

     1,894          308,969  

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     22,738          136,056  

Genting Singapore Ltd.

     60,925          37,611  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     2,821          423,658  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     1,827          135,114  

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM(c)

     1,096          35,598  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     3,546          162,549  

Lottery Corp., Ltd. (The)

     22,425          67,768  

Marriott International, Inc./MD - Class A

     2,703          531,302  

McDonald’s Corp.

     7,862          2,071,165  

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.(b)

     929          35,496  

MGM Resorts International(a)

     3,028          111,309  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(a)

     4,589          75,627  

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     11,679          383,161  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(a)

     2,542          234,220  

Sands China Ltd.(a)

     24,462          74,388  

Sodexo SA

     953          98,109  

Starbucks Corp.

     12,356          1,127,732  

Whitbread PLC

     2,170          91,342  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     1,045          96,568  

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     3,023          377,694  

Zensho Holdings Co., Ltd.

     992          43,077  
       

 

 

 
                11,066,154  
       

 

 

 

 

11


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Household Durables – 0.4%

 

Barratt Developments PLC

     10,300        $ 55,225  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     1,131          56,482  

DR Horton, Inc.

     3,285          353,039  

Garmin Ltd.

     1,652          173,790  

Iida Group Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,483          24,610  

Lennar Corp. - Class A

     2,724          305,714  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a)

     570          48,912  

NVR, Inc.(a)

     35          208,715  

Open House Group Co., Ltd.

     825          27,973  

Panasonic Holdings Corp.

     23,575          266,109  

Persimmon PLC

     3,215          42,105  

PulteGroup, Inc.

     2,367          175,276  

SEB SA

     278          25,934  

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

     4,127          59,375  

Sekisui House Ltd.

     6,227          123,926  

Sharp Corp./Japan(a), (b)

     2,157          13,429  

Sony Group Corp.

     13,460          1,100,699  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     36,789          52,468  

Whirlpool Corp.

     591          79,017  
       

 

 

 
                  3,192,798  
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products – 0.1%

 

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     6,458          131,359  

Hasbro, Inc.

     1,407          93,059  

Shimano, Inc.

     820          109,753  

Yamaha Corp.(b)

     1,474          40,257  
       

 

 

 
          374,428  
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail – 1.2%

 

AutoZone, Inc.(a)

     196          497,838  

Bath & Body Works, Inc.

     2,469          83,452  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     2,069          143,733  

CarMax, Inc.(a)

     1,707          120,736  

Dufry AG (REG)(a)

     1,042          39,561  

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

     1,870          407,314  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB - Class B

     6,635          94,086  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     10,846          3,277,227  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     11,660          433,892  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

     25,984          47,201  

Kingfisher PLC

     19,545          53,057  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     6,321          1,313,757  

Nitori Holdings Co., Ltd.

     863          96,221  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)

     652          592,577  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     3,675          415,091  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)

     12,398          1,101,934  

Tractor Supply Co.

     1,174          238,381  

Ulta Beauty, Inc.(a)

     537          214,505  

USS Co., Ltd.

     2,202          36,402  

Zalando SE(a), (c)

     2,410          53,546  

ZOZO, Inc.(b)

     1,507          27,595  
       

 

 

 
          9,288,106  
       

 

 

 

 

12


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.7%

 

adidas AG

     1,743        $ 305,737  

Burberry Group PLC

     4,080          94,554  

Hermes International SCA

     339          617,938  

Kering SA

     803          364,853  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     2,948          2,225,240  

Moncler SpA

     2,256          130,747  

NIKE, Inc. - Class B

     13,216          1,263,714  

Pandora A/S

     903          93,182  

Puma SE

     1,150          71,107  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     436          50,615  

Swatch Group AG (The)

     313          80,166  

Swatch Group AG (The) (REG)

     610          29,792  

Tapestry, Inc.

     2,501          71,904  

VF Corp.

     3,566          63,011  
       

 

 

 
          5,462,560  
       

 

 

 
                60,289,040  
       

 

 

 

Industrials – 7.6%

 

Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%

 

Airbus SE

     6,328          846,993  

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

     758          150,834  

BAE Systems PLC

     32,536          395,372  

Boeing Co. (The)(a)

     6,117          1,172,507  

Dassault Aviation SA

     221          41,625  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     293          58,074  

General Dynamics Corp.

     2,445          540,272  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc.

     4,224          195,360  

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

     430          87,969  

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

     909          37,463  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

     2,040          355,205  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     2,418          988,865  

Melrose Industries PLC

     14,424          82,223  

MTU Aero Engines AG

     585          105,949  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     1,534          675,252  

Rheinmetall AG

     472          121,423  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC(a)

     89,835          240,702  

RTX Corp.

     15,702          1,130,073  

Saab AB - Class B

     847          43,109  

Safran SA

     3,677          576,220  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     15,730          44,891  

Textron, Inc.

     2,137          166,985  

Thales SA

     1,147          161,203  

TransDigm Group, Inc.(a)

     595          501,662  
       

 

 

 
          8,720,231  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%

 

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     1,256          108,179  

Deutsche Post AG (REG)

     10,641          431,764  

DSV A/S

     2,005          373,613  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     1,595          182,835  

FedEx Corp.

     2,496          661,240  

Nippon Express Holdings, Inc.

     767          40,022  

SG Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,385          43,334  

United Parcel Service, Inc. - Class B

     7,803          1,216,254  

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,661          43,311  
       

 

 

 
          3,100,552  
       

 

 

 

 

13


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Building Products – 0.5%

 

A O Smith Corp.

     1,344        $ 88,879  

AGC, Inc.

     2,064          72,338  

Allegion PLC

     947          98,677  

Assa Abloy AB - Class B

     10,787          234,386  

Carrier Global Corp.

     9,036          498,787  

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA

     4,937          295,481  

Daikin Industries Ltd.(b)

     2,819          441,939  

Geberit AG (REG)

     361          180,023  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     7,339          390,508  

Kingspan Group PLC

     1,690          126,215  

Lixil Corp.(b)

     3,018          35,074  

Masco Corp.

     2,426          129,670  

Nibe Industrier AB - Class B

     15,903          103,970  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     4,442          356,737  

ROCKWOOL A/S - Class B

     103          24,894  

TOTO Ltd.

     1,426          36,798  

Trane Technologies PLC

     2,464          499,970  

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

     14,857          19,144  
       

 

 

 
                  3,633,490  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies – 0.3%

 

Brambles Ltd.

     14,464          132,874  

Cintas Corp.

     933          448,782  

Copart, Inc.(a)

     9,374          403,926  

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

     2,410          62,704  

Rentokil Initial PLC

     26,643          197,814  

Republic Services, Inc.

     2,218          316,087  

Rollins, Inc.

     2,605          97,245  

Secom Co., Ltd.

     2,267          153,795  

Securitas AB - Class B

     4,956          39,188  

TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.

     2,642          63,200  

Waste Management, Inc.

     3,976          606,101  
       

 

 

 
          2,521,716  
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering – 0.2%

 

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     2,311          83,080  

Bouygues SA

     2,012          70,349  

Eiffage SA

     827          78,497  

Epiroc AB - Class A

     7,081          134,449  

Epiroc AB - Class B

     4,236          67,764  

Ferrovial SE(b)

     5,384          164,519  

Kajima Corp.

     4,471          72,779  

Obayashi Corp.

     6,542          57,569  

Quanta Services, Inc.

     1,566          292,951  

Shimizu Corp.

     5,561          38,628  

Skanska AB - Class B(b)

     3,427          56,273  

Taisei Corp.

     1,770          62,297  

Vinci SA

     5,703          630,929  
       

 

 

 
          1,810,084  
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment – 0.7%

 

ABB Ltd. (REG)

     17,075          609,461  

AMETEK, Inc.

     2,489          367,775  

Eaton Corp. PLC

     4,304          917,957  

Emerson Electric Co.

     6,165          595,354  

Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.

     1,402          63,140  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(a)

     671          73,112  

Legrand SA

     2,866          263,346  

 

14


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     20,626        $ 254,823  

Nidec Corp.

     4,512          208,335  

Prysmian SpA

     2,831          113,631  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     1,239          354,193  

Schneider Electric SE

     5,809          957,277  

Siemens Energy AG(a)

     5,452          71,054  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S(a)

     10,754          230,070  
       

 

 

 
                  5,079,528  
       

 

 

 

Ground Transportation – 0.6%

 

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     18,545          41,465  

Central Japan Railway Co.

     7,685          186,884  

CSX Corp.

     21,644          665,553  

East Japan Railway Co.(b)

     3,226          184,614  

Grab Holdings Ltd. - Class A(a)

     19,721          69,812  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     2,463          84,039  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     881          166,086  

Keio Corp.(b)

     1,175          40,394  

Keisei Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

     1,437          49,775  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co., Ltd.(b)

     1,874          53,133  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

     15,600          61,627  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     2,449          482,282  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.(b)

     3,343          49,950  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

     967          395,638  

Tobu Railway Co., Ltd.

     2,094          53,819  

Tokyu Corp.

     5,092          58,709  

Union Pacific Corp.

     6,575          1,338,867  

West Japan Railway Co.

     2,337          96,707  
       

 

 

 
          4,079,354  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.7%

 

3M Co.

     5,955          557,507  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     27,958          148,431  

DCC PLC

     1,088          60,917  

General Electric Co.

     11,741          1,297,968  

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

     214          32,591  

Hitachi Ltd.

     10,015          620,705  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     7,163          1,323,293  

Investment AB Latour - Class B(b)

     1,491          26,206  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

     1,023          23,850  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     1,834          84,990  

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     14,674          72,869  

Lifco AB - Class B

     2,348          41,074  

Siemens AG (REG)

     8,112          1,159,275  

Smiths Group PLC

     3,730          73,436  

Toshiba Corp.(a), (b)

     951          29,283  
       

 

 

 
          5,552,395  
       

 

 

 

Machinery – 1.5%

 

Alfa Laval AB

     3,094          105,994  

Alstom SA

     3,057          72,656  

Atlas Copco AB - Class A

     28,669          385,044  

Atlas Copco AB - Class B

     16,258          190,138  

Caterpillar, Inc.

     5,503          1,502,319  

CNH Industrial NV

     10,624          128,972  

Cummins, Inc.

     1,528          349,087  

 

15


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Daifuku Co., Ltd.

     3,087        $ 58,272  

Daimler Truck Holding AG

     5,221          180,773  

Deere & Co.

     2,941          1,109,875  

Dover Corp.

     1,509          210,521  

FANUC Corp.

     10,136          263,611  

Fortive Corp.

     3,798          281,660  

GEA Group AG

     1,650          60,810  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

     1,083          32,865  

Hoshizaki Corp.(b)

     1,229          42,664  

Husqvarna AB - Class B(b)

     3,618          27,610  

IDEX Corp.

     816          169,744  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

     2,969          683,790  

Indutrade AB

     2,988          55,185  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

     4,363          278,010  

Knorr-Bremse AG

     819          51,922  

Komatsu Ltd.

     9,822          264,910  

Kone Oyj - Class B

     3,664          154,401  

Kubota Corp.

     10,703          157,450  

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.(b)

     1,130          39,323  

Makita Corp.

     2,435          60,045  

Metso Oyj(b)

     6,907          72,433  

MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.

     3,918          63,836  

MISUMI Group, Inc.

     3,063          47,698  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     3,461          193,044  

NGK Insulators Ltd.

     2,207          29,251  

Nordson Corp.

     584          130,331  

PACCAR, Inc.

     5,640          479,513  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

     1,384          539,096  

Pentair PLC

     1,781          115,320  

Rational AG

     60          37,962  

Sandvik AB

     11,380          209,396  

Schindler Holding AG

     435          86,652  

Schindler Holding AG (REG)

     268          51,566  

Seatrium Ltd.(a)

     430,453          42,090  

SKF AB - Class B

     3,550          58,935  

SMC Corp.

     619          277,474  

Snap-on, Inc.

     571          145,639  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

     822          95,149  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     1,653          138,158  

Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.

     14,362          138,645  

Toyota Industries Corp.

     1,574          123,898  

VAT Group AG(c)

     291          103,841  

Volvo AB - Class A

     2,017          41,886  

Volvo AB - Class B

     16,131          332,260  

Wartsila OYJ Abp(b)

     4,769          54,051  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

     1,932          205,314  

Xylem, Inc./NY

     2,598          236,496  
       

 

 

 
                10,967,585  
       

 

 

 

Marine Transportation – 0.1%

 

AP Moller - Maersk A/S - Class A

     33          58,400  

AP Moller - Maersk A/S - Class B

     52          93,543  

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.(b)

     1,458          49,756  

Kuehne & Nagel International AG (REG)

     583          165,648  

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.(b)

     3,652          100,353  

Nippon Yusen KK(b)

     5,249          136,289  

SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd.

     13,511          22,669  
       

 

 

 
          626,658  
       

 

 

 

 

16


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Passenger Airlines – 0.1%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(a)

     1,372        $              50,874  

American Airlines Group, Inc.(a)

     7,048          90,285  

ANA Holdings, Inc.(a)

     1,610          33,710  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     6,941          256,817  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (REG)(a)

     6,022          47,654  

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     1,453          28,231  

Qantas Airways Ltd.(a)

     8,023          26,560  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.(b)

     15,799          74,527  

Southwest Airlines Co.

     6,426          173,952  

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.(a)

     3,538          149,657  
       

 

 

 
          932,267  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services – 0.7%

 

Adecco Group AG (REG)(b)

     1,749          71,837  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     4,444          1,069,138  

BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.

     1,376          45,852  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     1,274          228,110  

Bureau Veritas SA

     3,139          77,835  

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.(a)

     1,679          113,920  

Computershare Ltd.

     6,064          101,054  

Equifax, Inc.

     1,324          242,530  

Experian PLC

     9,879          323,118  

Intertek Group PLC

     1,729          86,466  

Jacobs Solutions, Inc.

     1,358          185,367  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

     1,482          136,581  

Paychex, Inc.

     3,462          399,272  

Paycom Software, Inc.

     531          137,672  

Persol Holdings Co., Ltd.

     20,740          33,686  

Randstad NV

     1,167          64,472  

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

     15,454          472,815  

RELX PLC (London)

     20,255          683,402  

Robert Half, Inc.

     1,155          84,638  

SGS SA (REG)

     1,641          137,722  

Teleperformance SE

     630          79,101  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

     1,565          369,716  

Wolters Kluwer NV(b)

     2,765          334,774  
       

 

 

 
                  5,479,078  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.5%

 

AerCap Holdings NV(a)

     1,648          103,280  

Ashtead Group PLC

     4,681          283,868  

Beijer Ref AB(b)

     4,108          43,221  

Brenntag SE

     1,567          121,249  

Bunzl PLC

     3,676          130,916  

Fastenal Co.

     6,163          336,746  

ITOCHU Corp.(b)

     12,750          460,453  

Marubeni Corp.

     15,408          240,184  

Mitsubishi Corp.

     12,275          584,908  

Mitsui & Co., Ltd.

     14,018          508,432  

MonotaRO Co., Ltd.

     2,525          26,920  

Reece Ltd.(b)

     2,297          27,342  

 

17


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sumitomo Corp.

     11,162        $ 222,770  

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     2,273          133,689  

United Rentals, Inc.

     737          327,648  

WW Grainger, Inc.

     480          332,083  
       

 

 

 
          3,883,709  
       

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure – 0.1%

 

Aena SME SA(c)

     820          123,392  

Aeroports de Paris SA

     342          40,332  

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     12,611          59,787  

Getlink SE

     3,780          60,260  

Transurban Group

     32,880          267,172  
       

 

 

 
          550,943  
       

 

 

 
                56,937,590  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples – 5.4%

 

Beverages – 1.2%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

     9,288          514,891  

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     5,225          195,178  

Brown-Forman Corp. - Class B

     1,974          113,880  

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.(c)

     17,346          34,089  

Carlsberg AS - Class B

     1,073          135,289  

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     41,985          2,350,320  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

     2,252          140,705  

Coca-Cola HBC AG(a)

     2,354          64,367  

Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A

     1,740          437,314  

Davide Campari-Milano NV(b)

     5,266          61,993  

Diageo PLC

     23,984          884,244  

Heineken Holding NV

     1,384          104,300  

Heineken NV

     3,074          271,009  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.

     10,853          342,629  

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

     8,214          115,000  

Molson Coors Beverage Co. - Class B

     2,002          127,307  

Monster Beverage Corp.(a)

     8,023          424,818  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     14,850          2,516,184  

Pernod Ricard SA

     2,184          363,614  

Remy Cointreau SA

     258          31,454  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     1,532          46,623  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     7,272          57,425  
       

 

 

 
          9,332,633  
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 1.2%

 

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     7,071          140,063  

Carrefour SA

     6,221          106,846  

Coles Group Ltd.

     13,442          134,163  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     4,781          2,701,074  

Dollar General Corp.

     2,366          250,323  

Dollar Tree, Inc.(a)

     2,259          240,471  

Endeavour Group Ltd./Australia(b)

     14,923          50,384  

HelloFresh SE(a)

     1,664          49,445  

J Sainsbury PLC

     17,682          54,452  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     3,053          68,565  

Kesko Oyj - Class B

     2,751          49,288  

Kobe Bussan Co., Ltd.(b)

     1,597          37,388  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV(b)

     10,316          310,921  

 

18


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Kroger Co. (The)

     7,123        $ 318,754  

MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.

     3,834          68,679  

Ocado Group PLC(a), (b)

     5,923          43,065  

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

     8,066          315,785  

Sysco Corp.

     5,449          359,906  

Target Corp.

     4,979          550,528  

Tesco PLC

     76,139          244,900  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

     7,729          171,893  

Walmart, Inc.

     15,396          2,462,282  

Welcia Holdings Co., Ltd.

     950          16,406  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     13,089          313,366  
       

 

 

 
                  9,058,947  
       

 

 

 

Food Products – 1.2%

 

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     4,841          186,662  

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

     5,783          436,154  

Associated British Foods PLC

     3,778          94,918  

Barry Callebaut AG (REG)

     41          65,200  

Bunge Ltd.

     1,625          175,906  

Campbell Soup Co.

     2,122          87,172  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG(b)

     11          122,238  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG (REG)

     2          218,991  

Conagra Brands, Inc.

     5,155          141,350  

Danone SA

     6,921          381,747  

General Mills, Inc.

     6,313          403,969  

Hershey Co. (The)

     1,617          323,529  

Hormel Foods Corp.

     3,123          118,768  

J M Smucker Co. (The)

     1,102          135,447  

JDE Peet’s NV(b)

     1,329          37,122  

Kellogg Co.

     2,844          169,246  

Kerry Group PLC - Class A

     1,700          142,043  

Kikkoman Corp.

     1,435          75,212  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)

     8,613          289,741  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

     1,573          145,440  

Lotus Bakeries NV

     5          40,651  

McCormick & Co., Inc./MD

     2,709          204,909  

MEIJI Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,506          62,284  

Mondelez International, Inc. - Class A

     14,676          1,018,514  

Mowi ASA

     4,647          82,137  

Nestle SA (REG)

     28,499          3,225,973  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

     690          57,334  

Orkla ASA

     7,567          56,517  

Salmar ASA

     852          43,153  

Tyson Foods, Inc. - Class A

     3,080          155,509  

WH Group Ltd.(c)

     84,024          43,980  

Wilmar International Ltd.

     19,354          52,668  

Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd.

     2,762          67,081  
       

 

 

 
          8,861,565  
       

 

 

 

Household Products – 0.8%

 

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     2,654          243,186  

Clorox Co. (The)

     1,336          175,096  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     8,918          634,159  

Essity AB - Class B

     6,522          140,661  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     1,131          71,311  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Preference Shares)

     1,855          132,094  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     3,648          440,861  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     25,430          3,709,220  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     7,680          541,599  

Unicharm Corp.

     4,352          153,877  
       

 

 

 
          6,242,064  
       

 

 

 

 

19


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Personal Care Products – 0.5%

 

Beiersdorf AG

     1,104        $ 142,404  

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

     2,501          361,520  

Haleon PLC

     59,139          245,136  

Kao Corp.

     5,034          186,585  

Kenvue, Inc.

     18,592          373,327  

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     537          23,951  

Kose Corp.

     385          27,906  

L’Oreal SA

     2,575          1,067,111  

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

     4,266          149,498  

Unilever PLC (London)

     26,844          1,327,886  
       

 

 

 
          3,905,324  
       

 

 

 

Tobacco – 0.5%

 

Altria Group, Inc.

     19,144          805,005  

British American Tobacco PLC

     22,676          711,996  

Imperial Brands PLC

     9,149          185,600  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     12,893          296,643  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     16,746          1,550,345  
       

 

 

 
          3,549,589  
       

 

 

 
                40,950,122  
       

 

 

 

Communication Services – 5.4%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.0%

 

AT&T, Inc.

     77,123          1,158,387  

BT Group PLC

     68,924          97,876  

Cellnex Telecom SA(a), (c)

     6,007          208,936  

Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A(a)

     1,098          482,922  

Comcast Corp. - Class A

     44,399          1,968,652  

Deutsche Telekom AG (REG)

     34,595          725,692  

Elisa Oyj

     1,530          70,951  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

     38,163          39,795  

Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA(b), (c)

     3,386          40,234  

Koninklijke KPN NV

     34,473          113,577  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     317,900          376,278  

Orange SA

     19,686          225,804  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     86,008          152,242  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

     18,834          54,220  

Swisscom AG (REG)

     278          165,074  

Telecom Italia SpA/Milano(a), (b)

     100,391          31,309  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

     8,740          15,632  

Telefonica SA(b)

     54,139          221,176  

Telenor ASA

     7,049          79,940  

Telia Co. AB

     24,713          50,975  

Telstra Group Ltd.

     42,437          104,847  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     45,352          1,469,858  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co., Ltd.(b)

     2,481          51,755  
       

 

 

 
          7,906,132  
       

 

 

 

 

20


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Entertainment – 0.8%

 

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

     7,718        $ 722,636  

Bollore SE

     7,874          42,261  

Capcom Co., Ltd.

     1,904          68,528  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

     2,659          320,144  

Koei Tecmo Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,184          16,822  

Konami Group Corp.

     1,137          59,948  

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.(a)

     1,529          126,968  

Netflix, Inc.(a)

     4,781          1,805,306  

Nexon Co., Ltd.

     3,645          65,131  

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     11,104          461,404  

Sea Ltd. (ADR)(a)

     3,914          172,020  

Square Enix Holdings Co., Ltd.

     966          33,100  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(a)

     1,704          239,225  

Toho Co., Ltd./Tokyo

     1,253          42,747  

Universal Music Group NV(b)

     8,662          226,045  

Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)

     19,739          1,599,846  

Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.(a)

     23,927          259,847  
       

 

 

 
          6,261,978  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services – 3.1%

 

Adevinta ASA(a)

     2,936          28,925  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class A(a)

     64,003          8,375,433  

Alphabet, Inc. - Class C(a)

     54,444          7,178,441  

Auto Trader Group PLC(c)

     9,578          71,969  

Match Group, Inc.(a)

     3,000          117,525  

Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A(a)

     23,977          7,198,135  

REA Group Ltd.(b)

     593          58,566  

Scout24 SE(c)

     842          58,383  

SEEK Ltd.(b)

     3,802          53,711  

Z Holdings Corp.

     26,998          74,895  
       

 

 

 
                23,215,983  
       

 

 

 

Media – 0.2%

 

CyberAgent, Inc.

     4,076          21,941  

Dentsu Group, Inc.

     2,179          64,088  

Fox Corp. - Class A

     2,737          85,394  

Fox Corp. - Class B

     1,423          41,096  

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.(b)

     1,793          14,728  

Informa PLC

     14,938          136,406  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     4,153          119,025  

News Corp. - Class A

     4,110          82,447  

News Corp. - Class B

     1,246          26,004  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     2,131          158,717  

Paramount Global - Class B

     5,202          67,106  

Publicis Groupe SA

     2,461          186,279  

Vivendi SE

     6,770          59,292  

WPP PLC

     11,472          102,208  
       

 

 

 
          1,164,731  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

 

KDDI Corp.

     15,997          489,676  

SoftBank Corp.

     30,668          347,110  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     10,991          463,001  

T-Mobile US, Inc.(a)

     5,584          782,039  

Tele2 AB - Class B

     5,235          40,035  

 

21


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Vodafone Group PLC

     242,578        $ 227,392  
       

 

 

 
          2,349,253  
       

 

 

 
                40,898,077  
       

 

 

 

Energy – 3.4%

 

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.2%

 

Baker Hughes Co.

     10,892          384,705  

Halliburton Co.

     9,693          392,567  

Schlumberger NV

     15,331          893,797  

Tenaris SA

     5,059          79,912  
       

 

 

 
          1,750,981  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 3.2%

 

Aker BP ASA

     3,337          92,141  

Ampol Ltd.

     2,625          56,674  

APA Corp.

     3,315          136,247  

BP PLC

     185,204          1,193,813  

Chevron Corp.

     19,140          3,227,387  

ConocoPhillips

     12,918          1,547,576  

Coterra Energy, Inc.

     8,171          221,026  

Devon Energy Corp.

     6,912          329,702  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     1,929          298,764  

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.(b)

     29,445          115,900  

Eni SpA(b)

     25,223          405,177  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     6,281          796,180  

EQT Corp.

     3,901          158,303  

Equinor ASA

     9,616          315,136  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     43,185          5,077,692  

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     5,050          74,801  

Hess Corp.

     2,981          456,093  

Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd.

     2,100          48,143  

Inpex Corp.

     10,262          153,913  

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     20,912          346,721  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     6,534          174,784  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     4,313          652,729  

Neste Oyj(b)

     4,479          151,698  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     7,158          464,411  

OMV AG

     1,582          75,564  

ONEOK, Inc.

     4,829          306,303  

Phillips 66

     4,804          577,201  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     2,515          577,318  

Repsol SA

     13,607          223,822  

Santos Ltd.

     33,885          170,815  

Shell PLC

     71,559          2,268,006  

Targa Resources Corp.

     2,413          206,842  

TotalEnergies SE

     23,999          1,577,918  

Valero Energy Corp.

     3,809          539,773  

Williams Cos., Inc. (The)

     13,122          442,080  

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

     20,346          473,066  
       

 

 

 
          23,933,719  
       

 

 

 
          25,684,700  
       

 

 

 

Materials – 2.8%

 

Chemicals – 1.5%

 

Air Liquide SA

     5,591          941,700  

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.

     2,396          679,026  

 

22


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Akzo Nobel NV

     1,864        $            134,391  

Albemarle Corp.

     1,266          215,271  

Arkema SA

     643          63,297  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

     12,639          79,556  

BASF SE

     9,552          432,371  

Celanese Corp.

     1,080          135,562  

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     2,081          178,425  

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     1,143          69,921  

Clariant AG (REG)(a)

     2,173          34,261  

Corteva, Inc.

     7,657          391,732  

Covestro AG(a), (c)

     2,076          111,637  

Croda International PLC

     1,529          91,330  

Dow, Inc.

     7,585          391,083  

DSM-Firmenich AG

     1,985          167,738  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

     4,952          369,370  

Eastman Chemical Co.

     1,279          98,125  

Ecolab, Inc.

     2,728          462,123  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG (REG)

     77          52,179  

Evonik Industries AG

     2,112          38,523  

FMC Corp.

     1,346          90,142  

Givaudan SA (REG)

     99          322,327  

ICL Group Ltd.

     7,440          41,055  

IMCD NV

     609          76,999  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     2,754          187,740  

Johnson Matthey PLC

     1,949          38,585  

JSR Corp.

     1,839          49,335  

Linde PLC

     5,264          1,960,050  

LyondellBasell Industries NV - Class A

     2,763          261,656  

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.

     12,899          81,265  

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

     1,855          48,060  

Mosaic Co. (The)

     3,585          127,626  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.(b)

     10,025          67,329  

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.(b)

     1,792          42,428  

Nissan Chemical Corp.

     1,430          60,789  

Nitto Denko Corp.(b)

     1,511          99,084  

Novozymes A/S - Class B

     2,164          87,068  

OCI NV

     1,071          29,781  

Orica Ltd.

     4,655          46,414  

PPG Industries, Inc.

     2,541          329,822  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     2,552          650,888  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     19,444          564,764  

Sika AG (REG)

     1,578          399,803  

Solvay SA

     809          89,402  

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

     13,360          36,338  

Symrise AG

     1,425          135,658  

Toray Industries, Inc.

     13,972          72,697  

Tosoh Corp.

     2,620          33,591  

Umicore SA

     2,301          54,480  

Wacker Chemie AG

     193          27,560  

Yara International ASA

     1,775          67,023  
       

 

 

 
          11,317,380  
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials – 0.2%

 

CRH PLC (London)

     7,745          427,014  

Heidelberg Materials AG

     1,566          121,287  

Holcim AG(a)

     5,563          356,082  

James Hardie Industries PLC(a)

     4,721          123,469  

 

23


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     667        $ 273,790  

Vulcan Materials Co.

     1,433          289,495  
       

 

 

 
                  1,591,137  
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging – 0.1%

 

Amcor PLC

     15,873          145,397  

Avery Dennison Corp.

     869          158,740  

Ball Corp.

     3,399          169,202  

International Paper Co.

     3,733          132,410  

Packaging Corp. of America

     970          148,943  

Sealed Air Corp.

     1,558          51,196  

SIG Group AG(a)

     3,290          81,050  

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

     2,756          91,554  

Westrock Co.

     2,765          98,987  
       

 

 

 
          1,077,479  
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining – 0.9%

 

Anglo American PLC

     13,499          370,677  

Antofagasta PLC

     4,245          73,692  

ArcelorMittal SA

     5,462          136,747  

BHP Group Ltd.

     54,070          1,518,870  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     4,890          60,555  

Boliden AB

     2,899          83,192  

Endeavour Mining PLC

     1,963          37,894  

Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.

     18,074          240,259  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     15,466          576,727  

Glencore PLC

     111,941          637,449  

IGO Ltd.(b)

     7,059          56,649  

JFE Holdings, Inc.(b)

     5,273          77,219  

Mineral Resources Ltd.(b)

     1,937          83,178  

Newcrest Mining Ltd.

     9,611          151,436  

Newmont Corp. (New York)

     8,573          316,772  

Nippon Steel Corp.(b)

     9,129          213,875  

Norsk Hydro ASA

     13,549          84,787  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

     12,068          80,135  

Nucor Corp.

     2,683          419,487  

Pilbara Minerals Ltd.(b)

     28,527          77,827  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     4,016          289,665  

Rio Tinto PLC

     12,017          754,577  

South32 Ltd.

     46,987          101,455  

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     1,680          180,130  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

     2,644          77,644  

voestalpine AG

     1,169          31,826  
       

 

 

 
          6,732,724  
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products – 0.1%

 

Holmen AB - Class B

     1,088          42,291  

Mondi PLC

     5,196          86,679  

Oji Holdings Corp.

     8,176          34,398  

Stora Enso Oyj - Class R

     6,150          77,080  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA - Class B(b)

     6,104          83,577  

UPM-Kymmene Oyj

     5,673          194,248  
       

 

 

 
          518,273  
       

 

 

 
          21,236,993  
       

 

 

 

 

24


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Utilities – 1.9%

 

Electric Utilities – 1.1%

 

Acciona SA(b)

     276        $ 35,150  

Alliant Energy Corp.

     2,726          132,075  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     5,558          418,073  

BKW AG

     248          43,658  

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

     6,877          87,543  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     5,927          27,966  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     17,345          128,073  

Constellation Energy Corp.

     3,469          378,399  

Duke Energy Corp.

     8,314          733,794  

Edison International

     4,135          261,704  

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     33,493          139,262  

Elia Group SA/NV

     311          30,435  

Endesa SA(b)

     3,434          69,887  

Enel SpA

     86,811          532,389  

Entergy Corp.

     2,281          210,993  

Evergy, Inc.

     2,478          125,635  

Eversource Energy

     3,766          218,993  

Exelon Corp.

     10,736          405,713  

FirstEnergy Corp.

     5,567          190,280  

Fortum Oyj

     4,474          51,885  

Iberdrola SA

     64,982          726,788  

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     7,514          104,028  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

     6,864          25,081  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     21,831          1,250,698  

NRG Energy, Inc.

     2,472          95,221  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     17,744          99,915  

Orsted AS(c)

     2,071          112,669  

PG&E Corp.(a)

     22,560          363,893  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     1,222          90,037  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     13,977          67,502  

PPL Corp.

     7,951          187,326  

Redeia Corp. SA

     4,124          64,876  

Southern Co. (The)

     11,765          761,431  

SSE PLC

     11,528          225,906  

Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale

     14,764          111,046  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.(a)

     15,381          68,609  

Verbund AG

     742          60,363  

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     5,950          340,459  
       

 

 

 
                  8,977,755  
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities – 0.1%

 

APA Group

     13,441          71,504  

Atmos Energy Corp.

     1,602          169,700  

Enagas SA

     2,507          41,515  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

     118,302          82,313  

Naturgy Energy Group SA(b)

     1,300          35,367  

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

     3,778          62,166  

Snam SpA

     21,320          100,039  

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

     4,251          96,381  
       

 

 

 
          658,985  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers – 0.1%

 

AES Corp. (The)

     7,224          109,805  

Corp. ACCIONA Energias Renovables SA(b)

     682          17,567  

EDP Renovaveis SA

     3,279          53,701  

 

25


Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

     12,972        $ 39,893  

RWE AG

     6,801          252,452  
       

 

 

 
          473,418  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities – 0.5%

 

Ameren Corp.

     2,834          212,068  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     6,809          182,822  

Centrica PLC

     57,451          108,060  

CMS Energy Corp.

     3,147          167,137  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     3,721          318,257  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

     9,027          403,236  

DTE Energy Co.

     2,224          220,799  

E.ON SE

     23,737          280,714  

Engie SA

     19,310          296,141  

National Grid PLC

     39,300          470,002  

NiSource, Inc.

     4,458          110,024  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     5,384          306,404  

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

     9,500          35,310  

Sempra

     6,789          461,856  

Veolia Environnement SA

     7,340          212,171  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     3,403          274,112  
       

 

 

 
          4,059,113  
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities – 0.1%

 

American Water Works Co., Inc.

     2,100          260,043  

Severn Trent PLC

     2,673          77,130  

United Utilities Group PLC

     6,870          79,383  
       

 

 

 
          416,556  
       

 

 

 
                14,585,827  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate – 1.7%

 

Diversified REITs – 0.0%

 

Daiwa House REIT Investment Corp.

     25          44,109  

GPT Group (The)(b)

     19,300          48,061  

Land Securities Group PLC

     7,097          50,872  

Mirvac Group

     39,723          53,991  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc.(a)

     46          51,520  

Stockland

     24,051          60,194  
       

 

 

 
          308,747  
       

 

 

 

Health Care REITs – 0.1%

 

Healthpeak Properties, Inc.

     5,901          108,343  

Ventas, Inc.

     4,341          182,886  

Welltower, Inc.

     5,596          458,424  
       

 

 

 
          749,653  
       

 

 

 

Hotel & Resort REITs – 0.0%

 

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     7,677          123,369  
       

 

 

 

Industrial REITs – 0.2%

 

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT

     39,812          79,850  

GLP J-Reit

     51          45,584  

Goodman Group

     17,910          245,471  

Mapletree Logistics Trust

     35,327          43,309  

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.(a)

     25          46,674  

Prologis, Inc.

     9,966          1,118,285  

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Segro PLC

     12,152        $ 106,258  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA

     1,696          41,914  
       

 

 

 
                  1,727,345  
       

 

 

 

Office REITs – 0.1%

 

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc.

     1,680          168,168  

Boston Properties, Inc.

     1,557          92,610  

Covivio SA/France

     524          23,243  

Dexus

     10,836          50,512  

Gecina SA

     518          52,814  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp.

     15          58,451  

Nippon Building Fund, Inc.

     18          72,892  
       

 

 

 
          518,690  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development – 0.3%

 

Azrieli Group Ltd.

     442          22,689  

Capitaland Investment Ltd./Singapore

     26,947          60,888  

CBRE Group, Inc. - Class A(a)

     3,342          246,840  

City Developments Ltd.

     5,193          25,061  

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     20,190          106,050  

CoStar Group, Inc.(a)

     4,405          338,700  

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     659          69,415  

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

     6,312          169,410  

ESR Group Ltd.(c)

     23,358          32,654  

Fastighets AB Balder - Class B(a), (b)

     6,354          28,484  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     17,199          23,531  

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd.

     14,633          38,426  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     11,598          41,362  

Hulic Co., Ltd.(b)

     3,868          34,684  

LEG Immobilien SE(a)

     808          55,564  

Lendlease Corp., Ltd.(b)

     6,939          31,822  

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     11,724          152,951  

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

     9,510          209,448  

New World Development Co., Ltd.

     15,213          29,496  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     1,195          30,001  

Sagax AB - Class B

     2,177          41,353  

Sino Land Co., Ltd.

     38,832          43,672  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co., Ltd.

     3,117          80,922  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     15,091          161,020  

Swire Pacific Ltd. - Class A

     3,708          24,975  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     11,788          24,516  

Swiss Prime Site AG (REG)

     814          74,521  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield(a)

     1,282          63,043  

UOL Group Ltd.

     4,678          21,882  

Vonovia SE

     7,826          187,498  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co., Ltd.

     16,824          64,839  
       

 

 

 
          2,535,717  
       

 

 

 

Residential REITs – 0.2%

 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     1,532          263,106  

Camden Property Trust

     1,152          108,956  

Equity Residential

     3,721          218,460  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     692          146,766  

Invitation Homes, Inc.

     6,205          196,637  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     1,259          161,970  

UDR, Inc.

     3,270          116,641  
       

 

 

 
                  1,212,536  
       

 

 

 

 

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Company    Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Retail REITs – 0.2%

 

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust

        53,735        $ 72,516  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

        791          71,688  

Japan Metropolitan Fund Invest

        77          49,939  

Kimco Realty Corp.

        6,687          117,624  

Klepierre SA

        2,286          55,974  

Link REIT

        26,342          128,800  

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust

        21,757          22,707  

Realty Income Corp.

        7,646          381,841  

Regency Centers Corp.

        1,773          105,387  

Scentre Group

        55,399          87,052  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

        3,530          381,346  

Vicinity Ltd.

        38,985          42,250  
          

 

 

 
          1,517,124  
          

 

 

 

Specialized REITs – 0.6%

 

American Tower Corp.

        5,029          827,019  

Crown Castle, Inc.

        4,678          430,516  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.

        3,266          395,251  

Equinix, Inc.

        1,009          732,796  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

        2,279          277,081  

Iron Mountain, Inc.

        3,148          187,149  

Public Storage

        1,707          449,829  

SBA Communications Corp.

        1,169          233,999  

VICI Properties, Inc.

        10,933          318,150  

Weyerhaeuser Co.

        7,883          241,693  
          

 

 

 
          4,093,483  
          

 

 

 
          12,786,664  
          

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $561,026,193)

                 544,351,324  
          

 

 

 
     Notional
Amount
          

PURCHASED OPTIONS – PUTS – 0.5%

          

Options on Indices – 0.5%

          

Euro STOXX 50 Index
Expiration: Oct 2023; Contracts: 419;
Exercise Price: EUR 4,225.00;
Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.(a)

     EUR        17,702,750          350,403  

FTSE 100 Index
Expiration: Oct 2023; Contracts: 107;
Exercise Price: GBP 7,550.00;
Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.(a)

     GBP        8,078,500          86,816  

Nikkei 225 Index
Expiration: Oct 2023; Contracts: 80;
Exercise Price: JPY 31,500.00;
Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.(a)

     JPY        2,520,000,000          120,450  

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Oct 2023; Contracts: 280;
Exercise Price: USD 4,380.00;
Counterparty: Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.(a)

     USD        122,640,000          2,889,600  
          

 

 

 

Total Purchased Options - Puts
(premiums paid $1,212,654)

             3,447,269  
          

 

 

 

 

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Company            Shares        U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 22.3%

 

Investment Companies – 22.3%

                       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 5.25%(d) (e) (f)
(cost $168,174,205)

        168,174,205        $ 168,174,205  
          

 

 

 

Total Investments Before Security Lending Collateral for Securities Loaned – 95.1%
(cost $730,413,052)

 

       715,972,798  
          

 

 

 

INVESTMENTS OF CASH COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED – 0.4%

 

Investment Companies – 0.4%

          

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government Money Market Portfolio - Class AB, 5.25%(d) (e) (f)
(cost $3,053,434)

        3,053,434          3,053,434  
          

 

 

 

Total Investments – 95.5%
(cost $733,466,486)(g)

             719,026,232  

Other assets less liabilities – 4.5%

             33,788,432  
          

 

 

 

Net Assets – 100.0%

           $     752,814,664  
          

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Description     

Number

of

Contracts

     Expiration
Month
    

Current

Notional

    

Value and

Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)

Purchased Contracts

 

10 Yr Canadian Bond Futures          96          December 2023        $ 8,137,294        $ (252,494 )
Euro-BTP Futures          136          December 2023          15,777,639          (801,332 )
Euro-Bund Futures          39          December 2023          5,304,181          (162,921 )
Euro-OAT Futures          155          December 2023          20,189,248          (683,580 )
FTSE 100 Index Futures          14          December 2023          1,310,314          (21,777 )
Long Gilt Futures          143          December 2023          16,428,499          (66,480 )
MSCI EAFE Futures          8          December 2023          816,600          (15,952 )
Nikkei 225 (CME) Futures          10          December 2023          1,592,500          (38,782 )
S&P 500 E-Mini Futures          1          December 2023          216,275          (10,515 )
S&P Mid 400 E-Mini Futures          5          December 2023          1,260,200          (40,602 )
S&P/TSX 60 Index Futures          93          December 2023          16,108,360          (424,337 )
TOPIX Index Futures          6          December 2023          932,883          (11,873 )
U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures          426          December 2023              44,883,094          (316,797)  
U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures          766          December 2023          82,775,875          (1,771,130 )
U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT) Futures          109          December 2023          12,936,938          (982,595 )
Sold Contracts

 

Euro STOXX 50 Index Futures          200          December 2023          8,889,359          149,195
Hang Seng Index Futures          1          October 2023          114,220          1,016
MSCI Singapore IX ETS Futures          22          October 2023          459,715          (7,911 )
OMXS 30 Index Futures          57          October 2023          1,126,900          13,553
S&P 500 E-Mini Futures          148          December 2023          32,008,700          1,372,114
SPI 200 Futures          80            December 2023            9,111,887            205,817  
                            $     (3,867,383
                           

 

 

 

 

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FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty    Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Bank of America, NA        USD        3,616          EUR        3,304          10/12/2023        $ (121,715 )
Bank of America, NA        AUD        10,953          USD        7,097          11/08/2023          46,566
Bank of America, NA        CHF        9,105          USD        10,210          11/16/2023          216,402
Bank of America, NA        SEK        39,686          USD        3,602          12/07/2023          (41,225 )
BNP Paribas SA        USD        6,959          JPY        1,009,967          10/19/2023          (183,487 )
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.        EUR        39,301          USD        43,331          10/12/2023              1,764,027
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.        JPY        5,102,917          USD        35,579          10/19/2023          1,344,988
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.        CAD        6,725          USD        4,966          10/27/2023          12,977
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.        GBP        12,844          USD        16,030          11/17/2023          354,900
State Street Bank & Trust Co.        NZD        636          USD        378          10/27/2023          (3,275)  
State Street Bank & Trust Co.        NOK        3,521          USD        327          12/07/2023          (2,859 )
                                   

 

 

 
                                    $ 3,387,299
                                   

 

 

 

CALL WRITTEN OPTIONS

 

Description    Counterparty    Contracts    Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
     Notional
(000)
     Premiums
Received
     U.S. $ Value  
Nikkei 225 Index(h)    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.    80      JPY        34,125.00        October 2023        JPY        2,730,000      $     54,279      $ (4,550

PUT WRITTEN OPTIONS

 

Description    Counterparty    Contracts    Exercise
Price
     Expiration
Month
     Notional
(000)
     Premiums
Received
     U.S. $ Value  
Euro STOXX 50 Index(i)    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.    419      EUR        4,025.00        October 2023        EUR        16,865      $ 45,335      $ (76,637
FTSE 100 Index(i)    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.    107      GBP        7,200.00        October 2023        GBP        7,704        11,782        (12,402
Nikkei 225 Index(h)    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.    80      JPY        30,125.00        October 2023        JPY        2,410,000        47,249        (19,272
S&P 500 Index(j)    Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.    280      USD        4,170.00        October 2023        USD        116,760        251,431        (665,000
                       

 

 

    

 

 

 
                  $     355,797      $     (773,311
                       

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Represents entire or partial securities out on loan.

(c)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered restricted, but liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration. At September 30, 2023, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $2,048,110 or 0.3% of net assets.

(d)

The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.

(e)

To obtain a copy of the fund’s shareholder report, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.

(f)

Affiliated investments.

 

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(g)

As of September 30, 2023, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $67,512,133 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(82,800,256), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(15,288,123).

(h)

One contract relates to 1000 shares.

(i)

One contract relates to 10 shares.

(j)

One contract relates to 100 shares.

Currency Abbreviations:

AUD – Australian Dollar

CAD – Canadian Dollar

CHF – Swiss Franc

EUR – Euro

GBP – Great British Pound

JPY – Japanese Yen

NOK – Norwegian Krone

NZD – New Zealand Dollar

SEK – Swedish Krona

USD – United States Dollar

Glossary:

ADR – American Depositary Receipt

BTP – Buoni del Tesoro Poliennali

CBT – Chicago Board of Trade

CME – Chicago Mercantile Exchange

EAFE – Europe, Australia, and Far East

ETS – Emission Trading Scheme

FTSE – Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSCI – Morgan Stanley Capital International

OAT – Obligations Assimilables du Trésor

OMXS – Stockholm Stock Exchange

REG Registered Shares

REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust

SPI – Share Price Index

TOPIX – Tokyo Price Index

TSX – Toronto Stock Exchange

COUNTRY BREAKDOWN1

September 30, 2023 (unaudited)

 

  55.1      United States
  5.0      Japan
  2.9      United Kingdom
  2.5      France
  2.1      Switzerland
  1.9      Germany
  1.7      Australia
  0.9      Netherlands
  0.7      Denmark
  0.6      Sweden
  0.6      Spain
  0.5      Italy
  0.5      Hong Kong
  1.5      Other
  23.5      Short-Term Investments

 

 

      
  100.0      Total Investments

 

 

      

 

1 

The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of total investments (excluding security lending collateral) and may vary over time. The Fund also enters into derivative transactions, which may be used for hedging or investment purposes (see “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report for additional details). “Other” country weightings represent 0.3% or less in the following: Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, China, Finland, Ireland, Israel, Jordan, Luxembourg, Macau, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Africa and South Korea.

 

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AB Variable Products Series Fund, Inc.

AB Global Risk Allocation-Moderate Portfolio

September 30, 2023 (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.

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.

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.

 

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

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2023:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3      Total  
Assets:          
Common Stocks:          

Information Technology

   $     106,773,557     $ 11,972,229     $                 —      $ 118,745,786  

Financials

     49,697,224       29,725,817              79,423,041  

Health Care

     52,197,826       20,615,658              72,813,484  

Consumer Discretionary

     41,450,774       18,838,266              60,289,040  

Industrials

     32,390,155       24,547,435              56,937,590  

Consumer Staples

     25,684,534       15,265,588              40,950,122  

Communication Services

     34,557,173       6,340,904              40,898,077  

Energy

     18,208,201       7,476,499              25,684,700  

Materials

     9,489,917       11,747,076              21,236,993  

Utilities

     9,438,117       5,147,710              14,585,827  

Real Estate

     9,201,530       3,585,134              12,786,664  
Purchased Options - Puts            3,447,269              3,447,269  
Short-Term Investments      168,174,205                    168,174,205  
Investments of Cash Collateral for Securities Loaned in Affiliated Money Market Fund      3,053,434                    3,053,434  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Investments in Securities      560,316,647       158,709,585              719,026,232  
Other Financial Instruments(a):          
Assets:          
Futures      1,741,695                    1,741,695  
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts            3,739,860              3,739,860  
Liabilities:          
Futures      (5,609,078                  (5,609,078
Forward Currency Exchange Contracts            (352,561            (352,561
Call Written Options            (4,550            (4,550
Put Written Options            (773,311            (773,311
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total    $ 556,449,264     $     161,319,023     $      $     717,768,287  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(a) 

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, written options and written swaptions which are valued at market value.

 

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A summary of the Portfolio’s transactions in AB mutual funds for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 is as follows:

 

Portfolio    Market Value
12/31/2022
(000)
     Purchases
at Cost
(000)
     Sales
Proceeds
(000)
     Market Value
09/30/2023
(000)
     Dividend
Income
(000)
 
Government Money Market Portfolio    $ 244,271      $ 80,796      $ 156,893      $ 168,174      $ 7,968  
Government Money Market Portfolio*      64        16,536        13,547        3,053        51  
Total    $     244,335      $     97,332      $     170,440      $     171,227      $     8,019  

 

*

Investments of cash collateral for securities lending transactions.

 

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